New tool will help gardeners move away from thirsty English classics to drought-resistant plants
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/nov/03/garden-climate-assessment-tool-drought-gardening
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- First on desk · 11/3/2026, 11:00:39 PMNew tool will help gardeners move away from thirsty English classics to drought-resistant plantsOriginal link
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Garden Climate Assessment Tool will allow users to predict a plant’s response to the projected climate in a given location “In the 20th century, we could pretty much grow the same things with confidence, we could learn from previous generations,” said Prof Sam Brockington, a curator at Cambridge University Botanic Garden. “But now we’re moving into climate scenarios that we just don’t have the traditions to understand fully.” Continue reading...
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