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As a responsible and pro-active organisation with horticultural commitments in 150 countries, climate change is a challenge which the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has a duty to address. In northern Europe, where our gardeners have noted a trend for hotter, drier summers and very wet winters, the Commission has been conducting climate change demonstrations at four of its cemeteries to see how it can continue to provide horticultural excellence in the face of often challenging conditions.
These have taken the form of comparing various types of grass seed mixes, using artificial grass mixes and demonstrating dry-site techniques, where turf and traditional flowers are removed and replaced with plants and materials more commonly seen in desert cemeteries.
This video is the second produced by the Commission on the subject of climate change.
The demonstrations will run for another four years and the Commission will continue to monitor and update the public on the outcomes.
Go to the link to watch the video, there are also more informative stories on the RHS of the page.
As a responsible and pro-active organisation with horticultural commitments in 150 countries, climate change is a challenge which the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has a duty to address. In northern Europe, where our gardeners have noted a trend for hotter, drier summers and very wet winters, the Commission has been conducting climate change demonstrations at four of its cemeteries to see how it can continue to provide horticultural excellence in the face of often challenging conditions.
These have taken the form of comparing various types of grass seed mixes, using artificial grass mixes and demonstrating dry-site techniques, where turf and traditional flowers are removed and replaced with plants and materials more commonly seen in desert cemeteries.
This video is the second produced by the Commission on the subject of climate change.
The demonstrations will run for another four years and the Commission will continue to monitor and update the public on the outcomes.
Go to the link to watch the video, there are also more informative stories on the RHS of the page.