RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2008: Show HighlightsRHS Website

Dates: 20-24 May 2008, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London SW3

Continous Learning Exhibitors

The Continuous Learning area within the Great Pavilion gives visitors an insight into the gardens of the future.

From the use of biofuels, to adapting flower gardens, these scientific and educational exhibits tackle the theme of gardening in a changing climate.

Aromatherapy Trade Council The impact of climate change on aromatic and medicinal plants grown in the UK and overseas.
Brinsbury Campus Chichester College The effect of climate change on the establishment and maintenance of ornamental trees.
British Mycological Society The impact of climate change and its effect on fungi in natural eco systems
Capel Manor College How our choice of plants can affect the environment and contribute to sustainability in everyday situations.
Duchy College The role of micro-propagation in conserving rare plants affected by climate change and environmental pressures.
Guildford College of Further and Higher Education/ Merrist Wood Campus Grass drought tolerance. What steps gardeners can take to aid water retention while maintaining good drainage.
Historic Roses Group Selecting roses for climate change.
NCCPG Rubus and climate change, the increasing range of species that can be grown in the UK, including more exotic species.
RHS Advisory RHS Gardening advice
Rothamsted Research The diversity of willow and its role in combating climate change as a bioenergy crop.
Sparsholt College Hampshire Nice new neighbours? An introduction to allelophathy.
The Royal College of Pathologists & The Health Protection Agency Is malaria returning to the UK as a result of climate change?
The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Future gardens, today’s choices: Exploring plants & practices in a changing climate
The University of Reading Back to the future. The impact of global climate change on plant distribution, speciation and extinction.
UK Climate Impacts Programme Gardening in a future climate
Writtle College Adapting a flower garden to climate change