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Gardening in the Global Greenhouse

The report - Gardening in the Global Greenhouse: The Impacts of Climate Change on Gardens in the UK - is available in pdf format to download.

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The report is available in several forms:

Climate Change Technical Report (2.95MB)

Gardens Summary Report (2.67MB)

It is also possible to download individual chapters/sections of the Climate Change Technical Report as listed below:

Preface/ Executive summary/contents (28KB)

Chapter 1: Introduction (32KB)

Chapter 2: Changes in the UK climate (2.22MB)

Chapter 3: The Physiological Basis of Plant Responses to Climate Change (131KB)

Chapters 4 - 5 (240KB)
Chapter 4: Plants in Natural & Managed Communities
Chapter 5: Garden Character & Responses to Climate Change

Chapter 6: Garden Management in a Changing Climate (222KB)

Chapters 7 - 10 (63KB)
Chapter 7: Climate Change & Garden Visitors
Chapter 8: Climate Change & Garden-related Industries
Chapter 9: Research & Future Actions
Chapter 10: Conclusions

References (41KB)

Appendices (48KB)
Questionnaire
Glossary
Examples of climate change scenarios for three case study gardens

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