In this edition we look at what’s happening to our national front gardens – how they’re being paved over, if we’re keeping them, what are the best plants to put in them?
Dr.. Karina Corada-Peres says that paving over front gardens in urban areas is increasing heat.
But if we keep our front gardens – even only partially, environmental horticulturalist Professor Ross Cameron says that with judicious planting of climbers or other plants, we can actually cool our houses – and not only is that a much nicer and healthier way to reduce the heat, it’s also way cheaper than installing air conditioning! He gives advice on the best plants to install in front of those houses of ours.
Nick Turrell, a horticultural advisor the Royal Horticultural Society talks about the disadvantages of paving over our front gardens or driveways to have somewhere extra to park our cars, but says that keeping a front garden can be very good for neighbourliness and the community.
And Mike Burks has some good suggestions for resilient plants to install on the front garden instead of installing hard core, tarmac or concrete. And words of advice as to how to deter the passing gardening snob…..
Jenny Devitt
Jenny Devitt
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