Calls for sustainable gardening
There is fresh new urgency in the world of gardening to increase efforts towards more sustainable gardening. The impetus follows the recent COP26 United Nation’s Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, as new targets limiting carbon emissions were set in an attempt to fend off potentially harmful temperature rises.
Two key pledges from the summit agreement were a scheme to ensure a 30 per cent cut in methane emissions by 2030, and a commitment to end deforestation. Under discussion were urban tree planting, recycling plastic and using water responsibly. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – the only horticultural body with an exhibit – explored ways to use plants to
