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Category: Climate Adaptation

ClimateWatch Walk at Melbourne Gardens

Posted 16 March 2023 Francesca BeddiePosted in Activities, Climate Adaptation

Wednesday 8th February – Thursday 11th May 2023 (session times Thu 23 Mar Thu 27 Apr Thu 11 May 11am – 12.30pm)   Do you want to contribute to climate change research? Do you want to understand how climate change is affecting […]

Bookings open for C.R.U.N.C.H. TIME

Posted 20 February 202321 February 2023 Francesca BeddiePosted in Activities, Climate Adaptation

C.R.U.N.C.H (Climate Resilience: Understanding New Challenges for Historic Gardens) TIME This on-line event on 20 March will explore how historic gardens are building resilience to climate change. Speakers from the UK, USA, Australia and beyond will share local and global […]

Trees for urban spaces

Posted 17 February 202321 February 2023 Francesca BeddiePosted in Case Studies, Climate Adaptation, Links

A study published in January 2023 in the Lancet, a peer-reviewed public medical journal, finds that doubling the average amount of tree cover in European cities from 15 to 30 percent could reduce urban temperatures by 0.4 degrees Celsius  — […]

Backyard actions to combat climate change

Posted 12 February 2023 Francesca BeddiePosted in Climate Adaptation, Tools and Tips

The impacts of climate change are obvious to gardeners, and the actions  they can take are similar wherever they live. The National Wildlife Federation in the United States recommends these ‘backyard actions’: Improve your energy efficiency. For example, replace outdoor […]

Climate Toolkit: landscape and horticulture

Posted 30 January 2023 Francesca BeddiePosted in Climate Adaptation, Tools and Tips

The Climate Toolkit is a collaborative opportunity for museums, gardens and zoos who want to learn how to address climate change within their own organisations and inspire the communities they serve to follow their lead. The toolkit has ideas that […]

Climate awareness: the role of oral history

Posted 27 January 202314 February 2023 Francesca BeddiePosted in Case Studies, Climate Adaptation

Bundanoon in the Southern Highlands of NSW, like so many places across Australia, was badly affected by the 2019/20 bushfire season. The local Bundanoon History Group decided to convene a bushfire archive project to record the disaster. Capturing oral histories […]

Climate change framework for action

Posted 8 November 20229 March 2023 Francesca BeddiePosted in Climate Adaptation, Framework for Action

  The Australian Garden History Society has drawn up this statement on climate change that includes a framework for action. It is accompanied by further resources published on the website, to inspire and guide both custodians of old gardens and […]

Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens

Posted 12 October 202212 October 2022 Francesca BeddiePosted in Climate Adaptation, Links, Tools and Tips

The Climate Change Alliance of Botanic Gardens brings together botanic organisations and friends to take action to protect and enable adaptation of botanic landscapes in a changing climate.  You can read the Alliance’s charter here. The Alliance has released a […]

Greener spaces, better places

Posted 30 September 2022 Francesca BeddiePosted in Climate Adaptation, Links

Australia’s Plant and Gardening 2022 trend report explores how, in the face of extreme weather conditions and varying livability challenges, Australians are turning to their gardens – big and small – to take tangible steps for the planet. The report […]

Whither historic gardens in this new era of climate change?

Posted 19 September 202220 September 2022 Francesca BeddiePosted in Climate Adaptation, Tools and Tips

This was the question Jane Lennon posed in Australian Garden History 31 (4) April 2020, just as we were emerging from Black Summer. She also asked how AGHS members could assist in preserving  historic gardens and other cultural  landscapes, as […]

Notes from a global warming garden

Posted 29 August 202214 February 2023 Francesca BeddiePosted in Case Studies, Climate Adaptation

In her article in Australian Garden History, vol. 32, no.3, January 2021, Susan Marsden drew on diary entries to record how she and her partner adapted their Adelaide garden in the face of the climate crisis. She explains how global […]

Climate Adaption

Climate Change Working Group

Posted 26 August 20229 March 2023 AGHS AdministratorPosted in Framework for Action

In late 2021, AGHS set up a climate change advisory group, chaired by Professor Tim Entwisle, Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and patron on the Society. The group’s terms of reference are to: Develop an AGHS position statement […]

Australian Institute of Landscape Architects

Posted 20 June 202226 August 2022 Francesca BeddiePosted in Links

The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects advocates climate positive design, so that its projects provide net positive climate outcomes. They also provide environmental, social, cultural, and economic co-benefits. Over a cradle to cradle, design life assessment, they sequester more greenhouse […]

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Managing Botanic Gardens in a Changing Climate

Posted 20 June 202226 August 2022 Francesca BeddiePosted in Tools and Tips

Botanic gardens maintain collections of living plants for science, conservation, education, beauty and more. These collections change over time – in scope and content – but the predicted impacts of climate change will require a more strategic approach to the […]

Case study: Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden: research–community partnership

Posted 26 May 202226 August 2022 Francesca BeddiePosted in Case Studies

Plant ecologist Andy Leigh, who investigates how Australian plants respond to extreme temperature stress, established a collaborative research agreement with the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden (Port Augusta, South Australia), via the Port Augusta City Council. The Council provided a […]

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