Resilient Garden

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Create climate-resilient gardens that will take your outdoor space into the future, using this ground-breaking new approach to landscape design

Create a beautiful, climate-resilient, sustainable garden that will take your outdoor space into the future.

As we live with an increasingly changing climate, summer droughts, winter waterlogging, high winds, erratic frosts, and frequent pests are challenges that many gardeners may face in different regions around the world.  This cutting-edge book—grounded in the latest RHS research—shows you how to work with the environment and adapt your outdoor space to give it exactly what it needs to flourish … and to give wildlife a helping hand, too.

Discover how a hedge can reduce noise and trap pollution, how a patio affects waterlogging, how to create a vertical green wall of homegrown vegetables, how to harvest your rainwater, and much more.

Award-winning garden designer Tom Massey shares essential tips on how to analyze your backyard, looking at everything from soil type to sun exposure, before recommending practical projects and plant choices that will be perfect for your plot. 

Together we can garden more sustainably; mitigate extreme weather conditions; and ensure our outdoor spaces remain resilient, beautiful, inspiring places to enjoy for years to come.Tom Massey works with nature to produce sustainable, ecological, and beautifully designed gardens that support wildlife, promote biodiversity, and use sustainable growing mediums. After graduating from the London College of Garden Design at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, he founded Tom Massey Studio in 2015. His work has won multiple awards, including a gold medal and BBC People’s Choice Award for the Yeo Valley Organic Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2021. Tom also appeared on the BBC2 television series Your Garden Made Perfect in 2021 and 2022. 
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