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New tool will help gardeners move away from thirsty English classics to drought-resistant plants

The Guardian Environment Tuesday 03 November 2026, 13:05 UTC By Miatta Mbriwa 1 min read
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Exclusive: Garden Climate Assessment Tool will allow users to predict a plant’s response to the projected climate in a given location“In the 20th century, we could pretty much grow the same things with confidence, we could learn from previous generations,” said Prof Sam Brockington, a curator at Cambridge University Botanic Garden. “But now we’re moving into climate scenarios that we just don’t have the traditions to understand fully.”

Exclusive: Garden Climate Assessment Tool will allow users to predict a plant’s response to the projected climate in a given location

“In the 20th century, we could pretty much grow the same things with confidence, we could learn from previous generations,” said Prof Sam Brockington, a curator at Cambridge University Botanic Garden.

“But now we’re moving into climate scenarios that we just don’t have the traditions to understand fully.”

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