Welcome to the future…

Travel ahead in time with London Wildlife Trust and find out what gardens might be like in the future.

This year London Wildlife Trust is building the Future Garden – a garden that explores how gardeners can adapt to our changing climate and maximise sustainability. The garden also highlights which species might be common in the future. The Future Garden was on show at this year’s Hampton Court Flower Show.

London Wildlife Trust’s Future Garden combines sustainable wildlife friendly planting with a 1950s aesthetic, using clean lines, shiny surfaces, primary colours and geometric shapes that mirror nature – things like honeycombs, beetles and butterflies.

Exploring which species might be common in the gardens of the future, household rubbish becomes beautiful sculptures made from recycled materials. Other innovative features include a habitat wall, bottle top gravel, flood and drought areas, plus a striking bike wheel bird feeder. We even find a use for an old satellite dish!

London Wildlife Trust’s Future Garden combines fun with an important message. It will show you creative ways to adapt your green space to cope with climate change, and how to garden in an environmentally sensitive way that benefits both people and wildlife.

The Future Garden is sponsored by the lovely people at Ethos Recycling Ltd

Designing the future – meet Ruth Holmes, the marvellous designer who has a vision of a wildlife friendly future
 

The making of a Future Garden – meet Tim Ward, the brave artist charged with transforming a pile of rubbish into the species of the future

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