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for gardeners, especially with all the dry weather, albeit there is some rain to come through the next week or so." Keep up to date with weather warnings, and you can find the latest forecast on our website, on YouTube, by following us on X and Facebook, as well as on our mobile app which is available for iPhone from the App store and for Android from the Google Play store.

), cleaning products or craft materials are released into the air. These harmful gases are called volatile organic compounds (VOC). ​Burning things indoors releases gases into the air, e.g. burning wood and coal to heat homes, smoking, or burning candles and incense sticks. Dust, mould and bacteria are made

methane emissions into our atmosphere. Whilst these are taken into account in the study above, we also need to consider permafrost. Carbon is currently stored in frozen organic soils in the Arctic regions. If that thaws it will release carbon into the atmosphere. This is referred to as a positive

spotted two Kingfishers on the pond in the winter of 2017 and we are hopeful they will return. (Photo Tom Blackmore) Timeline 2018 (Photo Tom Blackmore) 2008 The Biodiversity Working Group was established in 2008 to work with Property Management, our Facilities Contractor G4S and Devon Garden

skies remain clear, so gardeners need to be aware of the risk of frosts. Alex Deakin explains more about the forecast for the weekend in the video below: VisitEngland Director Patricia Yates said: “With so many fantastic attractions and events on this Easter and with a mainly fine, dry forecast

reduced waste through initiatives such as promoting the use of reusable cups. Our plastics, metal, cardboard, paper and glass are all recycled. Our food waste is processed by anaerobic digestion and our garden waste from the grounds is composted. Our residual waste is sent to an incineration facility

of 38.7 °C at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens on July 25. The paper has been published in the Royal Meteorological Society journal Weather and can be read here.

were in Edinburgh (Gogarbank at only 3.2 mm and Botanic Gardens with 4 mm – 7% and 10% of average respectively), closely followed by London (Hampton at  3.8 mm and St James park at 4.2mm, both 9% of average). It was a mild month overall with a notable warm spell early in the month, but some cold

at risk of snowfall being higher ground in the north and east. The best of any clear and sunny spells through the rest of this week are likely to be in the south and west of the UK, albeit feeling colder compared to last week.”   The drop in temperatures is a risk for some of the nation’s gardeners

more than 1.0°C warmer in the last 100 years. A new course for the red admiral The striking red admiral butterfly has always been a familiar visitor to parks and gardens the length and breadth of the UK. It used to be an exclusively migratory butterfly arriving on our shores after crossing the English