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Which plants will survive and can I use grey water? Gardening as UK summers get drier

As parts of Beth Chatto’s visionary drought-tolerant gardens in Essex turn brown, the head gardener offers advice Her debut book, in 1978, was titled The Dry Garden. Since then, the late Beth Chatto created a rich legacy with her expertise as a plantswoman and by setting up one of the oldest unwatered public gardens in England. Once a car park but transformed in 1992 into an experiment to test what plants were drough

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The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
16 Aug 2026, 10:00 UTC
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Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent
Section
Gardens
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As parts of Beth Chatto’s visionary drought-tolerant gardens in Essex turn brown, the head gardener offers advice Her debut book, in 1978, was titled The Dry Garden. Since then, the late Beth Chatto created a rich legacy with her expertise as a plantswoman and by setting up one of the oldest unwatered public gardens in England. Once a car park but transformed in 1992 into an experiment to test what plants were drough
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    Which plants will survive and can I use grey water? Gardening as UK summers get drier

    As parts of Beth Chatto’s visionary drought-tolerant gardens in Essex turn brown, the head gardener offers advice Her debut book, in 1978, was titled The Dry Garden. Since then, the late Beth Chatto created a rich legacy with her expertise as a plantswoman and by setting up one of the oldest unwatered public gardens in England. Once a car park but transformed in 1992 into an experiment to test what plants were drough

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  • publisher category Climate crisis rss-category
  • publisher category Drought rss-category
  • publisher category Environment rss-category
  • publisher category Essex rss-category
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  • publisher category Gardening advice rss-category
  • publisher category Gardens rss-category
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  • publisher category Plants rss-category
  • publisher category UK news rss-category
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