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Adapting your garden to a changing climate

Drought, heatwave, excess water: six concrete levers to stay productive.

  1. 01

    Understanding climate resilience

    Diversity, layers, soil, water: the pillars of adaptation.

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  2. 02

    In practice: 6 immediate actions

    Mulching, hedges, water storage, tolerant varieties.

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  3. 03

    Thinking in terms of your bioregion

    Adapting to local watersheds and ecosystems.

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Sources

  • Folke, C. et al. (2010). Resilience thinking: integrating resilience, adaptability and transformability. Ecology and Society, 15(4), 20.
  • Minasny, B. & McBratney, A.B. (2018). Limited effect of organic matter on soil available water capacity. European Journal of Soil Science, 69(1), 39-47.
  • Allen, R.G., Pereira, L.S., Raes, D. & Smith, M. (1998). Crop evapotranspiration: guidelines for computing crop water requirements. FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper 56. Rome : FAO.
  • Sale, K. (1985). Dwellers in the Land: The Bioregional Vision. San Francisco : Sierra Club Books.

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