Leamington and Warwick Living Jan - Feb 2021

NOTES FROM THE GARDEN
Planting for the future...
Garden lovers amongst us will
appreciate the advice from our
gardening expert Matt Biggs. Matt
is a regular on Radio 4’s GQT’s
expert panel, here he advises us to
appreciate the landscape around us
and perhaps invest in the future of
our world by planting a tree.
2020 has been a year many of us will wish
to forget. One of the very few positive
things to come from it however has been
the appreciation so many of us have
developed for our gardens and open
spaces, parks and woodlands, places we
can wonder at the natural beauty on our
doorstep and that we may have looked at
with fresh eyes.
Trees are so important to our landscape
and to our world and there are many tree
planting initiatives that you can get involved
in. Imagine the National Trust gardens and
landscapes minus their majestic trees - and
yet the people who planted them knew
they would never live to see them in all
their glory.
With that in mind it is an idea perhaps for
as many of us as can to plant for the future,
and our children’s and grandchildren’s
futures too.
There are many initiatives, some local,
some national and some international with
which to get involved. His Royal Highness
Prince Charles has given his support to
Plant Britain, Trees for Climate, the World
Land Trust and many others are also
ongoing initiatives to green our planet and
if you don’t want to get involved in that way
then plant a tree where you live. It doesn’t
have to be a mighty oak, there are so many
trees, slow growing or otherwise that we
can plant to enhance where we live - for
ourselves and for others and indeed in
memory of others, winter is still the best
time to plant trees and lots of people have
been busy - why don’t you plant some,
too?
Find out more from Matt Biggs by
visiting his website matthewbiggs.com
“Gardening is a way
of life, a passion which
gives us a connection
with the earth that
sustains us.”
Matt Biggs
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