James has spent his professional life as a University researcher road testing published ecological planting design theory with native and non-native plants in practice on prestige projects around the world. But there has always been a home private garden, too, which has been equally important to the science base, through the vehicle of his lived experience. His new 2.5 acre garden in Southwest England has allowed him to extend this further and create a series of very different perennial plant communities to the British norm. A response to intensifying climate change, the creation of exceptional visual drama, and support for native animals. In this talk, James will particularly focus on how he has used layering of canopies and randomized planting based on spatial ratios to achieve these goals and explore how these approaches might be used in other landscapes.
Speaker: James Hitchmough
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James has spent his professional life as a University researcher road testing published ecological planting design theory with native and non-native plants in practice on prestige projects around the world. But there has always been a home private garden, too, which has been equally important to the science base, through the vehicle of his lived experience. His new 2.5 acre garden in Southwest England has allowed him to extend this further and create a series of very different perennial plant communities to the British norm. A response to intensifying climate change, the creation of exceptional visual drama, and support for native animals. In this talk, James will particularly focus on how he has used layering of canopies and randomized planting based on spatial ratios to achieve these goals and explore how these approaches might be used in other landscapes.
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