How to Help Your Garden Recover From a Heat Wave

How to help your garden recover from a heat wave

UK gardens took a battering this summer as a heat dome settled over western Europe, and much of the green and pleasant land turned a dusty beige.

UK gardens expert guide to recovery after summer drought and heatwave

Gardeners don’t need to take the hacksaw to the shrub border yet with the notion of making a fresh start

How to help your garden recover from a heatwave

Hydrangeas struggle with moisture but may re-shoot from the base of the plant. Roman Samborskyi/ShutterstockUK gardens took a battering this summer as a heat dome settled over western Europe, and much of the green and pleasant land turned a dusty beige. Some areas went without rain for almost two months. The “joy of gardening” turned into waiting until the cooler evening period, then laboriously trailing out from the kitchen with buckets of wate…