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1) It's sad that we have had hundreds of news stories this year about parched parks and fields, but most don't mention how trees, shrubs, wildflowers and hedgerows are coping. This doesn't mention tree once, despite them being the biggest lesson in the photos: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

2) I've written about all of these plants in the drought in detail here - it's a total disaster that's going to get worse, but we desperately need this kind of granular detail shared with the mainstream public to plan correctly: www.wildway.info/p/15-observa...

Every time I go outside in my garden... I think about the garden plant survey I did for you in July... many of the plants that were thriving then... particularly perennials... are now showing significant signs of stress and scorching...