Creating cooling shade
Shady trees and shrubs make a significant contribution to local cooling, because their shade prevents the ground from heating up, and the transpiration from their foliage also cools the air. Even in cities, areas with trees, such as gardens and parks, are significantly cooler than nearby areas without trees.
Shade and cooling
This study showed that trees in parks and botanical gardens, have a significant cooling effect, not only in the garden, but in the surrounding area too.
Trees for Cities promotes urban tree planting, to help reduce local temperatures.
Garden Organic have provided a range of ways of keeping your garden cool, providing relief in our increasingly hot summers as well as shade and shelter for you and your garden wildlife.