Trees ‘giving up’: Climate change hammers historic English gardens

Record heatwaves and drought in the summer of 2026 are affecting the gardens of stately homes.

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Leaves are shriveling, and branches cracking from this summer's heat and drought. Researchers at Kew Gardens in London have assessed more than a million public trees in the city and determined that 73 per cent are at risk due to climate change by the end of the century.