Formosa thoughts

Godzilla El Niño is coming You may have seen the headlines this week reporting on a developing El Niño event so strong that scientists are calling it "Godzilla," potentially one of the most powerful on record. The Met Office says it increases the chances of wetter, stormier conditions across the UK and north-west Europe this autumn and winter, and London, in particular, is being flagged as exposed on multiple fronts: storm surges pushing up the tidal Thames, swollen rivers an

How to design and Build a Beautiful Garden That Needs Less Water

As of yesterday, over 10 million of us across London, the Thames Valley and the Home Counties are living with a hosepipe ban. Thames Water made the call after one of the driest springs in living memory, followed by a June that broke heat records — and it's the right call. Rivers and reservoirs need the break, and so, if we're honest, do our gardens. We know the timing feels cruel. Mid-summer, gardens at their thirstiest, and now the hose is off-limits for anything beyond the