United Utilities has entered a three-year partnership with the RHS Garden Bridgewater, which has just opened in Salford.
The partnership is focused on water efficiency and climate resilience. It includes a research project to monitor the effectiveness of rainwater harvesting and sustainable urban drainage; education and outreach through site signage and school visit programmes; and the creation of a resilience show garden.
Jo Harrison, environmental planning and innovation director at United Utilities, said: “This will be the first urban RHS Garden and it provides a fantastic chance to pilot adaptations that might one day influence the way our buildings and gardens are designed in the future.”
Curator at RHS Garden Bridgewater, Marcus Chilton-Jones, said: “Even before RHS Garden Bridgewater opened to the public we have seen how extremes of heavy rain and drought can affect the garden, and we have had to rise to the challenge this poses for a garden of this scale. But understanding how to manage water in the garden is essential knowledge for every gardener, no matter what size their plot, and we hope to show how many of the techniques used at RHS Garden Bridgewater can be adapted to use at home.”
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