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The National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire has been renamed National Remembrance Gardens, marking what the organisation describes as a new chapter for the site. The Arboretum is the UK's centre of remembrance, home to thousands of memorials including the Armed Forces Memorial. The Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce highlighted the change, drawing local business and community attention to the rebrand.
- 2Arboretum workers asked how climate change is hitting their collections●Question for everyone who is working in an # Arboretum . How is your plant collection doing in regard of climate change,
A question circulating online asks people working in arboretums how their plant collections are coping with climate change, what measures they are taking, and whether the effort is worthwhile. It has drawn responses from horticultural staff discussing drought stress, species losses, watering limits and whether traditional collection practices can survive hotter, drier conditions.