• Education
    • Higher Education
    • Scholarships & Grants
    • Online Learning
    • School Reforms
    • Research & Innovation
  • Lifestyle
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
    • Fashion & Beauty
    • Home & Living
    • Relationships & Family
  • Technology & Startups
    • Software & Apps
    • Startup Success Stories
    • Startups & Innovations
    • Tech Regulations
    • Venture Capital
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Cybersecurity
    • Emerging Technologies
    • Gadgets & Devices
    • Industry Analysis
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy
Today Headline
  • Home
  • World News
    • Us & Canada
    • Europe
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Middle East
  • Politics
    • Elections
    • Political Parties
    • Government Policies
    • International Relations
    • Legislative News
  • Business & Finance
    • Market Trends
    • Stock Market
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Corporate News
    • Economic Policies
  • Science & Environment
    • Space Exploration
    • Climate Change
    • Wildlife & Conservation
    • Environmental Policies
    • Medical Research
  • Health
    • Public Health
    • Mental Health
    • Medical Breakthroughs
    • Fitness & Nutrition
    • Pandemic Updates
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Tennis
    • Olympics
    • Motorsport
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV & Streaming
    • Celebrity News
    • Awards & Festivals
  • Crime & Justice
    • Court Cases
    • Cybercrime
    • Policing
    • Criminal Investigations
    • Legal Reforms
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • World News
    • Us & Canada
    • Europe
    • Asia
    • Africa
    • Middle East
  • Politics
    • Elections
    • Political Parties
    • Government Policies
    • International Relations
    • Legislative News
  • Business & Finance
    • Market Trends
    • Stock Market
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Corporate News
    • Economic Policies
  • Science & Environment
    • Space Exploration
    • Climate Change
    • Wildlife & Conservation
    • Environmental Policies
    • Medical Research
  • Health
    • Public Health
    • Mental Health
    • Medical Breakthroughs
    • Fitness & Nutrition
    • Pandemic Updates
  • Sports
    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Tennis
    • Olympics
    • Motorsport
  • Entertainment
    • Movies
    • Music
    • TV & Streaming
    • Celebrity News
    • Awards & Festivals
  • Crime & Justice
    • Court Cases
    • Cybercrime
    • Policing
    • Criminal Investigations
    • Legal Reforms
No Result
View All Result
Today Headline
No Result
View All Result
Home Science & Environment Environmental Policies

Flood resilient garden showcases possibilities that combine adaptation and aesthetics

August 6, 2025
in Environmental Policies
Reading Time: 3 mins read
A A
0
An elaborate garden with cuboidal hanging plant pots, foliage and water features
3
SHARES
6
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter



An elaborate garden with cuboidal hanging plant pots, foliage and water features

In what seems an appealing example of practical climate adaptation, flood insurance specialist Flood Re has unveiled a permanent flood resilient garden at Howbery Park in Oxfordshire — a living demonstration of how thoughtful outdoor design can mitigate flood risk while enhancing biodiversity and aesthetic appeal.

The permanent, free public access, flood resilient garden has been set up on a site owned by HR Wallingford, which helps develop resilient approaches to flooding. Flood Re says its mission is to promote the uptake of property flood resilience measures across the UK.

The garden builds on the silver-medal winning Flood Resilient Garden which debuted at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2024, a collaboration between Flood Re, environmental expert Dr Ed Barsley and garden designer Naomi Slade. It served as a practical blueprint for how outdoor spaces can help reduce flood risks while enhancing property aesthetics, demonstrating how an ordinary terrace house garden can incorporate resilient design.

The reimagined Flood Resilient Garden at Howbery Business Park, also designed by Dr Ed Barsley with additional landscaping and planting design by Belderbos Landscapes, shows how a combination of functionality and aesthetics in garden design can help address the urgent need for flood mitigation in the UK, where one in four homes faces the risk of flooding.

Sponsored by Flood Re, the joint initiative between the UK government and the insurance industry which exists to promote the affordability and availability of flood insurance for homes across the UK, the new permanent garden supports the ground-breaking Build Back Better scheme. Launched in 2022, Build Back Better enables qualifying policyholders to benefit from up to £10,000 towards the installation of flood resilience measures, the scheme now offered by over 70% of the UK household property insurance market.

Changes to outside space and gardens, along with internal changes such as the use of specialist plaster, raised electric sockets and tiled floors, not only make a huge difference in reducing the impact of, and potential for flood, but are a vital first line of defence, ensuring households can recover more swiftly from flooding and stand better protected against future incidents.

Treetop view across the top of a garden situated outside an Elizabethan-style mansion with a tall central tower within the structure

The new permanent garden shows how it is possible for outside space to respond and adapt to the challenges of heavy rain and surface water flooding by embracing the water as a feature and harnessing it for future use. The pond, for example, doubles as a sump to collect water and slowly allow it to drain away, whilst a smart rainwater tank allows remote drain-down ahead of predicted rainfall.

The garden also features a range of carefully curated wild flower meadow, edible and shade resilient plants alongside water lovers such as Baldellia ranunculoides, Caltha palustris, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Rodgersia and Juncus ensifolius.

Kelly Ostler-Coyle, Director of Corporate Affairs, Flood Re, commented:

“We’re thrilled that the flood resilient garden now has a permanent home, open and accessible to the wider public. Outdoor spaces like this are vital in providing a natural first line of defence against flooding. This garden demonstrates how thoughtful choices in plants and landscape design can offer both aesthetic value and tangible protection — helping to minimise physical damage and emotional strain when floods occur. If flood-resistant features and built-in water storage were adopted across communities, the collective benefit would be transformative.”

Cuboidal water tanks, part of a modern-looking water fountain, arranged artfully and with plants and foliage surrounding them

Andy Brown, Joint CEO, HR Wallingford, commented:

“We’re delighted that Flood Re chose our business park for the forever home for the flood resilient garden. It looks magnificent and I am sure will inspire everyone who visits, as well as providing a tranquil space for those that work here. We expect there to be more intense and more frequent rainfall in coming years, as an impact of climate change, but resilient gardens such as this one will help reduce the risk of flooding, lessening the impact on lives, the environment and infrastructure.

Dr Ed Barsley, The Environmental Design Studio commented:

“With this garden, we wanted to demonstrate that flood resilient design needn’t be a compromise, you can create spaces that are both beautiful and enriching, whatever the weather. The original garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show was a magical, if fleeting, moment. In reimagining it for a permanent setting, we’ve worked hard to ensure it can endure and thrive for decades to come. I’m delighted it now has a lasting home, one that offers education, enhances biodiversity, helps manage flood risk, and offers a calm, reflective space for all who visit.”

Tags: adaptationAestheticscombinefloodgardenPossibilitiesresilientshowcases
Previous Post

Ten Top Tips to Beat Fatigue You Won’t Have

Next Post

Mississippi Attorney Nathan Jermyn Serves NASA and the Nation

Related Posts

Washington State Braces for ‘Inevitable’ Megafire. Climate Change May Bring It Sooner.

Washington State Braces for ‘Inevitable’ Megafire. Climate Change May Bring It Sooner.

August 6, 2025
9
Richard Oba takes a bus to the Minidoka National Historic site with other Minidoka Pilgrimage attendees Saturday, July 8, 2023, near Jerome, Idaho. Previous iterations of the Minidoka Pilgrimage had an option to bus from Seattle to Idaho, echoing the train ride many Japanese American took from the Puyallup Assembly Center to Minidoka. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) CLI813 CLI813

Trump cancels massive Idaho wind farm amid renewable broadside

August 6, 2025
7
Next Post

Mississippi Attorney Nathan Jermyn Serves NASA and the Nation

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Family calls for change after B.C. nurse dies by suicide after attacks on the job

Family calls for change after B.C. nurse dies by suicide after attacks on the job

April 2, 2025
Pioneering 3D printing project shares successes

Product reduces TPH levels to non-hazardous status

November 27, 2024

Police ID man who died after Corso Italia fight

December 23, 2024

Hospital Mergers Fail to Deliver Better Care or Lower Costs, Study Finds todayheadline

December 31, 2024
Harris tells supporters 'never give up' and urges peaceful transfer of power

Harris tells supporters ‘never give up’ and urges peaceful transfer of power

0
Des Moines Man Accused Of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend's Mother

Des Moines Man Accused Of Shooting Ex-Girlfriend’s Mother

0

Trump ‘looks forward’ to White House meeting with Biden

0
Catholic voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’

Catholic voters were critical to Donald Trump’s blowout victory: ‘Harris snubbed us’

0
Son signs deal, calls MLS move 'dream come true'

Son signs deal, calls MLS move ‘dream come true’

August 6, 2025

Alpha And Omega (AOSL) Q4 Sales Rise 9% todayheadline

August 6, 2025
FTC seeks to block Edwards Lifesciences' acquisition of JenaValve

FTC seeks to block Edwards Lifesciences' acquisition of JenaValve todayheadline

August 6, 2025
Hominins Moved Into the Neighborhood of the Hobbit Humans Around 1.04 Million Years Ago

Hominins Moved Into the Neighborhood of the Hobbit Humans Around 1.04 Million Years Ago todayheadline

August 6, 2025

Recent News

Son signs deal, calls MLS move 'dream come true'

Son signs deal, calls MLS move ‘dream come true’

August 6, 2025
6

Alpha And Omega (AOSL) Q4 Sales Rise 9% todayheadline

August 6, 2025
6
FTC seeks to block Edwards Lifesciences' acquisition of JenaValve

FTC seeks to block Edwards Lifesciences' acquisition of JenaValve todayheadline

August 6, 2025
6
Hominins Moved Into the Neighborhood of the Hobbit Humans Around 1.04 Million Years Ago

Hominins Moved Into the Neighborhood of the Hobbit Humans Around 1.04 Million Years Ago todayheadline

August 6, 2025
6

TodayHeadline is a dynamic news website dedicated to delivering up-to-date and comprehensive news coverage from around the globe.

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Basketball
  • Business & Finance
  • Climate Change
  • Crime & Justice
  • Cybersecurity
  • Economic Policies
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Policies
  • Europe
  • Football
  • Gadgets & Devices
  • Health
  • Medical Research
  • Mental Health
  • Middle East
  • Motorsport
  • Olympics
  • Politics
  • Public Health
  • Relationships & Family
  • Science & Environment
  • Software & Apps
  • Space Exploration
  • Sports
  • Stock Market
  • Technology & Startups
  • Tennis
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized
  • Us & Canada
  • Wildlife & Conservation
  • World News

Recent News

Son signs deal, calls MLS move 'dream come true'

Son signs deal, calls MLS move ‘dream come true’

August 6, 2025

Alpha And Omega (AOSL) Q4 Sales Rise 9% todayheadline

August 6, 2025
  • Education
  • Lifestyle
  • Technology & Startups
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy

© 2024 Todayheadline.co

Welcome Back!

OR

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Business & Finance
  • Corporate News
  • Economic Policies
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Market Trends
  • Crime & Justice
  • Court Cases
  • Criminal Investigations
  • Cybercrime
  • Legal Reforms
  • Policing
  • Education
  • Higher Education
  • Online Learning
  • Entertainment
  • Awards & Festivals
  • Celebrity News
  • Movies
  • Music
  • Health
  • Fitness & Nutrition
  • Medical Breakthroughs
  • Mental Health
  • Pandemic Updates
  • Lifestyle
  • Fashion & Beauty
  • Food & Drink
  • Home & Living
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Government Policies
  • International Relations
  • Legislative News
  • Political Parties
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
  • Middle East
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cybersecurity
  • Emerging Technologies
  • Gadgets & Devices
  • Industry Analysis
  • Basketball
  • Football
  • Motorsport
  • Olympics
  • Climate Change
  • Environmental Policies
  • Medical Research
  • Science & Environment
  • Space Exploration
  • Wildlife & Conservation
  • Sports
  • Tennis
  • Technology & Startups
  • Software & Apps
  • Startup Success Stories
  • Startups & Innovations
  • Tech Regulations
  • Venture Capital
  • Uncategorized
  • World News
  • Us & Canada
  • Public Health
  • Relationships & Family
  • Travel
  • Research & Innovation
  • Scholarships & Grants
  • School Reforms
  • Stock Market
  • TV & Streaming
  • Advertise with Us
  • Privacy & Policy
  • About us
  • Contact

© 2024 Todayheadline.co