The UK’s weather has been nothing but unpredictable over the past couple of weeks – I never thought I’d see a tennis match between hail and sunshine in May – and experts are warning that our gardens are more at risk of flooding than ever before.
Floodproofing our gardens has never been more important. New research by Flood Re, which is exhibiting its Flood Re: Contain the Rain Garden at the 2026 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, has found that surface water flooding is one of the fastest-growing flood risks in the UK – and the way we design our gardens is making the problem worse.
