Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds

A new study has found that 42% of domestic garden space is paved over. Photograph: Andrew Baskott/Alamy

Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.