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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Beament

Two-fifths of British garden space paved over, reducing green benefits – report

The Royal Horticultural Society report mapped Britain’s gardens in new detail for the first time (Steve Parsons/PA) - (PA Archive)

More than half of Britain’s front garden space and a third of back garden space is paved over, reducing the potential to help with flooding, wildlife and storing carbon, experts have said.

New AI-assisted mapping from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) also indicates 7.5 million square metres of domestic gardens are covered in artificial lawns.

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