While the experts manage soaring temperatures on a mass scale, Fiona insists many of their solutions can be replicated at home.
Terracotta pots, which you can buy for less than the price of a cup of coffee, are among her suggestions to support our own borders.
Water seeps from the pot slowly, providing targeted watering for prized plants.
While the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) is a charity steeped in history, the team in Harrogate is also future-focused.
Acutely aware of challenges warming temperatures pose, they have been researching and testing new trees.
“In 90 years, birches, oaks and beech may start to struggle, we are looking at growing different types of trees from other parts of the world that might work well.
“We are using our facilities to be able to help with climate change to see what is going to work that will help inform people in their own gardens,” Fiona adds.
