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Explore ways that climate change is impacting plants in the Commonwealth

A lake with a curving bridge surrounded by blooming spring plants.
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Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has recently moved into a warmer growing zone after the update to the USDA hardiness map.

Peggy Singlemann learns how marshes and wetlands can create more resilient shorelines and buffer against sea level rise in Norfolk with Mary-Carson Stiff, Executive Director of Wetlands Watch.

Serome Hamlin tours Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden with Vice President of Horticulture, Danny Cox, to see how new USDA hardiness zones are challenging public gardens with earlier bloom times and new pest and disease pressure, while also providing opportunities to grow new plants in the warmer climate.

Randy Battle shares tips to start growing in a new raised bed. Robyn Puffenbarger recommends plants that can stand wet feet to absorb runoff.

A large marsh area with spiraling waterways and trees.
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Wetlands and marshes are under threat from rising sea levels.

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