Gardening For Climate Change
Part of the Bury St Edmunds Literature Festival 2025!
Location
Unitarian Meeting House, Churchgate Street, Bury St Edmunds IP33 1RH
Telephone
- Next Event
- 12th October 12:00pm
- Event Finishes
- 12th October 1:00pm
About this event
Sally Morgan & Becky Searle in conversation with Sue Boase
It’s no longer gardening as usual. Heat waves, droughts, flooding, violent storms…the long-predicted extremes of weather caused by climate change are now on our doorstep. We need to learn how to protect the garden against climate extremes, exotic pests, invasive weeds, and more. Climate and weather paterns are changing fast, and our gardening practices need to catch up.
This conversation between author/gardeners Becky Searle and Sally Morgan and Sue Boase from local charity Climate Change Gardening will set you on the right track to future-proof your garden by giving it everything it needs to adapt and succeed, whatever the climate challenge.
Books: Becky Searle: Grow A New Garden (Chelsea Green), Allotment Planner Sally Morgan: The Resilient Garden and Allotment Handbook (Chelsea Green), The Climate Change Garden (Green Rocket)
Suitability: 12+ Timing: 50 minutes followed by book signing
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About the Venue
Bury St Edmunds' finest building
The Meeting House was built in 1711 for its Presbyterian congregation, and is a fine example of the English Baroque style in its softer, more provincial manner. Fully restored between 1975 and 1991, the Grade 1 listed building is now one of Bury St Edmunds' most elegant venues.
The facade to Churchgate Street is one of the jewels of the town, with its gauged and rubbed brickwork in two tones of red, and excellent proportions.
Superb Acoustics
The warm wood floor, good height, and human scale combine to provide a clear and sympathetic sound for a variety of public uses. After all, it was built to ensure commanding solo performances!
A highly adaptable space
The interior is a classic example of a nonconformist meeting house of the period. The central open space is dominated by a fine two-tiered pulpit and surrounded on three sides by galleries containing the original box pews.
Serving Bury St Edmunds
The Meeting House is currently owned by Unitarian Trustees, and managed by the House Committee which includes representatives of the Community. The aim is to ensure wide and appropriate public use of the building for many years to come.
The House Committee is a committee of the Unitarian Trustees, an excepted charity
