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From golf to gardens: Houston’s new botanical garden opens

AGreenLiving

Houston’s Clark Condon designed the garden’s planting and soil, with installation by Landscape Art. First, the garden team analyzed how long-term golfing had impacted the soil. In 2019, gardeners worked on the drainage system and specially blended soils for the garden’s different areas.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse. Hotter temperatures have already limited harvests of traditional foods and medicine used by many indigenous nations. Rising temperatures have also dried the soil, raising wildfire risks.