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The 55-metre chalk figure, one of Britain’s most recognizable landmarks, is being rechalked early due to heavier winter rains washing away its outline. Volunteers are scaling the hillside this week to apply 17 tonnes of fresh chalk before erosion and algae obscure the Giant’s defining features.
Mottisfont’s National Trust rose garden is already peaking weeks ahead of schedule, a direct result of Britain’s unseasonably mild winter and spring. The early bloom—unseen in living memory—has forced gardeners to adapt pruning and planting strategies to protect rare varieties from climate pressures.
Roses across National Trust gardens in southern England have burst into bloom up to a month earlier than historical averages, data shows, with gardeners warning of ecological disruption. Scientists link the trend to unseasonably warm winters and erratic spring rainfall.