According to research conducted by the Tyndall Centre for Climatic Change at the University of East Anglia, the growing season in the UK is lengthening (in 2001 it was the longest ever recorded at 330 days). The picture reflects global warming over the past 50 years. According to the Meterological Office, there is a 75% probability that 2002 will be even warmer than 2001. The implications for growers are several; the growing of some crops should be shifted further North and a range of ornamental varieties typical of Mediterranean climates could be grown in Southern England. Climatic change also threatens certain species, woodland and fauna. Horticulture Week www.hortweek.com