{"id":20751,"date":"2022-08-27T13:18:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T12:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=20751"},"modified":"2022-08-27T13:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T12:21:11","slug":"in-photos-londons-green-park-turns-golden-brown-as-trees-shed-their-leaves-during-a-false-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/in-photos-londons-green-park-turns-golden-brown-as-trees-shed-their-leaves-during-a-false-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"In photos: London&#8217;s Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a &#8216;false autumn&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-01.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These were the autumnal-looking scenes in Green Park yesterday, with many trees shedding their leaves early in response to the recent record breaking temperatures\u00a0 and drought.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-02.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Why is autumn coming early?<\/h4>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s giving the appearance that we\u2019re already in autumn, but the days are too long for those natural autumn processes to begin,<\/em>\u201d explained\u00a0 senior horticultural advisor at the Royal Horticultural Society <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-62582186\">Leigh Hunt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em> \u201cPhysiologically, the plants are not responding to autumn conditions; that\u2019s why we term it loosely as \u2018false autumn.&#8217;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The trees are enacting the\u00a0hormones they use in autumn to just retract and ensure their survival,<\/em>&#8221; added Rosie Walker of the Woodland Trust conservation charity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-1jtxuc8-0 fWbzXg body-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;They&#8217;ll keep going like this for a few years but it is going to start impacting our trees if we&#8217;re not very careful,&#8221;<\/em> she told BBC radio.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-03.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>More park photos<\/h4>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-04.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-05.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-06.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-07.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-08.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-09.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-10.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-11.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-12.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-13.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/green-park-early-autumn-14.jpg\" alt=\"In photos: Green Park turns golden brown as trees shed their leaves during a 'false autumn' , Aug 2022\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Join the forum chat<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/central-london-photos-parks-buildings-street-scenes-and-london-life.329057\/page-5#post-17082678\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central London photos \u2013 parks, buildings, street scenes and London life<\/a> (over 150 posts)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>More photos<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?s=green+park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View our extensive Green Park photo archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These were the autumnal-looking scenes in Green Park yesterday, with many trees shedding their leaves early in response to the recent record breaking temperatures\u00a0 and 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