The National Trust has released a series of paintings which show how the British landscape could look in a couple of decades time, if global warming continues.

They think that Cacti will replace standard British plants, and that people will see gravel in place of green grass.

This is because weather experts Met Office, the people who predict the British weather, expect temperatures to rise by 2 degrees celsius in the next twenty years. 

This would mean that the UK could experience summers as hot as the South of France (at 38 C) and as a result, it would be too hot for some British plants to grow.

And if global warming gets much worse in the coming years, the Met Office predict a 4-degree rise in temperatures, resulting in the average UK garden looking like a Portuguese one. 

The National Trust wants people to act now to reduce global warming and preserve the British landscape.

What do you think of this story? Is it a shame that the British garden might disappear? Or would you prefer hotter weather and a mediterranean garden? 

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