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When garden designer Jane Gates moved to the Sussex countryside in 2015, she fell in love with a traditional black barn conversion(改建的房屋), and set about creating a droughts-resistant garden around it. 1．she didn’t know was just how quickly her garden would become relevant to today’s changing climate.

Over the years, Gates   2．(experiment) with plants that suit this dry and hot place and made some interesting 3．(discover). Surprisingly, some plants, known for loving water, have proved4．(adapt) to drought. Others have struggled. However, many plants specifically 5．(choose) for drought tolerance have enjoyed the heat.

Gates’ garden is a big gravel(砾石)one.   6．occasion she stands by the floor-to-ceiling windows and enjoys the scene. Gravel 7．(use)as a layer(层)for the plants to grow through, joining the paths with the planting. The feeling is of a relaxing, natural-looking space, with the light colour of the gravel8．(compare) beautifully with the black of the barn. Gates recommends gravel as a cover on the top for9．reason that it locks water in the soil below in summer, while keeping it away from plants in winter, which can damage them. This helps some plants do a bit10．(well) in adapting to climate extremes.