Late-season resilience: Growers and retailers beat summer drought to drive autumn momentum

Allensmore Nurseries reports strong summer performance despite UK drought

RHS launches survey on effect of drought on gardens + Guy Barter interview

New hosepipe ban in west

Eden Project "halts decline" + Andy Jasper interview

Allensmore, Klondyke and Oxford Biodegradable Solutions trial biodegradable pots

Product Special: Bigger and better glasshouses for more efficient production

Meet Jim Croxton, Director on the Amenity Forum Board

Autumn gardening shift: Dry summer heat triggers garden centre deals and new planting habits

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Tarsonemid and eriophyid mites

12 impacts of drought causing horticulture industry behaviour changes

Kew’s gardens director Raoul Curtis-Machin: Navigating the first year

How the retail garden seed business is evolving

Fothergill's Michael Yates on growth and omnichannel strategy: Expanding global reach and in service of seed innovation

Meet Tom Arnold, director on the Amenity Forum board

Peat: six updates to keep you in the know about policy

Business Planning: A shorter working week can benefit horticulture employees and employers

Head Gardener: Extreme weather demands strategic planning and planting + Jane Moore VIDEO

Growers’ Guide to Plant Health: Fungal leaf spots

New Plants Radar: Eye-catchers at the Ball Colegrave Summer Showcase

Landscape Management: For large gardens, estates and maintenance firms

Tenders Tracker: LIVE TABLE

Dobbies to close garden centre

Garden business being wound up

Floral Fringe Fair cancelled after death of founder

Autumn gardening shift: Dry summer heat triggers garden centre deals and new planting habits

Jamie Butterworth's Form Plants formally commits to peat-free transition from 1 September

Eden Project "halts decline" + Andy Jasper interview

NPPF effect on garden centres revealed

Poinsettia market set to be bigger but more challenging UPDATED

Movers and people: Creative Gardens, Barnsdale, SoilsCon, Durstons UPDATED

Allensmore Nurseries awards best garden centre displays

Sweet chestnut blight outbreak spreads

Royal Parks stag put down after attack on man

Meet the Four Oaks speaker: David Nieburg

Inquest opens into death of man at National Trust estate

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Steve Carter and David Domoney

Meet the Four Oaks speaker: Steve Dunn

New hosepipe ban in west

Tory MP, magician and comedian to speak at HTA conference

Horticulture Company results: Berwick-Upon-Tweed Garden Centre, Cotton Traders, Eden Project

Memories and reflections from 185 years of HortWeek - with Matthew Appleby and Sally Drury

Groesn CEO Matt Jarrett on market consolidation, tech Investment, and labour challenges in the UK's fruit production sector

Help for horticulturists in need with Perennial trustees, Richard Lawton and Neville Stein

Andy Mills on Blenheim Palace Garden's Restoration - climate shifts, lost landscapes and long grass

Chemical-free landscaping for pollinators - with Sue Payne of Q&S Commercial Landscaping and Alison Benjamin of Urban Bees

Are garden centre margins too high? Peat-free hits the national press, hosepipe bans and the effect of horticulture's absence from school careers advice

Transforming Birmingham Botanic Gardens in terms of plants, culture, well-being and learning - with Sara Blair-Manning

News in Focus - must-have garden products, can one-stop shops work in UK and hort salaries

HortWeek Podcast/The Plant Based Podcast: HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby is interviewed by Michael Perry and horticulturist Ellen Mary

Salaries report 2026 Special Podcast with Viki Halkett of Fresh Horticultural Careers and Haymarket Recruitment's Vishnu Kannan

News In Focus - Football World Cup, plant shows, FlowerTrials

HortWeek Podcast: Winning new plant and horticulture business awards with Pippa Greenwood, Steph Dunn James and Adam Dunnett

HortWeek fresh produce Iran war summit: Part 2 - Vegetables

HortWeek fresh produce Iran war summit: Part 1 - Fruit

HortWeek Podcast: ICL’s Andrew Wilson on fertilisers for the future

HortWeek Podcast: Lee Connelly on The Classroom Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Jonathan Sheppard on the true cost of a RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold

What's it really like running a historic garden in 2026? With Rosie Fyles of Chiswick House and Gardens Trust

News In Focus - season kicks off, global shocks, plastic pot recycling and the nasties lurking in artificial turf

Mental health and horticulture with Creepers Nursery's Michael Buck and Helen Waddington of Perennial

UK fruit producers show resilience and growth in latest Top 25 Fruit Producers ranking

Expanded Top 250 Garden Centres 2025 launches

Who tops the list of biggest horticulture suppliers 2025?

Latest top 100 Ornamentals Nurseries ranking reflects consolidation and flat returns in the last year

Acquisitions and consolidation mean change at the top in this year's Top 70 Landscape & Maintenance Contractors report

Steady year for the top 20 Glasshouse Salad Growers 2024

Top 10 Turf Growers 2025

Plant Focus: Pulmonaria

Plant Focus: Stars of the 2026 Chelsea show gardens

Plant Focus: Liquidambar

Plant Focus: Miscanthus

Plant Focus: Agapanthus

Plant Focus: Jasminum

Christmas trees

Water lilies

Anemone

Phlox

Fruit

Fragrant foliage

Vegetable plants

Pyracantha

Carnivorous plants

Nerine

Movers and people: Creative Gardens, Barnsdale, SoilsCon, Durstons UPDATED

Debbie Winstanley appointed non-executive director of Quantil

Movers and people: Chelsea Physic Garden, West Dean, HTA, AHDB, MSC

Movers and people: LCGD, NAS, RFH, GCA, Arundel Castle

Another Defra minister leaves Government as Burnham rings changes

Movers and people: Natural England, King Charles, Tiger, Briggs & Stratton, Defra UPDATED

Movers and people: CIOH, Defra, Chessington, Koppert, Creation UPDATED

Movers and people this horticulture week: Volmary, Creation, SRUC, LI, APPGHG, CIOH UPDATED

Horti House appoints Brian Redman and Daan Spaargaren

Volmary appoints well-known grower as Eady steps back

Movers and people: Newbank, Seed Revolution, Defra, Volmary UPDATED

Upson to leave RHS

Movers and people: BGC, ISW, Corby+Fellas, ICL, Plant Team. Kew, Fargro, RHS UPDATED

Matt Day launches horticultural supply business

Defra ministerial team reshuffled

Movers and people: Green Solutions, Yeo, West Dean KLC UPDATED

New head judge and media partner for Society of Garden and Landscape Designers awards

Movers and people this horticulture week: Q&S, GCA, GIMA UPDATED

Hortipak staff find new roles

Grounds Management Association replaces CEO Geoff Webb with Jason Booth

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Kate Ebbens and Peter Brammal

TGA to showcase the importance of professionally grown turf

Meet the Four Oaks speakers: Simon Blackhurst, Growing Media Association

Plantipp showcases innovative plants at Plantarium|Groen-Direkt 2026

Meet the Four Oaks speaker: David Nieburg

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Mark Gregory and Meg Warren-Davis

RHS repeats autumn planting advice

CAAV joins calls for UK Government to make it easier for growers to build reservoirs

Meet the Four Oaks speaker: Steve Dunn

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Steve Carter and David Domoney

Jamie Butterworth's Form Plants formally commits to peat-free transition from 1 September

HTA expands HortWeek plant pot probe to spearhead new kerbside recycling campaign

Macpac drives horticultural growth following Illig machine investment

Four Oaks panel discussion: Future-proofing nursery production — maximising investment in automation

Government £65m drought 'package' aims to help growers

Winners and losers this horticulture week: drought, peat, Perennial

NPPF effect on garden centres revealed

Horticulture Company results: Berwick-Upon-Tweed Garden Centre, Cotton Traders, Eden Project

Dobbies to close garden centre

EV charging specialist makes Glee debut to target garden centres

Garden centre sales figures rise 10% in July

Book review: A Year in the Garden

Irish garden retailer rescued

Garden centre sold

Most read horticulture stories this week: nursery sales, show cancellation, peat use

Garden stars endorse HortWeek as we turn 185

Tributes paid at Andy Bunker's funeral

Creative Gardens enters a new chapter as second generation leads family business into the future

Garden centre sales rise in the heat

Task Academy's Rupert Keys writes landscaping DIY guide book

Garden centre July data shows rise in spending

Some 71% of England now officially in drought

EAMU roundup: June 2026

Top 25 Fruit Producers 2026: 1-5

Top 25 Fruit Producers 2026: 6-10

Top 25 Fruit Producers 2026: 11-15

Top 25 Fruit Producers 2026: 16-20

Top 25 Fruit Producers 2026: 21-25

MP calls for urgent action as drought declared across over half of England

Berry growers combat heatwave and drought

British berries can take the heat, with the right Government and retailer support

Fresh Produce Consortium launches national action platform as industry warns UK food system risk is “at tipping point”

Modern horticulture deserves a bigger place in Britain's food future: Labour MP says Government policy must back the UK fresh produce production

Drought food production situation 'critical'

BAPL says apple supplies will beat drought

Whatever happened to… Efford Experimental Horticultural Station

Companies House results: EC Drummond, Quantil, LST

Most farmers not confident about the future, Defra survey finds

C.Scope International Limited – Underground Pipe and Cable Location equipment

Tenders Tracker: LIVE TABLE

Meet the GroundsFest panellists: Stuart Simpson, Ashlea Ltd

Meet the GroundsFest panellists: Trudy Martin, TruGrow

Reaction to new National Planning Policy Framework shake-up of planning policy

Meet the GroundsFest panellists: Alistair Taylor, Origin Amenity Solutions Ltd

Elveden Instant Hedge is back at Groundsfest 2026

Fleet Line Markers Ltd – 73 Years of Innovation in Sports Line Marking

TP Wood Chippers to unveil all-new TP216 and TP206 ranges at GroundsFest and APF 2026

Amenity Forum brings Integrated Pest Management to life at GroundsFest 2026

STIHL to showcase the future of professional battery power at GroundsFest 2026

Land-based college leaders to meet at Groundsfest 2026

Suståne to showcase solutions for more resilient surfaces at GroundsFest

GroundsFest unveils its 2026 free education programme

Kress returns to GroundsFest 2026

RHS Chelsea Flower Show winning garden begins new life at Sheffield’s Park Hill

Kew Gardens’ giant waterlilies hold 102kg in 2026 Waterlily Weigh-Off

Royal Parks stag put down after attack on man

Planning application for well-known park planting transformation submitted

Inquest opens into death of man at National Trust estate

Gardens Trust "devastated" by loss of statutory planning consultee role

Bankside Open Spaces Trust secures City & Guilds accreditation as Future Gardeners turns 10

Letter: Children need nature, not sanitised parks

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh's Palm House reopening tickets go on sale

Park trees suffer fire damage

Smaller plots are now mainstream as councils respond to allotment demand, new APSE survey reveals

Historic gardens unprepared for extreme weather, report finds

Rare ‘death bloom’ phase begins for decade-old plant at Birmingham Botanical Gardens

Councils 'boost park spending by 15% as complaints drop by more than a quarter'

Air-Seal to bring tyre sealant expertise to Groundsfest 2026

Shortlist announced for GroundsFest Innovation Awards 2026

Dry weather causes allotment show cancellation + hosepipe ban extension UPDATED

Ancient woods loss "horrifying" says Woodland Trust

More action, more machines and more Machinery Nation LIVE at Groundsfest

HortWeek stories you may have missed this week

Letter: 'Native-only plants dogma outdated'

What important horticulture news have you missed this July?

Frank P Matthews granted Royal Warrant

LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES for GroundsFest 2026 Innovation Awards!

Ask Sally: How can tyres help to ensure safer journeys?

Product Special: Battery kit update

Air-Pot meets royals

National Highways launches rescue trial after mass tree deaths on £1.5bn road scheme

Winners and losers this horticulture week: hosepipes, margins, peat

What was HortWeek's most read story this week?

Up to 1/3 of newly planted UK council trees have died, FOI data reveals

Call for public to help in fight against ash dieback

Tender of the Week: Rhododendron clearance project

Turf drought warning

Meet the 2026 GroundsFest judges: Howard Drury, consultant

STIGA heads to GroundsFest 2026 with professional power, try-outs and surprises

ICL return to Groundsfest

Name change and rebrand for amenity supplier

Take on the TinyMobileRobots challenge to win big with Origin Amenity at GroundsFest

AUGUST TURFCARE TASKS

Glyphosate use in the UK

Meet the 2026 GroundsFest judges: Sally Drury, HortWeek technical editor

Meet the 2026 GroundsFest judges: Marcus Forster, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Meet the 2026 GroundsFest judges: Martin Towsey, The Bedford Estates

Turf growers criticise water companies over hosepipe bans