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Wood products company expands into Bradford Estates properties

A timber products company has expanded by opening new operations in premises owned by landed estates business Bradford Estates.

Winners and losers this horticulture week

Most read this horticulture week: peat, RHS, imports, pests, garden centre closing

Defra figures: Plant trade imports rise and exports fall

HortWeek Quiz of the Week - 21/10/25 edition

Christmas trees: If you haven’t secured your supply, you’re too late

Plant import disruption continues

Groundbreaking ‘The End of Peat’ podcast shortlisted for Garden Media Guild award

Most read horticulture stories this week: glyphosate, Private equity, peat-free

Winners and losers this horticulture week: Future plants, ash dieback, pay rises

Government promotes five plants for Flood Action Week

Defra tree event to reveal future of woodlands

Pest risk analysis published

Pay: two fifths of horticulturists getting below inflation rises

Forestry England helps Arbortec with novel women’s workwear

Woodland Trust, National Trust, RHS and HTA demand more British trees now, but ‘rollercoaster’ grants and other issues remain

British tree nurseries need greater support, new report finds

Delay and damage ‘now the norm’, say importers

Ash dieback means trade will never sell the tree again

Downing Street Christmas Tree winner promotes UK tree buying

Winners and losers this horticulture week: imports, head gardeners and trees, peat

ANALYSIS

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 15 - 21 October 2025

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 8 - 14 October 2025

Trees and head gardeners: 8 reports from The Newt conference

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 1 - 7 October 2025

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 24 - 30 September 2025

Companies House results analysis shows which horticulture sectors have prospered and which have not

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 17 - 23 September 2025

GEORGE EUSTICE INTERVIEW: Longest-serving Defra minister calls farmer tax and changed peat deadlines ‘mistakes’

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 10 - 16 September 2025

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 3 - 9 September 2025

Newey Tree Park - IN PICTURES

EXCLUSIVE

Acquisitions shuffle the 2024 Top 25 Arboriculture Businesses ranking

The seventh annual HortWeek Top Arboriculture Businesses listing uses arboriculture-specific turnover figures from each company’s latest financial year.

HortWeekTV at the APF Exhibition 2024

Cutting edge sonic tree technology, ladders and harnesses by Sorbus and Henchman explored with Howard Drury at APF 2024: VIDEO

Howard Drury with Sorbus Henchman three-legged ladder

Howard Drury talks through fence panel making equipment from John Deere, DG Forestry and Forest Fencing at APF Show 2024: VIDEO

Stihl's Paul Hicks talks to Howard Drury about the GTA40 pruner at APF 2024: VIDEO

Stihl's Paul Hicks and Howard Drury at the APF 2024 show

Howard Drury discusses Cheviot Trees' tree seed planting tool at APF Show 2024: VIDEO

Howard Drury with the PottiPutki tree seed planting tool by Cheviot Trees

Sally Drury investigates Greenmech's new EVO 205 TT woodchipper at APF Show 2024: VIDEO

HortWeek technical editor Sally Drury with GreenMech direct sales manager Neal Hussey at the APF show

Horticulturist Howard Drury on two new Husqvarna chainsaws at APF Show 2024: VIDEO

Howard Drury with two Husqvarna chainsaws

LSI's Lee Hatton talks through the FSI B31 980 Stumpcutter at the 2024 APF show: VIDEO

HortWeek's Sally Drury and LSI's Lee Hatton at APF Show 2024

Chainsaw trousers for women at APF 2024 - Sally Drury investigates: VIDEO

Severnside Safety's Bruce Sailbury and HortWeek technical editor Sally Drury at APF Show 2024

HortWeek's Sally Drury looks at the Broyeur BVN 34 woodchipper at APF 2024: VIDEO

Arbforest MD Sean Reilly and HortWeek's Sally Drury at APF 2024

A TREE A WEEK

Tree a Week - Betula utilis subsp. utilis ‘Mount Luoji’

Betula utilis subsp. utilis ‘Mount Luoji’ has coppery peeling scrolls of bark - credit: Stone Lane Gardens

Tree a Week - Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’ AGM

Taxus baccata ‘Fastigiata’ AGM - 'tough as old boots' - credit: Bob Askew

Tree a Week - Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Kansu’ AGM

Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Kansu’ AGM has especially iridescent bark after rain - credit: Bob Askew

Tree a Week - Corylus colurna AGM

Corylus colurna: winter stunner with tactile bark (credit: Bob Askew)

Tree a Week - Betula ermanii ‘Mount Zao Purple’

Mount Zao Purple is a stocky tree featuring unique bark with prominent bands of lenticels - credit: Stone Lane Gardens

ARB MACHINERY & KIT

Husqvarna unveils two new chainsaws for professionals: VIDEOS

KIT VIDEO: EGO strimmers in action

VIDEO: Sally Drury on the Pellenc Essential battery-powered range comprising brushcutter, hedgetrimmer and blower

VIDEO: Sally Drury on Etesia's new prototype battery technology

Etesia MD Les Malin and HortWeek technical editor Sally Drury

Pioneering machinery and products showcased at LAMMA 2025

Good reasons to make the transition to battery equipment

Stihl recommends HSA 100 as a starting point for transition to battery kit including pictured hedgetrimmer - credit: Stihl

Outstanding new products on display for arborists at APF Exhibition 2024

Environmental impact of leaf blowers revealed by Defra

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Horticulture Sector Company Results - LIVE TABLE

The latest full-year financial results for horticulture businesses, sorted by sector.

PEST & DISEASE FACTSHEETS

Phytophthora root rots: infections may cause wilting, stunting, root damage and root dieback

Phytophthora symptoms on leaves - credit: Joseph O’Brien, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Phytophthora root rots: treatments and strategies to defend against phytophthora root roots in ornamentals production and the landscape

Needle blights: how growers can manage and treat needle blights on conifers

Giant Polypore: how foresters and arborists can treat and manage giant polypore on forest and woodland trees

Phytophthora ramorum: how land managers and ornamentals growers can manage the threat of 'sudden oak death'

Honey Fungus: chemical and cultural measures for the control of honey fungus in park, garden, woodland and commercial settings

Head Gardener

Mill Hill School Foundation, Mill Hill Village, London
Head of Park Operations

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Central London
Grounds Maintenance Contracts Maintenance - Part time

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Surrey
Irrigation Engineer - training provided

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Berkshire
Skilled Landscaper

Fresh Horticultural Careers, East Hampshire
Landscape Manager

Botanical Operations Ltd, Isle of Man
Skilled Gardener

Great Comp Garden, Great Comp Garden, in the village of Platt, near Borough Green and Sevenoaks, Kent.
Landscape Maintenance Operative

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Kings cross
Landscape Foreperson

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Kettering and surrounding areas