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LATEST NEWS

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Trees need maintenance or they will die, but heavy standards do better: Experts react to HortWeek investigation

Tree experts have reacted to a HortWeek probe into trees planted by councils, which found high death rates, caused by drought, vandalism and lack of maintenance.

Neville Fay dies aged 78

Movers and people: VMS, Discount Displays, Maze, Blue Ribbon, Coolings

HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Helen Cox and Steve Dowbiggin

Sweet chestnut blight outbreak spreads

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

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

RHS repeats autumn planting advice

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

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

Garden stars endorse HortWeek as we turn 185

GroundsFest unveils its 2026 free education programme

Shortlist announced for GroundsFest Innovation Awards 2026

Ancient woods loss "horrifying" says Woodland Trust

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Letter: 'Native-only plants dogma outdated'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

Another Defra minister leaves Government as Burnham rings changes

LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES for GroundsFest 2026 Innovation Awards!

Air-Pot meets royals

ANALYSIS

Tree-death rate up to 70% in heatwave + interactive MAP

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

Sally Drury

Product Special: Battery kit update

Batteries and chargers

LIVE MAP: horticulture business mergers, closures and sales in 2026

HortWeek mergers map 2026

Ask Sally: What is the best approach to stay safe when working from ladders?

Sally Drury

Ask Sally: What should employers do to make working at height safer for staff?

Sally Drury

ARBWEEK EXCLUSIVE

ArbWeek summit panel

HortWeek’s ArbWeek Summit: WATCH BACK ON DEMAND

HortWeek presents ArbWeek, exploring the issues that matter most to the arboriculture industry.

Most watched videos this year so far

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Guide to: Horticulture business costs and employment challenges

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International Women’s Day: how close is horticulture to gender parity?

International Women's Day

Sector Preview 2026: Arboriculture

Arboriculture

Sector Review 2025: Arboriculture

Arboriculture

Quiz of the Week: 12/12/25

Quiz of the week

Quiz of the Week: 05/12/25

Quiz of the week

Quiz of the Week: 28/11/25

Quiz of the week

Latest arboricultural research round-up

Woods

Latest arboricultural tenders

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

Product Special: Cutting-edge chainsaws and PPE for tree-care professionals

Battery chainsaw

Game-changing grounds maintenance and arb kit coming in 2026 from Stihl, Husqvarna and STIGA

Stiga APEx Pro at Saltex

Husqvarna unveils two new chainsaws for professionals: VIDEOS

Husqvarna 550i XP

KIT VIDEO: EGO strimmers in action

EGO strimmer

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

Pellenc Essentials range

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

Etesia MD Les Malin and HortWeek technical editor Sally Drury

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

APF exhibition crowd

FINANCIAL RESULTS

Horticulture Sector Company Results - LIVE TABLE

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

PEST & DISEASE FACTSHEETS

Protection against winter moths for fruit, forestry and ornamentals

Winter moth caterpillar

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

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