Winners and losers this horticulture week: peat, Diddly Squat, Fleurostar

12 June 2026

Winners

Grower doubles capacity during peak summer season

Blue Diamond Garden Centres and Diddly Squat Farm form exclusive retail partnership

Rose of the year 2027 named + all previous winners

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Fleurostar winner revealed

Greenfingers Kilimanjaro trek passes £200k

Losers

Garden centre sales crash in May: First official figures show big fall

Peat at garden shows: Growers say RHS policy virtually impossible to follow

Kelways questions RHS peat policy

Living wage could hit £13.34/hour

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Gardener - (Full-time / Part-time)

Savills, Privately owned traditional country estate
Static Site Team Leader

Fresh Horticultural Careers, North London, Static Site.
Horticultural Coordinator

Fresh Horticultural Careers, South West London
Garden Maintenance Foreperson

Fresh Horticultural Careers, London and the Home Counties
Assistant Buyer

E W King & Co Ltd, Kelvedon
Landscape Construction Foreperson

Fresh Horticultural Careers, London and surrounding areas
Landscape Contracts Manager

Fresh Horticultural Careers, South West London
Hard landscapers with CSCS card - immediate start - FHC4

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Central and North London
Gardener

Stoke Park Ltd, Stoke Park Estate Gardens
Head Gardener - Developing garden on Jersey.

Arne Maynard Garden Design, Jersey, Channel Islands