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Comment from HortWeek writers, columnists and industry experts including Derek Jarman, Jane Lawler and Martin Emmett.

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Secret Gardener #39 – Can 2026 be as good as 2025?

March 2025 was an impressive and welcomed month for garden centre trade.

Eliminate peat use without damaging commercial nurseries

Secret Gardener #38: What keeps you awake at night?

Gardener’s Diary: The importance of human contact over the garden fence

The wonderful illusion of 'facts' in the peat vs peat-free debate

Gardener’s Diary: Tree pruning in winter

Why cutting down trees will not solve the UK’s subsidence crisis

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Biologicals in ornamentals: Reducing chemical inputs while protecting crop quality and market value

How garden retailers are bucking the gloomy high street trend

PGCA looks to tackle rogue influencers

What does the first garden centre sale of the year mean for garden retail?

The Three Tales of Christmas at garden centres

Why does UK construction fell thousands of mature trees each year?

Berry sector reflections on 2025 and planning for 2026

Adjuvants are not new, the failure is in delivery — why biologicals need a different approach

What next for the horticulture industry moving into 2026?

Growing with purpose through a year of change

Tilling the garden centre landscape: How Mr Fothergill’s is helping everyone grow

A potential turning point for biologicals

How to ensure that arboriculture is properly valued

The tiny soil worms that hunt crop pests and save billions

Stop the squeeze, start the growth - back British green business

Historic episode illustrates need for import controls on plants

Overcoming the ‘me-first’ impact on trees

Ongoing challenges for smaller nurseries

Garden retail market settles after strong season

Secret Gardener #37: Eliminate the risk with sales agents

Derek Jarman

Peat-use reduction should receive Government and RHS congratulations

Kyle Ross

Irrigation tops the list of challenges for growing quality trees

Jane Lawler

Accurate recording of all incidents is the first step to tackling retail theft

Secret Gardener

Secret Gardener #36: Bringing confusing peat debate together

HortWeek Podcast: ADHD, landscaping and horticulture, with Paul Greenyer, Gareth Wilson and Craig Nester

Paul Greenyer, Gareth Wilson, Craig Nester, Rachael Forsyth

Organised crime and garden centres, influencers, marketing, garden visitors and peat-free

Should we ban peat? Peat panel at BOA Conference 2026

The multiple benefits of horticulture apprenticeships for businesses, new entrants and existing employees

Inside today’s plant buyer: Insights from HortWeek IPM Essen panel with Michael Perry VIDEO + AUDIO

Panel: Perry, Harnett, Marquenie and Green

HortWeek Podcast: Turf Wars: the ups and downs of running a sports turf business, with CutCrew's Jack Churchman

Are UK garden centres underperforming? Dries Jansen from Garden Center Advice on data that could boost your yield per sqm

HortWeek makes its predictions for horticulture in 2026

Matthew Appleby, Rachael Forsyth and Sally Drury

Can rock dust save UK soils and rock horticultural production? with Veolia's Jennifer Brodie

HortWeek on horticulture in 2025 - Review of the Year

Matt Appleby, Rachael Forsyth and Sally Drury

Why The Gardens Trust is taking on the Government

Why tree guru Tony Kirkham wants to 'get rid of the term 'tree planting''

How grower-gardener collaboration is driving innovation in the tree sector - with Kevin Martin of Kew and Adam Dunnett of Hillier

Adam Dunnett, Kevin Martin and Rachael Forsyth

ICL's Chloe Whiteside on peat-free, fertiliser and biocontrol use for growers this winter

'Failing clients deserve failing trees' - arb consultant Jeremy Barrell on the realities of tree procurement, growing, planting and establishment

'Outrageous' damage to plant imports, peat ban latest and the garden centre of the future

Andrew Fisher Tomlin, author of The Modern Professional Planting Designer

Matthew Appleby and Andrew Fisher Tomlin

What are the gaps in the market garden centres should be exploiting? - with Rosie Bone

Val Bourne - a champion for organic gardening

Dutch growers on BCPs, SPS + how 'experiences' could transform garden centres and shows

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Thyme Southrop Estates Ltd, Southrop, Lechlade Gloucestershire
Landscape Contracts Manager

Fresh Horticultural Careers, South West London
Hard Landscaper

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Surrey/Guilford
Ramsbury Manor, Head Gardener

National Gardens Specialist, Ramsbury, Marlborough, Wiltshire
Jinny Blom Design - Head Gardener

private estate - Jinny Blom, Near Stroud, Gloucerstershire
Skilled Gardener

Fresh Horticultural Careers, Oxfordshire
Garden Maintenance Foreperson

Fresh Horticultural Careers, London
Hard Landscaper

Fresh Horticultural Careers, South West London
Landscape Construction Foreperson

Fresh Horticultural Careers, London and surrounding areas
Lead Gardener

Fresh Horticultural Careers, London (Greater)