HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby, senior reporter Rachael Forsyth and technical editor Sally Drury make their predictions for horticulture in 2026.
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00:02:16 - weather
00:06:24 - cost pressures
00:14:20 - volunteers
00:15:27 - imports/exports/SPS agreement and UK plant production
00:17:15 - pests & disease
00:19:08 - climate change and innovation
00:20:17 - turf - turfgrass breeding and appreciation of grass and grass eating!
00:23:02 - readiness for spring and an early Easter and how to monetise the 'fallow' post Christmas period
00:27:43 - sharing of knowledge and raising of professionalism in the horticulture industry
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Podcast presenters: Matthew Appleby, Rachael Forsyth and Sally Drury
Podcast producer: Christina Taylor
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