News & Analysis

The latest news across the UK horticulture industry including garden retail, plant production, edibles production, landscaping, parks, sports turf and arboriculture.

Caledonian Horticulture returns to Four Oaks

Caledonian Horticulture is built on a simple idea: turning local waste into something valuable, and is exhibiting at Four Oaks Trade Show (Lower Withington, Cheshire, 2-3 September 2-26).

Canada 'reframes' peat v peat-free

Coir business appoints voluntary liquidator

Turf grower plight shown in new video

EU SPS reset and regulation of plant protection products: Horticulture Crop Protection mythbusters for growers

Council fined £6,000 after stepladder collapse at farm leaves worker with broken ribs

Neville Fay dies aged 78

Four Oaks panel discussion: Seminar Title: What’s the Next Step for Peat-Free?

Blakedown wins top landscape contract

BBC features Bents garden centre on impact of drought

Winners and losers this horticulture week

Royal FloraHolland reveals finalists of the Glazen Tulp Award 2027

Reform attack golf course management degrees again

Agapanthus AtomicSparkx Lavender enters Plantarium Novelties Awards 2026

Bridge Greenhouses wins project to refurbish research-grade glasshouse at Aberystwyth University

PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt Autumn Fair to present 75 new plants

New planning rules bad for parks, says Open Spaces Society

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

Most read this horticulture week: garden centre sold/closing, Eden, peat

Allensmore Nurseries awards best garden centre displays

Florall to host HTA talk on SPS agreement with EU + new plant awards entries

LATEST ANALYSIS

Landscape Management: The unintended consequences of professionalism in horticulture

Whatever happened to… Fromefield Nursery

GroundsFest panel discussion - Future-ready Landscapes: resilient planting, healthier soils and smarter inputs

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

10 growers share their summer story

Product Special: Bigger and better glasshouses for more efficient production

Autumn gardening shift: Dry summer heat triggers garden centre deals and new planting habits

Exhibitors, awards and seminars set to feature at Four Oaks Trade Show

Fothergill's Michael Yates on growth and omnichannel strategy: Expanding global reach and in service of seed innovation

Meet Tom Arnold, director on the Amenity Forum board

Whatever happened to… Efford Experimental Horticultural Station

Landscape Management: The loneliness of management

Landscape Management: For large gardens, estates and maintenance firms

EPOS Extra: Top 50 garden centre plants January-July 2026

Top 100 garden centre plants: EPOS data July 2026

EPOS Extra: Top 100 garden products sold by quantity January-July 2026

Top 100 garden centre products: EPOS data July 2026

Top 25 garden centre departments: EPOS data July 2026

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

Product Special: Battery kit update

LATEST ON PEAT AND HORTICULTURE

Meet the Four Oaks speakers: Simon Blackhurst, Growing Media Association

Jamie Butterworth's Form Plants formally commits to peat-free transition from 1 September

RHS peat-free conference to unveil new research with Westland, ICL and Dr Yusra Zireeni among line-up

Peat: six updates to keep you in the know about policy

Meet the Four Oaks speakers: Dan Durston of Durstons

Carnivorous plant growers call for peat retention: RHS responds

How HortWeek achieved an RHS peat policy change

RHS reacts to HortWeek reports by introducing shows peat concession for 2027 + grower comments UPDATED

Are garden centre margins too high? Peat-free hits the national press, hosepipe bans and the effect of horticulture's absence from school careers advice