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HW Podcast

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

Highlights

Winners and losers this horticulture week

Most read this horticulture week: peat, RHS, imports, pests, garden centre closing

Movers and people this horticulture week: East Riding Horticulture, SGLD, Newey

In Other news

Plant importing ‘horrendous’ and ‘worst it’s ever been’, UK importers and European exporters tell HortWeek

Christmas replaces outdoor living early as garden centre sales rise in September

Biggest pest and disease problems 2022-24 revealed

Christmas trees: If you haven’t secured your supply, you’re too late

Christmas spending begins well with sales increases of up to 40%

EXCLUSIVE: Growers reveal which RHS Chelsea gardens they are supplying + full list

HTA fields questions from Italian growers on exporting to UK

RHS State of Gardening Report report discovers there are 25 million British gardens

RHS plan peat free retail but criticise Government ban delay again

Project Giving Back mark final Chelsea Flower Show gardens collection

Veg Power campaign leads to 60% vegetable-eating increase

Future Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement (SPS) delivery for the UK’s food, farming and environmental obligations to be examined

Orchards' five big challenges this World Apple Day

Cate Blanchett backs Kew Gardens call for £30m help

More horticulture news

Analysis

Top 50 garden centre plants: EPOS data October 2025

The best-selling plants by turnover in October, according to latest electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) data from garden centres.

Top 25 garden centre departments: EPOS sales data October 2025

The Methodology behind the RHS State of Gardening report

HortWeek finds out how the RHS discovered 41 million people in the UK are gardeners.

12 things you need to know from the RHS Chelsea Flower Show/State of Gardening report 2026 launch

What dates are horticulture events on in 2026? UPDATED

What will be the 'in-demand' plants of the future?

HortWeek FUTURE PLANTS SURVEY: which plants will be in most demand in the coming years?

HortWeek has launched a major survey to find out how plant demand is changing in the UK.

Comment

RHS should shout about peat-free growers

Cosmos and hollyhock collection holder and RHS exhibitor Jonathan Sheppard writes about the RHS's peat plans.

Latest tenders and contract awards

Horticulture contract awards roundup: 15 - 21 October 2025

Tenders Tracker: LIVE TABLE

Plant Health

EAMU roundup: September 2025

PEST & DISEASE ALERTS: W/C 20 October 2025

EAMU roundup: September 2025

EAMU expiry alert: December 2025

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Partner Content

ICL Hort Science masterclasses: Sustainable plant production for the future Presented by ICL

Top Belgian growers return to Four Oaks Presented by VLAM

Why trials - and trusted people - drive sales in horticulture Presented by Fargro

Maintenance checklist

OCTOBER TURFCARE TASKS

OCTOBER PARKS AND GARDENS MAINTENANCE TASKS

HortWeek Exclusive Data

UK Garden Centres Directory - Interactive MAP

CLICK HERE to view monthly breakdowns of the top garden retail product sellers according to Electronic Point-of-Sale data.

CLICK HERE to view all HortWeek's coverage on the use of peat in horticulture.

Skilled Gardener

£29,640 per annum, Great Comp Garden, in the village of Platt, near Borough Green and Sevenoaks, Kent.

Head Gardener

Up to £42,500 (DoE), Mill Hill Village, London

Landscape Maintenance Operative

£28k+ DOE, Kings cross

Landscape Foreperson

£29,000+ DOE, Kettering and surrounding areas

Head of Park Operations

£75K - £80K doe + Benefits, Central London

Grounds Maintenance Contracts Maintenance - Part time

Circa £40-45K pro rata, Surrey

Irrigation Engineer - training provided

38-45k DOE, Berkshire

Skilled Landscaper

£32,000 - £38,000 DOE, East Hampshire

Landscape Manager

Generous, Isle of Man

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