HortWeek Podcasts 

The HortWeek Podcast is the leading, free to access podcast for horticulture and garden industry professionals.

If you are interested in producing a podcast with HortWeek, please email matthew.appleby@haymarket.com and christina.walker@haymarket.com.

Latest Podcasts

Matt Appleby, Rachael Forsyth and Sally Drury

HortWeek on horticulture in 2025 - Review of the Year

19 December 2025

Matt Appleby and Linden Grove

Why The Gardens Trust is taking on the Government

12 December 2025

Matt Appleby and Tony Kirkham

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

5 December 2025

Adam Dunnett, Kevin Martin and Rachael Forsyth

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

28 November 2025

Matt Appleby and Chloe Whiteside

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

21 November 2025

Presented by ICL UK
Matt Appleby and Jeremy Barrell

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

14 November 2025

Matt Appleby and Rachael Forsyth

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

6 November 2025

Matthew Appleby and Andrew Fisher Tomlin

Andrew Fisher Tomlin, author of The Modern Professional Planting Designer

31 October 2025

Matt Appleby and Rosie Bone

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

24 October 2025

Matt Appleby and Val Bourne

Val Bourne - a champion for organic gardening

17 October 2025

Matthew Appleby and Rachael Forsyth

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

9 October 2025

Emma Hindle, Rachael Forsyth and Brian Smith

Ground Control on the maturing BNG market

3 October 2025

Matt Appleby, Rachael Forsyth and Sally Drury

News In Focus - peat supply and ban, GLEE highlights and garden retail anxiety

26 September 2025

Rachael Forsyth, Howard Drury and Sally Drury

HortWeek Podcast: Groundsfest - 'a place where companies strive to do better and it's driving the industry forward'

18 September 2025

Matthew Appleby, Howard Drury, Sally Drury

News In Focus - which products and plants won at Four Oaks, and why?

12 September 2025

Christina Taylor and Matthew Appleby

News In Focus - peat, Power 100 and prices

5 September 2025

Neville Stein and Matthew Appleby

Neville Stein on his 'life-changing' work and writing in horticulture

29 August 2025

Bunny Guinness and Matthew Appleby

Bunny Guinness on Chelsea, peat ban, YouTube and hort careers

22 August 2025

Matthew Appleby, Rachael Forsyth and Sally Drury

News In Focus - dogs! family garden centres and gardens’ survival

15 August 2025

Richard Higgins and Matthew Appleby

Beyond plant pests & diseases? Richard Higgins on how going 'beyond organic' could revolutionise horticulture

8 August 2025