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

Matthew Appleby and Sally Drury

Memories and reflections from 185 years of HortWeek - with Matthew Appleby and Sally Drury

20 August 2026

Matt Appleby and Matt Jarrett

Groesn CEO Matt Jarrett on market consolidation, tech Investment, and labour challenges in the UK's fruit production sector

13 August 2026

Help for horticulturists in need with Perennial trustees, Richard Lawton and Neville Stein

7 August 2026

Matt Appleby and Andy Mills

Andy Mills on Blenheim Palace Garden's Restoration - climate shifts, lost landscapes and long grass

30 July 2026

Alison, Matt and Sue

Chemical-free landscaping for pollinators - with Sue Payne of Q&S Commercial Landscaping and Alison Benjamin of Urban Bees

23 July 2026

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

16 July 2026

Matt Appleby and Sara Blair-Manning

Transforming Birmingham Botanic Gardens in terms of plants, culture, well-being and learning - with Sara Blair-Manning

9 July 2026

Sally Drury, Matt Appleby and Douglas Newbery

News in Focus - must-have garden products, can one-stop shops work in UK and hort salaries

2 July 2026

Matt Appleby, Michael Perry and Ellen May

HortWeek Podcast/The Plant Based Podcast: HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby is interviewed by Michael Perry and horticulturist Ellen Mary

25 June 2026

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Salaries report 2026 Special Podcast with Viki Halkett of Fresh Horticultural Careers and Haymarket Recruitment's Vishnu Kannan

19 June 2026

Matthew Appleby and Sally Drury

News In Focus - Football World Cup, plant shows, FlowerTrials

12 June 2026

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HortWeek Podcast: Winning new plant and horticulture business awards with Pippa Greenwood, Steph Dunn James and Adam Dunnett

5 June 2026

HortWeek seminar group

HortWeek fresh produce Iran war summit: Part 2 - Vegetables

29 May 2026

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HortWeek fresh produce Iran war summit: Part 1 - Fruit

26 May 2026

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HortWeek Podcast: ICL’s Andrew Wilson on fertilisers for the future

21 May 2026

Andrew Wilson, ICL technical manager for ornamental horticulture in the UK and Ireland, explains the challenges for growers and manufacturers to overcome with the next generation of fertilisers.

Presented by ICL UK
Lee Connolly and Matt Appleby

HortWeek Podcast: Lee Connelly on The Classroom Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

14 May 2026

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Jonathan Sheppard on the true cost of a RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold

7 May 2026

Rosie Fyles and Rachael Forsyth

What's it really like running a historic garden in 2026? With Rosie Fyles of Chiswick House and Gardens Trust

30 April 2026

Matt Appleby and Sally Drury

News In Focus - season kicks off, global shocks, plastic pot recycling and the nasties lurking in artificial turf

24 April 2026

Helen Waddington, Rachael Forsyth and Michael Buck

Mental health and horticulture with Creepers Nursery's Michael Buck and Helen Waddington of Perennial

17 April 2026