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

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

Matt Appleby and Adrian Bloom

Adrian Bloom on how we can get people back into gardening

10 April 2026

Matthew Appleby and Steve Chapman

HortWeek Podcast: ICL’s Steve Chapman on optimising vine weevil control

31 March 2026

Presented by ICL UK
Jane Moore, Rachael Forsyth and Joe Whitehead

Parks & Gardens Week Horticulture Question Time special with Jane Moore and Joe Whitehead

27 March 2026

Matt Appleby and Vicky Nuttall

HortWeek Podcast: GIMA’s Vicky Nuttall on her 12 years in the role and the future of garden retail supply

20 March 2026

Matthew Appleby and John Adlam

The challenges and politics of water management for horticulture - with John Adlam

13 March 2026

Matthew Appleby and Joe Whitehead

HortWeek Podcast: Professional Gardeners Guild chair Joe Whitehead on how the PGG is looking towards its 50th anniversary

6 March 2026

Matthew Appleby and Georgie Newbery

The wonderful world of sustainable, small scale and peat-free flower farming - with Georgie Newbery

27 February 2026