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 and Rosie Bone

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

24 October 2025

Matt Appleby and Val Bourne

HortWeek Podcast: 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

Guy Watts and Rachael Forsyth

Growing plants that are 'right commercially and right for the environment' - with Guy Watts of Architectural Plants

1 August 2025

Matthew Appleby, Rachael Forsyth and Sally Drury

News In Focus: peat-free and sales, Sarah Raven administration, cost of hosepipe bans

25 July 2025

Sheila Das and Rachael Forsyth

Tackling the myriad of garden challenges 'on a site-by-site basis' - with National Trust's Sheila Das

18 July 2025

Peter Jones, Rachael Forsyth and Andy Jasper

From Ibiza on a bad day to utopia – with Andy Jasper and Peter Jones of the Eden Project

11 July 2025

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HortWeek podcast reaches more listeners in 82 countries

10 July 2025

The HortWeek Podcast saw a 7% increase in followers in 2024/25.

Rebecca Bevan and Matthew Appleby

Gardening that's 'good for people and good for the planet' - with National Trust sustainability & plant health lead Rebecca Bevan

4 July 2025

Jason Daff, Rachael Forsyth, Susanna Daniels and Andrew Poole

Why horticulturists must ditch 'cavalier' attitude to sunburn and employers must step up - with Jason Daff, Susanna Daniels and Andrew Poole

27 June 2025

Rachael Forsyth and Valeria Hogan

How AI is helping to detect pests and diseases with Valeria Kogan

20 June 2025