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Winners and losers this horticulture week: Future plants, ash dieback, pay rises

17 October 2025

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Stuart Lowen and Jeff Colegrave
Stuart Lowen and Jeff Colegrave

Winners

Leading nurseryman takes over Colegrave Seabrook Foundation role

Perennial raises £36k

Garden centres’ sales rise in September 

Future plants survey: win £100 voucher

Losers

Import issues ‘becoming intolerable’ ; plea to put pressure on Defra: MORE PICTURES 

Ash dieback means trade will never sell the tree again: head gardener conference highlights

Council converting allotments into cemetery

Pay: two fifths of horticulturists getting below inflation rises

Rollercoaster grants threaten GB tree planting

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