Winners and losers this horticulture week: National Plant Show, closures, fines

Frank P Matthews' Prunus 'Japanese Lantern'
Frank P Matthews' Prunus 'Japanese Lantern'

Winners

Richard Jackson features on King’s Birthday Honours List + 25 more 

A flat June and July in garden centres will be a win, says Blue Diamond 

HTA National Plant Show plant of the year named: WATCH Pippa Greenwood talk through her favourites 

Rose of the year 2026 named: EXCLUSIVE

New plants entered for National Plant Show awards — full listing

Grower supplies 68k plants to London project

Downs

College fined after student loses finger

Tillington loses garden centre member + analysis 

100+ horticulture business closures, mergers and acquisitions in 2025

Garden discount retailer bought and to be restructured

Desch to close UK manufacturing operation 

BBC Gardeners World Live to leave NEC + analysis 

RHS houseplant shop set to close 

Petition launched to stop council shutting garden centre 

RHS cites Wisley roadworks exceptional circumstances for waiving its own bye-laws to appoint digital disruptor to Council 


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