Winners and losers this horticulture week: Plant Healthy, B&Q, peat, fire, dead plants

Peat-free trial plants - credit: Brookhouse Nurseries
Peat-free trial plants - credit: Brookhouse Nurseries

Winners

Blue Diamond launches Chelsea garden at Bridgemere as MD Alan Roper speaks about plans UPDATED 

Plant Healthy hopes to increase benefits for nurseries

Garden centre attraction to take off 

April garden centre sales up 22%

Evergreen Garden Care rides the garden season boom GRAPH

Losers

Brookhouse peat-free trial shows some retail compost not fit for purpose + GALLERY

National Trust ‘very surprised’ after farm nursery blames closure on the charity

Fire service called to garden centre

Drought talk a risk for horticulture industry

Dead plants gallery special

Grow to Know founder steps down from RHS role following a lack of tangible support to make Chelsea accessible


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