The HTA Grower of the Year Awards returned to London on 25 September, celebrating the UK’s growers and the businesses…
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One of the more unexpected developments in the peat-free movement is the return of sphagnum moss—not in its wild form,…
As the UK moves toward a peat-free future, substrate specialist Catherine Dawson reflects on progress and resistance, highlighting advances in…
Dr Raghavendra Prasad, Scientific Lead at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), offers readers an exclusive, behind-the-scenes view of one of…
Greenwood Plants has announced a landmark partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) and the University of Sheffield to conduct…
Representatives from the UK and EU horticulture and floriculture sectors are calling for rapid progress on a comprehensive Sanitary and…
At this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, amid the petals and precision of the UK’s finest horticulture, something quietly radical…
In a week that highlighted the UK’s role at the heart of global horticulture, RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025 stood…
While the RHS Chelsea Flower Show showcased ornamental perfection to the public, a quieter but highly targeted event unfolded across…
From wool to wildlife-friendly planting schemes, the shift away from plastic tree guards is helping cities and landscapes in the…
Four years after Brexit brought sweeping changes to trade regulations, the UK’s environmental horticulture sector continues to face spiralling costs,…
The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has reported a strong finish to 2024, with its latest Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures…
Greenwood Plants continues to shine as the AIPH International Grower of the Year 2024, having earned this prestigious accolade at…
A strategic marketer and sustainable marketing consultant has been revealed as one of the keynote speakers at the UK’s Garden…
The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) is partnering with the British Government Department for Business & Trade to put on a…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has announced a new series of 40 Regional Member Events to run throughout 2025…
British Garden Centres, the UK’s largest family-run garden centre group, is delighted to announce significant changes within its plant buying…
Creator and author of Celebrity Service and Celebrity Service Superstars and Forbes named ‘Game Changer’ Geoff Ramm will be presenting…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) has revealed that Inter-generational diversity expert Henry Rose Lee will be speaking at its…
Festive shoppers scratching their heads over last-minute Christmas presents should consider gifting a house plant, as figures show December is…
Floristry professionals, academics, researchers, and environmental auditors gathered in Coventry Cathedral on 26 September to witness the launch of a…
As the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) concludes its 125th anniversary year, a special tree planting ceremony was held at Horticulture…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) have escalated calls for action, submitting their ten asks…
The UK’s Defra Minister Daniel Zeichner MP welcomes new EHG reports revealing the environmental horticulture sector contributed £38 billion to…
The Horticultural Trades Association has released its monthly Market Update for October, which shows a slowdown in sales, reflecting the…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference in January will start with a bespoke Retail Safari in London led…
After the Dutch Association Of Wholesalers In Floricultural Products (VGB) had repeatedly called on the UK’s Department for Food, Environment…
Fran Barnes, Chief Executive of the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), responds to the outcome of Sarah Dyke MP’s Ten-Minute…
Following the success of last year’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) drop-in showcase in Parliament, the UK’s industry body HTA has…
A new study commissioned by the Fairtrade Foundation and conducted by Impactloop sheds light on the significant economic benefits that…
Certis Belchim is proud to have participated in the production of a thought-provoking series from the Royal Society of Biology…
The UK’s Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) today revealed the final line-up of British growers and suppliers who will be taking…
This week, the UK government outlined a package of measures for seasonal workers employed by farmers and growers in the…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) welcomes the new Defra Plant Health Information Service, which has been made live at…
As the festive season approaches, British Garden Centres is thrilled to announce the unveiling of 13s Christmas themes for 2024,…
Dobbies Garden Centre has announced a restructuring plan to address high rent costs and restore long-term profitability. As part of…
Union Fleurs, the Dutch Association Of Wholesalers In Floricultural Products (VGB) and the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) participated in the…
Conifers are great autumn staple plants, often regarded as old-fashioned but deserve a second look. These evergreen trees offer a…
Following the recent holds on plant consignments at Sevington, the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has further written to the…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has revealed the winners of the 2024 HTA Grower of the Year Awards at Horticulture,…
The latest Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Market Update for September 2024 reveals garden centre sales were +8 per cent (vs.…
In response to reports of multiple plant consignments being held at Sevington Border Control Point (BCP), the HTA has released…
Horticultural industry professional Kersten Catella has joined Hereford-based Wyevale Nurseries as its sales and marketing director. In her new role,…
Leaders from the industry came together to officially open the three-day event with Derek Bunker of Alton Garden Centre in…
Floristry professionals, academics, researchers, and environmental auditors will gather in Coventry Cathedral on 26 September to witness the launch of a…
The latest Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Market Update for August 2024 reveals steady garden centre sales in a year marked…
UK-based Wyevale Nurseries is showcasing its home-grown native container trees at Four Oaks Trade Show and is inviting attendees to…
During her recent UK BST Hyde Park concert in London, pop icon Kylie Minogue handed out 1,200 Avalanche+ roses to…
McClaren’s Nurseries in Glasgow, Scotland, recently hosted a visit and tour for the Agriculture Minister, Jim Fairlie MSP, at a…
UK-based Wyevale Nurseries has achieved Planet Mark Certification in recognition of the company’s commitment to continuous improvements in sustainability. Using…
British commercial plant and tree nursery Wyevale is creating a new reservoir to help capture, store and recycle more water…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) has signed up to attend the Four Oaks Trade Show next month and will…
Anticipation is building for Horticulture, the Conference, as the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) announces Dr Daniel Hulme, a renowned expert…
Starting in 2026, all non-black, recyclable PET or PP plastic plant pots (*) will be accepted in household kerbside recycling…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association urges government to include green spaces in urban planning
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) urges the Government to preserve, expand and maintain the nation’s garden space amid plans…
The four Wyevale Nurseries sponsored ‘Long Border’ designs featured at the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Flower Show at Tatton Park…
Master plant breeder, Rick Grazzini, has won not one but two awards at Greenhouse Grower’s annual Evening of Excellence Awards…
In the first round of Cabinet appointments after winning the UK’s General Election, Prime Minister Keir Stamer has named Steve…
The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) has confirmed that it is currently organising the UK exhibitor group. Many exhibitors have already…
Today, in the King’s Speech alongside the State Opening of Parliament, the new Labour government’s legislative priorities were set out…
In an open letter ahead of the General Election, the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association and sister associations from across Europe…
Meteorologist and former BBC weather forecaster Peter Gibbs is confirmed to speak at the annual dinner at Horticulture, the Conference…
Horticultural supply an engineering company Royal Brinkman has appointed Andrew Storey as the new director of its UK branch in…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has released its latest Market Update for June, reflecting on the performance of garden…
A historic garden in Southern England aims to radically boost its biodiversity in an experiment that pushes at the boundaries…
The Bransford Webbs Plant Company’s Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom has been recognised as Best in Show at the New Plant…
Wyevale Nurseries is unveiling its first collection of trees for retailers at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) National Plant Show…
Olympia London was the venue for Innovation Zero on 30th April and 1st May 2024, with 10,000 delegates expected and…
David Lydiat is the Public Affairs and Policy Manager at the Horticultural Trade Association (HTA), which represents the UK garden…
Entries are invited for the 2024 Grower of the Year Awards to recognise and celebrate best practices in sustainable production…
RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 was a lush green haven where Bridgerton met botanical brilliance under the sizzling sun. As…
The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) for April is out and shows that only the clothing and…
Jennifer Pheasey, director of public affairs at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), comments on National Audit Office’s ‘The UK border:…
The Beth Chatto Education Trust announces Beneath the Surface – the third Beth Chatto Symposium, at The Ivor Crewe Lecture…
The Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) annual National Plant Show will be back in bloom at the NAEC Stoneleigh between 19…
The UK government has temporarily removed the Global Tariff for cut flowers. The move will make trade with the UK…
The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) has announced its exhibitor line-up for GreenTech Amsterdam 11 to 13 June at RAI Amsterdam.…
One Air, the British cargo airline, has commenced operations at East Midlands Airport (EMA). The central UK airport will now…
At the British Ornamentals Association’s annual technical conference, the effectiveness of the forthcoming Brexit border checks was top of the…
UK-based Desch Plantpak Ltd—celebrating 60 years in business this year—takes pride in manufacturing pots made of recycled plastics, and they…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) report for March 2024 indicates that despite adverse weather conditions,…
Wyevale Nurseries has officially announced it’s taking a stand at the Four Oaks Trade Show in Cheshire this September to…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) has announced its chairman elect for 2024/25. Ben Harrison, who is operations director of…
On 26 March, AIPH Secretary General Tim Briercliffe was granted the Veitch Memorial Medal for having made ‘an outstanding contribution…
The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) report for February 2024 saw clothing romp ahead at +20.9% with…
With spring being around the corner, British Garden Centres has renewed its commitment to providing customers with quality and value…
Greenwood Plants swept the board at the AIPH International Grower of the Year 2024 Award Ceremony at IPM Essen. The…
The end of February was the deadline for holders of UK rights to inform APHA that they either want to…
As the world celebrates International Women’s Day today, the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Charter for Horticulture, Arboriculture, Landscaping & Garden…
Plants For Europe Limited (PFE) is delighted to announce that it is now working with California-based Altman Plants, to bring…
Ten weeks before new Brexit checks will become operational, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) organised another of its borders and…
With roses still a firm favourite and other cut flower varieties continuing to captivate, this Valentine’s Day is expected to…
The Commercial Horticultural Association’s UK exhibitors at the recent IPM Essen have much to praise for the event’s global status…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) voted at its AGM this month to add a third tier garden centre category…
With less than two weeks to go, HTA members are encouraged to book their free place at an exclusive event…
Catering once again dished up the best figures in the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) December 2023 Barometer of Trade (BoT)…
New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) has been awarded the title Best Wholesale Market. The coveted prize was presented at the…
The British Protected Ornamentals Association (BPOA) is in the final stages of preparing for its flagship event, the Technical Conference,…
Garden centre members of the UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) have revealed their trading results for November in the organisation’s…
Finalists revealed for the UK’s Association of Professional Landscape & Garden Design (APL) Awards The finalists for the APL Awards…
Primeur, a UK based supplier of recycled planters, recycled rubber stepping stones, recycled decking, and eco-friendly doormats has launched a…
The highly-anticipated Christmas season has arrived early this year for British Garden Centres, as it opened its doors to customers…
There’s a market for organically grown flowers in the UK. It’s part of a growing awareness of environmental issues and…
Bestselling author and BBC radio and TV neuroscience presenter, Dr Hannah Critchlow will be speaking about wellbeing at the Garden…
The CHA has negotiated a prime location for the UK exhibitor group and is offering a fully managed, turnkey exhibiting…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) delivered a drop-in showcase in Parliament on Tuesday, 28 November. This ushered in the…
British growers serving the UK’s garden centres and supermarkets assert low consumer demand for organically-produced ornamental plants and cut flowers.…
It’s that time of year once again and British Garden Centres, the largest UK family-run garden centre group has revealed…
Surprising consumer trends – and a surprising competition winner – revealed at this year’s BOA Poinsettia Conference, held on Thursday…
HSBC’s former Head of Economics will be helping delegates at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference understand the resurgence…
British garden centres have helped support horticultural industry charity Perennial this year by ordering two special fundraising salvias from Wyevale…
A Guide to the Pyralid and Crambid Moths of Britain and Ireland, a new book available from Atropos Books, features…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) GROW (Garden Retail Online Workshops) e-Learning platform In-Store Security course has now been launched…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has welcomed the publication of the report from the year-long House of Lords Horticulture Committee…
Last month, the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) launched a new two-part report, ‘The Value of Plants’ at Horticulture, The…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) members will hear from an adventurer, serial entrepreneur and former Chief Finance Officer on…
In the latest Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Monthly Market Update, figures show that the UK garden retail market benefitted from…
The UK’s Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) is once again organising a British exhibitor group and pavilion at IPM Essen 2024.…
September’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures have just been released and they show it was a…
Booking has now opened for the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference next January 2024 and the organisation has also…
Speaking last week at ‘Horticulture, The Conference 2023’, the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Chief Executive, Fran Barnes, made a strong…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has joined forces with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and other major retailers to…
Production manager at UK-based Wyevale Nurseries Kyle Ross has been presented with the Young Grower (under 35) of the Year…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Grower of the Year Awards. …
The 2023 Pearson Memorial Medal for outstanding service to the garden industry has been awarded to Stan Green, Director of…
Speaking on Thursday, 5 October, at ‘Horticulture, The Conference 2023’, the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Chief Executive, Fran Barnes, made…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) August Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures have revealed an ‘excellent month’ with members seeing…
Certis Belchim has announced a new development agreement with Italian bio specialist company, Clever BioScience. Clever develops and delivers innovative…
The UK’s Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) has announced the exhibitors who have signed up as they prepare for one of…
Allensmore Nurseries reigned supreme at AIPH International Grower of the Year 2023 at IPM Essen, winning gold for Sustainability. FCI…
The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and…
Data released on 24 August by the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) shows clear consequences that accelerating a ban from…
More and more cities are recognising and utilising the power of plants in urban climate change adaptation and mitigation measures. London…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has just released its August Market Update report showing a prevailing narrative for 2023 that…
We may still be in mid-summer, but the magic of Christmas has arrived in Lincolnshire early this year as Woodthorpe…
The importance of biological pest control in environmental horticulture took centre stage at the UK’s ‘Getting to Grips with Biological…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures for June 2023 have shown a ‘massive’ boost in…
A host of experts are set to examine the importance of horticulture in sustainable development and the green agenda at…
Following the official confirmation by the UK’s Met Office of June 2023 as the hottest June on record, the UK’s…
Daniel Maskew whose previous role was with Boningale Nurseries has joined Wyevale Nurseries as an amenity sales executive. In his…
Martin Chaplin has joined one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries as a Purchaser. In his new position at Wyevale…
In anticipation of the forthcoming release of the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) on 12 July, the Horticultural Trades Association…
British Garden Centres has presented Greenfingers Charity, with a cheque for £22,000 following a year of fund-raising at its 62…
Members of the UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) in the South Thames region are celebrating after picking up awards during…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) monthly market update for June records a significant boost in gardening-related sales during May.…
Three team members from UK-based Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford have between them accrued a century of service with the commercial…
Allensmore’s and Fairweather’s Hilltop Nursery’s Agapanthus ‘Black Jack’ has won the Visitor Vote at the HTA National Plant Show 2023…
Profitplant BV’s Curcuma Skyline has been recognised as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards, sponsored by the Royal…
Based on 2022 data, the report, which is developed annually by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and its specialist group,…
UK-based Wyevale Nurseries is hosting a peat-free advisory station at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) National Plant Show for trade…
The UK’s Horticultural Trade Association’s (HTA) Policy and Public Affairs Team will be setting out the HTA’s successes and key…
British Garden Centres is delighted to announce it is sponsoring the first-ever Colegrave Seabrook Foundation reception at the HTA National…
“The Coronation of The King and Queen of Great Britain took place at Westminster Abbey on Saturday, 6 May 2023.…
As the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is in full swing, the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) release their monthly market…
In memory of Queen Elizabeth, King Charles and Queen Camilla presented the first-ever ‘Elizabeth Medal of Honour’ as they attended…
A team member at one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries has won a competition to name a new Phormium…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has called for the Government to postpone the implementation of Border Control Posts by…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures for last month (April 2023) have revealed food hall/farm…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is showcasing the growth of a greener future at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, which…
The team at UK-based Wyevale Nurseries is celebrating this week after being awarded a Plant Healthy Certificate for its high…
Market analyses by CLIVE Data Services for last month show that the global air cargo market may have to ‘hang…
LANDSCAPE – The Industry Trade Show and the SGD – Society of Garden Designers have joined together to put on…
Fresh air and summer blooms await at Britain’s Gardens with 2FOR1 offers when you travel by train. As seasons change,…
Award-winning garden designer Peter Dowle has chosen plants from Wyevale Nurseries to feature in his show garden at RHS Malvern…
Twelve candidates from this year’s Glee Talent Store have been selected to showcase their designs at Glee, which happens at…
The Chelsea Flower Show, held in England every year in May, is considered to be the trend-setting event for garden…
The UK’s Young People in Horticulture Association (YPHA) are delighted to have reached a current membership list of 500, with…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) Trust has selected Louise Kemp from Coolings Wych Cross Garden Centre and Ashley Bains…
British Garden Centres, the UK’s largest family-run group of garden centres was invited to give evidence by the government at…
The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) said that chilly weather, rain and a lack of spring sunshine has hammered sales.…
Twenty students from Holme Lacy College in Herefordshire were given a tour this week on Tuesday 18 April, of one…
Preparations for the 2023 Ball Colegrave Summercase, one of the UK’s largest bedding plant industry events, are well underway. The…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has released its monthly Market Update report, which provides an overview of the state…
Horticulture Crop Protection Ltd (HCP) has formally launched and is pleased to announce that five members of staff from AHDB…
British Garden Centres has announced that Boyd Douglas-Davies is leaving at the end of April. He will be setting up…
The UK’s garden centre association GCA launches new ‘Till Security’ module for members The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) –…
Mail order plant speciality plant company Hayloft Plants from Worchestershire has appointed James Oakey as its new buying director. Oakey…
Reputable Clematis grower Raymond Evison from Guernsey looks forward to exhibiting again at the Chelsea Flower Show. This time, it…
Eliot Barden, Aftercare, Apprenticeship and Training Manager for Majestic Trees, UK, was crowned AIPH Young International Grower of the Year…
On Monday, 27 March 2023, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) hosted a town hall meeting with more than 100 sector…
The UK’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) today announced that the country’s peat ban will come into…
UK-based garden centres keen to support the horticultural industry charity Perennial can this month order two special salvias for delivery…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has appointed a new Media Relations Manager, strengthening its commitment to increasing communications and cut-through…
British Garden Centres (BGC), the UK’s largest family-owned group of garden centres, collected the keys to a large, state-of-the-art nursery…
UK companies are being urged to utilise the many advantages available to exhibitors within the CHA-organised UK group at GreenTech,…
Despite a few years of unprecedented uncertainty and change between 2020-2022, the UK garden centre industry has performed well, writes…
UK-based Wyevale Nurseries hosted its first ever Retail Forum with garden centre customers to discuss current market trends and to…
On 27 February, Jennifer Pheasey, HTA’s Director of Public Affairs, joined parliamentarians and stakeholders as speaker at a dinner of…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has welcomed parts of the deal struck between the UK and EU regarding the…
Plants For Europe Limited, an independent plant breeders’ agent from the UK, celebrates twenty years of trading this month. The…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association reiterates that any government considering legislation to ban peat use should ensure they are ready…
The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has responded to the launch of the Scottish Government’s peat consultation. Responding to the…
Alban Hill Nurseries in Newport Pagnell hosted a visit by local Member of Parliament Ben Everitt on Friday, 3rd February,…
The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) is looking forward to welcoming visitors to the IPM Essen exhibition (24-27th January) and in…
One of the UK’s leading wholesale plant nurseries is featured as a case study in DEFRA’s recently published five-year plant…
Planteria.eu founder and horticultural journalist Phil Evans has died, his family confirmed on Thursday, 12 January. He was 69. His…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) welcomes the Government launching its five-year GB Biosecurity Strategy. Significantly, the strategy proposes to increase…
The Bugs Matter Citizen Science Survey, led by conservation charities Kent Wildlife Trust and Buglife, found a 64 per cent…
The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA), in partnership with the UK’s Department for International Trade, is proud to introduce the British…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) today announced a significant increase in the number of seasonal worker…
Tim Fawbert whose previous role was with the French cosmetics giant L’Oréal has joined one of the UK’s leading commercial…
Tickets are now on sale for the world’s biggest and most prestigious floral design competition – the Interflora World Cup…
Jennifer Pheasey, director of public affairs at the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) says she is encouraged that Defra has…
Top of the agenda of this inaugural BPOA’s Poinsettia Growers Group Open Day, held at Bridge Farm Group’s Clay Lake…
The Young People in Horticulture Association are delighted to announce David Austin Roses as their final YPHA key partner for…
A coalition of conservation organisations and groups have written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Mark Harper, calling for…
The UK body for garden businesses has warned of risks to the availability of supplies for home and professional gardeners…
The team at the Grade II-listed Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens is sad to announce that garden and nursery director…
Christmas didn’t come early for the global air cargo industry as volumes dropped 8 per cent year-over-year in October and…
The world’s biggest and most prestigious floral design competition, the Interflora World Cup, is coming to the UK for the…
The UK’s Young People in Horticulture Association are delighted to announce the formalisation of their relationship with the Royal Horticultural…
Tilhill, the UK’s leading woodland creation, forest management and timber harvesting company, and Foresight Sustainable Forestry Company Plc, the UK’s…
Last week, the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has convened a meeting of its members in Didcot to brief them…
LONDON, UK: Baroness Fookes, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ornamental Horticulture, will today lead a parliamentary debate in…
DIDCOT, UK: The HTA’s Ornamentals Management Committee (OMC) met on 11th October. The current position on the industry’s move towards…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has appointed Fran Barnes as its Chief Executive, following the recent appointments of…
COLCHESTER, UK: We can all make a difference and help tackle our biodiversity crisis by working together and introducing subtle,…
DIDCOT, UK: The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has announced the winners of its inaugural Ornamental Grower of the Year…
The ornamental horticulture industry has been essential in helping millions bid farewell to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in tribute…
LONDON, UK: Seasonally adjusted general air cargo market performance data for July 2022 shows a continued slowing down of volume,…
DIDCOT, UK: A host of experts including horticulture industry speakers and British explorer, journalist and TV presenter Simon Reeves are…
DIDCOT, UK: Response to Defra announcement on the sale of horticultural peat on behalf of James Barnes from the Growing…
STEVENAGE, UK: Flamingo, formerly known as Homegrown, is celebrating 40 years of trading at the forefront of the global horticulture…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has today announced the appointment of Elia Johnston as its marketing director. Elia…
There has been a dramatic drop in the amount of peat used in compost, according to a new report led…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), the trade association for the UK garden industry, has appointed a Director of…
HEREFORD, UK: Six current and one retired team member from Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford have recently been recognised for notching-up…
COVENTRY, UK: Impatiens Walleriana ‘Glimmer™ Appleblossom’ has been recognised as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards at this…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has launched its search to find the UK’s best ornamental growers. Award recipients will…
HEREFORD, UK: Wyevale Nurseries, working alongside Allensmore Nurseries and Bransford Webbs, is launching two new plants at this week’s Horticultural…
HEREFORD, UK: UK-based Wyevale Nurseries has entered nine new plants for the New Plant Awards at the Horticultural Trades Association…
NEWARK, USA: Members of the global floral community gathered in Miami May 25 to better understand and discuss key supply…
FCI interviews: Phil Whelan, CEO and founder of MM Flowers – one of the largest suppliers of cut flowers to…
DIDCOT, UK: HTA National Plant Show is back for its first in-person event in three years at Stoneleigh Park in…
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA), in partnership with Department for International Trade, is organising the British exhibitor group/pavilion…
EAST MALLING, UK: The £11.3 million GreenTech Hub for Advanced Horticulture was officially opened by Tom Tugendhat MP at NIAB’s…
ESSEX, UK: The Beth Chatto Education Trust announces the second Beth Chatto Symposium – Rewilding the Mind, at The Ivor…
HEREFORD, UK: Cian Lynch has this month been appointed as Senior Business Support Administrator for the Transplant team at Wyevale…
DIDCOT, UK: With the introduction of Border Control Points (BCPs) on 1 July 2022, the horticulture industry is doing all…
CHOBHAM, UK: HTA members, North Hill Nurseries in Chobham hosted their local MP and Secretary of State for Levelling Up…
DIDCOT, UK: The HTA Ornamentals Technical Committee (OTC) met for the first time this week at Horticulture House in Didcot.…
DIDCOT, UK: As part of its sustainability roadmap, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has launched a new scheme to enable…
LONDON, UK: The Garden Press Event returned for its first live event since 2020 on Wednesday 9 March 2022 with…
DIDCOT, UK: Nature-based solutions to climate change such as plants for urban greening and tree planting are one of the…
DIDCOT, UK: The HTA’s Ornamental Management Committee (OMC) has serious concerns that the plant health inspection regime is not fit…
DIDCOT, UK: British horticulture industry agrees with Public Accounts Committee Brexit trade burdens report – more costs and burdens to…
DIDCOT, UK: Helping millions of consumers to be part of efforts to end peat use in horticulture is at the…
Bruce Harnett is Managing Director of Kernock Park Plants, Cornwall – a grower and distributor of young ornamental plants. Kernock…
HEREFORD, UK: UK-based Wyevale Nurseries in Herefordshire is helping a charity in the county with its fundraising efforts by donating…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has recognised the importance of research and market insights and horticultural advice to…
CHELMSFORD, UK: A fundraising bid aiming to secure the future of ‘Floral Fantasia’ at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, has been…
BIRMINGHAM, UK: Showcasing the Landscaping industry more than ever before, The Landscape Show 2022 looks to bring more exhibitors, more…
DIDCOT, UK: Gardening writer and broadcaster Peter Seabrook has died suddenly aged 86. In a tribute to the legendary gardening…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is to offer its members an even greater level of support thanks to…
CHESTER, UK: The UK’s Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) 56th annual conference due to take place at the end of this…
Jonathan Whittemore, Head of Production and Procurement at Johnsons of Whixley, a wholesale plant nursery based in Kirk Hammerton, Whixley…
DIDCOT, UK: The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) reported strong Christmas sales for garden centres. The organisation’s Garden Retail Monitor…
DIDCOT, UK: As Defra and the Welsh government launch their ‘Ending Retail Sale of Peat in Horticulture in England and…
CHESTER, UK: The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) has announced that leading economist Roger Martin-Fagg will be speaking at its…
The poinsettia market has been “amazingly stable” this year, with coloured varieties enjoying increasing success; however, inflated energy prices mean…
CHESTER, UK: Barton Grange Garden Centre and Castle Gardens have recently been announced as the national winners of the 2021…
LONDON, UK: Southwark Council has transformed a south London park with the help of Wyevale Nurseries in Herefordshire and Devon-based…
CHESTER, UK: Booking has now opened for the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference in January (January 23-26, 2022). The…
ENKHUIZEN, Netherlands: Syngenta Flowers, Florensis and PanAmerican Seed today announced they will not exhibit at the IPM Essen show in…
DIDCOT, UK: The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association’s November Market Update Report shows that of the 3 million people who took…
HEREFORD, UK: UK-based Wyevale Nurseries has put together a selection of plants for garden centres to follow the predicted trends…
DIDCOT, UK: Inaugural HTA report celebrates a year of achievements across carbon reduction, water resilience, sustainable growing media and plastics…
DIDCOT, UK: As world leaders prepare to gather in Glasgow for COP26, the UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is working…
EDE, Netherlands: This morning 25 October, Dutch-based flower auction Plantion switched on what it says is “the first large format…
DIDCOT, UK: UK garden centre sales have begun to level out after the gardening boom of 2020 but remain high…
LONDON, UK: Two of London’s leading cut-flowers and plants wholesalers have merged to create Green & Bloom, a one-stop-shop for…
LONDON, UK: London’s fruit, veg and flower wholesale market, New Covent Garden Is pleased to share with you the news…
FCI interviews Martin Hudson, co-founder and director of Flamingo International Group, a core supplier of cut flowers and prepared vegetables…
London, UK: A trendsetting event, RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, UK, is the most prestigious gardening event, attracting designers,…
LONDON, UK: The Fairtrade Foundation, in association with London florist, Lavender Green Flowers, celebrated the women behind the blooms at…
Dr David Bek is a Reader in Sustainable Economies based at the Research Centre for Business in Society at Coventry…
CHESTER, UK: The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) has announced the finalists for its annual Ruxley Rose competition. Twenty garden…
OXFORD, UK: Ornamental horticulture and landscaping – the UK’s ‘original green economy’ – could be worth £42 billion by 2030…
CHESTER, UK: Garden Centre Association (GCA) members in Scotland and Northern Ireland are celebrating after picking up awards during a…
CHESTER, UK: The UK’s Garden Centre Association (GCA) members will find out who has come out on top in its…
DIDCOT, UK: Increased costs and restrictions on the UK horticulture industry to export to the EU has impacted a marked…
SALTASH, UK: Southeast Cornwall MP, Sheryll Murray, has seen first-hand how horticulture can play a part in driving ‘green growth’…
BRANSFORD, UK: BRANSFORD Webbs says the nation’s new gardeners hungry for plant information have fuelled a partnership with Joy of…
DIDCOT, UK: The leading trade association for ornamental horticultural businesses has responded to consultations by six water companies with an…
DIDCOT, UK: Following Lord Frost’s announcement yesterday that the UK will be maintaining a “standstill period” for current grace periods…
DIDCOT, UK: The AIPH International Plant Health Survey 2021 reveals the promise of a bio-secure future for the ornamental horticultural…
DIDCOT, UK: The latest market information suggests the beginning of a new normal, with garden centre sales for June 2021…
DIDCOT, UK: The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA ) announces that the National Plant Show will be back, bigger and…
CAERNARFON, UK: Seiont Nurseries has been looking at ways to help garden centres promote new plants via their webshops and…
DIDCOT, UK: HTA, the UK’s trade association for horticulture, has launched Let Britain Grow, a campaign calling for the Government…
CHESTER, UK: FARM shops and houseplant sales dominated at garden centres this May (2021) according to the Garden Centre Association’s…
DIDCOT, UK: The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Market Update report for June shows that nationally garden centre sales were up…
DIDCOT, UK: Allium ‘Lavender Bubbles’ from Fairweather’s Nursery ‘ has scooped up Best in Show at the UK’s New Plant…
HEREFORD, UK: UK-based Wyevale Nurseries is contacting all its customers this month (June 2021) to highlight the importance of plant…
The environmental, health and economic benefits of nature-based-solutions are a convincing argument for integrating green roofs and green walls into…
DIDCOT, UK: HTA Board member Brian Fraser appeared before the House of Commons Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) select…
DIDCOT, UK: Leaders from the horticulture sector have come together to write to the Department for Environment, Food & Rural…
Well, it is now a year since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the global population. We have never experienced anything like…
As an industry, we produce products that naturally contribute to the sustainability of the world. But are we able to…
BIRMINGHAM, UK: On 15-16 September 2020, Glee Gathering, a digital experience replacing this year’s Glee physical event, hosted exclusive content…
DIDCOT, UK: Horticultural Trades Association statement in response to Defra’s England Trees Action Plan. The Horticultural Trades Association has welcomed…
DIDCOT, UK: Find out what the global industry thinks and join in the conversation on 18 May in the ‘Sustainable…
DIDCOT, UK: Apple ‘Trinity’ from Frank P Matthews has been crowned Best in Show at the HTA Virtual New Plant…
LONDON, UK: UK’s online flower delivery service Bloom & Wild has bought Dutch rival bloomon, creating the largest online business…
‘Nature-based solutions for water management in cities’ is the second climate action topic in the series of City of London…
AALSMEER, Netherlands: Dutch greenhouse builder Bosman Van Zaal has acquired horticultural engineering company CMW Horticulture, based in East Yorkshire, United…
In response to the growing importance of greening our world’s cities, the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) has launched…
Didcot, UK: The International Association of Horticultural Producers, AIPH, is the world’s Champion for the Power of Plants. Through their…
BRUSSELS, Belgium: The Dutch flower industry officially welcomes the British goverment’s decision on 11 March to postpone the tightening of…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Market Update report for April shows that nationally garden centre sales were up…
LONDON, UK: The International Association of Horticultural Producers, AIPH, in collaboration with the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, is delighted to…
HEREFORD, UK: UK-based wholesale plant nursery Wyevale has seen record breaking plant sales since June last year and has just…
DIDCOT, UK: The UK’s Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has announced that this year’s event will not happen but will instead…
DIDCOT, UK: The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) online conference ‘Working Together for Better Plant Health’ on 24 March…
DIDCOT, UK: Lockdown restrictions prevent garden centres in Northern Ireland from trading – despite consumers being desperate to get back…
CHESTER, UK: THE GARDEN Centre Association’s (GCA) recent Barometer of Trade (BoT) report for February has revealed furniture and barbecue…
LONDON, UK: Sales of houseplants have skyrocketed over the last year as it seems people wanted to bring a touch of…
The online conference ‘Working Together for Better Plant Health’ will happen on 24 March 2021 and is free to attend…
DIDCOT, UK: The virtual AIPH International Horticultural Expo Conference on 16 March attracted over 140 delegates online from over 50…
DIDCOT, UK: Hosting an AIPH International Horticultural Expo can have a major economic impact on a city. Previous Expo host…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Market Update report for March shows across Great Britain sales of garden/gardening categories…
NEWPORT, UK: CambridgeHOK today announced a significant change within their ownership structure, with the existing shareholders (Ross Hibbs, John Holland…
The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) is inviting all those involved in the ornamental horticulture supply chain to attend…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has partnered with sustainability certification the Planet Mark as a first step in…
HEREFORD, UK: WYEVALE Nurseries has revealed it has passed its ISO 14001 Environmental Audit this year with its prime objective…
DIDCOT, UK: Retail industry representatives have written a joint letter to the Scottish Government’s Economy Secretary, Fiona Hyslop MSP, to…
HEREFORD, UK: WYEVALE Nurseries has donated a collection of new Mangave succulents to the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Garden Wisley…
Read the latest Green City Post from Floraculture International on Urban greening worldwide inspired by TNOC summit in Paris. Download…
It is less than 20 working days until the end of 2020, and there is still no definitive agreement of…
DIDCOT, UK: It is less than 20 working days until the end of 2020, and there is still no definitive…
LONDON, UK: Market analyses by CLIVE Data Services for last month show that airlines’ hopes of a peak season boost…
DIDCOT, UK: As a green industry, the UK’s horticulture sector can and should lead the way in sustainable business practices…
LONDON, UK: The Natural History Museum has been given the go ahead from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea…
COVENTRY, UK: A new report from Coventry University has assessed the UK’s progress towards peat-free horticulture and identified what factors…
The International Association of Horticultural Producers – AIPH, FloraCulture International and World Horti Center are working together to organise two…
DIDCOT, UK: The UK’s trades association for horticulture HTA has called on government to delay the introduction of plant health…
WESTLAND, Netherlands: With much of Europe facing new Covid-19 restrictions, for Dutch horticultural companies, the forward-thinking decisions are probably not…
DIDCOT, UK: The horticulture industry and government have welcomed data that shows further decreases in the percentage of peat used…
DIDCOT, UK: HTA, the trade body representing UK garden centres has written to Ken Skates, the Welsh Government’s Economy Minister…
DIDCOT, UK: HTA reacts to announcement concerning ‘fire-break lockdown’ in Wales. Speaking today after the Welsh government’s decision to implement…
DIDCOT,UK: HTA, the trade association for the UK garden industry welcomes the clarity that garden centres will remain open under…
LONDON, UK: London’s fruit, veg and flower wholesale market, New Covent Garden is pleased to announce that a new artwork…
DIDCOT, UK: The resilience and agility of the horticulture sector have seen businesses from across the UK industry survive the…
DIDCOT, UK: There will be no inspections of plants or plant products at UK border control posts between January and…
DIDCOT, UK: Britain’s love affair with gardens was confirmed this week as new research conducted by the Horticultural Trades Association…
DIDCOT, UK: There is no doubt that coronavirus has had a devastating impact on British ornamental horticulture. However, lockdown has…
DIDCOT, UK: Commenting on the UK Government announcement on post-Brexit trade and the border operating model, James Clark, Director of…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is calling for the UK Government to address the growing need to support…
AALSMEER, Netherlands: Dutch-based online flower delivery company Bloomon has added the Bio-bos (organic blooms) to its product portfolio. The new…
DIDCOT, UK: Apple ‘Trinity’ from Frank P Matthews has been crowned Best in Show at the HTA Virtual New Plant…
The International Association of Horticultural Producers AIPH announces an online virtual 3D event that will replace its 72nd AIPH Annual…
DIDCOT, UK: The Scottish Government has announced today that garden centres will not be allowed to open in Scotland until…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has issued this industry response to the reopening of garden centres in England…
DIDCOT, UK: During an address to the nation on Monday evening 23 March, UK prime minister Boris Johnson said that…
LONDON, UK: There was not much comfort for Dutch and German tree growers attending the UK’s Plant Health and Biosecurity…
The Raymond Evison Clematis Exhibit ( GPC 197 ) at Chelsea 2020 will be a 144sqm island exhibit displaying over…
BRASTED, UK: The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) is once again organising the British Group at IPM Essen, supported by the…
DIDCOT, UK: This year the HTA has awarded the Pearson Memorial Medal to industry pioneer John Ravenscroft in recognition of…
DIDCOT, UK: British businessman, Sir Terry Leahy, will top the programme at the Cultivating Retail conference which takes place on…
DIDCOT, UK: The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), the trade association for the UK garden industry greeted Boris Johnson’s election as…
GLASTONBURY, UK: Kylie Minogue wowed the crowds at the internationally renowned Glastonbury music festival. When performing an intimate version of…
Paris was the venue in early June for The Nature of Cities (TNOC) summit. Coming from countries around the world,…
STONELEIGH, UK: Agapanthus ‘AMB001’ ‘Fireworks’ from Fairweather’s Nursery has been crowned this year as Best in Show at the New…
David Austin rose named in honour of Lady Gabriella Windsor’s marriage to Thomas Kingston. David Austin Roses is delighted to…
BRASTED, UK: On this first occasion when the GreenTech event is being staged on an annual basis, the Commercial Horticultural…
DIDCOT, UK: A good mix of growers, garden retailers and suppliers attended the sell-out HTA Sustainability Matters Conference, held at…
Robin Trumper from Hereford celebrated his retirement on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 after 39 years of service at Wyevale Nurseries. …
LONDON, UK: Companies and organisations from across the industry made the most of the opportunity to showcase their new products…
UK-based Wyevale Nurseries is using recyclable plant pots for all future retail plants that it’s currently potting. Wyevale Nurseries has…
LONDON, UK: Looking for fresh inspiration to kick off 2019? Then join us on 17 January at Bloomfield Wholesale Florist…
LONDON, UK: London is to be the host city for the 4th Biopesticides Europe Conference from 29 -30 May 2019.…
DIDCOT, UK: The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) has announced the finalists for the prestigious International Grower of the…
LONDON, UK: London is to be the host city for the 4th Biopesticides Europe Conference from 29 -30 May 2019.…
NOTTINGHAM, UK: Cultivating Retail, hosted by the Horticultural Trades Association in conjunction with the Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association, sponsored by…
The HTA National Plant Show, held at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, celebrates its 10th birthday in 2019 – a real…
DIDCOT, UK: This is the final call to join friends and colleagues attending Cultivating Retail – the new one-day Conference…
DIDCOT, UK: This year the HTA has awarded The Pearson Memorial Medal to Baroness Fookes, the co-chair of the All…
DIDCOT, UK: For the first time a report* by Oxford Economics for the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group** reveals the significant…
HEREFORD, UK: Graduates from all degree disciplines are being invited this month (October, 2018) to consider applying to a leading…
MAGHERAFELT, UK: Bulrush Horticulture are delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul Alexander as Technical Support and Product Development…
National Children’s Gardening Week (NCGW) is to promote gardening to the general public and to encourage garden centres across the…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is looking forward to welcoming members at Glee which takes place at the NEC from…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is delighted to announce that Boyd Douglas-Davies, CEO of Hillview Garden Centres, is to join…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has announced the appointment of Brian Fraser, General Manager and Director of Oakover Nurseries near…
The managing Director of the newly expanded Blue Diamond Group, Alan Roper, features on the programme for Cultivating Retail, the…
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Marketing Forum will take place on Wednesday 17 October 2018 at Horticulture House in Oxfordshire.…
This year, on 3 October 2018, the Chartered Institute of Horticulture (CIH) will be holding their annual Conference in London, at…
‘Stand Out from the Crowd’ is the theme for this year’s HTA Marketing Forum which takes place on 17 October…
The recent Horticulture Week Business Award for Best New Ornamental Plant Variety went to Daphne ‘Perfume Princess’. Grown by Wyevale…
Visitors to the HTA National Plant Show, sponsored by Hortipak, have voted Rose ‘Timeless Purple’ from Whartons Roses as Best…
With just over a month to go until the RHS Chelsea Flower Show (22-26 May 2018) The Great Escape industry…
To celebrate the fourth year of National Children’s Gardening week and it’s ‘adoption’ by the HTA, a new look website…
Plant a rainbow of colour to welcome in spring by packing patio pots and filling flower beds with primulas and…
Although Trumpists will disagree, most people think global warming is a threat to Earth. But even a threat presents opportunities.…
It’s no secret. The gap between flower farmers and the new generation high end consumer is wide. Luxury florist Neill…
The world of Piet Oudolf gardens is presented in all its glory in a richly illustrated book just published in…