Welcome to the HortWeek Podcast where we bring you news and views on the most important topics of the day for UK horticulture professionals. For more visit https://www.hortweek.co.uk/podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Modiform on reducing plastic in horticulture and its move into retail packaging
23 mins; June 28, 2024
George Eustice on the peat ban, import/export friction and his legacy
22 mins; June 25, 2024
Moving from planting to growing new trees, with the Tree Council's Sara Lom
20 mins; June 21, 2024
Career changers: how Neal Ritson found his way into horticultural production from the music industry
13 mins; June 14, 2024
Changing careers from cycling to professional gardening - with Connie Hudson
10 mins; June 07, 2024
Claire Austin on peony perfection
18 mins; May 31, 2024
ICL's Hort Science Live previewed
11 mins; May 24, 2024
Building Sparsholt College's Chelsea Flower Show exhibit - with students Chloe, Hayden, Jessica and Joshua
10 mins; May 17, 2024
Commonwealth War Graves Commission's David Richardson on horticulture and D-Day, CIOH and Kew
21 mins; May 10, 2024
Horticulture legend and nature gardening innovator Chris Baines on rewilding, biodiversity, bird feeding and parks
30 mins; May 03, 2024
ICL: all about biostimulants in horticulture
16 mins; April 26, 2024
Fargro's Richard Hopkins on drones, sustainability and fairness in the supply chain
19 mins; April 25, 2024
Careers in the agritech and hortitech industries with Oli Hilbourne of Outfield
22 mins; April 19, 2024
A career in the agritech and hortitech industries with plant pathologist, Laura Bouvet
18 mins; April 12, 2024
Fargro's Richard Hopkins on crop protection, peat, water and trade policy
19 mins; April 05, 2024
Careers in the landscape industries with industry heavyweight and APL general manager, Phil Tremayne
18 mins; March 28, 2024
ICL - all about water quality
13 mins; March 28, 2024
Careers in the landscape industries with APL WorldSkills gold medal-winning landscaper Anna Mcloughlin
16 mins; March 22, 2024
Leading growers Stefano Sogni of Zelari and Kyle Ross of Wyevale Nurseries on the Four Oaks Trade Show 2024
17 mins; March 12, 2024
The future of green jobs with Billy Knowles of the Youth Environmental Service
18 mins; March 08, 2024
ICL on vine weevil control
16 mins; February 28, 2024
Make Parks Sexy Again! - the joy of parks with Paul Rabbitts
30 mins; February 23, 2024
The potential and limitations of Biodiversity Net Gain with landscape architect Alexandra Steed
32 mins; February 16, 2024
Plant Collection holder Jonathan Sheppard takes his 'hobby' to Chelsea Flower Show
25 mins; February 09, 2024
Lee Stiles of Lea Valley Growers' Association warns about potential 2024 salad shortages
21 mins; February 02, 2024
A life in professional gardening with Alan Mason of the Professional Gardeners Guild
25 mins; January 26, 2024
Why horticulture should get on board with the benefits of horticulture therapy with Annabelle Padwick
20 mins; January 19, 2024
Confessions of a landscape gardener with Alan Sargent
25 mins; January 12, 2024
TV Garden Ninja Lee Burkhill on passing on garden knowledge
21 mins; January 05, 2024
Growing and selling plants with Sue Beesley of Bluebell Cottage Gardens
24 mins; December 22, 2023
A career in garden management with Beechgrove's Scott Smith
19 mins; December 14, 2023
A career in botanical garden management with RBG Edinburgh's Raoul Curtis-Machin
18 mins; December 08, 2023
Careers in garden retail with Steve Barrow of British Garden Centres
12 mins; December 01, 2023
Careers in garden retail with Liam Beddall of David Austin Roses
23 mins; November 24, 2023
Horticultural education options with Lucy Lewis of Sparsholt College
19 mins; November 17, 2023
Horticultural education with RHS horticultural courses officer Sarah Hale
21 mins; November 10, 2023
A career in plant breeding - with Simon Crawford of Burpee
17 mins; October 19, 2023
A career in plant breeding with Tim Kerley of Kerley & Co
17 mins; October 19, 2023
A horticultural destiny and the power of positivity, with Beechcroft Gardens' head gardener and TV presenter, Scott Smith
46 mins; October 19, 2023
The National Fruit Collection at Brogdale, with landscape architect Tom La Dell
24 mins; October 13, 2023
ICL on Lalguard M52 GR – the new bioinsecticide for vine weevil control
12 mins; October 06, 2023
The hidden biodiversity of moss with Dr Neil Bell of RBG Edinburgh
36 mins; September 29, 2023
Unearthing the female pioneers of professional gardening with Fiona Davison
22 mins; September 22, 2023
Reinventing Borde Hill with Jay Goddard and Harry Baldwin
38 mins; September 15, 2023
Reviving Blenheim Palace gardens to create 'The English Versailles'! - with head gardener Andy Mills
30 mins; September 08, 2023
How comfortable is the outdoor furniture market? with Andy Baxter of Maze
13 mins; August 30, 2023
Predicting and protecting plant futures with RBG Kew's Richard Barley and Rebecca Lane
35 mins; August 25, 2023
Ben Goldsmith: influential Conservative environmentalist on rewilding, garden centres and policy
29 mins; August 15, 2023
Safeguarding plant histories and plant futures with Gill Groombridge of Plant Heritage
19 mins; August 08, 2023
Growing and planting for the gardens of the future - with Neil Lucas of Knoll Gardens
20 mins; August 04, 2023
Martyn Flint of Chrysanthemums Direct
19 mins; July 28, 2023
From elite football to elite horticulture - ambition and high standards with Creepers' Michael Buck
40 mins; July 21, 2023
Unearthing the benefits of healthy soils and how it can help fight climate change, with Tim O'Hare
34 mins; July 13, 2023
Gardens made of daydream, turned into an equation and back into a daydream - with Peter Donegan
37 mins; July 07, 2023
Managing irrigation when using peat-free growing media - with ICL
19 mins; June 30, 2023
Bringing business nous to arboriculture, with Henri Ghijben of HRG Tree Surgeons
27 mins; June 23, 2023
Legendary plant breeder Peter Moore reflects 40 years and 45 plants
16 mins; June 16, 2023
Harrowden Turf on wildflowers, plastic, demand, tech and mental health
16 mins; June 09, 2023
TV gardener Chris Collins on the royal wedding, parks, children's and community gardening
19 mins; June 05, 2023
Keeping the plant trade healthy - Alistair Yeomans of Plant Healthy on the biosecurity challenges
20 mins; May 26, 2023
Steering a plant nursery through an age of unprecedented change, with Melanie Asker of Greenwood Plants
19 mins; May 19, 2023
Award-winning tree grower Eliot Barden on peat, biosecurity and horticulture careers
13 mins; May 12, 2023
How ICL's new biostimulant Vitalnova triboost can turbo charge your peat-reduced or peat-free growing media
11 mins; May 05, 2023
Tree planting, felling and benefits to society, with Trees for Cities' Kate Sheldon
33 mins; April 28, 2023
Jake Catling, bringing the creative passion to landscape contracting
35 mins; April 21, 2023
Diversity and inclusion in horticulture - with Adrian Wickham and Tessa Johnstone
31 mins; April 14, 2023
Peonies in the spotlight with Alec White
21 mins; April 06, 2023
Award winning landscape projects, greening the grey, and the ongoing skills shortage with Maylim
62 hours 26 mins; March 31, 2023
The rose market trends, supply, demand and sustainability with Whartons Roses
22 mins; March 24, 2023
ChatGPT talks horticulture, biostimulants, fertilisers and pests and diseases - with ICL
18 mins; March 17, 2023
Burpee Seeds looks to the future
20 mins; March 10, 2023
High climber Jo Hedger of Arbor Venture on her world-beating career in arboriculture
25 mins; March 03, 2023
Psychology and sensory gardens with garden designer Camellia Taylor
17 mins; February 24, 2023
Peat, imports, trends and garden retail best practice with HTA president Alan Down
23 mins; February 16, 2023
How to meet the garden retail challenges of the future, with Garden Centre Association CEO Peter Burks
23 mins; February 10, 2023
Making a career in landscape - with Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park apprentices Mark Skinner and Adam James
12 mins; February 03, 2023
Wembley Park - where champion trees meet champion footballers - with masterplanning head Julian Tollast and estate landscape manager David Hughes
25 mins; January 26, 2023
Kew's Joe Richomme on career changing and the importance of botanical names
21 mins; January 20, 2023
The benefits of LED lighting for growers with Signify's Nathanael Dannenberg
17 mins; January 12, 2023
The joy of gardens, gardening and garden writing with Barbara Segall
25 mins; January 06, 2023
Harnessing biodiversity at Trentham Gardens with Carol Adams
26 mins; December 22, 2022
Biosecurity in the spotlight with Provender Nurseries' Richard McKenna
28 mins; December 15, 2022
Natural pest control with Julian Ives of Dragonfli
22 mins; December 09, 2022
Laugh along with the stars of the latest Perennial 'naked' calendar as they reveal all!
28 mins; December 02, 2022
Nick Hamilton talks peat-free, his father Geoff's legacy and the future of Barnsdale
22 mins; November 24, 2022
New broad spectrum insecticide Mainspring with ICL's Sam Rivers and Syngenta's Sean Loakes
23 mins; November 18, 2022
The healthy future of roses with Rose Society treasurer Daniel Myhill
21 mins; November 11, 2022
The healthy future of roses with Rose Society treasurer Daniel Myhill
21 mins; November 11, 2022
How to thrive while tackling the twin threats of ecological crisis and the skills shortage with Jon Grantham of LUC
24 mins; November 04, 2022
Mr Plant Geek on how to use new and old media to bridging the horticulture industry and new customers
22 mins; October 21, 2022
Supporting the next generation of leading horticulturists with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation
23 mins; October 14, 2022
Reconciling biodiversity and profit in landscape maintenance - with Ground Control's Jack Potter
23 mins; September 30, 2022
The battle against weeds - Amenity Forum's Peter Corbett on how it should be fought
16 mins; September 23, 2022
Sally Drury on 40 years at HortWeek and a lifetime in horticulture
19 mins; September 15, 2022
'The biodiversity crisis is in some ways even more urgent than the climate' - Natural England chair Tony Juniper on how nature has the answers
25 mins; September 09, 2022
Landscaping a way to net zero with Nurture Group’s Gordon Whyte
25 mins; September 02, 2022
Garden trends, challenges and opportunities with HTA president Boyd Douglas-Davies and chairman James Barnes
29 mins; August 25, 2022
Selling seeds in the face of Brexit reality, Covid and Ukraine with Paolo Arrigo of Seeds of Italy
27 mins; August 11, 2022
Growing and selling cut flowers in the post-lockdown period with Flowers from the Farm
23 mins; August 04, 2022
Selling garden products with Edwin Meijer of Garden Connect
