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.
The art of spray application on ornamentals crops with ICL's Sam Rivers and Syngenta's Sean Loakes
21 mins; July 14, 2022
SOLEX director Gina Hinde on the outdoor living market and highlights from SOLEX 2022
13 mins; July 08, 2022
Berries are booming but labour shortages need to be addressed, says British Berry Growers' Nick Marston
25 mins; June 24, 2022
Interior plant designer to the stars, Ian Drummond on peat free houseplants, coming trends and career highlights
19 mins; June 16, 2022
Southern Trident on new coir-based products for Glee and future growing media legislation
16 mins; June 09, 2022
Conceptual landscape consultant Kim Wilkie on what it really means to be 'landscape-led'
17 mins; May 27, 2022
How TASK Academy will help overcome the skills shortage and why landscapers still don’t get enough recognition - with Rupert Keys
20 mins; May 20, 2022
The good of sustainable garden design (and why artificial grass should be banned), with SGD chair Lynne Marcus
19 mins; May 13, 2022
Fargro's Richard Hopkins on sustainability, crop protection, energy and inflation for UK growers
18 mins; May 03, 2022
Adrian Evans, Finland's 'British Gardener'
24 mins; April 28, 2022
The many and varied benefits of wildflowers and soilless turf with Wildflower Turf
24 mins; April 21, 2022
The horticulture skills shortage and how Future Gardeners can help tackle it - with Louise Mansfield
14 mins; April 12, 2022
The horticulture skills shortage and how Future Gardeners can help tackle it - with Louise Mansford
14 mins; April 11, 2022
ICL on tackling vine weevils
18 mins; March 31, 2022
Bunny Guinness on keeping peat, sexism in garden design and how slugs are not gardeners' friends
29 mins; March 24, 2022
Keeping the horticultural show on the road - with Andy Tudbury
23 mins; March 11, 2022
How horticulture can help tackle climate change with Ground Control's Marcus Watson
24 mins; March 08, 2022
ICL on growing media and successful peat-free growing
18 mins; February 28, 2022
'Waste not want not' - how British Sugar Topsoil hits the sweet spot between the environment and profit
13 mins; February 09, 2022
'Skinny Jean Gardener' Lee Connelly on his plan to get kids gardening, the 'peat mafia' and how he'd run the RHS
26 mins; February 04, 2022
The wonders of biocontrols and integrated pest management with IPS's Dr Sam Jones
26 mins; January 28, 2022
TV garden designer and podcast pioneer on how he 'loves it when a plan comes together' Peter Donegan
37 mins; January 20, 2022
Protecting the legacy of John Brookes at Denmans Gardens
20 mins; January 12, 2022
Planting all over the world with Lullingstone Castle's Tom Hart Dyke
25 mins; December 16, 2021
Planting around the world with Lullinghurst Castle's Tom Hart Dyke
25 mins; December 16, 2021
Wonderful woodchip, agroforestry and peat turned over with the Soil Association's Ben Raskin
23 mins; December 09, 2021
Richard Jackson on his horticulture life from Roy Lancaster via QVC to launching his own plantcare range
27 mins; November 23, 2021
The legendary plantsman Adrian Bloom on star plants, new plants and the need to preserve key horticultural skills
28 mins; November 12, 2021
'Using nature to fix a faulty brain' - harnessing horticulture to improve well-being and treating garden centre workers right
19 mins; November 03, 2021
A rose to remember 18th century Welsh black gardener, John Ystumllyn
12 mins; October 21, 2021
ICL on growing media and making peat-free work for horticultural growers
19 mins; October 19, 2021
Young People in Horticulture Association: the future of horticulture
25 mins; October 12, 2021
Harnessing the therapeutic potential of gardens with Horatio's Gardens' Dr Olivia Chapple
18 mins; September 15, 2021
Peat-free compost: the latest developments, new products, supply pressures, price rises and consumer appetite with Southern Trident's Steve Harper
23 mins; September 07, 2021
Horticultural lighting: trends, benefits and financing with GE Current
17 mins; August 27, 2021
This autumn we will learn how ten tomatoes changed the world with Pennard Plants' Chelsea Flower Show display, but could also face significant grow your own supply challenges
20 mins; July 29, 2021
How investing in local communities is helping reduce the skills gap and shoring up the future for Countrywide Grounds Maintenance
17 mins; July 21, 2021
How diversity be improved in the landscape industry?
27 mins; July 16, 2021
The past, present and future of the turf management sector as SALTEX prepares to return
26 mins; July 08, 2021
'Life's not easy being a nurseryman' - Herb 'Queen' Jekka McVicar on how she makes it work
31 mins; July 01, 2021
Growing and selling orchids through the pandemic via Brexit and into an uncertain future - with Double H Nurseries' MD Andy Burton
21 mins; June 24, 2021
How horticultural growers can get the best out of adjuvants for their crops
19 mins; June 21, 2021
Wimbledon tennis strawberry grower Marion Regan on what you do with 33 tonnes of strawberries when coronavirus cancelled the tennis and how British pickers fared in 2020
22 mins; June 16, 2021
Horticultural lighting - Signify on lighting for strawberries
15 mins; June 08, 2021
View from the plantarea: Andy Bunker from Alton Garden Centre on plant supply issues, peat sales, plant trends,
24 mins; May 28, 2021
Kernock Park Plants' Bruce Harnett on meeting the challenges of trading through the pandemic, post-Brexit and moving towards peat-free growing
27 mins; May 26, 2021
Lawn Association founder David Hedges Gower speaks on Monty Don row and artificial turf
21 mins; May 19, 2021
Growing plants through war, storms, recessions, pestilence and pandemic - how Johnsons of Whixley has survived and thrived 100 years
21 mins; May 14, 2021
How to grow the best peonies - renowned plantswoman Claire Austin gives her grower tips
18 mins; May 07, 2021
Glendoick Gardens' Ken Cox on beginner gardeners, plant-hunting, growing and Brexit
25 mins; April 30, 2021
Could insect-based fertilisers be the next big thing in organic retail and production horticulture?
13 mins; April 29, 2021
Hillier's Chris Francis speaks about Syon Park and the future for the renowned retailer/nursery
16 mins; April 27, 2021
Not just a pretty garden: how to survive as a garden designer
17 mins; April 22, 2021
How to harness natural water quality and enhance it to maximise plant health
13 mins; April 15, 2021
Ahead of the curve - Desch Plantpak on the ups and downs of riding a tidal wave of demand for recycled plastic in horticulture
22 mins; March 25, 2021
Horticultural climber - CIOH president-to-be Susan Nicholas on women in horticulture and the state of horticultural training
32 mins; March 22, 2021
What are the benefits of horticultural biostimulants?
14 mins; March 17, 2021
How to engage millions of new 'lockdown' gardeners this season - with David Domoney and Evergreen's Mark Portman
21 mins; March 02, 2021
How growers can navigate the withdrawal of key horticultural chemicals
20 mins; February 11, 2021
Brexit and horticultural exports with Raymond Evison and Patrick Fairweather
27 mins; January 26, 2021
Brexit and horticulture imports/exports with Jacob Kolff and Matt Graham
26 mins; December 09, 2020
Peat, peat-free, coir and the UK market
23 mins; November 12, 2020
Horticulture Week Podcast #6: Stars for Europe on the poinsettia market for 2020 and beyond - Sponsored by Stars for Europe
21 mins; October 26, 2020
Horticulture Week Podcast #5: Matthew Appleby visits Peter Seabrook at RHS Hyde Hall
7 mins; October 01, 2020
Horticulture Week Podcast #4: Matthew Appleby visits Ladds Garden Centre redevelopment
12 mins; September 25, 2020
Spirit of Four Oaks Podcast #1: Matthew Appleby interviews Fargro's Richard Hopkins
