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HortWeek Podcast
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.
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Episodes
HortWeek PodcastFrom elite football to elite horticulture - ambition and high standards with Creepers' Michael Buck
At the age of 15, Michael Buck, was busy destroying plants in his back garden kicking a football around as at that time he was already getting paid to play and…
HortWeek PodcastUnearthing the benefits of healthy soils and how it can help fight climate change, with Tim O'Hare
This week renowned soil scientist Tim O'Hare unearths the ways soil is impacted by and can impact climate change. Tim O'Hare Associates recently won a…
HortWeek PodcastGardens made of daydream, turned into an equation and back into a daydream - with Peter Donegan
Garden designer Peter Donegan returned to the HortWeek Podcast fresh from the 116th Royal Windsor flower show in June where he enjoyed the "humbling…
HortWeek PodcastManaging irrigation when using peat-free growing media - with ICL
HortWeek editor Matt Appleby talks with ICL's Sam Rivers about irrigation and peat-free growing media. Sam explains why irrigation is important in peat-free…
HortWeek PodcastBringing business nous to arboriculture, with Henri Ghijben of HRG Tree Surgeons
Henri Ghijben of HRG Tree surgeons has been mentoring other tree surgeon businesses through the Tree Surgeon's mastermind since the start of 2022. Keynote…
HortWeek PodcastLegendary plant breeder Peter Moore reflects 40 years and 45 plants
Plant breeder Peter Moore, who has been creating new plants for 40 years, tells HortWeek about his new breeding and his vast experience in the production of…
HortWeek PodcastHarrowden Turf on wildflowers, plastic, demand, tech and mental health
Harrowden Turf's managing director Stuart Ridd-Jones talks on the Horticulture Week Podcast about the company's diversification from turf growing to wildflower…
HortWeek PodcastTV gardener Chris Collins on the royal wedding, parks, children's and community gardening
Horticulturist Chris Collins, the Westminster Abbey head gardener, talks to the Horticulture Week podcast about the royal wedding and how he would have…
HortWeek PodcastKeeping the plant trade healthy - Alistair Yeomans of Plant Healthy on the biosecurity challenges
Alistair Yeomans has been with Plant Healthy since it was set up 2019. Plant Healthy is the biosecurity standard for UK businesses, mainly growers. The Plant…
HortWeek PodcastSteering a plant nursery through an age of unprecedented change, with Melanie Asker of Greenwood Plants
Melanie Asker was recently promoted to managing director of Greenwood Plants, supplier to new-build property sector, but increasingly, commercial work and…
HortWeek PodcastAward-winning tree grower Eliot Barden on peat, biosecurity and horticulture careers
Eliot Barden headed a field of 15 to win AIPH young international grower of the year at IPM Essen in January. But at the start of his career, which began at…
HortWeek PodcastHow ICL's new biostimulant Vitalnova triboost can turbo charge your peat-reduced or peat-free growing media
Peat-free and peat-reduced growing media may lack beneficial microbes to promote break down of plant residues, improve soil carbon and pH; and help to provide…
HortWeek PodcastTree planting, felling and benefits to society, with Trees for Cities' Kate Sheldon
Trees for Cities is a charity that helps facilitate tree planting in urban contexts but as recently-appointed chief executive , Kate Sheldon explains, the…
HortWeek PodcastJake Catling, bringing the creative passion to landscape contracting
Director of the Landscaping Consultants, BALI South Thames chair and board director Jake Catling is a landscaper who brings genuine drive and enthusiasm to his…
HortWeek PodcastDiversity and inclusion in horticulture - with Adrian Wickham and Tessa Johnstone
This episode Glendale's director of corporate development Adrian Wickham and Tessa Johnstone of Johnstone's Landscapes return to the Horticulture Week Podcast…
HortWeek PodcastPeonies in the spotlight with Alec White
Primrose Hall Peonies' Alec White is an RHS Chelsea Flower Show gold medal award-winning British specialist peony grower and holds the Plant Heritage National…
HortWeek PodcastAward winning landscape projects, greening the grey, and the ongoing skills shortage with Maylim
In this bumper episode, BALI Grand Award winners, Maylim managing director and owner Thomas O'Mahony, and business development director Alistair Bayford…
HortWeek PodcastThe rose market trends, supply, demand and sustainability with Whartons Roses
This week, Jo Davey of Whartons Roses joins the Horticulture Week Podcast and speaks about the rose market, trends, new promotions, supply and demand and…
HortWeek PodcastChatGPT talks horticulture, biostimulants, fertilisers and pests and diseases - with ICL
ICL technical manager Sam Rivers talks to HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby about ChatGPT, an new artificial intelligence chatbot that could be useful for…
HortWeek PodcastBurpee Seeds looks to the future
This week's Horticulture Week Podcast welcomes Burpee Seeds' sales and marketing director Simon Crawford and commercial director Andrew Mellowes. Burpee…
HortWeek PodcastHigh climber Jo Hedger of Arbor Venture on her world-beating career in arboriculture
Marking International Women's Day this episode hears from arborist and World Champion tree climber, Jo Hedger. One of still relatively few women in the sector…
HortWeek PodcastPsychology and sensory gardens with garden designer Camellia Taylor
Garden designer Camellia Taylor came to the discipline via work with young people on the autism spectrum, women that had experienced domestic violence and a…
HortWeek PodcastPeat, imports, trends and garden retail best practice with HTA president Alan Down
New HTA president Alan Down talks about high priority issues in horticulture such as biosecurity and peat in the latest HortWeek podcast. The former Cleeve…
HortWeek PodcastHow to meet the garden retail challenges of the future, with Garden Centre Association CEO Peter Burks
New Garden Centre Association chief executive Peter Burks backs an upbeat economic forecast from the recent GCA conference by economist Roger Martin-Fagg. From…
HortWeek PodcastMaking a career in landscape - with Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park apprentices Mark Skinner and Adam James
As Apprenticeship Week (6-12 February) approaches, Rachael Forsyth talks to two landscape maintenance apprentices who work for idverde in the Queen Elizabeth…
HortWeek PodcastWembley Park - where champion trees meet champion footballers - with masterplanning head Julian Tollast and estate landscape manager David Hughes
This week head of masterplanning Julian Tollast and David Hughes, estate landscape manager tell us about the transformation of Wembley Park which has given the…
HortWeek PodcastKew's Joe Richomme on career changing and the importance of botanical names
Kew's Joe Richomme on popularising botanical words, career changing, how to get into the industry, what peonies and alternative grasses to plant, Richomme is a…
HortWeek PodcastThe benefits of LED lighting for growers with Signify's Nathanael Dannenberg
Signify's commercial leader horticulture UK and Ireland Nathanael Dannenberg talks about coping with the energy crisis and how to use light strategy to keep…
HortWeek PodcastThe joy of gardens, gardening and garden writing with Barbara Segall
Horticulturist and garden writer Barbara Segall, editor of The Horticulturist, the quarterly journal of The Chartered Institute of Horticulture and a…
HortWeek PodcastHarnessing biodiversity at Trentham Gardens with Carol Adams
Having grown up exploring the Scottish countryside, Carol Adams’ interest in forestry grew into a horticulture qualification. Around eight years ago, this…
HortWeek PodcastBiosecurity in the spotlight with Provender Nurseries' Richard McKenna
Provender Nurseries MD Richard McKenna has more than 20 years expereince supplying nursery stock to landscapers. After a couple of rollercoaster years he looks…
HortWeek PodcastNatural pest control with Julian Ives of Dragonfli
Julian Ives, of Dragonfli, supplier of natural pest control, pollination and microbial based horticultural products to retail, amenity and professional…
HortWeek PodcastLaugh along with the stars of the latest Perennial 'naked' calendar as they reveal all!
Horticulture charity Perennial - the UK's only charity dedicated to helping all those working in or retired from horticulture and their families - has released…
HortWeek PodcastNick Hamilton talks peat-free, his father Geoff's legacy and the future of Barnsdale
Nick Hamilton, of Barnsdale Gardens in Rutland, has written an autobiography, The Right Genes, about his relationship with his father Geoff Hamiton, the…
HortWeek PodcastNew broad spectrum insecticide Mainspring with ICL's Sam Rivers and Syngenta's Sean Loakes
Sam Rivers of ICL and Sean Loakes of Syngenta talk to HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby about the new launch Mainspring, a broad spectrum insecticide for the…
HortWeek PodcastThe healthy future of roses with Rose Society treasurer Daniel Myhill
Rose expert Daniel Myhill is treasurer of the 350-member Rose Society and national collection holder for persica roses. Unusually for a HortWeek podcast, he's…
HortWeek PodcastHow to thrive while tackling the twin threats of ecological crisis and the skills shortage with Jon Grantham of LUC
LUC managing director Jon Grantham is clear about the two biggest challenges facing his firm. "We need more people with the right skills" he says adding the…
HortWeek PodcastMr Plant Geek on how to use new and old media to bridging the horticulture industry and new customers
Michael Perry, aka Mr Plant Geek, is one of the best known names in gardening. He spent a decade at Thompson & Morgan in product development and is now…
HortWeek PodcastSupporting the next generation of leading horticulturists with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation
HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby speaks to Jeff Colegrave, Nicole Higginson and Neil Gow, all trustees of the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation. The former David…
HortWeek PodcastReconciling biodiversity and profit in landscape maintenance - with Ground Control's Jack Potter
Ground Control's biodiversity manager, Jack Potter is under no illusion: "The UK is one of the most nature depleted areas in the world...at a tipping point of…
HortWeek PodcastThe battle against weeds - Amenity Forum's Peter Corbett on how it should be fought
"Frustrated farmer", environmental scientist and Amenity Forum executive officer Peter Corbett is working on the frontline of the crop protection industry…
HortWeek PodcastSally Drury on 40 years at HortWeek and a lifetime in horticulture
Sally Drury's lifelong journey in horticulture began in tragic circumstances when she took on the family garden after her father died in a road traffic…
HortWeek Podcast'The biodiversity crisis is in some ways even more urgent than the climate' - Natural England chair Tony Juniper on how nature has the answers
The big idea for this week's guest, Natural England chair Tony Juniper, is 'nature recovery'. His remit covers promoting the benefits of green corridors…
HortWeek PodcastLandscaping a way to net zero with Nurture Group’s Gordon Whyte
On its way to net zero, Nurture Group’s head of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Criteria – Gordon Whyte speaks about the company's journey on this…
HortWeek PodcastGarden trends, challenges and opportunities with HTA president Boyd Douglas-Davies and chairman James Barnes
HTA president Boyd Douglas-Davies and chairman James Barnes speak about the upcoming HTA conference on 13 September at Birmingham ICC. The conference will look…
HortWeek PodcastSelling seeds in the face of Brexit reality, Covid and Ukraine with Paolo Arrigo of Seeds of Italy
Paolo Arrigo of Seeds of Italy, London-based importer of Franchi Seeds for more than 20 years, has been outspoken on Brexit and has been a pioneer in bringing…
HortWeek PodcastGrowing and selling cut flowers in the post-lockdown period with Flowers from the Farm
Flowers From the Farm co-chair Meg Edmonds runs the the Roots Family Farm Shop with her husband Will, part of their diversified organic farm business based in…
HortWeek PodcastSelling garden products with Edwin Meijer of Garden Connect
Garden Connect creates online solutions to connect garden centres with their customers - websites, webshops and loyalty programmes and Meijer is helping…
HortWeek PodcastThe art of spray application on ornamentals crops with ICL's Sam Rivers and Syngenta's Sean Loakes
Sam Rivers, ICL Technical Controls Manager and Sean Loakes, Syngenta Ornamentals Technical Manager speak about spray application in this podcast. They talk…
HortWeek PodcastSOLEX director Gina Hinde on the outdoor living market and highlights from SOLEX 2022
This week director of garden products show SOLEX Gina Hinde tells us what we can expect from the show and how the industry is dealing with inflation…
HortWeek PodcastBerries are booming but labour shortages need to be addressed, says British Berry Growers' Nick Marston
British Summer Fruits has rebranded as British Berry Growers and chairman Nick Marston tells the HortWeek podcast why there could be record consumption this…
HortWeek PodcastInterior plant designer to the stars, Ian Drummond on peat free houseplants, coming trends and career highlights
Interior landscaper and plant stylist Ian Drummond has been at the forefront of the indoor plants revival in recent years. He was one of the owners who sold…
HortWeek PodcastSouthern Trident on new coir-based products for Glee and future growing media legislation
Southern Trident CEO Steve Harper talks Glee new products, carbon neutrality, the extending Responsible Sourcing Scheme, increasing prices for growing media…
HortWeek PodcastConceptual landscape consultant Kim Wilkie on what it really means to be 'landscape-led'
A strategic and conceptual landscape consultant who works in diverse landscapes around the world, Kim Wilkie explains what a landscape-led approach means: "I…
HortWeek PodcastHow TASK Academy will help overcome the skills shortage and why landscapers still don’t get enough recognition - with Rupert Keys
Landscapers are not getting the recognition they deserve, and have more of a hand in garden designs than many realise, says Keys Landscape Construction owner…
HortWeek PodcastThe good of sustainable garden design (and why artificial grass should be banned), with SGD chair Lynne Marcus
Having designed gardens for 20 years, Lynne Marcus was appointed the chair of the Society of Garden Designers in 2006. Marcus tells the HortWeek podcast about…
HortWeek PodcastFargro's Richard Hopkins on sustainability, crop protection, energy and inflation for UK growers
Fargro managing director Richard Hopkins discusses the environmental footprint of growing, focusing on sustainability and challenges in the field of crop…
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Adrian Evans, Finland's 'British Gardener'
Lifelong horticulturist Adrian Evans left Britain a little over 20 years ago to make a life in Finland. Evans tells the Horticulture Week podcast about his…
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The many and varied benefits of wildflowers and soilless turf with Wildflower Turf
Wildflower Turf founder James Hewetson Brown tells HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby about the soilless growing system that has transformed the concept of turf…
HortWeek PodcastThe horticulture skills shortage and how Future Gardeners can help tackle it - with Louise Mansfield
Louisa Mansfield is project manager for Future Gardeners, which works to give participants the skills needed to start a career in horticulture, particularly…