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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 PodcastICL on tackling vine weevils
ICL's Sam Rivers and Andrew Wilson talk vine weevils, a timely topic since the withdrawal of Exemptor with its active ingredient thiacloprid in 2021 means…
HortWeek PodcastBunny Guinness on keeping peat, sexism in garden design and how slugs are not gardeners' friends
Landscape architect, broadcaster and writer Bunny Guinness is one of the best-known names in horticulture. After taking to YouTube to speak out in support of…
HortWeek PodcastKeeping the horticultural show on the road - with Andy Tudbury
Belvoir Castle garden show organiser Andy Tudbury knows a thing or two about garden shows having completed 28 in his career. He set up the Belvoir show four…
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How horticulture can help tackle climate change with Ground Control's Marcus Watson
Watson talks about his journey from working on the glue that holds Boeing aircraft together to the numerous successes he had as managing director at Ground…
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ICL on growing media and successful peat-free growing
As part of a new series of podcasts for 2022, Sam and ICL's Andrew Wilson are returning to the topic of growing with peat-free compost, probably the hottest…
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'Waste not want not' - how British Sugar Topsoil hits the sweet spot between the environment and profit
This week's podcast was recorded at British Sugar Topsoil's plant at WIssington in Norfolk where they prepare topsoil for the landscaping and sports turf…
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'Skinny Jean Gardener' Lee Connelly on his plan to get kids gardening, the 'peat mafia' and how he'd run the RHS
TV gardener and podcaster Lee Connolly talks about his Schools Gardening Success Plan which aims to help every primary school in the country run a school…
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The wonders of biocontrols and integrated pest management with IPS's Dr Sam Jones
International pheromone systems' Dr Sam Jones is an expert in the use of pheromones for biocontrol in horticulture. Using his knowledge of chemistry and insect…
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TV garden designer and podcast pioneer on how he 'loves it when a plan comes together' Peter Donegan
In this episode Hortweek editor Matthew Appleby turns the questions on pioneering horticultural podcaster and TV and garden designer Peter Donegan. Donegan…
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Protecting the legacy of John Brookes at Denmans Gardens
Garden designer, writer and chair of the John Brookes-Denmans Foundation, Van Paasschen is working on a new initiative to perpetuate the legacy of the late…
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Planting all over the world with Lullingstone Castle's Tom Hart Dyke
Famous for having been kidnapped in 2000 in Columbia during a plant hunting expedition, Hart Dyke stayed sane by collecting orchids and other jungle plants…
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Wonderful woodchip, agroforestry and peat turned over with the Soil Association's Ben Raskin
Ben Raskin, head of horticulture and agroforestry at the Soil Association, explodes a few myths around woodchip. He tells HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby about…
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Richard Jackson on his horticulture life from Roy Lancaster via QVC to launching his own plantcare range
Grower, garden retailer, journalist, QVC presenter and founder of the Garden Press Event and horticultural charity, Greenfingers Richard Jackson guests on this…
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The legendary plantsman Adrian Bloom on star plants, new plants and the need to preserve key horticultural skills
With more than half a century of plantsman's knowledge and a VMH in 1986, legendary plantsman Adrian Bloom has reissued his book Bloom's Best Perennials and…
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'Using nature to fix a faulty brain' - harnessing horticulture to improve well-being and treating garden centre workers right
After working and playing hard in noughties London, Perrywood Garden Centre's communications & HR director Hannah Powell turned to nature to heal after…
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A rose to remember 18th century Welsh black gardener, John Ystumllyn
We Too Built Britain's Zehra Zaidi and Harkness Roses' David White have launched the John Ystumllyn rose, named after the first well-recorded black Welsh…
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ICL on growing media and making peat-free work for horticultural growers
As demand for sustainable growing media rockets, ICL technical sales manager Sam Rivers discusses peat-free composts and what growing media products are…
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Young People in Horticulture Association: the future of horticulture
The YPHA was founded in 2020 for under 35s in the industry to better facilitate collaboration, education and innovation and to consider how the industry might…
HortWeek PodcastHarnessing the therapeutic potential of gardens with Horatio's Gardens' Dr Olivia Chapple
Horatio’s Garden is a national charity creating and nurturing beautiful gardens in NHS spinal injury centres. Leading landscape designers such as Cleve West…
HortWeek PodcastPeat-free compost: the latest developments, new products, supply pressures, price rises and consumer appetite with Southern Trident's Steve Harper
Peat-reduction is a big issue and with Defra's Peat Strategy consultation around the corner, demand for compost higher than ever, horticulture is facing a…
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Horticultural lighting: trends, benefits and financing with GE Current
GE Current offers a range of professional LED lighting fixtures and hybrid solutions for indoor and greenhouse horticultural applications, from propagation and…
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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
Online sales doubled during the pandemic says owner Chris Smith, but changes in regulations are making some imports, such as seed potatoes, onion sets and…
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How investing in local communities is helping reduce the skills gap and shoring up the future for Countrywide Grounds Maintenance
"Our aim ...is to have an apprentice on every contract that we maintain", says Countrywide Grounds Maintenance managing director Paul McKeown. Having worked in…
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How diversity be improved in the landscape industry?
Adrian Wickham, Glendale corporate development director, and Tessa Johnstone, Johnstones Landscapes' director, give a fascinating insight into their work on…
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The past, present and future of the turf management sector as SALTEX prepares to return
A fixture of the turf management sector calendar, and after a year's hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, GMA Saltex show is back. Saltex operations manager…
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'Life's not easy being a nurseryman' - Herb 'Queen' Jekka McVicar on how she makes it work
Jekka has gone from playing at the first Glastonbury Festival to hosting her own "Herbfest", a celebration of her passion for growing herbs and a major…
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Growing and selling orchids through the pandemic via Brexit and into an uncertain future - with Double H Nurseries' MD Andy Burton
Burton is candid about recent, current and future challenges including cost pressures hitting the grower 'from all angles' import and export constraints, the…
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How horticultural growers can get the best out of adjuvants for their crops
ICL's Sam Rivers and Syngenta's Glenn Kirby talk about using adjuvants to mark ICL and Syngenta's launch of Elasto G5. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy…
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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
The Hugh Lowe Farms owner also discusses current labour challenges and how she is embracing new technologies such as LED growing, solar energy and the future…
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Horticultural lighting - Signify on lighting for strawberries
Horticultural plant specialists at leading LED technologists Signify - Erik Stappers and Peer Hermans - speak about how to optimise horticultural lighting for…
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View from the plantarea: Andy Bunker from Alton Garden Centre on plant supply issues, peat sales, plant trends,
Bunker gives us the lowdown on plant supply issues, how imports have helped out the trade, reserves for 2022, plant price Inflation, how the weather and…
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Kernock Park Plants' Bruce Harnett on meeting the challenges of trading through the pandemic, post-Brexit and moving towards peat-free growing
Speaking to editor Matthew Appleby as part of Hortweek's 180th anniversary celebrations, Harnett details the unique challenges of the last year including…
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Lawn Association founder David Hedges Gower speaks on Monty Don row and artificial turf
Hedges Gower also explains why, after getting embroiled in a "no mow" row with Monty Don, why he believes Don was wrong and they will never be friends. Hosted…
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Growing plants through war, storms, recessions, pestilence and pandemic - how Johnsons of Whixley has survived and thrived 100 years
Developing a jig to bend hoops, and early use of polytunnels and containerisation, to the rise and fall of council contracts and now servicing the amenity…
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How to grow the best peonies - renowned plantswoman Claire Austin gives her grower tips
Austin discusses her new book, tells us what plants she is breeding and her view on the future for growers and plant breeders like herself. Hosted on Acast…
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Glendoick Gardens' Ken Cox on beginner gardeners, plant-hunting, growing and Brexit
Ken Cox's family firm, Glendoick Nursery and Garden Centre in Perthshire has been supplying plants and gardening advice to gardeners since 1953. It is renowned…
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Could insect-based fertilisers be the next big thing in organic retail and production horticulture?
Hexafly CEO Alvan Hunt and Green Connection independent agronomist Pablo Canales-Prat tell the HW podcast how the product compares to traditional organic…
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Hillier's Chris Francis speaks about Syon Park and the future for the renowned retailer/nursery
Hear about the garden centre's business strategy and how it survived the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Not just a pretty garden: how to survive as a garden designer
Sargent examines ways and methods of surviving the minefield of rules regulating the garden design profession. He speaks about the importance of getting the…
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How to harness natural water quality and enhance it to maximise plant health
ICL's Andrew Wilson, Sam Rivers and Steven Chapman discuss on the importance of getting your water tested and how to interpret the analysis. Hosted on Acast…
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Ahead of the curve - Desch Plantpak on the ups and downs of riding a tidal wave of demand for recycled plastic in horticulture
Hear CEO Jan Willem Wieringa, marketing director Wouter Zieck and UK and Ireland sales director Phil Griffiths talk candidly about the evolution of the market…
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Horticultural climber - CIOH president-to-be Susan Nicholas on women in horticulture and the state of horticultural training
Restoring higher level horticultural qualifications are high on Susan Nicholas's to-do list during her tenure at the Chartered Institute of Horticulture as she…
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What are the benefits of horticultural biostimulants?
ICL's Andrew Wilson, Sam Rivers and Martin Donnelly download their expertise on biostimulants in conversation with Horticulture Week editor Matthew Appleby in…
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How to engage millions of new 'lockdown' gardeners this season - with David Domoney and Evergreen's Mark Portman
TV gardener David Domoney and Evergreen UK and Ireland MD Mark Portman discuss potential, plant power, products and projects for 2021 as the UK tentatively…
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How growers can navigate the withdrawal of key horticultural chemicals
HW editor Matthew Appleby interviews ICL technical manager UK & Ireland Andrew Wilson and Essex & home counties technical area sales manager Sam Rivers about…
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Brexit and horticultural exports with Raymond Evison and Patrick Fairweather
In the latest Horticulture Week podcast, HW editor Matthew Appleby speaks to Guernsey Clematis specialist Raymond Evison and Fairweather's Nursery director…
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Brexit and horticulture imports/exports with Jacob Kolff and Matt Graham
With Brexit nearly upon us Horticulture Week editor Matthew Appleby speaks to Jacob Kolff from Kolff Plants and Matt Edwards of The Plant Yard for the HW…
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Peat, peat-free, coir and the UK market
The Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media chairman tells HW editor Matthew Appleby how Southern Trident plans to build its UK market on the back of…
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Horticulture Week Podcast #6: Stars for Europe on the poinsettia market for 2020 and beyond - Sponsored by Stars for Europe
Matt and Graeme discuss how this year's poinsettia market is shaping up and Graeme explains why poinsettias have retained their traditional popularity and why…
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Horticulture Week Podcast #5: Matthew Appleby visits Peter Seabrook at RHS Hyde Hall
Matt speaks to gardening writer Peter Seabrook about the Fleuroselect Rudbeckia trials, his Floral Fantasia display at RHS Hyde Hall and plans for 2021. Hosted…
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Horticulture Week Podcast #4: Matthew Appleby visits Ladds Garden Centre redevelopment
The centre is being transformed into a contemporary and eco-friendly garden retail village with a food hall, farm shop, cafe-restaurant, courtyard garden and…
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Spirit of Four Oaks Podcast #1: Matthew Appleby interviews Fargro's Richard Hopkins
As part of the Spirit of Four Oaks 2020, Fargro MD and West Sussex Growers Growers Association chairman Richard Hopkins speaks to Horticulture Week editor…
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Horticulture Week Podcast #3: visiting Ball Colegrave post-lockdown
After almost four months Matthew Appleby conducts his first face-to-face interview with Ball Colegrave's perennial business unit manager Steve Austin and…
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Horticulture Week Podcast#1: horticulture and coronavirus roundup
Horticulture Week editor Matthew Appleby and online editor Christina Taylor discuss the big issues affecting the garden retail, ornamentals, fresh produce and…
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Horticulture Week Podcast#2: Peter Seabrook and Matt Appleby
Horticulture Week editor Matthew Appleby interviews Peter Seabrook about the construction of the Floral Fantasia Display created to celebrate the Sun's 50th…