Are garden centre margins too high? Peat-free hits the national press, hosepipe bans and horticulture's absence from school careers advice episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 16, 2026 · 27 MIN

Are garden centre margins too high? Peat-free hits the national press, hosepipe bans and horticulture's absence from school careers advice

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HortWeek editor Matt Appleby, A-Level student William Appleby and technical editor Sally Drury report on the essential horticulture stories of the week.Topics this week:Peat-free hits the national pressAre garden centres pricing themselves into slower plant sales?Matt's week on the road with word from Fruit Focus, Ball Colegrave's Summer Showcase, Floral Fantasia at Hyde Hall and the Green Italy launch.How drought and hosepipe bans are hitting horticultureDoes the absence of horticulture in schools' career advice signify a broken system? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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