Horticulture season kicks off, global shocks, plastic pot recycling and the nasties lurking in artificial turf
HortWeek PodcastShow Notes
HortWeek editor Matt Appleby and technical editor Sally Drury report on the essential horticulture stories of the week.
Topics for this week:
After a slow start the garden season finally kicks off! The implications for horticulture of the conflict in the Middle East How can horticulture combat our vulnerability to global food shocks? Plastic pot recycling in councils rises to historic levels! Is there a place for artificial turf? If not, what are the alternatives for high footfall areas? And if you do, Sally warns, beware of the unspeakable things you might find when you clean them!
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