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