HortWeek Podcast
Episodes
The art of spray application on ornamentals crops with ICL's Sam Rivers and Syngenta's Sean Loakes
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Rivers, ICL Technical Controls Manager and Sean Loakes, Syngenta Ornamentals Technical Manager speak about spray application in this podcast.They ...
SOLEX director Gina Hinde on the outdoor living market and highlights from SOLEX 2022
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
Berries are booming but labour shortages need to be addressed, says British Berry Growers' Nick Marston
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
British Summer Fruits has rebranded as British Berry Growers and chairman Nick Marston tells the HortWeek podcast why there could be record consumptio...
Interior plant designer to the stars, Ian Drummond on peat free houseplants, coming trends and career highlights
16 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Southern Trident on new coir-based products for Glee and future growing media legislation
09 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Southern Trident CEO Steve Harper talks Glee new products, carbon neutrality, the extending Responsible Sourcing Scheme, increasing prices for growing...
Conceptual landscape consultant Kim Wilkie on what it really means to be 'landscape-led'
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A strategic and conceptual landscape consultant who works in diverse landscapes around the world, Kim Wilkie explains what a landscape-led approach me...
How TASK Academy will help overcome the skills shortage and why landscapers still don’t get enough recognition - with Rupert Keys
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Landscapers are not getting the recognition they deserve, and have more of a hand in garden designs than many realise, says Keys Landscape Constructio...
The good of sustainable garden design (and why artificial grass should be banned), with SGD chair Lynne Marcus
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Having designed gardens for 20 years, Lynne Marcus was appointed the chair of the Society of Garden Designers in 2006. Marcus tells the HortWeek ...
Fargro's Richard Hopkins on sustainability, crop protection, energy and inflation for UK growers
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fargro managing director Richard Hopkins discusses the environmental footprint of growing, focusing on sustainability and challenges in the field of&n...
Adrian Evans, Finland's 'British Gardener'
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The many and varied benefits of wildflowers and soilless turf with Wildflower Turf
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wildflower Turf founder James Hewetson Brown tells HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby about the soilless growing system that has transformed the concept ...
The horticulture skills shortage and how Future Gardeners can help tackle it - with Louise Mansfield
12 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Louisa Mansfield is project manager for Future Gardeners, which works to give participants the skills needed to start a career in horticulture, partic...
ICL on tackling vine weevils
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
ICL's Sam Rivers and Andrew Wilson talk vine weevils, a timely topic since the withdrawal of Exemptor with its active ingredient thiacloprid in 2...
Bunny Guinness on keeping peat, sexism in garden design and how slugs are not gardeners' friends
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Landscape architect, broadcaster and writer Bunny Guinness is one of the best-known names in horticulture.After taking to YouTube to speak out in supp...
Keeping the horticultural show on the road - with Andy Tudbury
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
How horticulture can help tackle climate change with Ground Control's Marcus Watson
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 G...
ICL on growing media and successful peat-free growing
28 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
'Waste not want not' - how British Sugar Topsoil hits the sweet spot between the environment and profit
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
'Skinny Jean Gardener' Lee Connelly on his plan to get kids gardening, the 'peat mafia' and how he'd run the RHS
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 sch...
The wonders of biocontrols and integrated pest management with IPS's Dr Sam Jones
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
International pheromone systems' Dr Sam Jones is an expert in the use of pheromones for biocontrol in horticulture. Using his knowledge of chemistry a...
TV garden designer and podcast pioneer on how he 'loves it when a plan comes together' Peter Donegan
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Hortweek editor Matthew Appleby turns the questions on pioneering horticultural podcaster and TV and garden designer Peter Donegan.Don...
Protecting the legacy of John Brookes at Denmans Gardens
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Planting all over the world with Lullingstone Castle's Tom Hart Dyke
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Famous for having been kidnapped in 2000 in Columbia during a plant hunting expedition, Hart Dyke stayed sane by collecting orchids and other jungle p...
Wonderful woodchip, agroforestry and peat turned over with the Soil Association's Ben Raskin
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ben Raskin, head of horticulture and agroforestry at the Soil Association, explodes a few myths around woodchip. He tells HortWeek editor Matthew Appl...
Richard Jackson on his horticulture life from Roy Lancaster via QVC to launching his own plantcare range
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Grower, garden retailer, journalist, QVC presenter and founder of the Garden Press Event and horticultural charity, Greenfingers Richard Jackson guest...
The legendary plantsman Adrian Bloom on star plants, new plants and the need to preserve key horticultural skills
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 Bes...
'Using nature to fix a faulty brain' - harnessing horticulture to improve well-being and treating garden centre workers right
03 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
After working and playing hard in noughties London, Perrywood Garden Centre's communications & HR director Hannah Powell turned to nature to heal ...
A rose to remember 18th century Welsh black gardener, John Ystumllyn
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 We...
ICL on growing media and making peat-free work for horticultural growers
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As demand for sustainable growing media rockets, ICL technical sales manager Sam Rivers discusses peat-free composts and what growing media products a...
Young People in Horticulture Association: the future of horticulture
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The YPHA was founded in 2020 for under 35s in the industry to better facilitate collaboration, education and innovation and to consider how the i...
Harnessing the therapeutic potential of gardens with Horatio's Gardens' Dr Olivia Chapple
15 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Horatio’s Garden is a national charity creating and nurturing beautiful gardens in NHS spinal injury centres.Leading landscape designers such as Cle...
Peat-free compost: the latest developments, new products, supply pressures, price rises and consumer appetite with Southern Trident's Steve Harper
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Peat-reduction is a big issue and with Defra's Peat Strategy consultation around the corner, demand for compost higher than ever, horticulture is faci...
Horticultural lighting: trends, benefits and financing with GE Current
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
GE Current offers a range of professional LED lighting fixtures and hybrid solutions for indoor and greenhouse horticultural applications, from propag...
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
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Online sales doubled during the pandemic says owner Chris Smith, but changes in regulations are making some imports, such as seed potatoes, onion sets...
How investing in local communities is helping reduce the skills gap and shoring up the future for Countrywide Grounds Maintenance
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"Our aim ...is to have an apprentice on every contract that we maintain", says Countrywide Grounds Maintenance managing director Paul McKeown. Having ...
How diversity be improved in the landscape industry?
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Adrian Wickham, Glendale corporate development director, and Tessa Johnstone, Johnstones Landscapes' director, give a fascinating insight into their w...
The past, present and future of the turf management sector as SALTEX prepares to return
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 operation...
'Life's not easy being a nurseryman' - Herb 'Queen' Jekka McVicar on how she makes it work
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 majo...
Growing and selling orchids through the pandemic via Brexit and into an uncertain future - with Double H Nurseries' MD Andy Burton
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Burton is candid about recent, current and future challenges including cost pressures hitting the grower 'from all angles' import and export constrain...
How horticultural growers can get the best out of adjuvants for their crops
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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.co...
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
16 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Horticultural lighting - Signify on lighting for strawberries
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Horticultural plant specialists at leading LED technologists Signify - Erik Stappers and Peer Hermans - speak about how to optimise horticultural ligh...
View from the plantarea: Andy Bunker from Alton Garden Centre on plant supply issues, peat sales, plant trends,
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
Kernock Park Plants' Bruce Harnett on meeting the challenges of trading through the pandemic, post-Brexit and moving towards peat-free growing
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Speaking to editor Matthew Appleby as part of Hortweek's 180th anniversary celebrations, Harnett details the unique challenges of the last year includ...
Lawn Association founder David Hedges Gower speaks on Monty Don row and artificial turf
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Growing plants through war, storms, recessions, pestilence and pandemic - how Johnsons of Whixley has survived and thrived 100 years
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ame...
How to grow the best peonies - renowned plantswoman Claire Austin gives her grower tips
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Glendoick Gardens' Ken Cox on beginner gardeners, plant-hunting, growing and Brexit
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Could insect-based fertilisers be the next big thing in organic retail and production horticulture?
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hexafly CEO Alvan Hunt and Green Connection independent agronomist Pablo Canales-Prat tell the HW podcast how the product compares to traditional orga...
Hillier's Chris Francis speaks about Syon Park and the future for the renowned retailer/nursery
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hear about the garden centre's business strategy and how it survived the coronavirus pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...
Not just a pretty garden: how to survive as a garden designer
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sargent examines ways and methods of surviving the minefield of rules regulating the garden design profession. He speaks about the importance of getti...
How to harness natural water quality and enhance it to maximise plant health
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Ahead of the curve - Desch Plantpak on the ups and downs of riding a tidal wave of demand for recycled plastic in horticulture
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hear CEO Jan Willem Wieringa, marketing director Wouter Zieck and UK and Ireland sales director Phil Griffiths talk candidly about the evolution of th...
Horticultural climber - CIOH president-to-be Susan Nicholas on women in horticulture and the state of horticultural training
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Restoring higher level horticultural qualifications are high on Susan Nicholas's to-do list during her tenure at the Chartered Institute of Horticultu...
What are the benefits of horticultural biostimulants?
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
ICL's Andrew Wilson, Sam Rivers and Martin Donnelly download their expertise on biostimulants in conversation with Horticulture Week editor Matthew Ap...
How to engage millions of new 'lockdown' gardeners this season - with David Domoney and Evergreen's Mark Portman
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
TV gardener David Domoney and Evergreen UK and Ireland MD Mark Portman discuss potential, plant power, products and projects for 2021 as the UK tent...
How growers can navigate the withdrawal of key horticultural chemicals
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
HW editor Matthew Appleby interviews ICL technical manager UK & Ireland Andrew Wilson and Essex & home counties technical area sales manager Sam River...
Brexit and horticultural exports with Raymond Evison and Patrick Fairweather
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest Horticulture Week podcast, HW editor Matthew Appleby speaks to Guernsey Clematis specialist Raymond Evison and Fairweather's Nursery ...
Brexit and horticulture imports/exports with Jacob Kolff and Matt Graham
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Peat, peat-free, coir and the UK market
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Responsible Sourcing Scheme for Growing Media chairman tells HW editor Matthew Appleby how Southern Trident plans to build its UK market on the ba...
Horticulture Week Podcast #6: Stars for Europe on the poinsettia market for 2020 and beyond - Sponsored by Stars for Europe
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matt and Graeme discuss how this year's poinsettia market is shaping up and Graeme explains why poinsettias have retained their traditional popularity...
Horticulture Week Podcast #5: Matthew Appleby visits Peter Seabrook at RHS Hyde Hall
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matt speaks to gardening writer Peter Seabrook about the Fleuroselect Rudbeckia trials, his Floral Fantasia display at RHS Hyde Hall and plans for 202...
Horticulture Week Podcast #4: Matthew Appleby visits Ladds Garden Centre redevelopment
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The centre is being transformed into a contemporary and eco-friendly garden retail village with a food hall, farm shop, cafe-restaurant, courtyard gar...
Spirit of Four Oaks Podcast #1: Matthew Appleby interviews Fargro's Richard Hopkins
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Spirit of Four Oaks 2020, Fargro MD and West Sussex Growers Growers Association chairman Richard Hopkins speaks to Horticulture Week ed...
Horticulture Week Podcast #3: visiting Ball Colegrave post-lockdown
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
After almost four months Matthew Appleby conducts his first face-to-face interview with Ball Colegrave's perennial business unit manager Steve Austin ...
Horticulture Week Podcast#1: horticulture and coronavirus roundup
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Horticulture Week editor Matthew Appleby and online editor Christina Taylor discuss the big issues affecting the garden retail, ornamentals, fresh pro...
Horticulture Week Podcast#2: Peter Seabrook and Matt Appleby
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Horticulture Week editor Matthew Appleby interviews Peter Seabrook about the construction of the Floral Fantasia Display created to celebrate the Sun'...