Media
Floret Farm: The Beautiful Pursuit
Floret Farm releases new series on flower farm highlighting what it really takes to be a flower farmer and the challenges involved in bringing local flowers to market.
Environment
Woodland Heritage Open woods & workshops
Woodland Heritage has launched a new initiative, the Open Woods & Workshops to champion homegrown timber and sustainable productive woodlands for present and future generations.
Business
New dawn for funeral flowers
One compostable arrangement at a time, the co-founder of The Farewell Flowers Directory Gill Hodgson, explains how they are on a mission to change the world of funeral flowers.
Gill Hodgson
People
Kazuyuki Ishihara wins Gold and RHS Choice Award at the Philadelphia Flower Show 2025
Garden designer Kazuyuki Ishihara wins four awards, plus the inaugural RHS Choice Award at the 2025 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Flower Show.
Regulation
New Bill to champion green spaces and environmental horticulture
MP Caroline Voaden’s Private Members’ Bill, seeks to establish a Government Office for Urban Green Spaces.
Awards
Double win for HTA at 2025 Trade Association Forum awards
The Horticultural Trades Association celebrated a double win at the Trade Association Awards, run by the Trade Association Forum.
Plants
HTA New Plant Awards 2025: Call for entries
Exhibitors of the upcoming HTA National Plant Show are invited to enter the HTA New Plant Awards 2025, which is sponsored by the RHS.
Media
Matt Collins writes gardening column for Toast Magazine
The Garden Museum’s Head Gardener, Matt Collins, writes new monthly gardening column for TOAST Magazine.
Conferences
GIMA Day Conference: AI, Marketing & Intellectual Property
Taking place in March, the GIMA Day Conference for industry professionals will explore key business challenges and opportunities, with a special focus on Artificial Intelligence, marketing, and intellectual property.
Gardens
Green light for Manchester Digital Campus and city centre park
Planning consent has been granted for the new government office complex in Ancoats, Manchester alongside a new urban park.
Business
elemental: Green design tool launching March 2025
Developed by Nicholsons, the web-based green design tool, ‘elemental’ will be available to garden and landscape designers from March 2025.
Business
HTA and retail crime experts discuss combatting acute garden centre thefts
As concern grows over the growing impact of garden centre theft, the Horticultural Trades Association and business crime experts discuss ways to combat the growing problems of retail crime.
Awards
APL and WorldSkills UK launch 2025 National Landscaping Competition
The 2025 national landscaping competition aims to provide a platform for the industry’s brightest apprentices and learners to showcase their skills on a national stage.
Regulation
HTA Response to Environment Secretary’s Plan for Change Announcement
Designed to ease tension with farmers, the Environment Secretary, Rt Hon Steve Reed MP announced a series of policy announcements at the National Farmers’ Union conference.
Business
Iford Manor Estate to acquire two historic pubs
With their bid accepted, the owners of Iford Manor are poised to take over Cross Guns pub in Avoncliff & The Inn at Freshford.
Business
Garden Centre Association reports January garden centre sales uplift
The Garden Centre Association Barometer of Trade figures for January 2025 revealed a garden centre sales uplift of 3.82% (YOY), paired with disappointing decline of -10.69% on outdoor plant sales.
Business
British Garden Centres opened first of newly acquired stores in Gosforth
British Garden Centres acquired seven Dobbies stores, of which the first in Gosforth was refurbished and opened last weekend for the local community.
Gardens
Greenfingers Charity garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2025
To mark their 25th anniversary, Greenfingers Charity has announced its presence at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2025 with a specially designed anniversary show garden.
Careers
Sponsorship support for the YPHA
The Young People in Horticulture Association has revealed their first set of confirmed sponsors for 2025-2026 period.
By the bye
Wallace, Gromit & Alan Titchmarsh…
The nation’s favourite gardener makes small ‘appearance’ in the Bafta winning film ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
