Horticulture Week

Reviewed - Handheld tools What will the Thenford estate garden team make of the latest hand-tool offerings? Sally Drury finds out.

Fresh produce labelling and packaging - Fresh ideas Environmental concerns, convenience eating and longer shelf life are driving developments in fresh-produce packaging, Jack Shamash reports.

Pest & Disease Management - Moles Moles are widespread throughout Britain but absent from Ireland. Even small populations can damage sports turf, playing surfaces and amenity lawns, but control may not be necessary in less intensively used or managed areas. The damage is a side-effec...

Interview - Robin Wallis, co-owner, Hortus Loci Last October, Robin Wallis set up Hortus Loci with Mark Straver at Whitewater Nurseries in Hook, Hampshire, to grow 400,000 perennials, roses and fruit trees a year and supply gardeners and landscape architects. Between them, they have sourced and gr...

Green space guardians - A career in parks, arboriculture and sports groundskeeping and management Whether maintaining parks, sports grounds or trees, the sector offers a wealth of opportunities, Graham Clarke reports.

Creating landscapes - a career in garden design, landscape architecture or contracting Designing a garden or building a landscape requires vision, practical skill and sound business sense, says Sarah Engerran.