18 May 2012
We ask a range of industry people at Malvern Spring Garden Show how they have been affected by this year's bad weather.
27 Apr 2012
A recent survey by the RHS showed that 70 per cent of 18-year-olds do not think that horticulture is a career of which to be proud, while warning that there is a "looming skills crisis" in the sector, which has vacancies that it cannot fill. Conference attendees gave their views on how to get more young...
06 Apr 2012
HW asked speakers at the RHS Wisley Growing Schools conference what they regarded as the key benefits and barriers of the initiative.
30 Mar 2012
HW asked industry figures whether chancellor George Osborne's Budget last week was a positive or negative for them.
16 Mar 2012
We asked growers exhibiting at this year's British Plant Fair in Stoneleigh Park how this season's orders are going so far.
02 Mar 2012
With drought declared in a number of areas of the country, we asked participants at the Managing as a Head Gardener seminar last week whether they thought water restrictions would be a problem.
17 Feb 2012
Green-space leaders met last week to discuss the possibility of launching a green places fund, a single pot to support green spaces. A co-ordinated approach, it is hoped, would share effort and resources around a single focus point, which would make a stronger case to attract funds from individuals...
10 Feb 2012
The All-Party Parliamentary Gardening & Horticulture Group (APPGHG) is boosting the number of events that it plans in 2012 to engage politicians in green space and horticulture. We asked key figures in the group about prospects for the coming year.
03 Feb 2012
HW asked UK companies exhibiting at this year's IPM Essen trade show how significant foreign markets are for their business.
20 Jan 2012
The Environment Agency has warned that water restrictions are still possible despite a wetter December.