Former US president Bill Clinton's famous aphorism - "It's the economy, stupid" - applies to horticulture as to everyone else. Voters and hence politicians are basically interested in money in their pockets. When the economy does well, money is spent and life is happy. A struggling economy means little...
Hindsight is safe, prediction is perilous. Remember the "barbecue summer" that ended-up as a monsoon? But here goes. The Olympics will test Britain's abilities for landscape maintenance as never before.
Lincolnshire's annual October vegetable breeders' open days demonstrated well how market fashions change.
Streams of avid gardeners left the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show laden with plants. Is there a better advertisement for British horticulture? Yes - these self-same gardeners returning for more in 2012.
There are smiles all round at the garden centres.
This is the Year of Chemistry, an international celebration of achievements responsible for improving all our lives. What does this mean for horticulture?
For once there is some good news for growers.
An effective horticultural craftsmanship system has never taken root in Britain.
News that Reading University and East Malling Research are collaborating is very welcome. Both are long-standing and robust supporters of British fruit growers. Add in Stockbridge Technology Centre and the Processors & Growers Research Organisation at Peterborough and a patchwork of R&D capacity starts...
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