Plant buyers looking to see what overseas nurseries have to offer will find plenty on show at this year's Four Oaks Trade Show, Jack Shamash reports.
When HW last interviewed Michael Walker (HW, 22 April 2004), he was about to take charge of the gardens at the 295ha Trentham Gardens in Staffordshire after a landmark £100m restoration with perennial planting from Tom Stuart-Smith and Piet Oudolf. Eight years on, Walker is back in his hard hat as owner...
Blooming on bare stems, this plant looks striking as a specimen or grouped, says Miranda Kimberley.
With drought leading to hosepipe bans, bedding plant suppliers are striving to maintain customer confidence, Hannah Jordan reports.
The challenges facing many field vegetable growers this year are severe but they are battling a volatile market with new approaches, Jack Shamash finds.
Latest products aim to help nurseries operating under challenging market conditions, says Sally Drury.
This is a review of a seminar held on 29 March - Tree Ecophysiology - A seminar with Andy Hirons and Henrik Sjöman - written by Colin Hambridge.
Garden Centre Group chief executive Nicholas Marshall is bullish about prospects for the business following its purchase last week by Guy Hands' private equity firm Terra Firma for £276m. Marshall, who last month led Garden Retail's Top 100 listing of the most powerful people in the industry, oversaw...
Top Fruit Grower of the Year 2012 AC Goatham & Son has based its success on a combination of old-fashioned values, investment and modern methods, Brian Lovelidge reports.
Bizarre Easter Sunday trading laws are ripe for testing and desperately need reform say Britain's biggest garden centre bosses.
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