Breakfast Briefing

Remember to sign in so you can read the full stories in today's HortWeek Breakfast Briefing

Latest News

Peat ban could be attached to Planning Bill

March sees double digit growth for garden centres with Easter still to come

Top 15 best April's Fools round-up

MorePeople turns 25

Bluepoint Tags and Labels launch a new range of recycled self-adhesive labels

Newly created wildflower meadows to transform borough

Bloomin Amazing could return

Blakedown Landscapes to deliver £2.8m park transformation

Boningale to open trade plant centre

M25 road closures come to an end but A3 closures will still affect RHS Wisley

Evergreen Garden Care calls for Britons to get outside and ‘touch grass’

Movers and people this week: Gardenex, SBTI, National Trust UPDATED

Latest Companies House results: Johnsons Nurseries, Elsoms, DLF, TGC UPDATED

Aberglasney Gardens to feature in Alan Titchmarsh and his Gardening Club

Local authority with second lowest Tree Equity Score to address town-wide low tree cover

Pedal-powered tractors to become compulsory for Government contracts

Upcoming tender opportunity for grounds maintenance contract Presented by Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough Councils

Reaching 30% nature recovery target in Scotland could take seven decades, new figures show

Historic Houses launches 2025 Garden of the Year Award

Titchmarsh receives MBE from King Charles

Plant disease alert: take action on powdery mildew

Plant pest alert: spider mites on ornamentals crops

Desch Plantpak - Company Profile

More news

Analysis

Kevin Line's plant favourites: Weeping cherry

Landscape Logic: Information required from a garden designer

Top 10 horticulture books reviewed in first quarter of 2025

Most popular 30 plant varieties: EPOS data in first quarter of 2025

Horticulture award winners in first quarter of 2025

Horticulture obituaries in first quarter of 2025

30+ horticulture sector movers in first quarter of 2025

Horticulture industry mergers and acquisitions in first quarter of 2025

Most read 20 stories in first quarter at HortWeek: Dobbies, peat, acquisitions

In 2025 so far, HortWeek events at Essen and Thenford have been hits, as has our coverage of Dobbies, peat. imports, policy and trends.

Top 60 garden centre plants: EPOS data March 2025

This month’s top-selling garden centre plants by turnover, according to electronic point-of sale (EPOS) data.

Top 100 garden centre products: EPOS data March 2025

This month’s top-selling garden centre products by turnover, according to electronic point-of sale (EPOS) data.

Top 25 garden centre departments: EPOS data March 2025

This month’s top garden centre departments by turnover, according to electronic point-of sale (EPOS) data — with rankings for March 2024 shown in brackets.

Head gardener career profile: Anna Rafal, head gardener, The Regent’s Park

Head gardener career profile: Royal Parks' head gardener Selina Tan, Isabella Plantation (Richmond Park)

What you can learn from 11,390 garden centre reviews

Green Solutions chief marketing officer Edwin Meijer examines how AI can improve garden centres’ response to customers’ in-store experience.

Comment

Secret Gardener #34: Blip, Bounce, Rebound

A missed opportunity for regulatory reform in horticulture

Tenders Tracker

Tenders Tracker: LIVE TABLE

Welcome to the Tenders Tracker, where HortWeek keeps track of the latest horticulture-related public sector tenders so you don't have to.

Horticulture tender awards roundup: 19 - 25 March 2025

HW podcast

Sustainable growth in a turbulent landscape market, with Blakedown Landscapes

ICL's Andrew Wilson on Water Soluble Fertilisers Partner Content presented by ICL UK

More podcasts

Survey

HORTWEEK SURVEY: How well is the UK planning system working for horticulture?

Partner Content

Horticulture Week Podcast: Peat, peat-free, coir and the UK market with Southern Trident's Steve Harper Presented by Southern Trident

Find more HW podcasts

CLICK HERE to view all HortWeek's coverage on the use of peat in horticulture and moves towards peat-free growing media for growers and garden centres

Garden Maintenance and Soft Landscape Foreperson

28k - 36k, Surrey

Experienced/Senior Gardener - For Immediate Start

30k-34k, South West London

Landscape Maintenance Operative

£28k+, Cambridgeshire

Head Gardener

Reflecting PGG Guidelines circa £44k - £54k + bonus + house, Salisbury, lyndhurst, New Forest.

Grounds Maintenance Contracts Maintenance - Part time

Circa £40-45K pro rata, Surrey

Skilled Landscaper

£32,000 - £38,000 DOE, East Hampshire

Irrigation Engineer

38-45k DOE, Berkshire

Head Gardener – East Kent

Negotiable salary depending on experience. Accommodation can be provided., Rural East Kent, Near Deal

Senior Craft Gardener

Circa £30k-£40k + accommodation allowance if required. Negotiable for an outstanding candidate., Henley on Thames, Reading, Maidenhead, High Wycombe, Oxford

Head Gardener

Competitive, Jersey, Channel Islands

News & Analysis l Matthew Appleby
matthew.appleby@haymarket.com

Advertising and sponsorship
Phone 020 8267 4800
commercial.hortweek@haymarket.com

Horticulture Jobs |Joe Edmonds
Phone 020 8267 4354
joe.edmonds@haymarket.com

This bulletin is exclusive to subscribers and forms a part of your subscriber package. You can manage which bulletins you receive online in the My Bulletins section, or unsubscribe using the link below.