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• Re: RE: Potatoes

  You can see an image of the Sarpo's, including the new introductions, in a blogpost I wrote following the 2009 open day at the Sarvari Research Trust. To say they are in 'a different league', is spot on. Anyone interested in developing their gardening (or indeed their food growing business...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by John Walker on 02-08-2010

• Re: What is a Garden Centre?

  - P.S. John... was that Greek tragedy kind of hubris or just the ordinary ? - A good question Melanie. You know, I think both kinds apply. In Greek mythology hubris manifested as excessive pride toward or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis. In a way, garden centres/the gardening industry, in many...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by John Walker on 10-13-2009

• Has the Garden Media Guild Environmental Award been greenwashed?

  A rumour that the Garden Media Guild was preparing to 'drop' one of its most sought-after awards, the Environmental Award, because 'everyone is a green writer now' caused more than a few raised eyebrows among gardening communicators. Eyebrows reached their limits when the Guild's...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by John Walker on 08-05-2009

• Arise Sir Alan Titchmarsh, gardening knight

  It's about time the Queen knighted another gardener. It would be good for the horticulture industry to have a figurehead with the weight of a title behind him or her. Sir Harold Hillier was the last, and he held his title for just two years before his death in 1985. Lord Heseltine, who persuaded...

  Posted to Matthew Appleby's gardening blog (Weblog) by Matthew Appleby on 11-18-2008

• Re: RE: Gardeners' World presenter defends use of pesticides and peat

  Hi David I believe that Peat is sustainable - how I am to know that non peat users are not just trying to market the alternative peat free products that they wish to sell? As far as legalities are concerned, there will be illegal activities in any industry - it is up to the appropriate authorities tp...

  Posted to The Horticulture Week forum (Forum) by Philip Voice on 09-18-2008

• Green garden centres

  There's nothing more boring than being lectured by environmentalists. But, that said, garden centres, which you'd expect to be green, aren't very. Wyevale Garden Centres has a project called Plan Apple. They have invited me to its relaunch at state of the art garden centre village Bicester...

  Posted to Matthew Appleby's gardening blog (Weblog) by Matthew Appleby on 08-21-2008

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