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Compost sales witness a slight downturn
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Joe Swift announces the finalists for the APL WorldSkills UK competition
APL and HTA members bring home the medals
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APL and HTA members bring home the medals
The APL and HTA have once again had huge success at an RHS Show. RHS Flower Show Tatton Park saw the UK’s largest horticultural trade association scoop an amazing 7 golds, 4 silver-gilts and 3 silvers at this year’s show.

The winners are as follows:

GOLD - Beesley Landscapes - Urban Retreat

GOLD - Foxcroft Landscapes - Nature & Nurture Garden

SILVER GILT - Big Dig Groundworks – Inner Sanctum

SILVER - Warnes McGarr & Co

SILVER - Fryer’s Roses - Fryer’s Roses: Roses Through Thyme

SILVER - Reeseheath College - Heaven and Earth
 

HTA Members who have won medals in the Floral Awards:

GOLD – Dibleys Nurseries – Begonia, Coleus & other houseplants

GOLD – Dibleys Nurseries – Streptocarpus

GOLD – Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants – Herbaceous perennials

GOLD – Harts Nursery – Lilies

GOLD – W. Robinson & Sol (Seeds & Plants) Ltd- Vegetables for every taste

SILVER-GILT – Fryer’s Roses – Celebration Rose Garden

SILVER-GILT – Harkness Roses – Modern garden roses

SILVER-GILT – Norfield Nurseries Ltd – Japanese maples


The semi-finals of the APL WorldSkills competition also place this week, with the seven competitors having 18 hours to build a 6x2m garden. It was a popular attraction, drawing in the crowds, and many calling for it to be covered on television coverage of the show.

For more information on the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park visit https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-flower-show-tatton-park
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