Horticulture Week

{{Short description|British horticultural periodical}}

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HortWeek is a British horticultural periodical, covering nursery production, garden retail, landscaping, arboriculture, garden heritage, groundsmanship and amenity horticulture.

History and profile

Horticulture Week was established in 1840.{{cite web|title=About Horticulture Week|url=http://www.hortweek.com/about|work=Horticulture Week|accessdate=24 November 2015}} The publisher is Haymarket Group.{{cite news|title=What's next for Haymarket Media?|url=http://www.flashesandflames.com/2015/07/whats-next-for-haymarket-media/|accessdate=16 August 2015|work=Flashes and Flames|date=27 July 2015}}

In November 2006 the magazine's publisher Haymarket Group bought rival horticulture magazine Grower,{{cite news|author=Ben Bold|title=Haymarket buys leading horticulture title Grower|url=http://www.brandrepublic.com/article/606164/haymarket-buys-leading-horticulture-title-grower|accessdate=24 November 2015|work=Brand Republic|date=23 November 2006|location=London}} which is now incorporated into Horticulture Week, expanding its coverage into edibles production.

In 2008 the website of Horticulture Week was started.{{cite news|title=Horticulture Week appoints Christina Taylor as online editor|url=https://www.journalism.co.uk/media-appointments/horticulture-week-appoints-christina-taylor-as-online-editor/s8/a531422/|accessdate=24 November 2015|work=Journalism|date=22 April 2008}}

The magazine is normally read by around 25,000 subscribers. However, in 2020 this rose to 300,000 through trial subscriptions as interest in gardening increased during the UK lockdown in the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=7 September 2020|title=You and Yours|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mbkn|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=BBC Radio 4}}

See also

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