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One third of British bedding growers at risk of closure
The future of British-grown bedding plants hangs in the balance after the closure of garden centres due to coronavirus restrictions left nurseries struggling to survive.
“A third of UK growers could go bust”
The shutdown hit during peak production for wholesale bedding growers, leaving them with millions of plants but nowhere to sell them. The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has begun “very positive” talks with government ministers over a £250 million plant scrappage scheme, backed by Alan Titchmarsh.
HTA president Boyd Douglas-Davies fears a third of UK growers could go bust, forcing garden centres to buy abroad. “There’s a risk we won’t be able to buy British,
