“Are the interests of amateur gardeners being properly represented in Parliament? and he explains how the original All-Party [Parliamentary] Gardening and Horticulture Group was created to give gardening a voice in Parliament and accurately brief MPs, if and when issues arose. This was then usurped by a new group (Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable) with strong RHS involvement, which campaigned heavily on the peat ban. I think we need representation that more accurately reflects our needs rather than the needs of an ambitious charity.”
