On the morning of Tuesday , May 20 , the Environmental Horticulture Group ( EHG ) host a breakfast briefing for the All - Party Parliamentary Group for Gardening and Horticulture ( APPGHG ) on the prescribed opening day of the prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show , welcome a high - profile group of parliamentarians and leader . This event acquaint a significant chance to hash out the importance of the UK ’s environmental gardening and landscape sector , as well as the key challenges and opportunity relevant to policy consideration .
The meeting , alleviate by the Royal Horticultural Society ( RHS ) , provided members from both Houses with the chance to hear from Clare Matterson OBE , Director General of the RHS , and Boyd Douglas - Davis , Chair of the EHG . The EHG partner organizations are the Horticultural Trades Association ( HTA ) , the RHS , the Arboricultural Association , and the British Association of Landscape Industries ( BALI ) .
Boyd Douglas - Humphrey Davy verbalise at the breakfast briefing
During the meeting , there was a surprisal presentation by HTA members Raymond Evison to Baroness Fookes of the Baroness Fookes Clematis . A captivating purplish / down bloom , it is in laurels of her being one of the first mass to be awarded the Modern Royal Horticultural Society award , the Elizabeth Medal of Honor , in 2023 , presented by His Majesty King Charles III , for all the exceptional study she has done in supporting British Environmental Horticulture and Landscaping , and assisting with parliamentary public debate in the House of Lords .
Jennifer Pheasey speaks
The recent EHG reports , ' Mission Green Growth ' and its accompanying economic analysis with Oxford Economics , took midway leg , disclose that the environmental horticulture industry has the potential to make significant part to the UK thriftiness . By 2030 , it could support GDP donation deserving £ 51.2 billion and produce 763,000 job , represent a 45 % growth opportunity with adequate government support . This is a clear indicant of the promising future of the sector .
The EHG turn nearly with the government to secure greater support for the sphere , include garden midpoint and their supply chains , public and private gardens , commercial-grade agriculturalist and nursery , arboriculture , and domestic and commercial landscaping .
Jennifer Pheasey , Director of Public Affairs at the HTA , commented : " The EHG calls for the UK government to embrace a collaborative scheme affirm green economic growth , workforce development , sustainable urban space , mood resilience , and health care desegregation , place gardening as essential for a sustainable , goodly , and springy future tense . Chelsea provides a worthful platform and setting to operate Parliamentarian and highlight our sector ’s grandness for the thriftiness , the environment , health and well - being . The indigence for understanding and funding for key issues discuss today will hopefully assure a thriving future tense for our manufacture . Being able to put in them to our penis involve with the impressive display provide a worthful chance for them to witness firsthand the innovation , diversity , and scale of the UK ’s horticulture and landscape business sector and charter directly with those driving the industry forward . "
For more selective information : Horticultural Trades Association[email protected]www.hta.org.uk
