{"id":150924,"date":"2025-04-11T17:30:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T10:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cheap-plants-are-like-cheap-food-you-get-what-you-pay-for-meet-the-new-generation-of-independent-nursery-owners\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T18:09:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T11:09:13","slug":"cheap-plants-are-like-cheap-food-you-get-what-you-pay-for-meet-the-new-generation-of-independent-nursery-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/cheap-plants-are-like-cheap-food-you-get-what-you-pay-for-meet-the-new-generation-of-independent-nursery-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Cheap plants are like cheap food, you get what you pay for\u2019: meet the new generation of independent nursery owners"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nLocal, smaller shops are under threat from garden centres. But these visionary growers are fighting the big chains from the ground upSix years ago, the Royal Horticultural Society drew attention to the escalating challenges faced by independent plant nurseries. Citing pressures such as an ageing customer base, fewer skilled workers and the arrival of new pests and diseases, the gardening charity warned that nurseries \u2013 the \u201clifeblood of gardening in the UK\u201d \u2013 were becoming increasingly uncommon.Since then, and as a result of the cost of living crisis, there have been yet further closures \u2013 with small nurseries struggling to compete with commercial garden centres that often import cheaper plant stock from continental suppliers. Closures include family rose specialist Cants of Colchester, lavender grower Downderry, and Marchants Hardy Plants in Sussex, a much-loved grower of herbaceous perennials and grasses. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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