Horticulture Week

Synthetic turf - the right pitch As the Football League debates the pros and cons of its ban on synthetic surfaces, Hannah Jordan looks at the key issues.

Profile: John Allan - salads strategist Having helped secure European money to promote salads, the BLSA chairman is all set for an education drive, Jack Shamash reports.

Green Space Management - Best practice tendering - part one In the first of three articles on tendering, Sid Sullivan tackles the key questions during the planning phase.

Market report - Catalogues and Point of Sale Nurseries are embracing technology to help maximise sales and improve plant promotion but there is still a place for printed brochures, says Graham Clarke.

Interview - Barry Smith, head gardener, Stowe School A £9m visitor centre, shop and restaurant at Stowe in Buckinghamshire, one of the National Trust's finest landscapes, will be opened by Alan Titchmarsh on 23 March.

Reviewed - Handheld hedge trimmers How did seven models fare when tested at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens in Romsey? Sally Drury finds out.