Garden trends, challenges and opportunities with HTA president Boyd Douglas-Davies and chairman James Barnes

HTA president Boyd Douglas-Davies and chairman James Barnes speak about the upcoming HTA conference on 13 September at Birmingham ICC.The conference will look at future trends and present the challenges and opportunities facing the UK’s horticulture industry by exploring areas such as the retail revolution, consumer insights, what garden design will look like nationally and globally in 2030.On this podcast, Barnes and Douglas-Davies discuss trade and lobbying issues and how the conference will help businesses with their horizon scanning.Douglas-Davies tells HortWeek editor Matthew Appleby: "We've all got to be super-conscious the next few years are going to be very challenging for all sectors of the industry. These problems we have with us are established and settled for the long haul...so we need to focus on the long term. There's definitely price rises coming."Speakers at the conference include economist Vicky Pryce from the Centre for Economics and Business Research, Simon Reeve, Mark Gregory, Tayshan Hayden-Smith, Tim Briercliffe, Dominic Harrison and Arit Anderson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.