The Welsh Environmental Horticulture Manifesto
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Welsh Environmental Horticulture Growth Strategy
A vision for Wales
HTA Welsh Environmental Horticulture Manifesto
The HTA manifesto builds on the HTA’s Welsh Growth Strategy and engagement with the Welsh Government and stakeholders across the sector. It provides a constructive blueprint for how environmental horticulture can help Wales meet its ambitions on wellbeing, sustainability and economic growth.
Key asks:
- Recognise the value of gardens and green spaces by developing a Horticulture Strategy.
- Establish an Environmental Horticulture and Green Spaces Group to enhance cross-departmental working.
- Ringfence funds for green spaces to protect against shortfalls or budget cuts in project delivery.
- Improve police response times in rural locations and simplify the reporting processes for businesses.
- Raise the threshold for the higher business rates multiplier and apply it to sites with a Rateable Value of over £500,000.
- Implement consistent kerbside collections across Wales and include recyclable non-black plastic plant pots.
- Improve financial support for environmental horticulture businesses.
- Unlock barriers and deliver consistency in planning applications for environmental horticulture businesses.
- Develop an action plan for ornamental and productive plant and tree production to support UK-based plant production.
- Introduce a Statutory Requirement to ‘Grow Plants’ into the Curriculum for Wales.
- Build on the UK Government’s Jobs Guarantee Scheme and go further with employment support for Welsh businesses.
The Welsh Environmental Horticulture Manifesto
Maniffesto Garddwriaeth Amgylcheddol Cymru
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Welsh Environmental Horticulture Growth Strategy
A vision for Wales
The HTA represents 85 member businesses across Wales and nearly 1,400 horticulture organisations across the entire supply chain of the UK's environmental horticulture and gardening industry. This included garden centres, trees and plant growers, landscapers , manufactures and service providers. The HTA also manage the National Garden Gift Card programme which is popular amongst the UK's 30 million gardeners.
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) launched their Welsh Environmental Horticulture Growth Strategy: A vision for Wales on the 24 July 2024. The HTA’s Growth Strategy has eight key aims and outcomes for Wales:
- Building healthy and resilient communities
- Supporting local businesses
- Protecting biosecurity
- Improving health and wellbeing
- Growing garden tourism
- Increasing Welsh horticultural production
- Securing future skills and workforce
- Developing green economic growth
Latest Press Release
HTA brings blooms to the Senedd to celebrate Welsh horticulture
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), supported by retailer member The Old Railway Line, met with Senedd Members (MSs) at its first event of bringing blooms into the Senedd. Following the success of similar drop-ins in Westminster, the HTA set up the event to take plants, seeds, and the value of Welsh environmental horticulture directly to policymakers. Meeting over 20 Senedd Members and staff provided an opportunity to champion the voice of HTA members in Wales and discuss some of their top issues.
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