HortWeek editor Matt Appleby, A-Level student William Appleby and technical editor Sally Drury report on the essential horticulture stories of the week.

Topics this week:

• Peat-free hits the national press
• Are garden centres pricing themselves into slower plant sales?
• Matt's week on the road with word from Fruit Focus, Ball Colegrave's Summer Showcase, Floral Fantasia at Hyde Hall and the Green Italy launch.
• How drought and hosepipe bans are hitting horticulture
• Does the absence of horticulture in schools' career advice signify a broken system?

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