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Horticulture Week Podcast

Growing plants through war, storms, recessions, pestilence and pandemic - how Johnsons of Whixley has survived and thrived 100 years

Released: May 14, 2021

Developing a jig to bend hoops, and early use of polytunnels and containerisation, to the rise and fall of council contracts and now servicing the amenity sector, surviving storms and devastating plant diseases, Richardson reflects on the successes and challenges of the past and into the future.

 

Growing plants through war, storms, recessions, pestilence and pandemic - how Johnsons of Whixley has survived and thrived 100 years
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May 14, 2021
Growing plants through war, storms, recessions, pestilence and pandemic - how Johnsons of Whixley has survived and thrived 100 years: From when his father "mortgaged his soul" to the trials of a year under Covid, managing director Graham Richardson gives a fascinating insight into the development of one of the UK's most successful plant nurseries, celebrating its centenary year.
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