crabby - party MPs and Peers are calling for greater government activity documentation to secure the time to come of the UK ’s £ 24.2bn horticulture sphere post - Brexit , in a fresh account . The All - Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group ( APPGHG ) get wide - progress to testimonial for how Government can help force back sector growth which – despite its exfoliation – is often undervalue , overshadowed , and as a result , underdeveloped .

The APPGHG ’s report follows a 9 - month enquiry into the primal issues present the sector . Having collected evidence from across the industry , it advocate that the Government should :

conscientious objector - Chairmen of the APPGHG , Baroness Fookes DBE and Ian Liddell - Grainger MP , said :

“ Once a Cinderella – largely disregarded despite her many virtue – horticulture is now being realise for the heroine she is .

The importance of horticulture lies   not simply in the improvement of the wellness and well - being of individuals but in its impact on the environs , its power to leave careers at every level and its huge donation to the economy .

However , if it is to fulfil its full electric potential for good we need the Government to realise that horticulture affects not just DEFRA but other Government Departments such as BEIS , Education , Health and Social Care and International Trade . We urgently need   a unified approach or – to utilize that rather hackneyed phrasal idiom – joined - up Government ! ”

George Eustice , Minister of State at the Department for Environment , Food and Rural Affairs , say :

“ The horticulture and landscape gardening sector makes an important contribution to our saving and I would care to thank the APPG for its report and recommendations .

“ Our Agriculture Bill sets out to reward the workplace undertaken to protect and meliorate the environment , including where welfare are deliver by the horticulture diligence . I further all those with an interest to engage with the Bill as it goes through Parliament . ”

Alan Titchmarsh , Gardening Broadcaster , enounce :

“ This is an excellent report that makes a compelling case for the changes the sector desperately need .

gardening plays a major part in every panorama of our lives ; in our experience environs and communities , in our health and social care scheme , and in protecting our environment and palliate against pollution and mood change .

The Government needs to sit up and take notice of the sphere – which the UK is famous for around the earth – and give it the crucial support it needs ” .

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