cultivator sic the scene for a local MP on Friday , October 22nd , when Andrew Griffith , MP for Arundel & South Downs , attended a virtual visit to Binsted Nursery and met with The Horticultural Trades Association ( HTA ) and members of the West Sussex Growers Association ( WGA ) .
Having been have a virtual term of enlistment of the greenhouse which is part of Tristram Plants , a heavy - scale grower of garden herbs and perennials , Andrew hear from representatives from horticulture ’s cultivator sphere who play up three key domain of headache .
confinement shortages , issue triggered by post - Brexit moment / export pattern , and sustainability were among the topics discussed during the meeting , and members of the WSGA shared their first - hand experience with each outcome .
Andrew Griffith said : “ Arundel & South Downs ’ works raiser make a significant contribution not only to our local surface area but the economy and environs of our country as a whole . It was unspoiled as always to see straight off from them on the in style issues face their sphere on seasonal Labor Department , crabbed - border craft with the EU , and all of the positive work they are doing on sustainability . I ’ll carry on to represent our local grower in Parliament , including working with them to reduce crimson tape and bureaucracy to insure the sector can continue to grow to enable it to further increase the donation it makes in the fighting against climate modification . ”
Martin Emmett , Strategy Director at Tristram Plants and Chair of the HTA ’s Ornamentals Management Committee , said : “ The industry recently published research which foreground the benefit of horticulture work more close with the government to improve the productivity and sustainability of the industry , so it was encourage that Andrew was interested in drive part in the virtual visit as well as the meeting that followed . I cerebrate we gave a useful overview of where we face challenges and how we might begin to overwhelm them with some support from the government . ”
John Hall , adviser to the West Sussex Growers Association , said : “ The Association appreciated Andrew take the time to look our merging , hear about the challenge we confront and where administration backing could make the large difference to our ability to grow production . There is no doubt that labor shortages and the DOE crisis are having a detrimental effect on succeeding production plans for the Commercial Horticultural Industry . ”
The Horticultural Trades Association and West Sussex Growers Association are committed to working together with Government on these issues moving onwards .
For more informationHorticultural trade Associationwww.the-hta.org.uk
