The Ornamental network will deliver training workshops, one to one technical advice and study visits for Ornamental businesses in Wales. Aimed at Ornamental growers who are looking to increase their knowledge and build on previous learning for future growth with your business.

Interested? Join Tyfu Cymru and like-minded businesses as a part of this network.

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Diagnosis in Ornamental Plants

In commercial horticulture, plant pests and diseases (P&D) lead to losses in production and subsequent sales losses. This webinar gives…

Grown not Flown Flowers

The cut flower market can learn a lot from the way the food and drink industry has promoted provenance and local sourcing as a way to t…

Welsh Ornamental Growers Immediate Experiences of and r…

This report presents findings from consultation with ornamental plant and cut flower growers in Wales regarding their immediate experie…

Soilless Cultivation For Ornamentals

Growing plants without soil is a precise method to deliver water and nutrients to match crop demand; because of the enhanced availabili…

Technical Advice Sheet: Ornamental Plant Protection

Effective pest and disease control should always begin with cultural controls, and you should plan all your crop management activities…

Technical Advice Sheet: Growing Lavender

Lavender can be a new and unusual crop that can be integrated into a range existing grower holdings, and it can even integrate well wit…

Technical Advice Sheet: Weed Control in Ornamentals

Your first line of defence against weeds should be cultural controls; no herbicide programmed will work effectively without good nurser…

Tyfu Cymru Ornamentals network 2021 Spray Programme fo…

This spray programme has been written for ornamental crops, products included within it can legally be used in both the production of o…

Tyfu Cymru Ornamentals network 2022 Spray Programme for…

This spray programme has been written for ornamental crops, products included within it can legally be used in both the production of o…

Plant Health Webinar: Diagnosis in Ornamental Plants

Plant Health Webinar: Diagnosis in Ornamental Plants - an overview. Delivered by Dr David Skydmore

Tyfu Cymru and Charles Dowding Webinar Part 1: No Dig M…

In the first part of this webinar Charles presents the benefits of no dig and intensive cropping with an online walk through of no dig…

Tyfu Cymru and Charles Dowding Q&A - Part 2: No Dig Met…

Charles Dowding joins us for a Q&A session with Welsh commercial growers following his walk through of No Dig Methods and Intensive Cro…

Integrated Pest Management for Commercial Ornamental Gr…

Webinar with David Talbot from ADAS on Integrated Pest Management for commercial ornamental growers in Wales.

Webinar: Plant Biosecurity

Plant Biosecurity in the Welsh Ornamental Plant Trade - An Overview from Dr David Skydmore. This webinar is one in a series of workshop…

Tyfu Cymru Webinar: Plant Protection in Ornamentals; Ho…

Focusing on pesticide application, how best to apply product to get the best results, how to decide when to start spraying – helping yo…

Webinar: The Flower Farmer's Year

The Flower Farmer’s Year session looks at how Georgie Newbery - the flower farmer and florist who began Common Farm Flowers ten years a…

Webinar: Weed control in the production of ornamentals

Recent losses of contact herbicides and increased restrictions on the number of applications and rates of remaining residual herbicides…

Sunflower Webinar

Tyfu Cymru hosted a webinar on sunflowers as there is currently a lot of interest in the crop both from farm tourism pick your own and…

Webinar - Daffodil Crop Protection

The webinar covers the latest updates and best practice for plant protection in field daffodil production, with particular focus on dis…

Webinar: Propagation methods and systems for Ornamental…

Traditionally ornamentals producers used to propagate much of their own stock, however in recent years some growers have become plant f…

Webinar: Tyfu Cymru: Flower Network - Soil Health and h…

Elizabeth Stockdale currently leads the Soil Biology and Soil Health Partnership funded by AHDB and BBRO. In this seminar she draws on…

Webinar: IPDM Biological Controls - Ornamentals

The second session of the IPDM network focused on biological controls for the coming season with tips on which predators to introduce a…

Webinar: Limiting the impact of common Summer Pathogens…

In the 4th session the Ornamental group lead by David Talbot we looked at limiting the impact of common Summer Pathogens and Vine Weevi…

Webinar: IPDM Ornamental Crops: April and early Spring…

Tyfu Cymru's Integrated Pest and Disease Management Network provides training on the recognition of pest, diseases and beneficial insec…

Webinar: IPDM Review of the Season - Ornamentals

An opportunity to review progress with an integrated approach to pest and disease management, hearing from the group on success and cha…