{"id":56997,"date":"2015-05-18T15:20:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-18T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=c4c8f79f91218fb2f5748c5196dafcd4"},"modified":"2015-05-18T15:20:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-18T15:20:00","slug":"news-story-british-horticulture-praised-by-environment-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=56997","title":{"rendered":"News story: British horticulture praised by Environment Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Plant and flower exports topped \u00a365 million in 2014 and the industry contributes \u00a310 billion a year to the UK economy, employing over 300,000 people from scientists to tree surgeons.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting the Chelsea Flower Show in London today (18 May 2015) to celebrate the UK\u2019s booming horticulture trade, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss said: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBritain has long been a world-leader in gardening and horticulture, combining tradition and innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe industry is vitally important to our economy. I want to see it grow, going from strength to strength, with more people at home and abroad enjoying top-quality British plants, bulbs and flowers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was delighted to visit the RHS Chelsea Flower show and to see for myself this fantastic showcase for our horticulture industry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plant health is vital to the success of the industry and protecting plants from disease is one of Defra\u2019s key priorities. As part of her visit Elizabeth Truss toured the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) \u2018Beyond our Borders\u2019 garden.<\/p>\n<p>The garden is inspired by the Defra-funded International Plant Sentinel Network (IPSN), designed to identify new and emerging plant pests and diseases and assess their impact on native UK species.<\/p>\n<p>The Government\u2019s robust approach to upholding the UK\u2019s biosecurity helps protect and support our growing horticultural industry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environment Secretary visits RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56997"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56997"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57013,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56997\/revisions\/57013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}