The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is giving people a last chance to book one of the few remaining places at next week's HTA Garden Futures dinner and conference.
The event, entitled Bigger, Better, Stronger, takes place at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London on Tuesday and Wednesday October 14 and 15.

Latest speakers to have joined the inspirational line-up include former BBC HR director Lucy Adams and Andrew McMillan from the John Lewis Partnership. Ms Adams will provide tips on employee structure, reward and recognition while Mr McMillan will close the conference by sharing his experience of difficult times and how John Lewis learned from this to drive the business forward to enhance sales and increase resilience to market conditions.

Other speakers include television gardening expert David Domoney and HTA market research manager David Denny speaking about trends likely to affect garden retail significantly over the next 10 years, whilst Julian Winfield, ceo of Haskins, will share his opinion on the pros and cons of the modern garden centre and the direction it is heading.

They will join Graham Heald, Homebase retail director; award-winning garden designer Adam Frost; HTA head of horticulture Raoul Curtis-Machin; Sarah Cathcart, head of education and learning at the RHS; Briers managing director Jackie Eades; Tim West, co-founder of the Big Green Bookshop; William Sinclair marketing director Simon McArdle; and Garden Industry Marketing Board campaign manager David Arnold.

The conference dinner will precede the conference on the Tuesday evening, with garden designer James Alexander-Sinclair providing the after-dinner entertainment, and the HTA Pearson Memorial Medal will be awarded to a well-known figure who has contributed greatly to the industry.

Book online at www.gardenfutures.org.uk or email events@the-hta.org.uk.