The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is the main trade association for garden centres and landscape gardeners (also known as ornamental horticulture ), and associated products, in the United Kingdom .
5-551: The HTA was founded in 1899. It was incorporated as a company on 12 August 1920. The UK industry is worth £6 billion each year. It is headquartered at the new Horticulture House in Chilton, Oxfordshire , a half-mile east of the main large science park, and a conference centre. Before October 2016, it was formerly at Theale in West Berkshire , south of the M4 . The Garden Centre Association
10-527: Is a historic part of Berkshire , though under the 1974 local government boundary changes was transferred to the administration of Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 894. The village is just off the A34 road . A section of the Grim's Ditch forms part of the southern boundary of the parish. The prehistoric Ridgeway National Trail passes south of the village. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists
15-689: The AIPH is an executive of the HTA. Since 1962 it has run the National Garden Gift Voucher scheme. It runs the British Ornamental Plant Producers' (BOPP) Certification Scheme. Chilton, Oxfordshire Chilton is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire , England, about 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (6 km) southwest of Didcot . The parish
20-521: The parish. In 1644 the village was the site of a minor incident following the Second Battle of Newbury in which Parliamentarians narrowly escaped being attacked by Royalists . The Church of England parish church of All Saints dates from the 12th century. Since 1976 the ecclesiastical parish has been united with Harwell . The southern part of the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus , including
25-593: Was formerly run at the HTA offices, but is now in Cheshire . The Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) is a division of the HTA formed in 1995, and is headquartered also at Horticulture House. It has around 1,500 garden retailers and manufacturers in its organisation, and is part of the AIPH. Also at Horticulture House is the AIPH (International Association of Horticultural Producers or Association Internationale des Producteurs de l'Horticulture ). The Secretary General of
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