In This Issue
Dobbies relaunches third store as part of national refurbishment programme
Simpsons Garden Centre expands with Christies acquisition
Blue Diamond in exclusive talks to buy Barton Grange Garden Centre - UPDATED
1 day to go until the Greenfingers Floral Ball - SOLD OUT
RocketGro delivers where other suppliers can’t
Altico’s Virtue Collection continues to lead the market
Henry Bell celebrates landmark anniversary
GCA reports another ‘healthy’ month for garden centres with gifts topping BoT figures
Double win for Frank P Matthews at HTA Plant Show
Success at the National Plant Show for Bransford Webbs
Colour was name of game at BBC Gardener’s World Live
Dobbies walk raises nearly £4k for Alzheimer’s Research
Hot Spring, high sales for UK garden centres
Greenfingers to unveil ‘Together Garden’ at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse
Old Railway Line Garden Centre and Royal Welsh Regiment Team debut on TV with David Domoney
Zest builds momentum with new leadership and renewed focus on innovation and impact
British Garden Centres to make debut at RHS Hampton and Wentworth
Wyevale Nurseries wins Chamber of Commerce Excellence in Sustainability Award
Miracle-Gro sponsors Floral Fantasia at RHS Hyde Hall
Charlies Stores is coming to Cheltenham in October
Autumn Fair announces Task Team
Four Wyevale Nurseries staff rewarded for 158 years of service between them
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Silver Merit Award for Garden Organic’s show garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live Show
AIPH approval for Iberflora 2025
HTA brings blooms to the Senedd to celebrate Welsh horticulture
Event highlights and special events at spoga+gafa 2025
Tickets available for 77th AIPH Annual Congress in Belgium
YPHA celebrates first launch success challenge
New data crowns Cardiff as UK’s gardening capital
The best of last week's
Alton Garden Centre set to leave Tillington Group
Greenfingers Charity founder, Richard Jackson, awarded MBE for charitable services to children’s hospices
BBC GW Live picture special. Greenfingers garden celebrates 25 years and British Garden Centres steal the show for garden retailing
Scotsdales open their new 480 seater Greenhouse Café
Squire's appoints new directors as business looks to future
GLENWEAVE – The UK's most comprehensive collection of Rattan Products from Lows.
Introducing Suncast – now available through Rowlinson Garden Products
Nature’s Lawn creates new retail opportunities
Dobbies back on an even keel, in depth interview with CEO David Robinson in GTN's May 2025 Summer Showrooms Directory Issue
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RocketGro delivers where other suppliers can’t
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The gardening sector is awash with promises of great stock availability and fast fulfilment, but not all brands are able to keep up with demand. You’ll find no such broken promises with RocketGro, as the game-changing peat-free brand has safeguarded supply and maintained stock levels to help retailers maximise opportunities this season. 

 

Despite significantly bolstering the number of garden centres it serves, British growing media producer RocketGro has a proven track record of rapid, reliable fulfilment and excellent stock availability, with full-load deliveries reaching customers within a week of being ordered.

 

It’s been a record year for RocketGro so far, as the appetite for its products soars, but thanks to a firm focus on operational efficiency, the Somerset peat-free producer has been able to maintain stock levels across all lines, with nothing going out of stock.

 

Ideally placed to help you expand your range or top up orders, RocketGro offers a comprehensive range of peat-free, coir-free, Soil Association-approved organic composts, mulch, and liquid plant feed, all made in Britain using renewable green energy, and ready to dispatch swiftly to meet the needs of garden centres across the UK.

 

An impressive 99% client retention rate from 2024 to 2025 is testament to RocketGro’s track record, as garden centres praise the performance of its range and quality of service.

 

 

RocketGro’s Multi-Purpose 50-litre compost is now the number-one bestselling compost in hundreds of garden centres, whilst its flagship Magic Mulch has secured a firm fanbase, which includes the head gardener at the iconic River Cottage culinary organisation, for which RocketGro is exclusive compost provider. Browse RocketGro’s range of composts, soil improving, soil conditioning and natural fertiliser products today to see how they can enhance your offer and boost your sales.

 

Toby Thomas, Managing Director at RocketGro said: “We are having an exceptional year so far and are delighted that our focus on stock availability and distribution times have helped strengthen the position of our customers this season, arming them with the products they need when they need them, so that they are able to capitalise on the spikes in demand the good weather can bring.

 

“We remain committed to helping gardeners achieve showstopping results, whilst supporting the environment, and have plenty of stock bagged and ready to go for any garden centres who want to supplement their standard growing media offer with stand-out peat-free, organic lines.”

 

For more about the RocketGro operation, take a look at the brand’s recent appearance in the first of the Peat-free Partnership’s new ‘Hort Shorts’ series, which puts the spotlight on peat-free success stories from within the industry.

 

Find out more

If you want to learn more about RocketGro or are keen to discuss adding its product portfolio into your 2025 offering, please contact Toby Thomas (hello@rocketgro.co.uk /07936 928 981) or Andy Abraham (andy@rocketgro.co.uk / 07446 937902). View the full range and discover more about the RocketGro story at www.rocketgro.co.uk

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