The Hillview Group have entered into a strategic alliance with The Garden Store and Burford House Garden Store, with the intention of acquiring the businesses. Boyd J Douglas-Davies (pictured), CEO, Hillview Garden Centres, said the deal would add six new centres to their portfolio...
Barton Grange, Preston, were multiple winners when the Annual Inspection Awards were presented at the GCA winter conference at Blackpool on Monday. Poplars Garden Centre also picked up two awards...
Outgoing GCA chairman Peter Burks handed over the chain of office to his successor Will Armitage on the first day of the winter conference at the Hilton Hotel in Blackpool...
Delegates attending the first day of the GCA conference at the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool, were given inspirational talks from two of the country's leading motivational speakers – Dr Steve Peters (above) and Marcus Child (below)...
GCA rising stars George Bishop, from Squires Woking, and Will Michieli, from Monkton Elm, received a tremendous ovation from the GCA conference when they spoke about their experiences in the Westland-backed programme...
Millbrook's Sue Allen, who has been a member of the GCA committee on and off for 20 years, has stepped down from the GCA committee and said the time is right for younger members like her daughter Tammy Woodhouse to steer the association in future...
A staggering £9,600 was raised on the eve of the Garden Centre Association Winter Conference at Blackpool when a team of garden centres (Pansies) beat a side made up of suppliers (Cabbages) in the 4th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup.
The event, made up of a series of fun events followed by fish-and-chips and bingo, was the curtain-raiser for the two-day conference, with all the proceeds going the industry's charity, Greenfingers...
Martin Cowell and Sam Jones had the honour of being 'mummyfied' in toilet paper as the Pansies team drew level in the penultimate game of the Greenfingers Challenge Cup...
The ale drinkers of the Pansies showed the Cabbages how to down a pint with captain Guy Topping sinking the final glass to clinch overall victory for his team...
Hollywood star Jude Law and Dr Who actor David Tennant (pictured) have joined the growing list of household-name celebrities to support Garden Re-Leaf Day’s popular Gardening Quiz, by recording a round of questions. The brain-teasing audio quiz is available as a customer event opportunity to any garden centre taking part in the annual fund-raising day in March...
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
The GTN team and Greatest Awards Experts have already been out and about visiting garden centres throughout the country and have seen some brilliant Christmas displays. Here's a selection of the 2013 displays that are selling through now. Just click on the garden centre name to take you to their picture gallery:
Martin Cowell and Sam Jones had the honour of being 'mummyfied' in toilet paper as the Pansies team drew level in the penultimate game of the Greenfingers Challenge Cup...
