PP8 Marketing are no stranger to the gardening industry. Now in its 8th year, PP8 celebrate yet another milestone with its newest member of the team, Carrie Burgess celebrating 1 year at the company. 

Plans to build a new Blue Diamond garden centre, which could create more than 150 jobs, have been revealed. It would be built on land east of the A1 near Alnwick, Northumberland.

It has been announced by Defra and the Environment Agency, via the latest updates section of guidance on data collection (scroll to latest updates), that there will be a revision to the timeline for fees under Extended Producer Responsibility.

The Gardens Group has revealed the results of its annual audit by sustainability certification scheme, Planet Mark, reporting significant carbon reductions across its three garden centres in Sherborne, Yeovil and Poundbury.

Close to a quarter of people in the UK would be happy to see artificial grass lawns banned, while a further 57 percent state they would never install it in their own gardens.

The ever-popular GIMA trend report is set to return this September with three webinars confirmed, each providing delegates informative and interactive insight into those trends that are set to shape consumer desires, attitudes and aesthetics in 2025...

A group of horticultural social media influencers, led by radio stars The Bearded Growers, have rallied in support of Greenfingers charity with a series of sponsored walks this month.

With Perennial’s impact on people’s lives revealed as greater than ever, the charity helping people in horticulture is calling for the industry to help sustain its community.

Vitax has renewed its horticultural partnership with ABF The Soldiers’ Charity through donating £10,000 to help the organisation continue its vital work with soldiers, veterans and their immediate families.

Pictured (left to right): Paul Gooding – Vitax’s chairman; Claire Buck and Andy Gurney – Vitax directors; with Stuart Wiles – regional director for ABF The Soldiers’ Charity in the East Midlands.

Employees of garden furniture, grow your own and decorative garden structure specialist, Zest have raised £9,021 for Dementia UK by tacking the Three Peaks Challenge. The team smashed its £6,000 target.