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Record-breaking month for up-for-sale Wyevale
Westland and Crest are touring!
Garden centre business back to normality...almost!
LOFAssured initiative gains strength
Gardman lands on National TV for the first time
Plant sales outstrip supply, but now 8% up year on year
Cultivating Retail Shaping up – the new one-day event
Bents receive Gold Award for Outstanding Achievement
Greenfingers Charity and Kew Green Hotels finalists in Business awards
Borough Market Kitchen Garden set to inspire home growers at Hampton Court Show
Colin Squire collects his OBE at the palace
Bord na Móna to keep Myeloma garden blooming bright
Nursery joins forces with TV gardener and charity
If 47% of gardeners want to do less weeding, what about the rest?
Johnsons Lawn Seed’s World Cup tip for retailers
GTN Xtra and GDPR
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DecoPak enjoys the Chelsea effect
Increased pest activity leads to surge on ant and slug products
Tomato planter is a bestseller
Wild Bird Care sales still holding up well
Floramedia UK Account Manager Team goes from strength to strength
Perennial and Scotland’s Gardens Scheme partnership continues to flourish as Gardening Scotland opens doors
Johnsons launches new Growing Kit for All Year Round Microgreens and Sprouting Seeds
Greener, safer gardening with ecofective®
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26th June is Deadline for initial Wyevale Garden Centre offers
Homebase sold for £1.00 - "...one of the great all time disasters"
New owners for Stansted Park Garden Centre
Garden Centres in a much better place than DIY
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Colin Squire collects his OBE at the palace

Colin Squire, chairman of Squire’s Garden Centres, received his OBE from HRH The Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace on Friday 18 May. He was given the award in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list in recognition of his services to the horticultural industry and to charity.

 

Colin Squire said: “It was a very special day, and lovely to share it with my two daughters Sarah and Elizabeth and their families. I felt immensely honoured. I have been very fortunate to work in this wonderful industry and to have enjoyed the support and friendship of so many inspirational people over the years.”

 

Squire’s, a family business with 15 garden centres across the South-East, was founded by Colin’s father D.J. Squire as a nursery and landscape business over 80 years ago. Colin (81) formally joined the business in the late 1950’s and developed the garden centres.

 

Colin’s daughter Sarah Squire, the group’s deputy chairman, said: “It was an absolute privilege to celebrate my father’s achievements, both in horticulture and in his charity and community work. It is my father’s character, values and judgment that permeate the business, and his enthusiasm, ready smile and commitment are reflected throughout the organisation. We are all so proud of him.”

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