The nights are drawing in, Christmas is on its way, and you know what that means? It’s Poinsettia time! Once seen as old-fashioned and difficult to care for, the UK is now seeing a major Poinsettia revival which you can be part of...
Premier Decorations are dominating the Christmas Bestellers chart at the moment with 19 items in the Top 50, headed by their Battery Operated Cotton Snowman at No 2...
Fosseway Garden Centre at Moreton in Marsh has been granted permission to widen its product offering, despite local protests that businesses in the centre of town would suffer as a result...
The British Trust for Ornithology, has just reported that the number of woodland birds visiting gardens this autumn is 15% higher than in recent years, caused by the scarcity of natural foods in the countryside...
Viewers of Thursday’s screening of BBC1’s Young Apprentice series will have seen a London garden centre manager giving the apprentices a hard time when they asked for a discount on a 4ft olive tree...
The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Cooking the Christmas turkey or joint on a barbecue is a hot new trend in outdoor leisure. This new feature of The Greatest Christmas Awards recognises the potential for garden centre sales...
The Greatest Christmas Grotto Garden centres grottos generate impressive footfall and revenue. This award recognises the expertise of the teams who plan, design, install and operate them...
The Greatest Garden Centre Festive Catering Team is a brand new category in The Greatest Christmas Awards – and it’s designed to find the garden centre where the coffee shop and restaurant play a full part in the Christmas experience...
The Greatest Christmas Houseplants Team Garden centres can beat the High Street hands down for houseplant sales at Christmas We’re looking for the very best...
The Greatest Christmas Display Team For visual merchandising teams, Christmas is all about the ‘wow factor’ – displays that stop people in their tracks AND inspire them to spend...
The Greatest Christmas Awards Party Book your tickets for the finale to The Greatest Christmas Awards for 2012 – the magnificent awards party to be be held at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, on 13 January...
Westland saw its Decorative Mini Bark have a good week, with the 50-litre bag being the highest re-entry in the Growing Media chart, returning to No 27 spot. The 80-litre bag (pictured) was also a re-entry at No 31...
Labels and Packaging Ltd predict significant sales of their paper plant and seed pot covers in 2013. It has been one of their one of their most successful products this year...
Thieves stole a safe containing £500 from Vincents Garden Centre at Scarisbrick, Lancs, this week – and made off with it in a wheelchair across fields.
William Sinclair’s appeal against Salford Council’s refusal to allow them to resume harvesting peat at Chat Moss has been turned down by the Secretary of State for the Environment, Owen Paterson...
Following their acquisition of the distribution rights for Haxnicks products, Smart Solar have recruited Nick Satchell to their product design and development team...
