In This Issue
Corby+Fellas partners with Springtime Nurseries
In memory of rose-breeding entrepreneur David JC Austin
Bents Garden & Home celebrates double success
HTA responds to business rates announcement
Poundbury Gardens celebrate garden centre award
HTA meet with members of the Senedd at Welsh show
Durstons help Pocket Planting gardens secure medals
Behavioural expert joins line-up for GCA Conference
Frank P Matthews awarded Royal Warrant by King Charles
From start-up to recognised lawn care brand
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Autumn is the new spring – is your pottery display ready?
Wyevale Nurseries ‘Original Select’ range grown to foster resilient native tree planting
Autumn Fair gives buyers chance to win big!
Be among the first to see 30-plus new EGO products at GroundsFest 2026
Air‑Pot supports conservation of critically endangered Mulanje cedar tree
Colin Stephens joins BHETA's DIY and Garden Committee
Mims appoints new Head Merchandiser as national team grows
Scotland's Trade Fair announces January dates
PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt excitement builds
Two new BHETA members
AIPH International Horticultural Expo Conference
Butterfly boom brings summer spectacle to Merriments Gardens
BHETA promotes Natalia Ciecierska to Senior Marketing Executive
The best of last week's
GIMA council pays tribute to industry champion Andy Bunker
Andy Bunker funeral details
The Greenfingers Charity remembers a very special friend, Andy Bunker
The Business Case for Centralising Your Workforce Control Systems
Another week, another new customer joins Corby + Fellas: Welcome Trowbridge Garden Centre!
Royal Awards celebrate biodiversity at first RHS Sandringham Flower Show
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Royal Awards celebrate biodiversity at first RHS Sandringham Flower Show

The first RHS Sandringham Flower Show opened last week with two awards chosen and presented by Their Majesties The King and Queen celebrating biodiversity...

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Corby+Fellas partners with Springtime Nurseries

Corby+Fellas is partnering with Springtime Nurseries, one of the leading garden centres on Crews Hill’s famous 'Golden Mile' of gardening stores and nurseries...

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In memory of rose-breeding entrepreneur David JC Austin

David J. C. Austin died at his Shropshire home, surrounded by his family at the age of 67. He had been diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare and incurable neurological condition...

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Bents Garden & Home celebrates double success

Bents Garden & Home is celebrating success with two prestigious and widely respected awards; both providing the perfect start to a landmark year as the family owned and run business prepares to celebrate its 90th anniversary in 2027...

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HTA responds to business rates announcement
 

In response to the announcement that pubs, clubs and live music venues will see their business rates cut, Fran Barnes, Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Chief Executive, said: “The Chancellor’s recognition that the cost of doing business is as serious as the cost of living is a welcome step change..."

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Poundbury Gardens celebrate garden centre award

Poundbury Gardens near Dorchester has been named Local Garden Centre of the Year at the Garden Centre Association’s Summer 2026 Midlands, Wales & West regional awards...

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HTA meet with members of the Senedd at Welsh show

At this week’s Royal Welsh Show, the Horticultural Trades Association brought politicians, businesses and industry stakeholders together to discuss the vital contributions that environmental horticulture makes to Wales’ economy, environment, health and wellbeing.

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Durstons help Pocket Planting gardens secure medals

In a fantastic collaboration with emerging designers, Durston Garden Products Ltd donated more than 520 bags of peat-free growing media to gardens in the Pocket Planting category at the Badminton Flower Show, where first-time exhibitors proudly earned RHS accolades, including two Gold medals...

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Behavioural expert joins line-up for GCA Conference
 

Leading consumer behaviour expert Kate Hardcastle MBE has joined the roster of speakers for the Garden Centre Association’s annual conference in January 2027...

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Frank P Matthews awarded Royal Warrant by King Charles

Frank P Matthews, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of ornamental and fruit trees, has been granted a Royal Warrant by Appointment to His Majesty King Charles III. “Receiving the Royal Warrant is a great privilege for us all at FPM," said director Nick Dunn...

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From start-up to recognised lawn care brand
How Grass Gains has grown with Glee

Every year, Glee welcomes businesses at every stage of their journey. Some arrive as established names, whilst others are taking their first steps into the garden retail market, armed with little more than a handful of products, a small stand and plenty of ambition. Grass Gains was one of those businesses...

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Autumn is the new spring – is your pottery display ready?

As consumers embrace seasonal styling beyond spring and summer, Mims is encouraging retailers to rethink their autumn pottery displays and capitalise on one of the fastest-growing home and garden trends...

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Wyevale Nurseries ‘Original Select’ range grown to foster resilient native tree planting

Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford has developed an ‘Original Select’ range to help landscapers, amenity specifiers and gardeners establish resilient native trees that can better withstand climate change and urban pressures...

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Autumn Fair gives buyers chance to win big!

Independent retailers preparing for the busiest trading season of the year are being given the chance to boost their buying budget with the launch of 'Stock Up On Us', a new competition from Autumn Fair 2026 worth up to £2,000...

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Be among the first to see 30-plus new EGO products at GroundsFest 2026

Visitors to GroundsFest 2026 in September will be among the first to discover EGO's 2027 product line-up, as the leader in battery-powered outdoor power equipment unveils its latest innovations...

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Air‑Pot supports conservation of critically endangered Mulanje cedar tree

A critically endangered Mulanje cedar tree has recently been successfully transported and planted on Tresco as part of an international conservation effort – with support from the innovative Air‑Pot container system...

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