HTA policy and communications director James Clark has welcomed what he describes as the clarity provided by the general election result...

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The Garden Centre Association will welcome double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes MBE to its stage during its annual conference, which takes place on January 26-29...

The first week of December was another welcome week for plant sales, up by 16% on the same week last year and 11% up on the last week of November. Poinsettia sales doubled week on week and were up by 12% on last year.  They didn’t get to No 1, however, as Cyclamen sales were up by nearly 40% on last year...

With 2020 designated the International Year of Plant Health, biosecurity will be taking centre stage at Contact Conference, sponsored by ICL, which takes place on Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 January 2020 at Horticulture House, Chilton, Oxfordshire...

High levels of Christmas footfall is benefitting garden products sales, leading to another week in the GTN Bestsellers data where sales are up year on year. Creative Products Bottle Lights dominate at the top of the chart with much higher sales levels than last year when it was also No 1...

There’s a third more gardening activity going on at the start of December 2019 than last year or any of the previous five years. Sure, the total volumes are much lower than during the spring, however, keeping keen gardeners satisfied in the run up to Christmas has to be good for returning business in January and February....

Leonardslee Lakes and Gardens has appointed Stephen Herrington as head gardener. He was formerly gardens & parks consultant and project manager for the National Trust, London and South East Gardens Programme, since April 2018. Beforer that, he was head gardener at National Trust property Nymans Garden from 2014, and curator of Glasgow Botanic Gardens for Glasgow City Council from 2012...

Wild Bird Care sales are showing signs of getting back to the volumes of three years ago with a 14% increase on last year and week on week...

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A stunning last week’s trading in November, which was the ninth highest week for volume sales of the year, meant the month finished 11% up on last year and 7% higher than the previous November record set in 2017...

The new wild bird care range launched earlier this year by Lincolnshire-based Henry Bell & Co, the family-owned animal feed producer behind a number of private labels, is now on shelves at Dobbies...

Bord na Mona's Steve Harper says he is confident that good progress is being made on reducing peat in growing media to help the UK government to meet its zero carbon emissions target...

Bents Garden and Homes have donated a fresh Nordmann fir Christmas trees to 10 local charities, schools and organisations nominated by customers...

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