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Ruxley Manor, Old Railway Line and Brimsmore are the big winners at the GCA Conference
Westland Horticulture-sponsored Rising Star winner
Foods of the World - GCA Conference Associates theme night gets spicy
GCA hands out awards to top garden centres
GCA Conference 2026 gets off to a FUNdraising start
Christmas Awards Finalists, more Christmas Team photos & Sustainability Directory in GTN January 2026 Issue, read on-lne here
British Garden Centres buy Downtown Garden Centre, Grantham, their 75th centre
Putting the heart into The Big Cheese
Corby + Fellas partner with Pyle Garden Village
Join the growth story with Lava-Lite UK
Charles Bentley & Son acquires MarXman
Garden centres show a steady finish to strong 2025
December’s GCA BoT shows a ‘nice’ end to year
Recruitment opens for a new Head Gardener at Tate Britain
HTA makes strong call for EU trade support
NOMA expands showroom to over 1,000 square metres
Spring Fair announces Pitch Live finalists
Scotland celebrates quality and variety at top gift trade fair
Survey launched to strengthen plant pest detection
RHS leads way with 'No New Peat' plants
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Former Dobbies operations director joins Pets Corner
Ian Riggs joins AutoPot Watering Systems
Key industry associations meet to exchange views on cut flower markets
Hale Events confirms final edition of Gift & Home Trade Show
Pruning tops most-Googled winter gardening tasks
DOFAS strongly represented at spoga+gafa
Show Your Colours Garden Centre strengthens brand experience at IPM Essen
Ready-to-order innovations compete for visitor approval at PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt
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Klondyke Group announces CEO transition as David Yardley retires
Blue Diamond report sales up by 19% for 2025
Finalists announced for GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards - Winners to be announced and presented at Glee@Spring Fair
Matthew Mein appointed Event Director of both Glee and Autumn Fair
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Chessington
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Garsons Esher
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Garsons Titchfield
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Haskins West End
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Henry Street
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Longacres Bagshot
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Notcutts Oxford
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Stewarts Christchurch
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - The Garden Society
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Blue Diamond Blackdown
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Ransoms, Jersey
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 - Summerhill Garden Centre
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Ruxley Manor, Old Railway Line and Brimsmore are the big winners at the GCA Conference

Ruxley Manor ended an 18 year duopoly between Bents and Barton Grange to win GCA Destination Garden Centre of the Year, presented at the 60th Anniversary GCA Conference held at Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire this evening.

Old Railway Line won the Garden Centre of the Year award, with Brimsmore, part of The Gardens Group, winning Local Garden Centre of the Year.

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Westland Horticulture-sponsored Rising Star winner

Louise Lockwood from Planters Tamworth was named as the winner of 2025’s Westland Horticulture-sponsored Rising Stars programme at the Garden Centre Association’s 60th anniversary year Annual Conference...

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Foods of the World - GCA Conference Associates theme night gets spicy

Associates Night at the GCA Conference 2026 took on a Fancy Dress theme of "Foods of the World" with new GCA Chairman Ben Harrison starring as Baby Spice of the Haskins Spice Girls.

 

See GTN's gallery of photos from the evening below including The Gardens Group's Flying Food around the World...

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GCA hands out awards to top garden centres

Garden centre teams from across the country are celebrating after receiving awards at the Garden Centre Association’s annual conference today...

The Dick Allen Award  for the Most Improved Garden Centre went to British Garden Centres (Tring).

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GCA Conference 2026 gets off to a FUNdraising start

The GCA Conference 2026, at Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire, got off to a Fundraising start with conference delegates taking part in an afternoon of activities including Clay Shooting, Archery and Axe Throwing followed by a Quiz night, compered by the inimitable Guy Topping...

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Christmas Awards Finalists, more Christmas Team photos & Sustainability Directory in GTN January 2026 Issue, read on-lne here

GTN January 2026 - Christmas Awards Finalists & Sustainability Directory.

 

In this issue:

  • Gardening for Good - Interview with Dr Richard Claxton
  • GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards – The Finalists and Customer Vote Top 50 by Regions and more Christas Team photos
  • Adapt or Die, a new, exclusive series from international experts including John Stanley
  • Spring Fair Preview – Christmas exclusives
  • GTN’s Sustainability Directory for 2026
  • GIMA’s sustainability champions 
  • Spotlight on sustainability from the Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair
  • Get ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day – March 20th 2026
  • Gold Medal Standards – GTN Planteria
  • Picture your Future - HTA Viewpoint
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British Garden Centres buy Downtown Garden Centre, Grantham, their 75th centre

2026 growth continues for British Garden Centres as it takes on Downtown Garden Centre.  British Garden Centres has announced the acquisition of Downtown Garden Centre in Grantham, Lincolnshire, a move that continues the group’s dynamic start to 2026 and extends its national portfolio to 75 centres across the UK...

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Putting the heart into The Big Cheese
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Corby + Fellas partner with Pyle Garden Village
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Corby + Fellas are delighted to be working with Pyle Garden Village, one of South Wales’s most loved garden and lifestyle destinations, as they continue to evolve into a true experience-led venue...

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Charles Bentley & Son acquires MarXman
 

Charles Bentley & Son  has announced the acquisition of MarXman Ltd, the brand behind the innovative MarXman chalk marking tool, signalling the next phase in the leading company’s long-term growth and development...

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Garden centres show a steady finish to strong 2025

The latest Horticultural Trades Association Market Update showed the sector finished the year in a stronger position than the previous two years, despite ongoing cost pressures and increasingly value-conscious consumers...

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December’s GCA BoT shows a ‘nice’ end to year
 

December's Garden Centre Association Barometer of Trade figures show ‘another nice increase on sales’ and a year-to-date figure of +7.31%...

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Recruitment opens for a new Head Gardener at Tate Britain

Tate, working with the Royal Horticultural Society, is looking for a Head Gardener who will care for the new Clore Garden being created at Tate Britain, engaging visitors with art, nature, biodiversity and sustainability...

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HTA makes strong call for EU trade support
 

The Horticultural Trades Association has launched a new call to back British environmental horticulture in making the most of the UK’s ambition to secure a new trading relationship with the EU...

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NOMA expands showroom to over 1,000 square metres

NOMA has announced a major expansion of its flagship showroom, increasing the capacity to over 1,000 square metres...

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Spring Fair announces Pitch Live finalists
 

Spring Fair has announced the finalists for Pitch Live 2026, its high-energy pitching platform championing innovation, creativity and emerging retail talent, in partnership with co.lective...

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Scotland celebrates quality and variety at top gift trade fair

Quality, variety and innovation were heard as the buzzwords around the hall at Scotland’s Trade Fair Spring, which closed its doors on Tuesday...

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Survey launched to strengthen plant pest detection
 

UK environmental horticulture and landscaping businesses are being encouraged to take part in a new anonymous survey designed to strengthen the detection and reporting of plant pests and diseases and help protect the long-term resilience of the sector...

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RHS leads way with 'No New Peat' plants

The Royal Horticultural Society has confirmed that all plants sold at its five gardens and through its online shop are No New Peat, bringing customers the widest range of high-quality planet-friendly plants on offer in the UK...

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