Thursday night’s ITV consumer programme about garden centres and the items on BBC Breakfast on Bank Holiday Monday didn’t throw up any issues we are unaware of, and certainly they are issues as an industry we are all concerned about and working towards solutions and improvements...
Garden industry figures have retaliated to criticism voiced in an ITV investigation screened last week that garden centres are “not as green as people believe”...
Zest 4 Leisure is gearing up to showcase a new range of quality decorative timber garden products alongside many garden trade favourites at Glee this year...
Give Room To Nature – that’s elho’s calling and it’s why they’re building a brand that your customers will recognise and love. You’ll see an increase in consumer focus over the coming months, with an emphasis on core gardening, lifestyle and interiors press, as well as inspirational new display materials...
Sustainability, performance and quality are three key focus areas for Westland, and this will continue into 2020, once again reiterating the company’s commitment to putting gardeners at the heart of its strategy...
SylvaGrow® Tub and Basket launches at GLEE and, for next spring, garden centres can sell RHS Endorsed Melcourt products in a re-usable Melcourt Bag for Life...
'Green Fits All' was the slogan everything was centred around at Plantarium and GROEN-Direkt from 21 to 23 August. Both trade fairs again took place under one roof and offered international trade professionals a complete green experience in Boskoop...
How will growing media sales trends change following the ITV programme on Thursday night? Last week the biggest selling peat free compost line was Westland New Horizon All Purpose compost, but that was at No 11...
Mr Fothergill’s have introduced a new and exclusive ‘Spencer’ variety Sweet pea for the forthcoming season as part of the 400th anniversary commemoration of the sailing of the Mayflower to the new world in 1620...
Seed potatoes for Christmas harvesting continue to dominate at the top of the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart in an otherwise quiet time for veg plant and seed sales...
Summer is well underway, and the crisp autumnal season is just around the corner. This means there are plenty more picturesque garden moments to be captured for the National Garden Gift Voucher Photography Competition...
With only 22 centres "still to be sold" the state of play for garden centre groups changes with every new sale announcement. Here is our current "State of the Nation" chart along with a list of all the Wyevale transactions to date...
Bournville Wyevale goes to British Garden Centres taking them to 25 centres and now the third largest UK garden centre group and Blooms Swindon goes back to the landlord...
While garden centre footfall and total volume sales continue to run at levels up on both 2017 and 2018, according to GTN Bestsellers data, garden centre management teams’ thoughts are turning to next year and looking forward to Glee.
