Despite the nasty June weather we are on target to reach the half year up by around 2% year on year for garden centre volume sales. And with some hot weather forecast for the weekend a lot of hopefully pent up gardening demand could come through garden centre pay tills...
The rain relented and the sun almost shone across the country and plant sales were up 12% week on week. Could it be there is an even bigger uplift for the last week of June? Or will it be too hot?
Staff from The Gardens Group completed the equivalent of the 874 miles from Land's End to John o' Groats – and back again – in an epic static bike ride last week...
The former Wyevale garden centres sites at Cheddar, Dorking, Lechlade and Marlow are now in the throes of re-branding under the Hilliers name following the acquisitions announced in April. The quartet brings the Hillier estate to 16 centres.
WaterSafe is alerting households about the potential health risks of using a garden hosepipe for watering and cooling off if simple safety measures aren’t followed...
Catering design expert Charlie Weller of Space Catering (pictured) will discuss the ins and outs of planning for or redesigning a food preparation area at this week’s HTA Catering Conference – A Slice of the Pie.
Notcutts Garden Centre in Maidstone held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a new display garden designed to inspire local gardeners with imaginative planting and landscaping ideas all year round...
Pictured (left to right): Nick Burrows, chief executive; Marco de Jongh; Caroline Notcutt; Cllr Marion Ring; Jonathan Kemp.
Suttons is to roll out new-look seed stand displays and expand its field merchandising and sales team as part of a renewed commitment to its retail channel...
The view from the Apple Chair, which featured in the Greenfingers Chelsea Garden, at Richard House in East London and below the garden at Claire House in the Wirral which have been officially opened this month...
Houseplants and catering sales were up at garden centres across the country during May according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report...
Twelve businesses are to get free exhibition space at Autumn Fair in September after winning a competition run with #SBS Small Business Sunday – the online business community founded by entrepreneur Theo Paphitis...
More than 7,000 unique visitors from 66 countries turned out for last month’s FlowerTrials event in the Netherlands, undaunted by the poor weather at the start...
Garden product sales took a turn back to core gardening activities as the rain relented last week. Lawn care, pest control, pot feet and plant supports all saw big increases week on week...
There’s a good chance sales of growing media will continue at a high level through the summer if the sun shines. A slight improvement in the weather last week saw a 25% uplift week on week and the forecast going forwards is almost summery!
Veg-2-Gro sales are tailing off, as they usually do in June, but this year’s sales continue to be ahead of last year with the year to date performance for this category sitting at 48.5% up year on year...
Wild Bird Care is one area that has benefitted from the horrible June weather. Sales dropped slightly week on week but the GTN Top 50 total sales volume was higher than 2017 and the same as last year when centre footfall was a lot higher...
Wyevale Garden Centres has announced that Podington Garden Centre has been sold to Cherry Lane Garden Centre [CLGC]. The sale is expected to complete by the middle of August, with WGC continuing to operate the centre until this date. CLGC acquired Barnett Hill Garden Centre from WGC in March 2019...
