Spring is in the air, and with it, a sense of hope. Although this current lockdown has been exceptionally challenging for many businesses, garden and farm centres have been in the fortunate position of being allowed to stay open. With limited destination retail experiences for people to enjoy, no doubt this has reaped the benefits of a wider demographic and increased footfall. But it’s important to maintain this when mainstream retail opens up again.Specialist designers, Catering Design Group (CDG), walk us through some fresh ideas to maintain and nurture growth ahead.

Wild Bird Care specialist Honeyfield’s have introduced a major manufacturing capability to their production site in Driby, Lincolnshire. Now, Honeyfield’s will be producing Suet Pellets and Suet Blocks in-house and launching a refreshed Suet offering to the market...

As we move into February, gardeners and garden centres are all looking forward to some better weather so they can get out on their plots to get growing. GTN Bestsellers reports sales increasing by 25% duing the last week of January and with the weather improving during the first week of February perhaps we’ll get back to sales that are on parity with last year...

Twinkly are incredibly proud and excited to announce that their brand new UK showroom is now open! Based in Chorley, in the heart of Lancashire, you’ll be able to see the revolutionary Twinkly products in action, test the latest technology first-hand, and see what’s new for Christmas 2021...

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) have recently elected new members to its board during the organisation’s virtual AGM.  David Yardley and Will Blake join the board and Will Blake is confirmed as Chairman Elect to take over as Chairman following Tammy Woodhouse who takes over in 2022 after Mike Burks the current Chairman...

Cotswold Granaries brand new home compostable packaging and 100% natural wild bird, hedgehog, duck and squirrel feed coming in January to the Wildlife World food range. Zero plastic, zero waste, zero consumer guilt!

Plant sales more than doubled in the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data during the last week of January, giving indications of high volume sales to come when the weather gets warmer and drier...

Korbond are excited to embark on a second season of virtual events and are embracing the digital arena with a series of new videos to bring their business and associated brands, Care & Repair, Creations by Korbond and navig8 to life...

The 2020 Pearson Memorial Medal for outstanding service to the garden industry has been awarded at a surprise, socially distanced presentation to Adam Wigglesworth, Director of Aylett Nurseries and former President of the HTA...

Scottish ornamental horticulture growers are experiencing a sense of de-ja-vu as, once again, they face the very real possibility of significant financial damage and the loss of thousands of young plants as a result of the continued closure of garden centres in Scotland...

A Greenfingers team made up of Linda Petrons, Sally Jenkins, and Holly Harrington, have pledged to walk one million steps throughout March 2021 – no less than 10,000 steps per day – to mark Garden Re-Leaf Day's 10th anniversary...

Following a record-breaking 2020, AMES UK says it is experiencing unprecedented demand from customers in the early weeks of 2021. Pre-season orders for aggregates, paving, pots, water features and outdoor heating products are, in many cases, more than double that of the same time last year...

Two of the new Toyota forklifts acquired as part of the infrastructure investment.

David Domoney’s new book ‘My Houseplant Changed My Life’, published by DK, stormed to the top of the charts on Amazon as a pre-order, before its release date on February 4...

GTN's Christmas Special January 2021 Issue includes full results and comment from GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards, GTN's Christmas Directory for 2021 and the Top 100 Christmas Products Chart 2020 from GTN Bestsellers...

Gardening personality Richard Jackson has created the Couch to Five a Day Challenge to encourage even more people to grow their own...

As Covid-19 related mental health issues continue to spiral, a Batley based charity that offers free training sessions to help promote physical and mental wellbeing will benefit from the generosity of Tong Garden Centre's customers and staff this year...

Dobbies has partnered with surplus food app, Too Good To Go, in a bid to combat food waste across its stores...

Grimsby Garden Centre knows more than most that green fingered activity is good for both physical and mental health. Owned by leading NHS mental health services provider NAViGO, profits from the centre go back into local mental health services across North East Lincolnshire.

The winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020 have been announced LIVE! on-line during Glee's Festive Focus Day today. 

And the winners are...  

Take a look at Christmas future with forecasters, Trend Bible as they dive into the emerging trends that will define Christmas 2021...