LBC Boots have crafted an extraordinary journey this autumn marked by milestones and resounding success. This season, they've expanded distribution within garden centres, becoming the go-to choice for style, durability and affordability in lightweight footwear....

Westland Horticulture, home to brands such as Big Tom, Boost, Resolva, Unwins, and Kent & Stowe, has announced the New Horizon Fund that will support community garden projects across the UK and Ireland in 2024...

Kent & Stowe branded range of tools from Westland Horticulture has launched its new range of cutting tools with integrated RFID tags to help stamp out theft...

The latest GRIDSERVE Electric Retail Hubs have opened at Dobbies Liverpool and Milton Keynes, as part of a long term partnership between the charging company and garden centre to increase the number of High Power charging locations across the UK...

The Garden Centre Association has had several new members join it in 2023 – with nine garden centres and 22 associates signing up and approved so far this year. These garden centres include Hillmount Garden Centre, Belfast, The Hertfordshire Garden Centre, Yarnton Home & Garden, Oxfordshire, Rutland Nursery and five Hilliers – Newbury, Three-Legged Cross, Weyhill, Aldermaston and Lechlade.

During December, Perrywood Garden Centres in Tiptree and Sudbury gifted seasonal planted containers to Abberton Rural Training, The Red Rose Community Farm and The Tiptree Community Hub...

Families arriving at Chessington Garden Centre this Christmas will be greeted by the county’s largest independent Santa’s grotto. The magical multi-sensory experience is tailored for children, where they can interact with scenes and characters from some of their favourite animated films...

Plastic resource efficiency and recycling charity, RECOUP, has launched its annual UK Household Plastic Packaging Collection Survey, which estimates that year-on-year plastic packaging use and plastic packaging collection quantities have dropped for the first time...

Flashback to 2020 and you’ll find Natalie Porter donning the first of many festive jumpers to find their home within the garden retail sector. Now, three years later, these festive jumpers are being enjoyed by the fourth and fifth ‘wearers’, Millbrook’s Tammy Woodhouse and Greenfingers’ very own Fundraising and Communications Director, Linda Petrons, as they take on the 25-day challenge.

Members of the Garden Centre Association are being asked to vote for their Associate Member of the Year for 2023 – with the winner announced at the GCA’s annual conference in the Cotswolds this January...

Last year’s Associate of the Year winners Wyevale Nurseries.

It may have only been open for a few weeks, but in the short time since it opened, a South Leeds Ice Rink at Tingley Garden Centre has experienced two exciting events...

The Garden Press Event is a unique one-day exhibition taking place on Tuesday 20 February 2024 at the Business Design Centre in London. The only event of its kind for the industry, the exhibition provides an unrivalled opportunity for suppliers and garden industry companies to showcase new products, themes and stories to the garden press and media to kick start the gardening season...

The HTA has congratulated its Senior Events Executive, Harley Coles, and the Policy, Public Affairs and Media Team for reaching the prestigious Trade Association Forum Awards finals...

Shoppers keen to stock up on essential condiments and festive staples have seen them flocking to discount retail group QD which includes QD – QualityDiscounts.com stores and Cherry Lane Garden Centres...

Taking place from 4th-7th February at NEC Birmingham, Spring Fair is delighted to welcome a host of licensed products including Disney characters, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Marvel, Harry Potter, and Barbie, to popular TV chefs and interior household names.  

GTN director and editor Trevor Pfeiffer sat down with Glee event director Matthew Mein and garden industry advisor Boyd Douglas-Davies to discuss the key reasons why Glee's date is moving to 10–12 September 2024...

In this issue:

• Customers join in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards
• Sponsors line up prizes for Christmas Awards winners
• Colourful moments of joy – Peckish new Ad campaign
• Choice Marketing Awards
• GIMA Awards 2023 Roll of Honour
• Cans with Class – GTN visits Haws
• Welcoming new talent – On Tour with Colegrave Seabrook Students
• Greenfingers gardens and Christmas jumpers
• The Power of environmental horticulture - HTA Conference
• Little Santa sure to be a winner - GTN Planteria
• Gift cards and hot coals - HTA Column
• Protect yourself against the unknown - GIMA Column