GROW, the GCA’s exclusive online learning programme, now has 8,000 people and 91 garden centres taking part, delegates learned.

Tammy Woodhouse (MD of the Millbrook Garden Company, who has been supervising the project with Mike Burks, MD of Castle Gardens) said 61 modules had been built to date, with two new ones scheduled for 2015 (Grow Your Own Vegetables and Grow Your Own Potatoes). Other modules in the pipeline include garden watering, barbecues, outdoor living and customer service.

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