Every week GTN receives and analyses epos data from a number of UK garden centres to produce the GTN Bestsellers charts...

Helen MacDonald of Merryhatton Garden Centre in East Lothian, near Edinburgh, has been appointed to the role of HTA Council Representative for Scotland. Helen replaces Simon Fraser who stepped down at the last meeting following his appointment to the Board...

After four weeks of plant sales being down year on year, the first week of November changed all that with a 14% upturn. ‘Christmas’ plants featured amongst the big movers with Hellebores, Poinsettia and Amaryllis all seeing sizeable increases...

The European Commission and the 27 EU member states failed yet again last week to agree on the proposal for a five-year extension for glyphosate...and a UK company proposes thermal weeding  as the ideal solution in a post-glyphosate world...

There was a wonderful boost for vertical gardening with USP’s Wonderwall product re-entering the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products Chart at No 2, only being outsold in volume terms by Fito Orchid Drip Feeders...

Haskins is encouraging gardeners to make the most of National Tree Week with a new competition to win a tree for the garden, school or local community...

Gardman’s Poppy Feeder has seen another year on year boost in sales with the addition of the Boxed Poppy Feeder to the range...

Hortipak has continued its support as headline partner for the HTA National Plant Show for the next two years...

Personalised Christmas decorations and Christmas chocolates continue to dominate the GTN Bestsellers Christmas Products Chart...

Surrey garden centre Woodcote Green Nurseries, acquired by Wyevale Garden Centres in January 2016 but run by its former management on a semi-autonomous basis, increased turnover by 3.5% last year to £16.18m. Pre-tax profits rose to £1.55m...

Briers have announced that James Worby, who has been an agent for them in the South East for 7 years, has decided to leave the Company to concentrate on his other agencies...

Oldrids & Downtown have submitted plans that include the development of a 107 unit Designer Outlet Centre; a purpose-built Downtown@Home store; a reconfigured "Garden Centre of the Future"; an indoor leisure complex; a high-tech hub / managed office space for start-up businesses; a tourist information & visitor centre and a new training academy alongside the existing Downtown and Boundary Mill stores at Gonerby Moor on the A1...

Kelkay’s highly successful licensing arrangement with the Royal Horticultural Society on the company’s range of horticultural grits and gravels has prompted both parties to explore other opportunities. As a result, that Kelkay has announcing the introduction of a range of wildlife themed stepping stones for 2018. We asked Kelkay’s MD, Antony Harker, to tell us more.

Smart Garden Products has expanded its Abingdon office export team following strong overseas sales growth...

"Pied piper, plant enthusiast, retail doyen. Whichever label you chose for Nicholas the UK Garden Centre industry is certainly more colourful with Nicholas back on the scene."  Read GTN's interview with Nicholas Marshall in the November 2017 issue...