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Christmas arrives at Bents Garden & Home

Christmas has officially arrived at Bents Garden & Home, with the doors now open to another spectacular festive season. On Wednesday 7 October, the Mayor of Warrington, Cllr Sagheer Zaman joined Matthew Bent and crowds of customers to officially open Christmas 2026, unveiling the spectacular displays and festive experiences created by Bents’ talented in-house team...
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Gardena are growing places! Winners of Top of the Plots 2026 crowned at Blenheim Palace

Last week, Friday 9th October, GARDENA revealed the winners of the second annual Top of the Plots competition at the prestigious Blenheim Palace, celebrating the UK's most inspiring allotments, gardens and community growing spaces...
Read more and see GTN Xtra's gallery of photos from the Blenheim Palace event
Corby + Fellas’ kiosks transform Hillier’s checkout experience

More choice, shorter queues and a smooth experience – those are the real benefits of customer self-checkout kiosks and Hillier Garden Centres...
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Leisure business sales surge 125% in 2026, reveals latest Christie & Co report

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co, has today launched its ‘Leisure Market Review 2026’ report, which provides insight into transaction activity, buyer demand, tourism trends, investment appetite, and trading conditions across the UK's leisure sector...
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RocketGro welcomes MP to its farm and bagging plant
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Sarah Dyke, MP for Glastonbury & Somerton, is a driving force within parliament to have the peat ban brought into law, and RocketGro was thrilled that she chose to visit the company’s farm and baggin plant...
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Corby + Fellas welcomes two new members to its team
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Corby + Fellas has welcomed Neil Laugher as Training Manager and Dave Everett as Senior Accounts Manager.
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Greenkey Garden & Home expands irrigation range for 2027 season
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Greenkey Garden & Home, long recognised by retailers for their quality watering solutions and innovative sprayers, is strengthening its position as a value driven supplier with a major expansion to its irrigation range for 2027...
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GIMA opens doors to Canadian retail market

UK garden and pet product suppliers are being invited to explore new export opportunities as GIMA announces its latest Gardenex International Buyer Connect event, featuring Canadian distributors Footprint Products and Paw Valley Distributors...
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HTA launches a vision for nursery innovation

The Horticultural Trades Association has set out its vision for a world-leading UK plant and tree production sector by 2040, powered by advanced and emerging technologies that will help support climate adaptation, nature recovery and health and wellbeing...
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GCA’s London Christmas Retail Tour to raise funds for Greenfingers
Garden Centre Association members are invited to join a special London Christmas Retail Tour on November 4, 2026, with proceeds from ticket sales for the event being donated to Greenfingers...
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Perennial welcomes three new charity Ambassadors
Perennial, the only UK charity dedicated to supporting everyone facing challenges in horticulture, welcomes three new influential leaders to their Ambassador programme; which aims to raise awareness of how the charity can support people in all sectors of the industry.

Ann-Marie Powell, Michael Buck and Carole Baxter join the charity to further its reach and engagement within garden design, nurseries and growers and land-based industries across Scotland.
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Last chance to secure your place at the GIMA Awards

The countdown is officially on, and just a handful of tickets remain for this year's GIMA Awards! For anyone still considering attending, now really is the time to secure a place before it's too late.
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Industry support at Glee raises record amount for Greenfingers

The Greenfingers Charity is celebrating a fundraising milestone, with the garden retail sector coming together to raise a grand total of £5,912 at Glee 2026 – surpassing last year’s impressive £4,200 and marking the strongest Glee total to date.
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HTA sets out value of environmental horticulture and business pressures at 2026 Autumn Party Conferences

The Horticultural Trades Association used Party Conference season to highlight the value of the environmental horticulture sector and the contributions of its businesses to the UK economy, biodiversity, and health and wellbeing...
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Michiel Hoogendijk appointed General Manager of Floramedia
Michiel Hoogendijk took up his position as General Manager of Floramedia on 1 October. He brings extensive international experience in both commercial and production environments, having previously worked for companies including Avery Dennison and CCL Oss...
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Honest Communications reveals home and garden trends for 2027
Specialist home and garden PR agency Honest Communications has launched its annual Home and Gardens Trends Report, bringing together industry insight, emerging consumer behaviours and expert commentary to explore what could be coming next for the sector...
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Shaping the Future of Plastics: 2026 RECOUP Award Winners Announced
This year's RECOUP Awards celebrated the outstanding achievements, innovation and collaboration taking place across the plastics value chain in re-use, recycling and resource efficiency...
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HTA opens applications for Broad Horizons programme to develop horticulture’s future talent
The HTA has opened applications for Broad Horizons, a new fully funded development programme designed to build the skills, knowledge, experience and confidence of people working across environmental horticulture...
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National Highways compensates £2.3 million to RHS for A3/M25 roadworks
The RHS has secured a £2.3 million settlement from National Highways – far short of the £13 million losses caused by the extensive disruption of the A3/M25 roadworks between 2022 and 2026 – but still significant enough to help bolster its important charitable work...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Highly-regarded plant nursery and garden centre in Oxfordshire up for sale
Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has been instructed to market Swallows Nurseries & Gardens, an established nursery, garden centre and café in Mixbury, North Oxfordshire. The business is on the market freehold with an asking price of £1,100,000...
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Blue Diamond acquires 42-acre warehouse site
Blue Diamond Garden Centres has acquired a 42-acre warehouse site at Pollington, East Yorkshire, more than doubling its existing warehousing capacity...
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Inspired by Kilimanjaro? Help choose the Greenfingers Charity’s next once-in-a-lifetime challenge
Hot on the heels of the incredible success of the Greenfingers Charity’s Kilimanjaro challenge, which has now raised more than £300,000 for the charity, thoughts are already turning to the next big adventure, and supporters are being invited to help choose where it will be...
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