In This Issue
Gardena are growing places! Winners of Top of the Plots 2026 crowned at Blenheim Palace
Corby + Fellas’ kiosks transform Hillier’s checkout experience
Leisure business sales surge 125% in 2026, reveals latest Christie & Co report
RocketGro welcomes MP to its farm and bagging plant
Corby + Fellas welcomes two new members to its team
Greenkey Garden & Home expands irrigation range for 2027 season
GIMA opens doors to Canadian retail market
HTA launches a vision for nursery innovation
GCA’s London Christmas Retail Tour to raise funds for Greenfingers
Perennial welcomes three new charity Ambassadors
Last chance to secure your place at the GIMA Awards
Industry support at Glee raises record amount for Greenfingers
HTA sets out value of environmental horticulture and business pressures at 2026 Autumn Party Conferences
Exclusive Inteview with Squires MD Sam Dickson and GTN's Glee review in latest issue of GTN magazine, read on-line now
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Old Railway Line raises £1,505.83 for Macmillan
Zapgo opens EV charging site at Klondyke Garden Centre
Spring Fair 2027 registration opens
Michiel Hoogendijk appointed General Manager of Floramedia
Honest Communications reveals home and garden trends for 2027
Shaping the Future of Plastics: 2026 RECOUP Award Winners Announced
HTA opens applications for Broad Horizons programme to develop horticulture’s future talent
National Highways compensates £2.3 million to RHS for A3/M25 roadworks
The best of last week's
Highly-regarded plant nursery and garden centre in Oxfordshire up for sale
Blue Diamond acquires 42-acre warehouse site
Inspired by Kilimanjaro? Help choose the Greenfingers Charity’s next once-in-a-lifetime challenge
Enter your Christmas Team for GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2026
Christmas arrives at Bents Garden & Home
Blue Diamond launches Christmas preview events
Christmas Tour for the North offers GCA members festive retail inspiration
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Enter your Christmas Team for GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2026

The search has started for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Teams of 2026.  The Garden Trade News team of expert judges will once again be travelling across the country to find The Greatest Christmas Teams in UK garden centres...

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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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Blue Diamond launches Christmas preview events

Blue Diamond Garden Centres has announced a series of exclusive Christmas preview evenings on Thursday 22nd October to launch its Christmas 2026 season...

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Christmas Tour for the North offers GCA members festive retail inspiration

North-based members of the Garden Centre Association are invited to join its Christmas Tour for the region on Tuesday, November 3 to explore some of the UK’s leading retail destinations...

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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...

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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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Exclusive Inteview with Squires MD Sam Dickson and GTN's Glee review in latest issue of GTN magazine, read on-line now
  • Exclusive Interview with Sam Dickson, Squires MD
  • Fantastic at Food - GTN’s Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team Award winners
  • Wall art additions at Woodmansterne
  • Launch of the 2026 Greatest Christmas Awards
  • Report from the annual HTA Conference
  • Glee 2026 review starts here
  • All the New Product Award winners at Glee
  • GTN In conversation with Dobbies CEO at Glee
  • Glee exhibitor news
  • Floral Thursday for Greenfingers at Glee
  • Zig Zag retailers - Adapt or Die
  • Retailing with values - GCA Viewpoint
  • Unforgettable messages - HTA Viewpoint
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Old Railway Line raises £1,505.83 for Macmillan

The Old Railway Line Garden Centre in Three Cocks has raised an impressive £1,505.83 for Macmillan Cancer Support through two fundraising events held in September and October...

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Zapgo opens EV charging site at Klondyke Garden Centre
 

EV charge point operator Zapgo has opened a new ultra-rapid charging site at Klondyke Garden Centre in Livingston, West Lothian. Zapgo’s new site brings high-speed electric vehicle charging to a well-connected location in Scotland’s central belt...

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Spring Fair 2027 registration opens

Registration is now open for Spring Fair 2027, with the UK’s leading retail trade show inviting buyers from across the industry to secure their free ticket for four days of sourcing, discovery, insight and connection at NEC Birmingham on 7-10 February 2027...

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