Award-winning Longacres Garden Centre has announced its acquisition of Bybrook Barn Garden Centre in Ashford, Kent in a growth strategy that sees it offer new life to ailing businesses. The centre started trading under the name Longacres Bybrook Barn on Saturday (30 July 2016)...
Nigel Long (left) of Longacres Garden Centre shakes hands with Terry Burch on the completion of the sale of Bybrook Barn.
The death was announced this week of Brian Gates, son of the founder of Gates Garden Centre at Cold Overton, Leicestershire, and father of the current managing director, Nigel Gates...
Following on from its success last year, the Love the Plot You’ve Got roadshow is again providing inspiration on getting the best out of your outdoor space at CarFest North, which is taking place at Bolesworth Castle in Cheshire this weekend...
Seed from DLF is returning to the sports surfaces of Brazil for the second time in two years. Following the success of the seed used at the 2014 World Cup, DLF has been chosen to help Brazilian groundsmen prepare their stadiums for the footballing element of the world’s largest celebration of sport and athletics...
Squire’s centres at Woking and Badshot Lea have been announced as joint winners of a competition to create a floral display that was wildlife friendly and referenced the company’s 80years in the horticulture industry as part of this year’s celebrate their anniversary celebrations...
Above: left - Colin Squire and centre manager Ed Ridgeon at the Woking display; right - the Badshot Lea entry.
Dorset’s most wildlife friendly gardens were honoured at Castle Gardens in Sherborne. Dorset Wildlife Trust’s annual Wildlife Friendly Garden Competition, which is sponsored by The Gardens Group, saw 43 entries this year, from schools, visitor centres and tourist attractions around the county...
New hall layouts for next January’s IPM Essen, the increasingly popular European plant show, have been announced as the €90 million modernisation of Messe Essen gets under way...
Sales in non-traditional categories at garden centres across the country were up during June but due to wet weather traditional categories were down according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report...
The Millbrook Garden Centre Gravesend team during the Rose Festival, which helped to boost plant sales at the centre.
Inspired by Stewart Garden’s partnership with Ball Colegrave, Scotsdale’s Garden Centre in Cambridge has created a series of stunning displays in its designed gardens using Stewart Garden decorative planters...
While plant sales monitored by GTN’s Bestsellers Epos data dropped overall on last week by 9%, almost half of the genus in the GTN Top 50 Plants chart increased sales...
With gardeners making the most of warming evenings of late, it’s no surprise that lighting lines are dominating the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart...
This week’s GTN Bestsellers Growing Media chart has witnessed an upturn in sales volumes compared to the previous week. Scotts Miracle Gro Moisture Control Bark (55 litres) re-entered the chart...
