Sky News published a story last week indicating that Gardman had filed a notice of intention to appoint administrators in order to buy itself breathing space as it attempted to negotiate an emergency sale with prospective buyers...

The owner of a Norfolk garden centre this week started a four year jail sentence for stealing almost half a million pounds from his elderly mother...

Christmas 2018 has opened with a bang again, just behind last year in terms of Top 50 volume sales, but well ahead of the previous three festive seasons...

Westland Horticulture were voted Gardening Supplier of the Year by Choice Marketing members and presented with their award at the Choice Marketing Group Annual Conference Dinner last week...

The Windsor Observer has reported that the expected closure within weeks of Squires Garden Centre in Windsor has reopened controversy over the Royal Borough's plan to allow houses to be built on or around the Green Belt area where the business is based...

Following the acquisition of Kelkay in February, AMES UK has announced the creation of a new executive management team for the UK and Ireland that will drive the growth and development of the group. Incorporating La Hacienda which was acquired in late 2017, AMES UK will continue to be led by Managing Director, Antony Harker.

Pictured, from left to right: Richard Slade, Antony Harker, Richard Pyrah and Sarah Winn.

GIMA’s autumn/ winter programme of Knowledge Exchange Workshops has recently kicked off with its Sales Development & Territory Planning Workshop, which was incredibly well received by attendees. Four more sessions remain, with interested parties urged to book their place now to avoid missing out...

Thompson & Morgan has won another international award for its innovative Sunflower SunBelievable ‘Brown Eyed Girl’. Initial trials of the long-flowering sunflower in Japan have proven hugely successful prior to its launch in the early summer of 2019...

‘Today’s youth, tomorrow’s future’ was chosen as central theme to this year’s Home Garden Conference that took place in the Enkhuizen area of The Netherlands...

Al Sheppard (above left) has been promoted to the role of Sales Director with responsibility for developing the garden centre channel for all the AMES UK businesses and Scott McCabe (above right) has also joined the garden centre team...

The garden centre group, Haskins, is celebrating after a successful launch of its Christmas department across all four of its centres...

Johnsons of Whixley has laid the blueprint for managerial recruitment as it aims to continue its development as a business – by taking on new recruits...

Award winning Tong Garden Centre has made its mark on a talented junior football team by sponsoring its kit for the next two seasons...

Things are getting a little bit spooky at Squire’s Garden Centres this October Half Term. From Monday, October 22, to Wednesday, October 31, children will be invited to paint a ceramic bat tealight holder or decorate a spooky ghost mobile to scare aware unwanted visitors...

Thejoyofplants.co.uk has chosen Rhipsalis as its November Houseplant of the Month...