In This Issue
1 week to go until the Greenfingers Floral Ball - only 18 tickets left...
Prunus JAPANESE LANTERN wins Best in Show at record-breaking HTA National Plant Show 2025
Squire's appoints new directors as business looks to future
GLENWEAVE – The UK's most comprehensive collection of Rattan Products from Lows.
Introducing Suncast – now available through Rowlinson Garden Products
Nature’s Lawn creates new retail opportunities
RocketGro delivers where other suppliers can’t
Wow! Scotsdales open their new 480 seater Greenhouse Café
Alton Garden Centre set to leave Tillington Group
Grass Gains makes impact at BBC Gardeners’ World Live with expert-backed lawn care solutions
Martin Carnaby of LOFA presents cheque to Mind
HTA invites applications for Non-Executive Board roles
GIMA Golf Day delivers another winning round for Greenfingers
Greenfingers backs new ‘Challenge for Change’ initiative
Durston’s Chris Durston marks 60 years in business with daring wing walk
Planters celebrate 35 years with circus and ferris wheel party
Popular farm and café near Rye sold
Yorkshire Garden Centre Group creates new role for multi-site growth
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre celebrates 35 years with £1,000 worth of gifts
Greenfingers Charity founder, Richard Jackson, awarded MBE for charitable services to children’s hospices
BBC GW Live picture special. Greenfingers garden celebrates 25 years and British Garden Centres steal the show for garden retailing
Best Show Garden for Rachel Bailey Garden Design at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
Dahlia Gardinetta® Velvet Crush wins the Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
Peter Beales Roses wins gold with wildlife-inspired display
British Garden Centres launches exclusive ‘Bountiful Pink’ with YPHA
Autumn Fair 2025 set to showcase the power of licensing
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Harewood International joins BHETA
Katie Blake Furniture Achieves Major Success
Bradford Garden Centre to host first masterclass with leading rose grower
RHS announces new appointments at RHS gardens
University of Leeds brings spring to life with JUB Holland’s Flower Designer App
The best of last week's
Garden industry mourns sad passing of Kenn Lloyd
Dobbies further strengthens Executive team
Join the SOLEX Awards followed by a F1 Afterparty
Garden centre group's cycle challenge raises over £4,000
Dobbies back on an even keel, in depth interview with CEO David Robinson in GTN's May 2025 Summer Showrooms Directory Issue
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1 week to go until the Greenfingers Floral Ball - only 18 tickets left...

The Greenfingers Charity now has only 18 tickets left out of the 300 available for their Floral Ball – a landmark event taking place on Thursday 26th June 2025 at the stunning Coombe Abbey Hotel in Warwickshire....

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Prunus JAPANESE LANTERN wins Best in Show at record-breaking HTA National Plant Show 2025

Frank P Matthew’s Prunus Sumaura Fugenzo JAPANESE LANTERN has received the prestigious Best in Show at the Horticultural Trades Association New Plant Awards, sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society, during this year’s HTA National Plant Show, taking place today and tomorrow (18 and 19 June) at the NAEC in Stoneleigh, Warwickshire...

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Squire's appoints new directors as business looks to future

Squire’s Garden Centres has appointed two new executive directors  and two new non-executive directors to its board, reinforcing the company’s long-standing commitment to strong leadership, retail expertise and its core horticultural values...

Above, from left:  Ricky Bowness - Retail Buying Director, Elizabeth Squire - Non-Executive Director, Colin Squire OBE - Chairman Emeritus, Sarah Squire - Chairman and Ross McEwan - Retail Operations Director.

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GLENWEAVE – The UK's most comprehensive collection of Rattan Products from Lows.
GTN Xtra Promotion

Lows-branded trademark GLENWEAVE, renowned for high quality and exceptional wholesale trade prices, includes Storage Baskets, Logs Baskets, Planter Baskets, Laundry Baskets, Retail Shop Display Baskets, Hamper Baskets, Pet Products, Lanterns, Lamp Shades, Furniture and Screening...

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Introducing Suncast – now available through Rowlinson Garden Products
GTN Xtra Promotion

Rowlinson Garden Products Ltd has been appointed as the exclusive UK distributor for Suncast, a privately held company with over 40 years of experience developing premium resin-based products for both domestic and commercial markets.

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Nature’s Lawn creates new retail opportunities
GTN Xtra Promotion

As consumers continue their quest to transform unassuming outdoor buildings into things of beauty with living roofs, Nature’s Lawn from Johnsons Lawn Seed offers the ultimate solution, helping garden retailers to tap into this continued trend...

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RocketGro delivers where other suppliers can’t
GTN Xtra Promotion

The gardening sector is awash with promises of great stock availability and fast fulfilment, but not all brands are able to keep up with demand. You’ll find no such broken promises with RocketGro, as the game-changing peat-free brand has safeguarded supply and maintained stock levels to help retailers maximise opportunities this season...

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Wow! Scotsdales open their new 480 seater Greenhouse Café

Scotsdales in Cambridge opened their new 480 seater Greenhouse Café this week.  “Wow” and “This really is going out for a treat” were comments from customers seeing the new restaurant when GTN Xtra visited on Saturday...

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Alton Garden Centre set to leave Tillington Group

Alton Garden Centre has decided to leave the Tillington Group on 30th September.

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Grass Gains makes impact at BBC Gardeners’ World Live with expert-backed lawn care solutions

Lawn care brand Grass Gains enjoyed a highly successful appearance at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live, engaging with hundreds of consumers and receiving overwhelming praise for its practical, performance-driven product range...

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Martin Carnaby of LOFA presents cheque to Mind

In support for mental health initiatives, Martin Carnaby, Country Manager UK & Ireland, Broil King and a valued member of the LOFA (Leisure & Outdoor Furniture Association) Council, recently presented a cheque for £7,500 to Mind, the mental health charity...

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HTA invites applications for Non-Executive Board roles
 

The Horticultural Trades Association is inviting applications for Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) to join its Board and help shape the future of the UK’s £38 billion environmental horticulture sector...

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GIMA Golf Day delivers another winning round for Greenfingers

The annual GIMA Charity Golf Day teed off in style on Thursday 5th June, welcoming garden industry professionals to Belton Woods Golf, Spa and Hotel in Grantham for a day of sporting competition, networking, and fundraising – all in aid of the Greenfingers Charity...

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Greenfingers backs new ‘Challenge for Change’ initiative
Will you take part to support the charity?

The Greenfingers Charity is supporting the launch of Challenge for Change, an inspiring new initiative that invites individuals, groups, and businesses across the UK to take on personal challenges in aid of a charity of their choice...

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Durston’s Chris Durston marks 60 years in business with daring wing walk

To mark an incredible 60 years at the helm of Durston Garden Products, Managing Director Chris Durston celebrated in style – strapped to the top wing of a biplane!

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Planters celebrate 35 years with circus and ferris wheel party

Planters garden centres celebrated 35 years with an anniversary party for 470 staff and family from 5 centres 5 restaurants and the nursery attended. 

Guests enjoyed a circus, hog roast, dodgems and a ferris wheel in the grounds of Planters Tamworth....

See photos from the party here
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Popular farm and café near Rye sold

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has announced the sale of Salts Farm Shop near Rye in East Sussex...

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Yorkshire Garden Centre Group creates new role for multi-site growth

Yorkshire Garden Centres group has appointed Dan Campbell as its Buying Support Manager to work across all seven sites in West and North Yorkshire...

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The Old Railway Line Garden Centre celebrates 35 years with £1,000 worth of gifts

The Old Railway Line Garden Centre is celebrating a major milestone in 2025 – its 35th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, the award-winning, family-run business has recognised and thanked its most loyal customers by taking a look back at its most frequent 35 shoppers over the last 12 months...

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Greenfingers Charity founder, Richard Jackson, awarded MBE for charitable services to children’s hospices

Richard Jackson, Founder President of Greenfingers Charity and a passionate advocate for the gardening industry, has been awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday Honours for his outstanding charitable work. The honour comes at a particularly poignant time, as the Greenfingers Charity celebrates its 25th anniversary – a milestone he marked at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live, the very event where the charity was officially launched in 1999...

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BBC GW Live picture special. Greenfingers garden celebrates 25 years and British Garden Centres steal the show for garden retailing

With one day to go, BBC Gardeners World Live has been a huge success for trade exhibitors and garden designers with British Garden Centres leading the way in terms of garden retailing at the NEC show and Greenfingers celebrating 25 years with an Anniversary Garden that has been a truly moving and memorable feature, celebrating 25 years of creating therapeutic gardens in children’s hospices across the UK...

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Dobbies back on an even keel, in depth interview with CEO David Robinson in GTN's May 2025 Summer Showrooms Directory Issue
  • David Robinson, CEO of Dobbies Garden Centres – GTN Interview
  • Find your happy place at SOLEX 2025
  • It’s all about quality at Melcourt Industries
  • Keeping retail fresh at Glee 2025
  • Diary dates for Summer Shows
  • Glee’s Roadshow visits the West Country
  • GTN’s 2025 Summer Showroom Directory
  • Welcome to the Floralsilk showroom
  • Westland’s showroom is open
  • Smart Showroom visits on the increase
  • Spotlight on trees and shrubs – GTN Planteria
  • Is planning broken? – Paul Pleydell Viewpoint
  • Sunshine & Shows - HTA Viewpoint
Read the issue on-line here
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Best Show Garden for Rachel Bailey Garden Design at BBC Gardeners’ World Live

Scottish garden designer, Rachel Bailey, has scooped Best Show Garden and a Platinum award at BBC Gardeners’ World Live. The winning design, Where There’s Water, There’s Life, highlights the vital link between water, plants, people and nature...

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Dahlia Gardinetta® Velvet Crush wins the Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
 

Dahlia Gardinetta® Velvet Crush has been named Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live, winning grower Ball Horticulture and Allensmore Nurseries the hotly contested Peter Seabrook Award. BBC Gardeners’ World Live takes place at the NEC Birmingham until Sunday 15 June...

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Peter Beales Roses wins gold with wildlife-inspired display

Peter Beales Roses have been awarded a prestigious Gold Medal at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2025. This achievement marks their second Gold Medal of the year, following their celebrated success at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2025...

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British Garden Centres launches exclusive ‘Bountiful Pink’ with YPHA

British Garden Centres has announced the exclusive launch of ‘Bountiful Pink’ at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live. This exciting plant debut marks a significant milestone for both British Garden Centres and the Young People in Horticulture Association (YPHA) and will be available at both the show and selected BGC centres across the UK...

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Autumn Fair 2025 set to showcase the power of licensing

The UK’s largest B2B trade show for Home, Gift & Fashion, Autumn Fair, returns to the NEC Birmingham from 7–10 September 2025, facilitating fit-for-business partnerships by bringing 12,000+ buyers and over 800 stockists together to make connections that last...

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