This week Jenny Douthwaite, Managing Director of Primeur and President of GIMA, takes five minutes out of her busy schedule to share her thoughts about the company, the industry and her gardening experiences...

Vitavia Greenhouses has posted its latest blog headlined ‘Aluminium eaves and falling leaves!’, giving gardeners timely reminders of the jobs that need doing around the garden and in the greenhouse this Autumn...

Brian Evans, who engineered the massive expansion of Wyevale garden centres to become the largest garden centre group in the 90's, has died aged 78...

Are you a Senior Manager with a broad range of business operations experience, including finance, people management, communication, marketing and operational administration? Do you have a passion for the horticultural industry? Are you able to build relationships with ease and bring people together? If so, the Garden Centre Association would love to hear from you...

Inside this issue:

• An understanding of stone – GTN Interviews the Meadow View Stone team
• Crystal ball gazing for 2030 – HTA Conference 2022
• Camden Garden Centre Photo Tour
• Tales from the shop floor – Mark Portman at Camden Garden Centre
• Rosey future at Mr Fothergills
• Celtic Spa’s – LOFA Member profile
• GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2022 – Nominate your teams now
• Serious about selling plants at Four Oaks
• Glee New Product Directory, Part 2
• Solex New Product Directory
• Change brings opportunity – GIMA Column
• Horticulture and government – ORHG Column

Dobbies Garden Centres is looking to spread the spirit of Christmas with its festive Not Your Average Community campaign, in partnership with Needlefresh...

Within the next few days, Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire will be generating almost half of its electricity from the sun. The family owned independent linked with two local organisations to help access a grant and then install 875 solar panels across its roof space, with the business switching to solar input from the beginning of October...

Family-owned chain, British Garden Centres, has been busy fundraising throughout their stores for the national Macmillan Coffee Morning which took place at the end of September. The garden centre group beat last year’s total and raised an impressive £8,814 from Friday 30th September and across the weekend...

LANDSCAPE Show 2022, which took place at the NEC Birmingham for a second year, has been hailed as a great success, providing an amazing opportunity to network and meet clientele...

Baroness Fookes, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Ornamental Horticulture, lead a parliamentary debate in the House of Lords on ‘Supporting the provision of careers in the horticultural sector and its role in protecting the environment’...

John Lewis click and collect orders can now be picked up from Dobbies, the UK's leading garden centre, as part of a new trial...

The Greenfingers Charity opened the new garden at St Oswald’s Hospice in Newcastle on October 12th; the development of which would not have been possible without the incredible funds and product donations from a wealth of generous supporters...

Dobbies is welcoming the start of the festive season with a special charity shopping night in aid of National Charity Partner, Teenage Cancer Trust. This is taking place across the UK on Thursday 24 November, 5-9pm, with tickets on sale now...

The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation support students studying Horticulture at UK colleges and universities. Working with the Blue Diamond group of garden centres based in the Channel Islands, the charity have scholarships available for students who can demonstrate their passion, interest  and potential in the horticultural industry...

Employees from garden furniture, grow your own and decorative garden structure specialist, Zest joined colleagues from parent company, the P&A Group to complete the grueling Tough Mudder challenge at Cholmondeley Castle. The team of six were raising money for the British Heart Foundation, Zest’s charity of the year for 2022.  

Haskins Garden Centre has donated £6,215 to its national charity of the year, Greenfingers Charity, to contribute towards the cost of supporting children and their families who require hospice services..

On Friday 14^th October the Old Railway Line Garden Centre, located in Three Cocks, held a Charity Quiz and Curry Night in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support...