In the December 2022 Sustainability Directory Issue of GTN:

• Blue Diamond buy Van Hage – GTN Interview with CEO Alan Roper
• So much more than a chair – GTN visits LifestyleGarden
• Towards net-zero gardening with Southern Trident
• Ensuring a Peat Free Growing Media future – Glee TV supplier discussion
• Artisan brushes and brooms from Redecker
• Apsley Farms - Heating homes and feeding gardens
• New Sustainable Houseplant Products
• Saving the planet with Carbon Gold
• STV’s Sustainability Journey
• Plant a tree with LOFA in the Lake District
• GCA Westland Rising Stars – 13 Garden Centre Sustainability projects
• Lasting Sustainability at Squires
• GTN’s Sustainability Directory for 2023
• HTA Column – Finding inspiration in Scotland
• GIMA Column – Growth is still on the cards for 2023

Tong Garden Centre welcomed TV doctor, Dr Amir Khan, and a camera crew to the store, who filmed customers answering questions about visiting their GP...

Overall, garden centre sales in November 2022 were down -11% on November 2021 as the economic situation continues to plague consumers’ minds and the festive season may be adding to financial pressures, according to the HTA market update...

Well-respected garden centre manager Gavin Cooper died suddenly on Wednesday, 7 December...

Catering was the bestselling department at garden centres across the country for the second month in a row during November, according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report. Another good performing category was food sales via food hall and farm shops, which was up 2.84%...

Look out, look out, there’s jumpers about! Each year, the designated jumper-wearer gets to nominate future victims, er, we mean jumper wearers! This year, it will be up to Abigail Stocker to decide 2023’s Jumper Wearer, but who’s not willing to take the risk and will buy themselves immunity instead?

Members of the Garden Centre Association are being invited to put their marketing campaigns to the test as part of the organisation’s annual Worrall Cup competition...

2020 Worrall Cup winners, Squires Garden Centres.

Dobbies has begun the recruitment drive for its new store in Antrim. The retailer is inviting applications for the vital General Manager role, to lead the flagship store, which will be one of Dobbies’ biggest to-date...

Bee ecologist and founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust Dave Goulson will share his expertise on sustainability at the Garden Centre Association’s annual conference in Blackburn on January 22-25, 2023...

EP Barrus has donated a selection of Wilkinson Sword and WOLF-Garten tools to the Volunteer Gardening Team at St Michael’s Hospice in Hereford...

Since its launch, Perennial’s Naked Gardening Gardeners calendar has seen an impressive reaction from supporters, with the charity proudly announcing a second print run due to exceptional interest...

Perrywood Garden Centre in Tiptree gifted charity Abberton Rural Training seasonal planted baskets as a small thank you to each of the 20 volunteers who kindly give up their time to support this important charity...

Due to the ever-expanding growth of Burpee Europe, the team will be moving into their new premises next month, ready for a fresh start in their new home for 2023...

The Horticultural Trades Association, who represents members from across the entire horticultural sector supply chain in Scotland, has welcomed the publication of Scotland’s draft Biodiversity strategy and has pointed to the impact trees and plants will have in achieving targets...

Festive displays at Tong Garden Centre in Bradford have been named the best in the North East of England by the GCA for the sixth time...

Spring Fair, which returns to the NEC Birmingham NEC from 5-8 February 2023, has announced a new partnership with Theo Paphitis’s #SBS Small Business Sunday initiative providing winners with an even more dynamic and inspirational offering.

Dobbies is hosting two free workshops in January to encourage customers of all ages, across the country, to make a positive start to 2023...

GTN November 2022: GIMA Awards 2022 Roll of Honour Issue

• Dobbies Tewkesbury opens – GTN Interview with CEO Graeme Jenkins
• Judging is underway – GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards update
• A Greenfingers greeting from Woodmansterne
• GIMA Awards 2022 Roll of Honour
• Learning from each other on a HTA BIS Study Tour
• Choice Marketing celebrate 20 years, Vitavia – a ‘way of life
• Illumination Street 2022
• LOFA Column – Making a difference together
• HTA Column – Filling some big shoes!