Choice Marketing has announced the addition of another new garden centre to the Group – Bay View Garden Centre in Carnforth. This is hot on the heels of Bow Garden & Aquatic Centre, of Crediton, and Cardwell Garden Centre, of Gourock, who both joined earlier this year. This brings the number of centres within Choice Marketing to 48 and a total group retail turnover in excess of £170m. 

The Garden Centre Association has revealed the dates for its summer regional award meetings when members will find out who has come top in its annual inspections for 2023...

Squire’s Garden Centres has announced a number of significant changes in its bid to reduce its carbon footprint and drive to be increasingly more sustainable...

As the industry gears up for the festival of garden, leisure and pet – Glee 2023 – the team at AMES UK is busy making final preparations for what is set to a shining showcase for all things outdoor...

British garden equipment manufacturer Handy is delighted to announce it has been presented with 2023 Best Buy status by BBC Gardeners’ World magazine for two of its products in its Greenworks and Webb lawnmower ranges: the Greenworks 24V Cordless Lawnmower and the Webb ‘Autoset’ Sidewheel Lawnmower...

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company has donated over £12,000 worth of impulse and flowering plants to the Schools Garden Challenge, taking place next at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival...

Mark Whalley made an incredible 700-mile round trip from the West Midlands just to buy a gas barbecue from a Scots garden centre.

GARDENA has announced its return to RHS Chelsea Flower Show for 2023 with a sustainable ‘Greenest Garden’ brand trade stand, a big part of GARDENA’s ReTh!nk campaign.

The team at Wyevale Nurseries is celebrating after being awarded a Plant Healthy Certificate for its high biosecurity standards for the third year running...

RocketGro is now the exclusive provider of compost to River Cottage HQ, supplying Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s famous smallholding with its organic, peat-free growing media for use in the iconic Kitchen Garden and across the site...

Dobbies has announced its national Helping Your Community Grow winner, seeing Nest Nurseries Garden Project receive gardening products, advice, and support to enhance their outside space...

Hosted on the second day of LANDSCAPE – The Industry Trade Show, the Discovery Day aims to promote different career paths in the industry and to give those just starting out an insight into the opportunities available and to ask questions to those who have done it all before...

Party for Perennial was held at Core Bar, near St Paul's Cathedral, in London, with many guests pledging to support the charity further by taking part in the NUTS and Firewalk challenges later in the year, providing auction and raffle prizes for future events and booking a table at the 185^th Anniversary dinner in 2024...

The 2023 winners of the coveted Gift Of The Year Awards were announced at a prestigious awards ceremony in the heart of London. The eyes of the retail world eagerly awaited the results as the winners often go on to become bestsellers, especially in the lead up to Christmas...

GTN April 2023. In this issue:

• Fountasia – First to market designs
• Perrywood Profile – Interview with Simon Bourne
• Green Solutions – Making the crossing from Europe easy
• Tramontina – LOFA Member Profile
• Solex 2023 – A celebration of summer
• Gardening in the sun – GTN visits a Spanish garden centre
• Garden Re-Leaf Day 2023 – over £70,00 raised and counting
• March and Easter Garden Centre Sales – GTN Bestellers Analysis
• British Plants – Retailers securing their supplies
• What’s New for Pets – News from PATS Sandown
• Looking for clarity – HTA Column
• New salvias and retired roses – GTN’s Planteria column
• Packed schedule for GIMA – GIMA Column