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Henry Street Garden Centre joins Prosper Group
Prosper Garden Centre Buying Group is delighted to announce that Henry Street Garden Centre has joined its network of award-winning centres. This strategic move aligns with Prosper’s ongoing growth plan, which focuses on strengthening its membership with family-owned independent garden centres...
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'Future of garden centres is actually looking rosy'
Contrary to recent reports in the media of the decline of UK garden centres, leading specialist garden centre and horticultural chartered surveyor Simon Quinton Smith explains why he believes the future of garden centres is actually looking rosy.
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elho expands UK presence with nine new sales representatives
elho, has announced a strategic expansion of its UK sales force, reinforcing its commitment to growth and market development across the country...
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HTA and RHS host growers' peat-free workshop at Hillier Nurseries
The Horticultural Trades Association and the Royal Horticultural Society hosted a successful peat-free growing workshop at Hillier Nurseries in Hampshire. This event is part of a broader series aimed at supporting growers through the transition to peat-free practices...
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Blue Diamond acquires Harlestone Heath and Huntingdon Garden Centres from Dobbies
Blue Diamond has announced the acquisition of two Dobbies Garden Centres – Harlestone Heath and Huntingdon – a move that will push the company’s turnover to over £400 million, an industry first, no other garden centre group has achieved this milestone and therefore cementing its leadership in the garden centre industry...
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Greenfingers announces exciting garden developments
As 2025 gets fully underway, the team at the Greenfingers Charity are celebrating as work continues apace at four of its current garden projects – Acorns Children Hospice, Hope House, Chestnut Tree and Bluebell Wood...
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Transforming Acorns Hospice: LOFA's contribution to magical garden
Steve Millington, the Chairman of LOFA, made a visit to Acorns Hospice in Walsall this week. During his visit, he handed Linda Petrons, Director of Fundraising & Communications at Greenfingers and Toby Mobberley, Volunteers Manager at the hospice, a cheque for £6,500...
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RHS endorses environmentally friendly watering systems from AutoPot
AutoPot has announced that its wide range of our automatic plant watering systems has attained Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Endorsed status...
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Dobbies welcomes applications for community gardens initiative
Dobbies Garden Centres is welcoming applications for Dobbies Community Gardens, offering local schools, charities and community groups across the country the opportunity to receive support for their green spaces...
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Eco-friendly Italian plant pots to take root in the UK
A leading Italian manufacturer's eco-friendly plant pots and troughs available to garden retailers and growers through an exclusive UK distribution deal...
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30 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness in GTN February issue - read on-line here
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GTN February 2025. GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards Special issue:
- Christmas Greatness Awarded at Spring Fair
- Retailing at its best – GCA Conference Awards
- Forging ahead with UK Firepits
- Christmas through the eyes of a Greatest Awards judge
- Greatest Christmas Award Winners including: Birkacre, Gates, Brigg, Cook’s, Munro’s, Coolings, Monkton Elm, Pugh’s, Alton, Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Newquay, Harrogate, Webbs, Ruxley Manor, Polhill, Studley, Perrywood, Baytree, Notcutts Solihull, Wolesely Bridge, Albrighton, Glendoick, Garsons, Castle Gardens, Wentworth, Old Railway Line, Arcadia, Newbridge, Gouldings, Poundbury, Bents, Rivendell, Sanders and many more
- Moments of Christmas Brilliance
- 10 years at Greenfingers for Linda Petrons
- New Plants Galore at IPM Essen
- Politics doesn’t matter – EHG Column
- Focus for 2025 – HTA Column
- Adapting to changing climates – LOFA Column
- A year of reset and growth? – GIMA Column
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Grass Gains appoints Steve Harper as Managing Director
Grass Gains, the innovative lawncare brand transforming the UK gardening retail market, has announced the appointment of Steve Harper as its new Managing Director, effective April 1st, 2025...
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Yorkshire garden centre group appoints new board member
Neil Barwise-Carr, former Head of People and Culture at Yorkshire Garden Centres, has been promoted to the position of Director of People and Culture to lead a team of 573 people across seven sites...
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New Categories Announced for The RECOUP Awards 2025 - Submit Your Entries Now!
Entries are now open for The RECOUP Awards 2025, recognising outstanding achievements in plastics resource efficiency and recycling, contributing towards a more circular plastics value chain...
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Spring into RHS Gardens for £1 during National Lottery Open Week
The week of 15 to 23 March is the perfect time to enjoy the beauty of spring for just £1 at Royal Horticultural Society Gardens thanks to this year’s National Lottery Open Week...
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BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair is back at Beaulieu with a bumper crop of new highlights
Warm, sunny days have been ordered as the countdown begins to this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair. This annual celebration of seasonal gardening, growing, food and drink returns to Beaulieu, the New Forest home of the National Motor Museum, from 2-4 May 2025...
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RHS National Gardening Week dates announced
New and beginner gardeners are the focus for the Royal Horticultural Society’s National Gardening Week 2025, which this year takes place from 28 April to 4 May...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Shinfield Garden Centre reopens to huge crowds
Shinfield Garden Centre, now under British Garden Centres' ownership, reopened this weekend, with many shoppers visiting to see the changes and the new store. The refurbished centre and restaurant were busy with customers early on, with queues of people snaking around the car park wanting to shop for their gardens, cementing the site as a valuable addition to the local community...
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Dr D.G.Hessayon – the most successful gardening author of all time
Dr D.G.Hessayon, who died in January aged 96, will go down in history as the most successful gardening author of all time, despite never having appeared on TV or done a book signing...
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Work begins to complete the upgrade of Notcutts Woodbridge
Notcutts Woodbridge Garden Centre has commenced works that will see the transformation and modernisation of its indoor retail area. The project marks the third phase of redevelopment at Notcutts Woodbridge, creating a modern destination for customers to browse, shop and dine...
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SOLEX 2025: Stay on site with special hotel rates
In order to ensure that everyone can fully immerse themselves in the SOLEX Exhibition the organisers have secured Special Hotel Rates for Exhibitors & Visitors who wish to attend the exhibition and stay overnight on Monday 7th, Tuesday 8th or Wednesday 9th July...
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Honeyfield’s shares tips to help your customers support fledglings
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It’s officially the wild bird fledging period in the UK and these delicate young birds have special feeding needs. Honeyfield’s resident wild bird expert Simon Smethurst, who is head of sales at Honeyfield’s, is here to help. He has put together some tips and advice for retailers to share with customers, to help their precious garden fledglings thrive...
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