Germany swung the vote in Brussels today so that a new five year licence could be granted for glyphosate just 19 days before the existing one was due to expire...
The new CEO of Bunnings and Homebase parent company Wesfarmers has confessed to shareholders that the company had made a mistake by changing the Homebase management team and product ranges too quickly when it took over the UK chain last year...
November is more than making up for a disappointing October. After three weeks the GTN Bestsellers Plant Sales volume index is up 23% for the month year on year...
Houseplants have seen a resurgence within the younger generation according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report for October. Compared to the same month last year (2016), sales were up 14.27%...
This year sees more garden centres opening their Grottos for Santa Paws events, particularly on weekdays early in the season and GTN Xtra's Trevor and Karen Pfeiffer took their Doodles to see Santa at Frosts Woburn Sands to test the experience...
The Gardens Group is offering customers who buy their Christmas trees from Brimsmore Gardens in Yeovil, Castle Gardens in Sherborne and Poundbury Gardens near Dorchester a free Christmas tree collection service throughout January...
Over 60 varieties will be introduced in Thompson & Morgan’s 2019 seed range – a significant number are from the company's own renowned breeding programme headed by Charles Valin...
No, your eyes are not deceiving you – the first snow of the winter hasn’t fallen on low ground yet. But this eye-catching display at Brookfields Garden Centre, north of Nottingham, is certainly making people stand up and take notice...
The response to Glee at Spring Fair 2018 has been incredibly positive, says event director Matthew Mein. "Garden centre retailers have been telling the Glee team that with shorter ordering patterns the introduction of Glee in February will be a welcome addition to the buying cycle," he said...
Festive displays at Tong Garden Centre in Bradford have been named the best in the North East of England by a trade association for the second year running...
Following the announcement in September of the partnership agreement between SBM Company and Valagro, the first delivery of the Maxicrop brand of organic seaweed based fertilisers has arrived at SBM Life Science’s Shrewsbury warehouse...
Johnsons of Whixley, a family-run plant nursery based in North Yorkshire, has grown and supplied more than 2.5 million trees during the last 12 months, placing it as one of the UK’s biggest net contributors to the nation’s tree population...
Klondyke Garden Centres report that their 2017 Group National Managers Conference was once again a great success, with lots of positive feedback from the event and managers taking away some valuable insights from the day...
Feeding houseplants for home decoration, functional garden lighting and pots for cuttings are key themes in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products Chart this week...
Former UK Ambassador Charles Crawford has been announced as the first speaker booked for the Garden Centre Association’s 52nd annual conference in Warwickshire in January...
Another week of high volume sales sees the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 index beat the peak sales weeks of Christmas 2014 and 2015 and come within 1% of the peak week last year...
The new collection of Plantpak Indoor and outdoor gardening products was launched in time to make the perfect Christmas gifts for gardeners this year...
Wooff woof! Yes it’s me, your industrious (and occasionally industrial) Newshound reporting for duty. You’ll be wondering if I found much to set the tail wagging at this week’s gathering of the supply chain at Fortress Wyevale. Read on...
Two garden centres who use live reindeers in their Christmas attractions have defended themselves against accusations of cruelty from animal rights activists over the past week...
Castle Gardens have won the GCA Christmas competition for Best Garden Centre for the eighth successive year and Bents (above) have been awarded Best Christmas Destination Garden Centre in the UK...
