The HTA has announced that the National Plant Show will be back, bigger and better than ever in 2022. The show will run from Tuesday 21 to Wednesday 22 June at NAEC Stoneleigh...

There is great anticipation in the garden retail sector for the long-awaited return of Glee (14^th – 16^th September 2021, NEC Birmingham) as an in-person event; with suppliers and retailers set to reconnect and create new opportunities at this year’s show. Building on this excitement, the Glee team has confirmed that the 2022 event will move to a new date in order to meet the ever-developing needs of the garden retail sector. As a result, Glee 2022 will take place June 28^th – 30^th...

The SOLEX Brochure and Floor Plan will remain on the SOLEX website so you can always re visit if you want to re connect with any of exhibitors or find out what’s on offer next season...

Following the success of Glee at the Yard in September last year,  Woodlodge’s showroom will open its doors once again to welcome customers and launch the company’s brand new 2022 product offering...

bio-bean Limited, a Certified B Corp and manufacturer of Coffee Logs, has been named a Best for the World B Corp in recognition of its exemplary performance beyond commercial metrics...

Southern Trident is celebrating yet another success for its quality coir composts. Two of the company’s Coco & Coir™ products have outshone the competition in plant growth trials...

A Suffolk-based horticulture star who designed a unique edible garden at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival has recreated the project at local garden centre, Perrywood, Sudbury...

The arrival of summer brings with it warmer days, lighter nights, and the opportunity to get outside and embrace all that nature has to offer. Adding plants to outdoor spaces is a great way to create a bright summertime haven and cleanse spaces of the dull, cold winter months that have passed...

The latest market information suggests the beginning of a new normal, with garden centre sales for June 2021 down just 3% from June 2020, when sales rocketed due to the national lockdown. This is  up 40% from June 2019, pre-pandemic, so it appears the high demand is here to stay...

While we were not able to physically peruse the New Product Showcase at SOLEX 2021, the Solex Sun and GTN team have been looking through all of the on-line "exhibitor" entries and this is our selection of New Products that have taken our eye...

Napoleon Grills, the internationally renowned barbecue and outdoor kitchen specialist, is set to host an all-star chef line up on the Kitchen Stage at CarFest North & CarFest South 2021...

Children at two schools in Surrey have been learning to grow their own thanks to a vegetable planter pack from Squire’s Garden Centres...

As there will now be a break with no live football on TV until Sunday, it's coming home, how about gorging yourself on a smörgåsbord board of SOLEX videos.  Here's the SOLEX SUN video showreel...

Nicholas Marshall is back - with aspirations to open many new plant centres.

In this issue of news and information for garden centre professionals:

• Solex Online - “exhibitors preview”
• Marshall is back… again
• Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 raises £75,000
• New Products - Glee style
• Glee Buyers Power List - nominate your top buyers
• GIMA Golf Day - full results and pictures
• Hillier Heritage at Syon Park - GTN Photo Tour
• Signs of the times at Thetford - GTN Photo Tour
• Jam on top at BGC Bressingham - GTN Photo Tour
• HTA Column – 20/20 Vision… so last year.