It may have been a really damp and dreary start for members of the gardening industry at Chelsea yesterday but by the time the press and VIPS were asked to leave in advance of the Royal visit the sun was shining and there were smiles all round...
The specialist daffodil collection of Taylors Bulbs have worked their way through yet another nerve racking and tense build-up to strike gold again with a display of daffodil flowers at the Chelsea Flower Show...
Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres have clinched a record 70th Gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, securing the nursery’s status as the most successful exhibitor in the history of the 102-year-old show...
With all the media coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show this week, make sure you have a plant sales display that links into the prestigious event. And the best display could win a bottle of champagne courtesy of GTN Xtra...
The Potato Story, sponsored by Thompson & Morgan, a Great Pavilion exhibit without a single decorative bloom on show has charmed judges into awarding a Chelsea Gold Medal...
Allensmore Nurseries have developed a partnership with Blooms of Bressingham Plants to launch a superb range of high quality perennial plants to garden centres...
A Norfolk garden centre has undergone a £500,000 expansion to complete its position as the hub of a local food chain – now incorporating the growing, selling and cooking of home-grown produce...
Garden Centre and Catering Consultant Doug Stewart argues that the phrase “locally produced food” is just plain boring. He says it's much better to make your message more personal...
The Food & Catering Zone has become a ‘must-see’ feature at Glee, and to drive further content and catering inspiration this year Catering Design Group has signed up as exclusive partners of the popular feature...
The Royal Horticultural Society is calling on the nation to get Greening Grey Britain as it launched a new report at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show highlighting an alarming trend of the UK paving over its front gardens and not growing any plants in them.
Leading garden center retailer Homebase and Harkness Roses were joined by Macmillan ambassador and classical crossover singer Camilla Kerslake, to launch a brand new variety of rose in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support...
Healthy Living and the need for tasty vegetables, fruit and edible flowers in the diet of school children are this year’s themes for the Miracle-Gro’wers Learning Journey stand GPJ/9 at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show...
Thompson & Morgan stepped in to help Fernando Gonzalez Garden Design when UK stocks of Digitalis ‘Illumination Apricot’ failed to flower in time for display in the Pure Land Foundation Garden at Chelsea. They tracked down plants in perfect bloom at the Plantinova nursery outside Barcelona, Spain, more than 1,500km from their Ipswich HQ...
The May Day Bank Holiday proved to be a second bumper Bank Holiday Monday for 2015, according to EPoS data supplied by garden centres for GTN Bestsellers...
Five hundred new homes could be built in Horncastle in one of the biggest development projects in the town’s history, which would include the relocation of Crowders Garden Centre to a new site and much larger premises...
The owner of a garden centre involved in a dispute with council planners says the business is in crisis. Rob Scott claims a decision by Wokingham Borough Council to start enforcement action against Hare Hatch Sheeplands is “vindictive and draconian”.
Garden lighting sales have powered ahead of the rest of lines in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Product charts. With 10 lines in the Top 50 this week, lights make up 35% of the total chart volume as opposed to 29% in 2014...
Veg planting is helping to drive up growing media sales with three very specific veg growing media products featuring in the Top 10. Scotts Levington Gro-bags, the Levington Tomorite planter and Westland’s Gro-sure vegetable compost have all had good sales weeks...
