It’s fair to say that the DCUK brand has gone from strength to strength. Brand advertising and regular emails (sent to a passionate fanbase of collectors) has seen incredible levels of interest...

Firmans are looking for experienced sales agents to help promote the growth and expansion of their brand to garden centres and independent retailers across the UK.

Greenfingers Charity supporter, Kate Ebbens, who has vowed to spend her 2024 running every single day with the aim of raising thousands for the children’s hospice garden charity, reports on how the first two months of her challenge has gone. Kate is hoping to raise as much as £10,000 in 366 days...

Janet Tarbatt, wife of Edward, of East Bridgford Garden Centre finally lost her long battle with cancer on Wednesday 7th. February, aged 63. The Tarbatt family has extended a welcome to attend Janet's funeral on Monday, 19th February at Southwell Minister at 11am followed by a celebration of her life at Norwood Park. 

LOFA, the Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association, has announced two new appointments to its board of directors. Steve Millington has been voted in as the new Chairman, and Alwyn Williams as the new Vice Chair...

Leon Boots director Kevin Burgess is celebrating 40 years cancer free after he was diagnosed with cancer as a teenager. He is putting himself through his paces training to run the London Landmarks Half Marathon in his wellies to raise vital funds and awareness for a charity close to his heart...

Dobbies has appointed Andy Hannan as Commercial Director. Andy has previously held senior commercial roles at retailers such as Homebase, Halfords, Jessops and Argos...

David Hedges-Gower, chairman of the Lawn Association and a renowned authority on sustainable lawn care, has made a passionate appeal for a nationwide ban on all pesticides used in lawn maintenance...

Linda Petrons, Director of Fundraising & Communications at Greenfingers, provides an update on those gardens that are currently underway across the country..

A leading UK commercial grower that sponsored the Garden Centre Association’s Ruxley Rose Award – presented at the body’ annual conference – has revealed what makes a winning plant area...

Members of the Garden Centre Association have raised more than £44,000 for three different charities at the organisation’s annual conference this year...

When Haydon Walters from British Garden Centres’ Thatcham Garden Centre was crowned the winner of 2023’s Westland Horticulture sponsored Rising Stars recently applications also opened for this year’s programme too...

Hallstone, a leading manufacturer of premium topsoil products for the building and landscaping trades, has celebrated the sale of its 500,000th bulk bag...

There is a new name emerging for garden furniture, Fern Living, an exciting new brand by British Garden Centres, the UK’s largest family-run garden centre group...

Spring Fair, the UK’s largest and most inspirational retail marketplace for Home, Gift and Fashion, closed on a high after four days of intensive buying, creativity and fun, and now looks ahead to its 75th anniversary in 2025...

Dame Zandra Rhodes on the future of fashion.

Still quite new to the UK market is Merry People, offering a range of waterproof ‘Chelsea’ type boots for gardeners, dog walkers and anyone who likes splashing around in puddles...

Sian Newman, formally of Reliefprint Press Cards, has launched her own company, Silver Birch Cards...

Willsow, which has had a runaway hit with its plantable books, is working on a calendar with seeds to sow each month throughout 2025..