GrowNation (grownation.co.uk) is a new marketplace platform built to support the industry and make online sales a reality for all. Listing products on the platform couldn't be easier, with payment, order management, customer messaging and more built-in and ready to go...
To help connect growers with the public, the HTA has launched the ‘Plants Near Me’ webpage – plantsnearme.hta.org.uk, allowing the public to find local growers and garden centres that are offering home delivery...
Following the success of #floralthursday at Glee last year, last Friday, 3rd April 2020, saw the start of a new social media campaign, #floralfriday which aims to support the gardening industry and its favourite charity, Greenfingers...
The Scottish horticulture industry have come together to create a message of hope for all that are suffering and Royal Flora Holland have launched a pan-european campaign consumer campaign ‘Let hope bloom’...
John Stanley (international garden centre consultant) and Sid Raisch (USA garden centre consultant) have joined forces to present two zoom workshops to provide ideas and suggestions from around the world in these challenging times...
The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) has stepped in to defend DIY, housewares and garden suppliers from the actions of multiple retailers seeking to impose extended trading terms in these exceedingly challenging times...
If you want to keep your staff up to date with what's happening in the industry during the lockdown how about adding a link to the GTN Xtra weekly e-mail newsletter into your staff communications...
As we approach trading times that are uncertain now is a good time to access information that could help with managing sales and expectations during what could be a slow Spring.
Over the coming weeks we’ll be keeping GTN Bestsellers subscribers as informed as possible about what sold when during March, April and May of 2018 and 2013, when we also had slow starts to the season.
Take out a subscription this week and we'll donate money to Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day too...
LifestyleGarden® has taken steps to ensure that stock of its leading product portfolio is readily available to its customers including those set-up with transactional webstores, in a bid to meet consumer demand during the nationwide lockdown...
The Pet Industry Federation (PIF) announced last week that Petindex, which includes the British Dog Grooming Championship and the PIF Awards, has been postponed...
One of the world’s leading clinical rehabilitation centres for the armed forces is set to see its Horticultural Therapy programme grow with the support of Vitax...
Fiskars, one of the UK’s leading gardening tool brands, has been given a prestigious BBC Gardeners’ World ‘Best Buy Award’ for its PowerGear™ X Pruner M Bypass PX92...
The house sparrow remained at the top of the Big Garden Birdwatch rankings at the most commonly seen garden birds with more than 1.3 million recorded sightings throughout the weekend. Starling held down the second spot once more, with the blue tit completing the top three...
Thanks to help from suppliers and licence authorities Garden Radio charges have been put on hold from Tuesday 24th March 2020 when the lockdown started...
TV gardening personality, David Domoney, has recently been confirmed as the Greenfingers Charity’s newest Patron. The role will see David support the charity’s work in building magical and therapeutic gardens for life-limited children in hospices across the country...
After trading through the first week of the emergency lockdown Cherry Lane Garden Centres have now closed. Plants Galore in Exeter, after being served with a prohibition notice, have been allowed to carry on selling hardware and pet products but not plants...
The ornamental horticultural industry is facing a crisis point which will severely impact the availability of British grown seasonal plants and flowers.
Due to the plunge in demand following the UK shut down, the value of lost plant sales in the UK will be £687 million by the end of June and if it continues £1.2 billion by the end of December.
The perishability and seasonality of plants means that the sector potentially faces total stock write off unlike that of any other industry...