Garden centres have a duty to display plants during the winter even if it means moving them to an undercover area. That's the view of award-winning stores like Altons and Groves, who believe it would be a mistake to de-stock completely...
Wyevale Garden Centres has strengthened its trading division with the addition of Martin Bitmead (pictured) as Head of Store Format and Design and Patrick O’Connor as Head of Visual Merchandising. Bitmead joins from B&Q while O'Connor moves from Marks & Spencer...
Wyevale Garden Centres has appointed London advertising agency Now to handle its national rebrand following its decision to change names from The Garden Centre Group...
Capital Gardens are holding a grand closing down sale at Morden Hall Garden Centre in anticipation of the store being taken over by the National Trust...
The sale is being advertised on the Capital Gardens website.
Gardenex will be hosting a two-hour session of 'Meet the International Buyer' meetings on the first two days of Glee. This will allow UK suppliers to apply for short introductory meetings with a few selected international buyers at the International Buyers’ Centre.
Celebrating colour has been the theme of the Ball Colegrave open days during the past three weeks with containing planting also at the forefront of their displays...
Nordic Garden Buildings, whose products include the nation’s first ever uPVC double glazed greenhouse, has launched a consumer facing campaign to educate the UK about the benefits of uPVC double glazed garden buildings...
Fleuroselect, the international organisation for the ornamental plants industry, has announced that the FleuroStar Award 2014/15 goes to Canna generalis Cannova Bronze Scarlet F1, created by Takii...
The hydrangea has been named as HTA’s Plant of the Month for August and these big, long lasting summer blooms are being championed by one of Britain’s most successful recording artists, Katie Melua...
Seed potatoes for Christmas continue to fill the top 5 places in the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart, but elsewhere in the Top 50, packets of seed are making a return, particularly where instant growing is needed...
Weber take their barbecuing expertise to petrol heads and music enthusiasts at one of the UK's most sought after festivals, CarFest North and CarFest South this August...
The 2015 Direct Container Catalogue from Gardeco Ltd is now available. This 90-page edition includes 19 pages worth of garden furniture for 2015 delivery...
Stewart Garden has named the top 10 schools in the Stewart Garden Schools Campaign with Pippa Greenwood 2014. The schools are competing for a prize of £1,100.