To kick off the spring 2023 gardening season, Tesco has announced it will be the first supermarket retailer in the UK to sell all of its British-grown bedding plants in peat-free compost...

The 2023 GIMA Gala Awards dinner (19th October, Celtic Manor) may yet be seven months away but suppliers who want to be in the running to win one of the highly coveted awards need to start thinking about their 2023 entries...

The founders of BDP Imports Holdings Ltd (T/A Bramblecrest) have announced a recent development of the business’ ownership with the establishment of an Employee Ownership Trust...

Melcourt’s SylvaGrow Multi-Purpose 100% peat-free compost was recognised as a top performer and a Which? Best Buy in February...

Leading buying group Associated Independent Stores (AIS) has revealed the calendar for its industry-favourite INDX Furniture and Home trade shows...

Few hobbies provide the joy and satisfaction that comes naturally with gardening, but every time a new season gets under way, the promise of a manicured garden can be cruelly interrupted by a wave of plant pests and diseases wreaking havoc.

The Horticultural Trades Association and its members have long-awaited the publication of the Government’s draft Target Operating Model (TOM) describing our future border...

The UK’s leading marketplaces for wholesale home, gift and fashion, Spring & Autumn Fair have announced a dedicated Community Development team, headed up by Community Development Director Laura Rae, focused on developing relationships with buyers to improve their buying experience...

Directors at a Yorkshire garden centre group have invited a local MP to open their new garden centre later this month. MD Mark Farnsworth is looking forward to showing Morley and Outwood MP Andrea Jenkyns around the new Tingley Garden Centre..

Last month The Old Railway Line Garden Centre, located in Three Cocks between Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, donated a range of plants, seeds, seed potatoes and compost to the five local cluster primary schools...

The new Fortis range of cylinder lawnmowers from Cobra delivers advanced lawn mower technology to bring a convenient lawncare solution with incredible cutting precision...

The Royal Horticultural Society will kick off National Gardening Week 2023 on 1 May, for a week of gardening across the UK, in the lead up to the coronation of King Charles III...

La Hacienda – part of the AMES UK family of brands - comes into its own when it comes to cost-effective solutions with its extensive range of energy- efficient electric heaters.

In this issue:

• Hillier grows – Interview with Chris Francis,
• GCA Conference 2023 – Big, bold, sustainable and £100k raised for Greenfingers,
• GCA Winners – All the winners from the GCA Conference,
• PATS Sandown Show preview,
• BeefEater – LOFA Member profile,
• Beautiful stonework from The Patio Black Spot Company,
• GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Presentations at Spring Fair,
• Pictures from all The Greatest Christmas Award winning centres: Barton Grange, Rosebourne, The Old Railway Line, Pughs, Gates, Longacres, Gouldings, Alton, Groves, Meadowcroft, Brimsmore and Poundbury, British Garden Centres, Pengelly, Blue Diamond, Klondyke, Gordale, Silverbirch, Woodlands, Little Dobbies, Azure, Stratford    , Chessington, Chacewater, Coolings, Sapcote, Wentworth, Perrywood, Garsons Titchfield, Keydell, The Grange, Tingley, St Peters, Garden King, Fron Goch, Ellerker Lodge, Chepstow, Birkacre, Bennybeg,
• Thank you to the judges and sponsors of The Greatest Christmas Awards 2022,
• Encouraging signs for Spring – HTA Column,
• Cash is king – GIMA Column.