Nurturing homegrown vegetables and fruit and giving them the best possible start is set to be easier than ever with the launch of the all-new 100% organic and natural Vegetable & Fruit Topsoil – a rich blend of topsoil and soil improver - from the experts at The Real Soil Company...

Corby + Fellas have announced that Hollybush Garden Centre in Cannock has implemented their comprehensive and powerful WinRetail Stock Control and Retail Management System...

LOFA has announced that after a two-year covid induced absence SOLEX (The Summer Outdoor Living Exhibition) space has sold out, and there is already an exhibitor waiting list for 2023...

Castle Gardens in Sherborne, Dorset has put plans in place to dramatically reduce its mains water consumption, connecting a brand new 50,000-litre rainwater harvesting tank to an underground Victorian brick-lined well and plumbing system...

Will Armitage, Jackie Eades and Conna Powles have launched Mulch. Ltd, a company formed to carefully curate a range of high quality, performance led and sensibly sourced gardening products...

Nottingham-based Lava-Lite has been named one of the most exciting new businesses in the region after being shortlisted as part of a new awards programme...

North Hill Nurseries in Chobham hosted their local MP and Secretary of State for Levelling Up and Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, this week for a visit that brought to life a range of current issues being faced by horticultural businesses across the country...

Perrywood Garden Centre chose 'Plant Hope' as their in store theme this year. They recognise that we are all becoming much more conscious of the importance of protecting our environment, and aim to help customers find little ways to shop and garden more sustainably to help change for a better future...

Dobbies will be planting 500 trees and 100 metres of hedgerows across the UK, as part of its partnership with The Tree Council, formed in celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee...

The return of spoga+gafa in Cologne on its new dates of 19-21 June, when sustainability will be a key theme, is producing a high level of interest internationally from both exhibitors and visitors...

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has awarded the first accreditations under Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL)’s Compost Certification Scheme (CCS)...

The Eden Project is once again at the Cornwall Garden Society’s annual Spring Flower Show, taking place at the Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, this weekend after a two-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic...

The HTA Ornamentals Technical Committee (OTC) met for the first time this week at Horticulture House. An intensive agenda and active participation by committee members generated immediate gains...

This year Smiemans will build a 7,250 m² garden centre in Reykjavík. The international architectural firm PK Arkitektar has designed this mega project. The large shop windows, the green roof, the vertical wooden blinds and the architectural facade with continuous canopies give the garden centre the biophilic look that suits the company...

GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Special Issue - 36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness.

In this issue:

• Peter Seabrook “Mr Gardening”.
• A record year for Choice Marketing.
• Thinking outside of the box 4 – Pughs Garden Kitchen.
• GCA Awards for 2021. Cultivation Street 2022.
• GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards. 
  Christmas at: Altons, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Bents, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Cherry Lane Podington, Downtown, Fron Goch, Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Hillmount Cheshire, Little Dobbies Richmond, Millbrook Gravesend, Newquay Garden Centre, Pengelly, Planters, Pughs, Rosebourne, Sapcote Garden Centre, Silverbirch, Squires Badshot Lea, The Old Railway Line, Webbs of Wychbold, Woodlands, Kent.
• The Greatest Christmas Awards judges and sponsors.
• BBQ Gourmet – LOFA Member Profile.
• HTA Column – Christmas is here to stay.
• Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022-What are your plans for the Big Day?