Do you want to transport your customers to those warm summer nights where time is spent in the garden curled up on outdoor sofas, firepits roaring, and laughter coming from all sides? Or, perhaps your customers dream of a luscious green lawn marked on each side by stunning flowerbeds full of bright blooms? With the all-new retail theatre merchandising displays from La Hacienda, both are possible.

As Silver supporters of the Greenfingers Charity, Meadow View Stone welcomes the opportunity of collaborating with fellow suppliers to raise funds for this inspirational cause. So, when Kate Ebbens asked the business to sponsor her for running 365 days consecutively to raise funds – how could they refuse!

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 month of her challenge has gone. Kate is hoping to raise as much as £10,000 in 365 days...

Boost your sales opportunities on selected products each month from Webb Garden Power, The Handy and Greenworks Tools...

STV are reporting a huge uptake on their innovative new Development Deals which offer unbeatable cost prices and generous profit margins on key volume lines, as well as providing in-store merchandising completely free of charge...

The funeral of former GIMA President Peter Field, who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 81, will take place at The Arun Crematorium, at 12.00 noon on Wednesday, 31st January.

The teams at GIMA and the Greenfingers Charity are sad to learn of the passing of Peter Field, a man whose passion and dedication helped to shape both organisations...

Attendees at the Garden Centre Association conference in the Cotswolds will see two new awards added to the roster this year. The Ian Boardman Indoor Plant Award and the Food Hall/Farm Shop Award will be presented to the best Destination Garden Centre (DGC) and Garden Centre (GC) in both categories.

The Garden Centre Association has secured a plethora of sponsors for its 55th conference taking place next week, including joint headline sponsorship from Evergreen Garden Care and Westland Horticulture...

Members of the Garden Centre Association have chosen to support three charities at the organisation’s annual conference this year – Greenfingers, Perennial and The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation...

The Most Jumperful Time of Year – where two brave souls don festive jumpers throughout the month of December – has now come to an end, and this year’s wearers are pleased to report that more than £7,000 has been raised for the Greenfingers Charity...

With less than three weeks to go, HTA members are encouraged to book their free place at an exclusive event held at Fera’s Plant Health laboratory in York on Wednesday, 14 February, for a day of peer-to-peer networking and updates on vital topics surrounding plant health...

Southern Trident’s Coco & Coir All Purpose Compost has been awarded with a prestigious "Which? Garden" Best Buy recognition for its performance in growing seeds and nurturing young plants...

The Horticultural Trades Association has officially released its Environmental Horticulture Manifesto, outlining ten key priorities for a future UK Government...

The 2024 GCA conference got off to a peat-free start with around 60 delegates getting a behind-the-scenes tour of Melcourt’s site in Tetbury, followed by a brewery tour and a Charity Quiz Night which was won by the Cabbages (suppliers), beating the Pansies (garden centres) for the second year running..

The Garden Centre Association voted at its AGM today to add a third tier garden centre category for members and to reduce its regions to four...

Due to the amazingly high standards set and the huge number of customer votes received, 18,919 to be precise, it has taken longer than usual for the judges of GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards to decide on their winners and for the votes to be ratified.

We are now pleased to announce the finalists in each awards category, plus the Top 30 centres in the ultimate customer vote for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team.

We will be announcing the winners and presenting the awards on the Inspiring Retail Stage at Spring Fair in Hall 2 on Monday 5th February at 5:00pm, where we’ll also have some drinks and snacks available for all those who can join us for our celebration of all that’s great about garden centre Christmas retailing...

Westland Horticulture has launched the Resolva 2024 Win-A-Car promotion, arriving in garden centres across the UK and Ireland in Spring 2024. The top prize is a new electric Mini, worth £32,500...

Bents Garden & Home have teamed up with the Church-run Food Pantries scheme in Wigan, providing the network of outlets with surplus and short dated food from its dining destinations and Food Hall, which would otherwise go to waste. 

Greenwood Plants, a UK wholesale nursery has been awarded the title of International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) 2024 by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH)...

Colin Fernandes, Trial Site Coordinator for Marginpar, Kenya, received the Young International Grower of the Year Award at an International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) awards ceremony held on Tuesday 23 January 2024 in Essen, Germany...

The next spoga+gafa is being staged from 16 to 18 June 2024 - under the key theme "Responsible Gardens". Together with the green industry, the leading trade fair will place the centre of attention on the different levels of responsible behaviour in and around private green spaces from the points of view of the manufacturers, suppliers and consumers...

GTN December 2023 - January 2024 - Sustainability Directory Issue with 36 pages of sustainability news, features, ideas and directory listings plus much more.

• Handing over the GCA baton. GTN Interviews Tammy Woodhouse.
• Get ready for Glee in September 2024
• Finalists and voted for contenders in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards
• GTN’s Sustainability Directory 2024
• The last bag of Miracle-Gro peat compost
• Sustainability News
• Responsible Sourcing Scheme update
• GIMA Awards Sustainability Champions
• GCA Westland Rising Stars Sustainability projects for 2023
• Ecoveritas and EPR compliance
• LifestyleGarden makes a world of difference
• Sustainable feeding from Westland Peckish
• A more sustainable supply of houseplants from Horti House
• Timber displays the full potential
• Strengthening natural defences with Waspinator and SuperNinja
• GTN’s sustainability Directory listings for 2024
• Embracing sustainability - LOFA Column
• Environmental milestones - HTA Column
• Spring Fair Preview