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Zest adds to its modular outdoor entertaining collection
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Following the outstanding success of Zest’s outdoor entertaining collection during the 2024/25 season, the timber garden furniture and outdoor leisure specialist is returning to Solex to unveil a host of additional ‘al fresco’ products (stand number #650) to extend the range...
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Attract wild birds with plenty of water sources, says Honeyfield’s
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As the hot summer continues Honeyfield’s resident wild bird expert Simon Smethurst, who is head of sales at Honeyfield’s, is sharing tips for your wild bird-loving customers on how the provision of plenty of water sources, as well as food, should attract even more birds to the garden...
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Sipcam Home & Garden expand sales team
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Sipcam Home & Garden are welcoming Andy Harding, Araminta Baylis, and Mike Mills to its growing sales team, bolstering coverage across the south of England...
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Meadow View Stone’s Glee launches deliver results
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Meadow View Stone is seeing exceptional momentum in the garden centre sector, with their standout Glee 2024 product launches rapidly turning into bestsellers. Less than a year on, the response from the trade has been decisive- with strong reorder rates proving that demand isn’t just hype...
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GCA opens up sponsorship for 2026 annual conference
The Garden Centre Association is seeking potential sponsors both big and small for its annual conference taking place from January 25-28 next year...
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Loyal Dobbies staff member celebrates 49 years’ service

Alex Dickson of Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, will next month celebrate an incredible 49 years’ service at Dobbies...
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Pleydell Smithyman unveils new website

With a growing team and fresh energy, Pleydell Smithyman – specialists in design and business consultancy for garden centres, farm shops, and rural enterprises –have unveiled a brand-new website to reflect their evolving vision...
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GCA announces regional award meetings with additional coach option from Midlands & West
The Garden Centre Association has revealed the dates for its summer regional award meetings when members find out who has come top in its 2025 annual inspections....
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Goulding’s supports BBC DIY SOS show

Goulding’s Garden Centre has supported a ‘Big Build’ project in Glasgow for the BBC DIY SOS team, with the show scheduled to be aired later this year or early 2026...
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HTA response to the publication of the UK’s Trade Strategy
Following the publiciation of the UK’s Trade Strategy this week, Jennifer Pheasey, Director of Public Affairs, from the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), commented: “The sooner the UK can progress this trade strategy, the sooner businesses can benefit..."
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Get set for Autumn with Kent & Stowe's exclusive offers

Kent & Stowe, renowned for its high-quality gardening tools that help gardeners achieve extraordinary results, is excited to launch a range of enticing autumn promotions designed to support garden centre retailers in driving footfall and increasing basket spend...
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Poole’s Chestnut Nursery celebrates record success

Chestnut Nursery, Poole’s ‘plant paradise’ for shoppers, is celebrating a phenomenal 150% rise in salessince the site was transformed by a state-of-the-art redevelopment in 2019...
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Crocus welcomes MP to its nursery and head office

Crocus welcomed Dr Al Pinkerton, MP for Surrey Heath, to its nursery and head office to discuss three main sections of the horticultural industry – retail and online retail, wholesale nurseries and the landscaping industry...
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Autumn Fair welcomes wave of first-time exhibitors
Autumn Fair, the UK’s largest B2B retail trade show for Home, Gift & Fashion of the season taking place at the NEC Birmingham from 7–10 September 2025, has unveiled a stellar line-up of first-time exhibitors, each bringing fresh energy, creativity, and innovation to the UK’s leading marketplace for home, gift, fashion, and lifestyle...
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elho hosts Prosper Garden Centre Buying Group at its industry-leading sustainable facility

The UK sales team from sustainable plant pot innovator elho welcomed members of the Prosper Buying Group to its cutting-edge headquarters in Tilburg, the Netherlands, for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of one of Europe’s most sustainable and circular distribution centres, production facilities and offices...
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Handy returns to Glee 2025, showcasing its own brand Webb

Among the headline returns to Glee 2025 is Handy, the force behind the beloved garden machinery Webb and Webb Eco brands. With a clear strategy and fresh energy, Handy is making a confident comeback to Glee after taking a break from the event — and they’re doing so with purpo..
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Horticultural experts put trade, skills, and sustainability on the agenda in Europe
Members of the Horticultural Trades Association attended this year’s European Nurserystock Association (ENA) summer meeting in the Czech Republic with renewed optimism, following the recent announcement outlining a new Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) trade agreement between the UK and Europe...
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spoga+gafa 2025 shows what direction the market is moving in
spoga+gafa 2025 demonstrated how strongly the significance of the outdoor section is changing and how it will influence the market in future...
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Seedball offers eco-conscious retailers a smart solution for sustainable gardening
As demand grows for environmentally responsible products, Seedball is encouraging garden centres and horticultural retailers to future-proof their shelves with ethical, high-impact alternatives...
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The best of last week's
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Blue Diamond in exclusive talks to buy Barton Grange Garden Centre
Peter and Guy Topping, the current generation at the helm of The Barton Grange Group, are preparing to retire from the horticultural industry. In planning for the future, they are in exclusive discussions with Blue Diamond—the UK’s largest garden centre group—regarding the potential sale of Barton Grange Garden Centre...
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Dobbies relaunches third store as part of national refurbishment programme
Dobbies Garden Centre in Hungerford has celebrated a relaunch, as part of the garden centre’s nationwide store refurbishment programme. This is the third in the group's extensive programme of investment across its store estate...
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Simpsons Garden Centre expands with Christies acquisition
Inverness-based Simpsons has acquired Christies Garden Centre in Fochabers, Moray. The new acquisition establishes a group of Simpsons centres across the North-East corridor from Inverness to Aberdeenshire. Christies' 48 employees will transfer to Simpsons...
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Henry Bell celebrates landmark anniversary
There are celebrations in the air as Henry Bell & Co marks its 200th anniversary. Established in Grantham, Lincolnshire, back in 1825, first as a grain mill, then a supplier of seeds and fertilisers, and a trader of cereals and pulses for local farmers, it has grown to become a market leader in the animal and pet food industry...
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RocketGro delivers where other suppliers can’t
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The gardening sector is awash with promises of great stock availability and fast fulfilment, but not all brands are able to keep up with demand. You’ll find no such broken promises with RocketGro, as the game-changing peat-free brand has safeguarded supply and maintained stock levels to help retailers maximise opportunities this season...
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Altico’s Virtue Collection continues to lead the market
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Altico Garden Products celebrates the ongoing success of its Virtue Water Feature range, now entering its second year. With five times as much stock than in 2024, the collection has consistently sold out, cementing its position as the top choice in water feature's for UK garden centres.
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