A garden centre facing the prospect of having to tear down a £1 million extension following planning permission issues has urged its local council to help find a sensible solution to the matter. Members of Barrow Borough Council’s planning committee voted unanimously this week to issue an enforcement notice for the building at Charnley's Home and Garden in Cumbria to be demolished.
A week after gaining permission for expansion at their Wimborne Centre, Stewarts Garden Centres have bought Abbey Garden Centre in Titchfield, Hampshire...
Staff opening up for the day at Whitehall Lacock Garden Centre were horrified when they were approached by a man carrying a gun. Workers rushed to lock the doors and shut themselves in the garden centre after spotting the man, who then fled the scene...
Van Hage Great Amwell has apologised after children were left waiting to see Santa Claus in his grotto at the garden centre last weekend. Customers complained about being told to queue for over an hour, even though they had pre-booked tickets...
The last week of November didn’t quite live up to expectations to tip the GTN Bestsellers All products Index to the record we had had been predicting. The month was 9% above the average for the previous 5 years, but just behind the previous peak of 2014.
An 11-year-old girl who launched a campaign to help people with “invisible illnesses” get better bathroom facilities, visited Cardwell Garden Centre in Scotland to see the notices she designed displayed on their toilet doors...
The dreams of Play Leaders at Leeds Children's Hospital were realised this week when the magic of Christmas was revealed on their wards, thanks to the efforts of Tong Garden Centre...
Friday 16th December is national “Christmas Jumper Day”, and employees from Squire’s Garden Centres are ready for it! They have a great selection of cosy knits, with adult jumpers from £14.99 and children’s jumpers from £12.99...
Wyevale Garden Centres has predicted that this weekend will see a surge in sales of real trees, with tens of thousands of trees being sold in their centres at their annual Real Tree Weekend events...
The Gardens Group has launched its first online Christmas tree store with Needlefresh, the UK’s leading supplier of living and fresh cut Christmas trees...
Already an essential date on equipment buyers calendars, Commercial Kitchen is all set for a successful second edition next year on 6-7 June at the NEC Birmingham...
Garden centres throughout the UK are already impressing judges of the GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards as inspections for this prestigious event are well underway...
The ultimate accolades at GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Teams, as voted for by garden centre customers. Voting starts now and runs through to Thursday December 22nd and to be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is download the posters and voting forms below for in-store voting and add our voting link to your facebook, twitter or website to get customers voting on-line too!
November Top 50 Garden Product sales were up by 10% on last year, but not a record as they were 13% down on 2014. The highest new entry was Burgon & Ball Mega Leaf & Dirt Collector at No 38...
Volume sales of bestselling Christmas products are riding high after a November when GTN’s Top 50 lines beat 2015 by 23%. Gisela Graham Hummingbird Decoration was the highest re-entry at No 21...
Prime locations for best selling plants are more important than ever as we move into winter proper. In this week’s GTN Bestsellers Plants chart the Top 6 plant genus account for 50% of total plant sales, inside and outside.
Overseas buyers representing retailers with a total of around 180 stores in five different markets across Europe met with UK suppliers on 23 November in the latest ‘Meet the Buyers’ event organised by the Gardenex and PetQuip associations...
Thompson & Morgan has revealed a sharp improvement in performance in its latest accounts. For the year ending June 30th 2016, the company generated an EBITDA of £2.1m, up from £0.85m in 2015. Turnover has increased to £34m from £32m in the prior year...
