Emma Blackmore from Bents, Samatha Davis from Haskins, Sarah Postlethwaite from Fron Goch, Andreea Robertson from Gardenwise and Jayne Scott from Klondyke Daleside are the five Westland GCA Rising Stars finalists preparing for their presentations at the GCA Conference in Stratford next January...

Last weekend’s snow, which was heavy enough to cause centres to close in the Midlands, Oxfordshire and Northamptonshire, made it impossible for overall weekly sales volumes to reach the pre-Christmas peak expected, according to EPOS data analysed by GTN Bestsellers....

Following the BBC's successful Blue Planet II series the Garden Centre Association has secured a guest speaker passionate about shark conservation for its annual conference. Lesley Rochat, known as the Shark Warrior, is the founder of Shark Warrior Adventures and AfriOceans, a non-profit organisation, and she will be the first speaker at the event on January 22.

Britain’s dependency on imports of plants and flowers from the Netherlands, is declining, according to a  report from the organisers of January’s IPM Essen trade show...

Thompson & Morgan is launching its latest world exclusive plant breeding success. Sunbelievable is a truly phenomenal new sunflower. Like no other sunflower, Sunbelievable flowers continuously from June until the first frosts. In trials, plants were still blooming in late November. Incredibly, over 1,000 flowers are produced on each plant during the growing season!

Still on a high following Glee 2017, the event’s post-show report has helped shape much of the thinking for the short and long-term future of Glee, including the return of the Retail Lab in 2018...

To help celebrate the launch of its brand new website, Bents Garden & Home recently ran a festive competition to find a very special person – someone who deserved to have Christmas made for them, with an impressive prize package worth over £1,000...

Up to 20 deserving individuals will enjoy a surprise this festive season as Tiptree-based garden centre, Perrywood, embarks on its Christmas Cheer campaign...

Indoor plant sales shone while the snow kept customers out of planterias for a large swathe of the country....

Squire’s Garden Centres recently held a special “Santa Paws” event for dogs to meet Santa and have their photo taken with him...

Haskins Garden Centre in Roundstone has partnered with Wadars Animal Rescue to spread festive cheer to volunteers that give up their time to support animals in distress or danger over Christmas...

Colour increases brand recognition by 80%, but how many brands can you name from colour alone?

Once again you can use social media, e-mail and your website to invite your customers to vote for your team in The Greatest Christmas Awards...

For families looking for something to do after Christmas then Squires has the answer – a fantastic circus show under the Big Top...

Christmas Greetings to all our readers and listeners from the Team at GTN and Garden Radio; Trevor, Neil, Mike, Mandy, Alan, Ben, Harry, Rebbecca and Karen.

We wish you all a great final run into Christmas and a very prosperous New Year!