The Horticultural Trades Association has called on the government to provide greater flexibility and support to horticultural businesses training apprentices as it marks National Apprenticeship Week, which started this week...

Garden Centre Association members that believe they have the next up-and-coming stars of horticultural visual merchandising in their midst are being invited to sign them up to the Glee Talent Store...

NOMA is bringing back the nostalgia of Christmas with the launch of NOMA Classics, Christmas Crafts, and a collection of innovative decorations inspired by the past...

Corby & Fellas Ltd. are delighted to announce that Perrywood Garden Centres, based in Tiptree, Essex and Sudbury, Suffolk, have chosen WinRetail as their EPoS and Retail Management system...

Hozelock will implement drug tests utilising fingerprint sweat-based technology from Intelligent Fingerprinting, to promote employee safety...

Value garden centre Cherry Lane Bradmore is celebrating its 10th anniversary as part of the Cherry Lane family. The past decade has seen Cherry Lane invest hundreds of thousands of pounds to create a bigger and better garden centre for customers to enjoy. To mark the occasion, Cherry Lane is running a special competition with the chance to win a £250 shopping voucher...

A new House of Lords Select Committee has been established to launch an inquiry into the Horticultural Sector and will convene this week in a move welcomed by the Horticultural Trades Association...

The teams at Bents (above) and Klondyke Mortonhall (below) have been celebrating their wins of the ultimate GCA accolades, Destination Garden Centre of the Year and Garden Centre of the Year...

Ella-May Bradshaw from Bosworths Garden Centre was recently revealed as the winner of the GCA’s Rising Stars programme sponsored by Westland Horticulture...

Boningale Ltd, a well-known and significant UK producer and wholesaler of nursery stock with a turnover of almost £10m, is for sale...

Following in the footsteps of the 2019 wing walkers – GIMA’s Vicky Nuttall, SBM’s Lowri Walker and Evergreen’s Mark Portman – there is a new group of brave people set to take to the skies strapped to a plane, all in the name of the Greenfingers Charity!

Zest is to raise money for Dementia UK, the dementia specialist nurse charity, after a vote by employees to nominate it as the company’s charity of the year for 2023...

Ascalon Design return to Spring Fair this year with a plethora of exciting new products and familiar best-sellers across their ranges of garden furniture, garden decor and Christmas...

Organised by Associated Independent Stores (AIS), the UK’s leading buying group for Fashion, Home, and Leisure, the INDX Toy & Gift show will return to Cranmore Park on 14 – 15 March 2023 and visitor registration is open. 

More than 60 members of the Young People in Horticulture Association (YPHA) gathered at Coolings Garden Centre in Kent this week to swap ideas, network and be inspired by talks and a nursery visit...

Leon Boots Co, the masters of ultra-light, super-warm wellies, has announced that its Garden Ankle Boots can now be found in all 22 Klondyke stores nationwide, from Howdens Garden Centre in Inverness to Byrkley Park in Burton-upon-Trent and Holland Arms, Anglesey...

After weeks of meetings, debate and discussion the judges have finally decided upon the winners of GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2022 and here is the list of centres whose teams are finalists across the 15 Christmas Team categories for this year:

Altons, Azure, Barton Grange, Baytree, Bennybeg Plant Centre , Bents, BGC Arcadia, BGC Bournville, BGC Braintree, BGC Bridgenorth, BGC Burford House, BGC Harrogate, BGC Hatton, BGC Studley, BGC Thatcham, Birkacre, Blue Diamond Bridgemere, Blue Diamond Fryers, Blue Diamond Three Shires, Blue Diamond Newbridge, Brimsmore Gardens, Caerphilly, California Lodge, Castle Gardens, Chasewater, Chepstow, Chessington, Colne Valley, Coolings Lifestyle, Dobbies Livingston, Dobbies Woodcote Green, Ellerker Lodge, Fosseway, Fron Goch, Garsons Titchfield, Gates, Gordale, Gouldings Santa Experience, Groves Bridport, Highfield, Keydell, Klondyke Astbury Meadow, Klondyke High Legh, Litte Dobbies Richmond, Longacres Bagshot, Meadowcroft, Newquay, Palmers Enderby, Pengelly, Perrywood Tiptree, Planters Garden King, Planters Tamworth, Poundbury Gardens, Pugh's Radyr, Pugh's Wenvoe, Rosebourne, Aldermaston, Rosebourne, Solihull, Rosebourne, Weyhill, Ruxley Manor, Sapcote, Scotts of Southend, Silverbirch, St Peters Worcester, Stratford, Summerhill, The Garden Society, The Grange, The Old Railway Line , The Plant Place, Tingley, Wentorth, Whitehall Lacock, Woodland Walk, Woodlands Ash.

To find out which teams win the coveted Gold, Silver & Bronze Greatest Christmas Awards for 2022 come and join us at Spring Fair on Monday 6th February.  The awards will be announced and presented to the winners at 5:00pm on the Inspiring Retail Stage in Hall 6...

GTN January 2023 GTNs pictorial review of 2022. In this issue:

• Peter Burks back at the GCA – Interview with the new CEO
• 2022 in pictures – A look back at a challenging year
• Gone but not forgotten – people we lost in 2022
• A great year for Greenfingers
• Christmas Sparkle – Inspiration from The Greatest Christmas Awards judging visits
• Introducing Clever Pots
• One to Watch – GTN visits a new centre in Southend
• Opportunity in 2023 - HTA Column
• A healthy relationship with government – ORHG Column