In This Issue
Blue Diamond acquires Yarnton Home & Garden, Oxfordshire
Barton Grange, Fron Goch and Millbrook Staplehurst crowned as GCA Garden Centres of the Year
Applications open for 2025 Rising Stars programme as Ben Clarke crowned winner
The Gardens Group's "Circle Line" and The Solar Centre's "Underground Rats" scoop the fancy dress prizes at the GCA Associates Night
Garsons, Castle Gardens and Pugh's Wenvoe win GCA's national Christmas display competition
Ruxley Rose winners receive their awards
Pyle Garden Centre picks up Dick Allen Award for Most Improved Centre
Pre GCA Conference Inspiration and Stimulation from Retail Safari
Four Years On: Environmental Horticulture Brexit Costs and Border Impacts
Quality Garden Structures to distribute Hörmann storage sheds and boxes
Dull December caps off challenging year for garden centres
Garden centre plan to cut down historic trees under fire
GCA member garden centres ended 2024 on ‘a nice positive note’
Gardening is nature’s gym, as 81% of adults agree gardens benefit their physical health
Zest to support MS Society for MS Society Cymru and North Clwyd Animal Rescue in 2025 fundraising initiative
Horticulture industry raises over £3,800 for Perennial at Partners Pie and Pint event
New Terrarium Workshops launched at The Gardens Group
Apta Signature: your next bestseller in 2025
Spring Fair partners with Trendhub
elho launches into spring with new premium collection
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
RHS reveals 2025 Britain in Bloom UK finalists
Greenfingers Charity welcomes Kirsty Gladwin-Creed as its new Event Fundraiser
GIMA announces ‘Buyer Connect’ event with Robert Dyas
The RECOUP Summit: The Challenge of Future Advancements
Show Your Colours Garden Centre at IPM 2025
BHETA’s live Independents’ Day event now March 27
The best of last week's
British Garden Centres acquires former Dobbies Gosforth site
Stratford Garden Centre takes over former Dobbies site at Warwick Road, Black Hill, Stratford upon Avon
British Garden Centres acquires Dobbies Gloucester and Reading stores
Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Sustainability Directory for 2025, Exclusive Hillmount Interview and more in GTN December 2024/January 2025 Issue. Read on-line here
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Blue Diamond acquires Yarnton Home & Garden, Oxfordshire

Blue Diamond has acquired Yarnton Home & Garden, a thriving garden centre located north of Oxford, which has undergone significant investment and transformation...

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Barton Grange, Fron Goch and Millbrook Staplehurst crowned as GCA Garden Centres of the Year

Barton Grange: Destination Centre, Fron Goch: Garden Centre, and Millbrook Staplehurst: Local Garden Centre, were the big winners at the GCA Gala Dinner and Awards on Tuesday night at the GCA Conference 2025...

See all of the Gala Dinner Awards winners
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Applications open for 2025 Rising Stars programme as Ben Clarke crowned winner

Ben Clarke from Knights Nags Hall Garden Centre was named as the winner of 2024 Westland Horticulture-sponsored Rising Stars programme at the Garden Centre Association’s 2025 Conference...

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The Gardens Group's "Circle Line" and The Solar Centre's "Underground Rats" scoop the fancy dress prizes at the GCA Associates Night

The London Underground themed Associates Night at the GCA Conference delivered plenty of examples of unique fancy dress by garden centre and supplier teams.

 

The Gardens Group as "The Circle Line" and The Solar Centre as "The Underground Rats" scooped the best fancy dress prizes, as judged by GCA CEO Peter Burks, GIMA Director Vicky Nuttall and GTN Editor Trevor Pfeiffer...

See GTN Xtra's fancy dress photo gallery here
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Garsons, Castle Gardens and Pugh's Wenvoe win GCA's national Christmas display competition

Garsons Garden Centre Esher (Destination Garden Centre), Castle Gardens (Garden Centre) and Pughs Wenvoe (Local Garden Centre, pictured above) have been recognised as the national winners of the Garden Centre Association’s Gisela Graham-sponsored annual Christmas competition...

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Ruxley Rose winners receive their awards

Thompson's Plant & Garden Centre, Welling (Local Garden Centre), Cowell's Garden Centre (Garden Centre) and Perrywood, Tiptree (Destination Garden Centre) received their Ruxley Rose awards at the GCA conference today (Monday)...

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Pyle Garden Centre picks up Dick Allen Award for Most Improved Centre

Pyle Garden Centre, South Wales, was among the winners to receive their awards at the GCA conference today (Monday), picking up the Dick Allen Award for Most Improved Centre...

Click here for full list of winners
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Pre GCA Conference Inspiration and Stimulation from Retail Safari

A group of 30 GCA delegates got their their conference 2025 experience off to a stimulating start today, Sunday, with a Retail Safari in central London...

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Four Years On: Environmental Horticulture Brexit Costs and Border Impacts

Four years after environmental horticulture became the first sector hit by the full impacts of Brexit checks, businesses are still grappling with soaring costs, significant delays, stock damage, and excessive bureaucracy. These challenges drive up costs and limit consumer choice, leaving the industry in an increasingly precarious position...

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Quality Garden Structures to distribute Hörmann storage sheds and boxes
 

Hörmann UK has entered into an agreement with Quality Garden Structures for the sale and distribution of its range of garden storage solutions throughout the UK...

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Dull December caps off challenging year for garden centres

While the latest Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Market Update for December 2024 shows a 1% decline in overall garden centre sales compared to December 2023, the 2024 calendar year ended a modest 2% up on 2023 full-year results...

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Garden centre plan to cut down historic trees under fire

An online petition launched against a plan to remove a pair of historic lime trees at Cherry Lane Garden Centre in Tickhill, near Doncaster, has attracted 2,327 signatures so far...

Protestors have also been demonstrating outside the garden centre with ‘Save Our Trees’ banners (Picture credit, 'Save Tickhill's Trees, Facebook page).

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GCA member garden centres ended 2024 on ‘a nice positive note’
 

Garden Centre Association members’ latest Barometer of Trade figures show December was up 3.75% when compared to 2023 and the year was at + 3.26%...

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Gardening is nature’s gym, as 81% of adults agree gardens benefit their physical health

When setting resolutions and intentions for the year ahead, many look to improve their physical health by signing up for a gym or an exercise class, but the Horticultural Trades Association says gardening could be one of nature’s best workouts...

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Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards

       

                

       

              

    

 

 

As well as the kudos and fame from winning a Greatest Christmas award, our Gold winners in each of the judged categories will win prizes including stock, services or hotel accommodation from our Greatest Awards sponsors...

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Sustainability Directory for 2025, Exclusive Hillmount Interview and more in GTN December 2024/January 2025 Issue. Read on-line here

GTN December 2024/January 2025 - Sustainability Directory. In this issue:

  • Exclusive interview with the Mercer family of Hillmount Garden Centres in Belfast
  • GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards – all the centres have now been visited – winners will be announced at Spring Fair on Monday 3rd February at 5:00p on The Stage
  • Spring Fair 2025 Preview
  • GTN’s Sustainability Directory for 2025
  • GIMA Awards Sustainability champions
  • Woodmansterne
  • ground-breaking environmental credentials
  • GCA Westland Rising Stars eco-friendly projects
  • Sustainability with what you already have
  • Webb eco – where power meets eco-friendliness
  • Sustainability Directory pages
  • Glam up your greens
  • UK Greetings
  • our world means the world to us
  • Success with Peat Free gardening
  • Thetford Garden Centre – now a B Corp
  • Tildenet’s huge range of sustainable and recycled products
  • Planteria – 2025 is the Year of the Begonia and the Pea
  • Let’s keep talking - HTA Viewpoint
  • A year of running – a big thank you from Kate Ebbens who ran every day in 2024 and raised over £30,000 for the Greenfingers Charity
  • 2025: friend or foe? - GIMA Viewpoint
Read the issue on-line here
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Zest to support MS Society for MS Society Cymru and North Clwyd Animal Rescue in 2025 fundraising initiative

Zest, part of the P&A Group, is to raise money for MS Society Cymru and North Clwyd Animal Rescue (NCAR) in a joint commitment to both charities in 2025, Zest’s 20th anniversary and P&A’s 40th...

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Horticulture industry raises over £3,800 for Perennial at Partners Pie and Pint event

The horticulture industry came together for the third annual Perennial Partners Pie and Pint night, raising an extraordinary amount of money for the charity which helps people working in horticulture...

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New Terrarium Workshops launched at The Gardens Group
 

The Gardens Group will be running three Terrarium Workshops this winter, giving gardeners of all ages and abilities the opportunity to explore this low maintenance and popular way to keep houseplants...

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Apta Signature: your next bestseller in 2025

One of the most anticipated launches for 2025 is Apta Signature, the all-new collection from Apta, part of the AMES Companies family of brands...

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Spring Fair partners with Trendhub
 

Spring Fair, taking place on 2-5 February 2025 at the NEC Birmingham, has partnered with leading trend agency BDA London and their smart forecasting service Trendhub to deliver the key trends in homewares, festive celebrations and outdoor living for AW25/26 and SS26...

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elho launches into spring with new premium collection

Leading sustainable plant pot brand, elho, has introduced a range of unique new innovations ahead of the spring season, including a premium collection of plant pots, a smart plant care device, and a handy composter...

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