Garden Centre Association members are being invited to nominate staff for the organisation’s 2023 Rising Stars programme sponsored by Westland Horticulture...

Forest Garden has been honoured with the first ever King’s Award for Enterprise – for Innovation. The highest and most prestigious award possible for UK businesses...

Podium Pet Products is celebrating after becoming one of the first companies to be honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise 2023. The Berkshire-based company, whose popular brands include Dog Rocks and Be:Loved, has been recognised for its excellence in international trade.

Ahead of King Charles III’s early summer coronation, David Austin Roses shares its commemorative collection of seven garden roses. Composed of seven English shrub roses, there’s a royal story behind each and every stem…

The Cheltenham community is invited to celebrate the opening of the brand-new little dobbies store in the heart of Cheltenham at 10am this Thursday (27 April)...

As the countdown to Glee – the International Festival of Garden, Leisure and Pet – ticks into weeks not months, it’s been another busy period for Glee’s organising team, as well as the show’s floorplan and content schedule.  Here, we find out more about the latest developments shaping the industry’s leading exhibition...

Catering and food hall/farm shop categories refused to be a washout last month despite the country recording the wettest March for 40 years, says the Garden Centre Association...

The Horticultural Trades Association has released its monthly Market Update report, which provides an overview of the state of the gardening industry in March 2023. Despite the challenging weather conditions caused by excessive rainfall, the report highlights the industry’s resilience in the face of decreased sales in the gardening categories.

LANDSCAPE, LOFA and SOLEX are teaming up for a second year. to champion the outdoor industry and promote the benefits of in-person connection...

As Bents Garden & Home welcomes the Motor Neurone Disease Association as its new charity of the year, it can also announce a fantastic amount raised during 2022 and has presented Manchester Mind with a cheque for £23,500...

GARDENA recently became Silver Supporters of Greenfingers Charity, raising over £4,200 with a day of fundraising...

As AMES UK continues unequivocally on its mission to become the trusted authority on everything outdoors, it has continued to invest in two key appointments within its product team to place innovation and bestselling lines at the fore for all its brands including Kelkay, La Hacienda and Apta..

Squires’s Garden Centres continues to invest and looks ahead with positivity as the group filed its annual accounts for the year ending 31 July 2022 with Companies House. 

Yorkshire Garden Centres welcomes Edinburgh Woollen Mill to Tong Garden Centre and Pavers and Julian Charles to Tingley Garden Centre. All three have proven success within the group, with Edinburgh Woollen Mill in Otley Garden Centre and Pavers and Julian Charles in Tong Garden Centre...

The Old Railway Line Garden Centre has re-launched the previously popular club, Little Oaks, with additional benefits. The initiative is free to join for children under 12 and has several incentives for members...

The HTA has welcomed the tabling of a parliamentary motion by Rachael Hamilton MSP, which will bring about a debate on the recent launch of the HTA’s Growth Strategy in Scotland...

Twenty students from Holme Lacy College in Herefordshire were given a tour this week of one of the UK’s leading nurseries. The forestry and arboriculture apprentices visited the container shrub and tree production sites at Wyevale Nurseries...

In this issue:

• Hillier grows – Interview with Chris Francis,
• GCA Conference 2023 – Big, bold, sustainable and £100k raised for Greenfingers,
• GCA Winners – All the winners from the GCA Conference,
• PATS Sandown Show preview,
• BeefEater – LOFA Member profile,
• Beautiful stonework from The Patio Black Spot Company,
• GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Presentations at Spring Fair,
• Pictures from all The Greatest Christmas Award winning centres: Barton Grange, Rosebourne, The Old Railway Line, Pughs, Gates, Longacres, Gouldings, Alton, Groves, Meadowcroft, Brimsmore and Poundbury, British Garden Centres, Pengelly, Blue Diamond, Klondyke, Gordale, Silverbirch, Woodlands, Little Dobbies, Azure, Stratford    , Chessington, Chacewater, Coolings, Sapcote, Wentworth, Perrywood, Garsons Titchfield, Keydell, The Grange, Tingley, St Peters, Garden King, Fron Goch, Ellerker Lodge, Chepstow, Birkacre, Bennybeg,
• Thank you to the judges and sponsors of The Greatest Christmas Awards 2022,
• Encouraging signs for Spring – HTA Column,
• Cash is king – GIMA Column.