Councillors have dashed Notcutts' plans for an enlarged store on a new out-of-town shopping centre at Newnham Court in Maidstone. The £85 million development would also have included a Waitrose supermarket, Debenhams department store, along with 17 other stores and several restaurants...
Choice Marketing, which buys centrally and runs marketing promotions for 33 UK independent garden centres, has dropped Solus's Chapelwood birdcare brand in favour of Gardman and Westland...
Doff Portland, a leading manufacturer of insecticides, weed killers and garden care products, has reported a steep rise in sales figures, following its brand overhaul in autumn 2013...
Garden Centre Association members will find out who have come out top in its annual inspections this year at various regional award meetings taking place next month...
One of the leading names in outdoor furniture is set to launch its new identity when it takes its biggest ever presence at Solex 2014 (Stand 445) in July. Bellagio UK will unveil its ‘Supremo’ brand to industry buyers for the first time at the exhibition, marking the introduction of new ranges designed specifically for the UK marketplace...
Fleuroselect is proud to present six entries in the FleuroStar Contest 2014/2015, each competing for the award as the winner with the 'wow' factor, the variety with the highest visual impact at retail...
International and UK retailers who want to expand their knowledge of the garden market, experience retail best practice and gather product inspiration and innovation are urged to secure their place on Glee’s new educational feature – the Pre-Event Study Tour...
The biggest movers in this week’s GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart are lighting products as gardeners finally get an opportunity to appreciate their plots during the warmer evenings...
The Garden Centre Group has brought the 'green of the garden centre' inside its newly launched Garden Kitchen restaurant concept at Brighton Garden Centre...
Gem Cambark Chunky Chip Bark (70 litres) and Arthur Bowers Bark Chips (60 litres) have both seen good sales during a period when overall growing media volumes are down on the previous week’s levels...
Over 250 garden centres, including groups Dobbies, Klondyke and Haskins plus a host of independents have already signed up and are encouraging local residents to join in and get gardening...
Johnsons' newly introduced range of Microgreens for the 2014/15 season looks set to strike a chord with those whose modern lifestyles leave little time for vegetable growing...
Sir Roy Strong, landscape designer, writer and ex-director of the Victoria & Albert Museum, will be the guest speaker next month during an open day at one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries.
Bolsius is launching a new concept in home fragrance. ‘Creations’ comprises a range of scented wax melts for use in burners that allows the user to create and personalise a fragrance to suit their home and to suit their mood...
Despite a commonly-held view that wild birds only need help finding food during winter months, the RSPB is urging people to put out food this summer too...
Sisters Doreen Pettitt and Susan Hawes recently clocked up 25 years working for Suffolk seedsmen Mr Fothergill's...
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