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GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest - Spring 2026 - New Products for the UK Garden Trade from GIMA Members
Grantham Garden Centre opens its doors with ribbon cutting by Adam Frost
Good Friday opening for River View at Gouldings
Garden Centres in the National Press over Easter
New ‘RHS Gifts for Gardeners’ collection from Burgon & Ball
Heidi Towse and Tara Adams Take Over the Park Run for Greenfingers Charity
Corby+Fellas partners with Boyles of Ballyseedy
Woodlodge strengthens UK distribution and service support for Artevasi customers
Rob Giles takes on marathon for Greenfingers
GIMA AGM 2026: Craig Hall announced as New President as association continues to go from strength to strength
LV Bespoke MD appointed to GIMA council
HTA puts innovation and plant health centre stage with new Grower of the Year award categories
GIMA takes Buyer Connect international with BOL marketplace debut
Dobbies raises £235,000 for Alzheimer’s Research UK
Colegrave Seabrook Foundation backs future talent with 2026 Scholarship Awards
Flymo launches its first cordless hover collect lawnmower
Seed Revolution secures listing with Blue Diamond
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Sophie Allport brings new collection to RHS Chelsea Flower Show
British Garden Centres shortlisted for National Business Charity Award
How can independent retailers survive 2026?
More than 130 projects shortlisted for APL Awards
GROW unveils new cyber security course
Seven breeders present novelties at Dutch trials
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British Garden Centres announces its 79th garden centre in Knaresborough
Gouldings acquires Rosebank Nurseries
Everton becomes the fifth garden centre in the Your Local Garden Centre group
Air Drain solution from Eco Tiffin
FELCO’s Kids range of functional tools for young hands
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Garden Centres in the National Press over Easter

As is the tradition of our UK national press, stories about garden centres made it into their pages over Easter.  Alan Roper was interviewed in the Times where he was quoted as saying "I've been through true recessions, and you can trade through it. Garden centres have always had that kind of gift, or slight protection from economic shocks."

 

In The Telegraph Political Correspondent Amy Gibbons told readers that: "Garden centres are under threat because of Rachel Reeves's "financial vandalism".

 

Read the full Telegraph article here: https://digitaleditions.telegraph.co.uk/data/2387/reader/reader.html?#!preferred/0/package/2387/pub/2387/page/9/article/NaN

 

Here is a link to the Times article about Blue Diamond: https://www.thetimes.com/business/companies-markets/article/rise-of-blue-diamond-garden-centre-empire-826qx0hgp  Subscription required

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