Pennells Garden Centres have acquired the Four Seasons Garden Centre at Sleaford as of March 1st 2018...

The unique mix of "The Beast from the East" and Storm Emma wreaked havoc across UK garden centres this week with reports of many store closures, frozen pipes and heroic efforts to keep trading...

Langlands Garden Centre director James Ducker braved the treacherous driving conditions in East Yorkshire this week to deliver food to the Hull Food Bank...

Staff at North Walsham Garden Centre (above) took inspiration from the recent Winter Olympics and tried their hand at a spot of curling during this week's wintry weather and the team at Lakeside Plant Centre in Telford (right) took the opportunity to start preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics...

As ‘the Beast from the East’ has caused garden centres to close across the country we’ve been looking back through the GTN Bestsellers data to when we last had a cold March in 2013. In that year, as you see in the graph above, there was a noticeable dip in sales at the start of March as we expect to see this year with this week’s snow and the freeze predicted to run into next week too. 

Garden Re-Leaf Day is fast approaching! With just under three weeks until the garden retail industry comes together to kickstart the season and raise much needed funds for Greenfingers, the event organisers are urging interested parties to sign up now and take part before it’s too late...

Pictured: Heidi Towse preparing for Garden Re-Leaf Day at Worlds End Garden Centre.

Plant sales growth slowed during the two weeks leading up to the big freeze with young plants showing the biggest areas of increases. Pelargonium young plants were very popular as this Summer No 1 moved up to No 7.

The success of Smart Garden’s GroZone last season has led to the introduction of several new products into the range, from the entry level Tomato GroZones to the Pro Tunnel GroZone Max...

HTA and Greenfingers Charity have cemented their partnership with the announcement of a number of initiatives at the Garden Press Event this week...

To celebrate the fourth year of National Children’s Gardening week and its ‘adoption’ by the HTA, a new look website for National Children’s Gardening Week has been unveiled, along with a suite of free resources for the garden industry to get behind the initiative...

Honey fungus and box tree caterpillar were the dominant plant health issues in 2017, according to analysis of Royal Horticultural Society gardener enquiries...

Tong Garden Centre held its third annual Orchid Day where lovers of the tropical species received free advice and health checks for their plants from expert Chris Channon, an award-winning orchid grower and RHS gold medallist for his orchid displays...

With a hall brimming with quality plants and awash with colour, the Klondyke Group's annual Plant Show took place at the Hallmark Hotel close to Wilmslow Garden Centre with over 20 suppliers exhibiting at the show...

The snowy weather in London didn’t dampen spirits at the Garden Press Event which took place on 28 February 2018...

New HTA Chairman Chris Pateman and Matthew Bent were interviewed as part of BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme on Friday last week...