Honeyfield’s Wild Bird offers an ethos that revolves around all things sustainable, biodiverse and wildlife-friendly....

The Hozelock Healthy Hobbies Survey revealed that more than half of adults count gardening as a hobby, with 70% spending more time sprucing up their garden during lockdown than ever before...

Leading branches take stock and promote Dansand NO GROW to customers who can now enjoy weed free patios, driveways and paths...

The team at Lakeside Plant Centre in Telford were quick off the mark to join in the England Euro celebrations with a Harry Cane 9 promotion to raise funds for their local hospice...

Garden centre sales volumes, as measured in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data, nearly got back to parity with last year for the first week if July, missing by only 2%...

Hot on the heels of its Charity Golf Day, the GIMA team was out and about again, this time onsite at Warwick Racecourse to oversee the (socially distanced!) 2021 GIMA Awards judging...

On the same day as Dobbies opened their third Little Dobbies in Westbourne Grove and Environment Minister Rebecca Pow called into the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, the minister paid a visit to Dobbies Woodcote Green to hear from CEO Graeme Jenkins how they are creating new jobs and getting involved in the Plant for our Planet campaign...

The Ever Given container ship which ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March this year has this week been allowed to continue on its journey after a financial settlement agreement...

Even after all the weeks of high plant sales throughout spring, sales last week were not far short of the levels in 2018 when there was a very late summer...

British Garden Centre Group have announced a partnership with local Lincolnshire based travel agency Holiday’s By Design. The travel agency will be opening their second store this July inside one of the UK’s largest garden centres and the flagship centre of the group, Brigg Garden Centre, which is based in North Lincolnshire...

Dobbies Garden Centres has opened its first London-based little dobbies. It is the third little dobbies to open in the UK...

The HTA has called for a greater focus on reducing contamination in food and garden waste collections to help the industry transition away from the use of peat – that was the message they delivered in response to DEFRA’s consultation on consistency in household recycling collections...

While we haven't been able to physically peruse the New Product Showcase at SOLEX 2021, the Solex Sun and GTN team have been looking through all of the on-line "exhibitor" entries and this is our selection of New Products that have taken our eye...

While we haven't been able to physically peruse the New Product Showcase at SOLEX 2021, the Solex Sun and GTN team have been looking through all of the on-line "exhibitor" entries and this is our selection of New Products that have taken our eye.

As there will now be a break with no live football on TV until Sunday, it's coming home, how about gorging yourself on a smörgåsbord board of SOLEX videos.  Here's the SOLEX SUN video showreel...

Three months sooner than in prior years, Smart Garden Products have updated their showrooms at Peterborough and Abingdon, showcasing their complete 2022 product ranges...

The UK’s leading plug and liner supplier has this month (July 2021) partnered with a plant information company to offer its customers a library of images for webshops and websites...

Zest 4 Leisure is to sponsor a hot-air balloon to mark the 25^th anniversary of Wrexham-based Nightingale House Hospice. The company’s logo will feature on the balloon alongside those of a number of other businesses. 

Garden machinery specialist, Cobra, has donated a range of lawncare equipment to East Midlands based charity, Rainbows, to help with the maintenance of its grounds and outdoor spaces...

The next generation has used gardens at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival this week to raise awareness of the climate change crisis and urgent need for the nation to help ‘Save our Planet'...

The prestigious Best Show Garden at the 2021 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival was awarded to ‘The Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden’ designed by Tom Simpson (London). The garden is a celebration of Cancer Research UK legacies and those who have left them to support research on beating cancer.

Nicholas Marshall is back - with aspirations to open many new plant centres.

In this issue of news and information for garden centre professionals:

• Solex Online - “exhibitors preview”
• Marshall is back… again
• Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 raises £75,000
• New Products - Glee style
• Glee Buyers Power List - nominate your top buyers
• GIMA Golf Day - full results and pictures
• Hillier Heritage at Syon Park - GTN Photo Tour
• Signs of the times at Thetford - GTN Photo Tour
• Jam on top at BGC Bressingham - GTN Photo Tour
• HTA Column – 20/20 Vision… so last year.