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Woodthorpe Hall buys Towneley GC The Woodthorpe Hall Group buys Towneley Garden Centre in Burnley from receivers, making it five garden centres in the group. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 06 Sep 10

Dobbies wins public support for Peterborough A plan to create a new Dobbies Garden Centre at Hampton, Peterborough, has been given overwhelming support by the public.
Byline: George Bullivant 23 Aug 10

Councillors give go-ahead to Dobbies in Carlisle Carlisle councillors have approved the scaled down plans for a new Dobbies Garden Centre in Carlisle. It will be one of four new centres to open next spring. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 12 Aug 10

Lloyds Bank to sell Faversham The garden centre site at Faversham, where a Bicester style development is planned, is to be sold by Lloyds Bank. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 09 Aug 10

Planning permission for Belton Garden Centre Belton Garden Centre, bought 3 years ago by the owners of Ruskington Garden Centre, has been granted plannng permission for a Ł2m development. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 30 Jul 10

Squire's closes Shepperton for winter rebuild The bulldozers have moved on to the Squire’s garden centre at Shepperton, flattening the old centre in preparation for a major redevelopment. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 23 Jul 10

Dobbies plans six more garden centres for 2011 The Dobbies' pipeline for new garden centres is growing. Four new garden centres are scheduled to open next spring, with a further two later in 2011. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 21 Jun 10

Caddington Garden Centre to rise from the ashes? New owner lodges planning application to rebuild Caddington Garden Centre, destroyed by fire two years ago. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 17 Jun 10

Logistics shake-up for B&Q B&Q is to end its third-party logistics agreements and plans a huge new distribution centre at Swindon. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 14 Jun 10

Tesco revives plans to convert former Hurrans garden centre Tesco has revived plans to convert the former Hurrans garden centre at Churchdown to be a community store. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 03 Jun 10

Dobbies proposes Liverpool garden centre Dobbies has announced plans for a new Ł8 million garden centre at Speke near Liverpool airport. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 01 Jun 10

Two garden centres to close Two garden centres, one at each end of the country, are to close and be redeveloped for other uses. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 27 Apr 10

Council grants permission for a new GC then changes its mind Two weeks ago, permission was granted for the development of a new garden centre at Wellington. Now the council has suspended permission following a public outcry. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 09 Apr 10

Fire destroys Hampshire garden centre Fire has destroyed the Country Market Garden centre and farm shop in Hampshire. The building is completely destroyed. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 31 Mar 10

Planning consent for new Wellington garden centre Taunton Deane Council has granted planning permission for a new garden centre in Wellington, Somerset. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 30 Mar 10

Vandals ravage Coblands Nursery Vandals have caused Ł30,000 of damage to Coblands Nursery in Tonbridge. Polytunnels were ripped and irrigation stolen. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 05 Mar 10

Beckworth Emporium builds on a successful start So successful has been Beckworth Emporium in its first 9 months that John Kitching, former Blooms CX, and David Brown are adding 24,000 ft.˛ of new buildings. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 25 Feb 10

Garden centres continue to invest through the recession The recession has not dampened the enthusiasm of garden centres to expand. Last year Malcolm Scott Consultants won planning permission for over 470,000 ft.˛ of new covered sales area. This includes extensions to some of the country's biggest garden centres. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 16 Feb 10

Dobbies wins approval for Lisburn After four years, Dobbies has won approval to build a Ł12 million garden centre at Lisburn, Northern Ireland. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 04 Feb 10

TGCG sells Shiplake The Garden Centre Group has sold Shiplake Nursery and Garden Centre, which will close at the end of the month. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 15 Jan 10

Peterborough Garden Park opens in February Peterborough Garden Park, with a high profile destination garden centre designed by Van Hage as the focal point, opens its doors on 5th of February. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 12 Jan 10

2009 Review - Part 2: July to December With trade strong, attention turned to the battle between the increased number of trade shows in 2010. Many garden centres won planning permission to extend. Corporate activity continued among suppliers. See more... (This article is open to all)
Byline: George Bullivant 04 Jan 10

Dobbies scales down Carlisle plans Having won planning permission last month for a 62,000 sq ft. garden centre in Carlisle, Dobbies has decided to half the size of the project. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 29 Dec 09

2009 Review - Part 1: January to June There was a nervous feel to the start of 2009. The Banking crisis was in full swing. No one knew whether consumer demand would come to an abrupt halt after Christmas and garden suppliers were anxiously waiting for confirmation of Wyevale’s financial restructuring. This review is open to all. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 23 Dec 09

Dobbies renews plans at East Kilbride Dobbies has published a new planning application, which includes a supermarket and hotel, at East Kilbride on the south side of Glasgow.
Byline: George Bullivant 14 Dec 09

Dobbies strengthens its roots at Braehead Dobbies has revealed plans for a new garden centre at Braehead in Renfrew – the town where James Dobbie started his horticultural business in 1865. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 02 Dec 09

Tesco consults over Churchdown garden centre Local press reports that Tesco are planning a community supermarket on the former Hurrans Garden Centre at Churchdown, Cheltenham. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 02 Dec 09

Major expansion for Gates Nursery and Garden Centre Gates Nursery and Garden Centre has won permission to extend the retail area by 2500 sq m, which will include increasing seating in the restaurant to 450. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 19 Nov 09

Carlisle planners refer Dobbies proposal to Government Carlisle City Councillors voted on Friday to approve Dobbies plans for a new garden centre at Carlisle, but have deferred the final decision until the Government decides if a public enquiry is required. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 16 Nov 09

Planners recommend approval for Dobbies in Carlisle According to Carlisle’s News & Star, Dobbies is hoping to overturn earlier objections and win planning permission for a new garden centre in competition with Klondyke’s Houghton Hall. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 11 Nov 09

Garden centre values hold up Despite the recession, profitable nurseries and garden centres are selling for the same or more than a year ago, according to Quinton Edwards, who have completed a number of sales recently. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 11 Nov 09

Planning success for Forest Lodge Garden Centre and Birdworld Malcolm Scott Consultants Ltd has gained double planning permissions for ambitious development at the 14-hectare joint Forest Lodge and Birdworld site. See more...
Byline: Malcolm Scott Consultants 22 Oct 09

Mike Gilbert breaks away from Hammond Phillips Mike Gilbert and 2 fellow directors from Hammond Phillips have left the company to set up their own practice, Gilbert Evans, which is based in Ascot. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 20 Oct 09

Fire damages Gordon Rigg Gordon Rigg Garden Centre on Moss Bridge Road, Rochdale, one of three in the group, was damaged by fire on Saturday night. The centre is trading again, but with no houseplants, pets or aquatics.
Byline: George Bullivant 12 Oct 09

2 more planning successes from Malcolm Scott Sefton Meadow and Frosts Woburn Sands garden centres have both been granted permissions to extend their retail area. See more...
Byline: Malcolm Scott Consultants 08 Oct 09

Confusion over Canterbury garden centres Canterbury Garden Centre has become the second independent to challenge The Garden Centre Group (TGCG, formally Wyevale) over its decision to rename its outlets with local names. There was confusion when one of the group's staff appeared at the wrong garden centre for training. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 18 Sep 09

Blue Diamond opens Le Friquet This Friday, Blue Diamond will open one of the most innovative garden centre designs yet seen. It is the shape of an octagonal doughnut, with the plant area filling the middle. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 10 Sep 09

No rebuild for Wyevale Caddington The Garden Centre Group (TGCG), formerly Wyevale, has sold Caddington garden centre rather than rebuild it, following the devastating fire in July 2008. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 03 Sep 09

Langlands Arrives in Leeds The famous Langlands Garden Centre in Shiptonthorpe near York is reaping the benefits of the current ‘Grow Your Own’ phenomenon and is expanding its empire by acquiring the old Hayes Garden Centre site in Leeds. See more...
Byline: Langlands 10 Aug 09

Dobbies changes tack at York Dobbies has withdrawn its planning appeal at York and has submitted an application to develop a Garden World at Livingston, the new town between Edinburgh and Glasgow. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 29 Jul 09

Weekend news round-up Read what was said last weekend in the Press. Heinz targets garden centres with BBQ sauces, Dobbies to offer allotments and shoppers flinch at Smith & Hawken closing down sale. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 27 Jul 09

Dobbies go ahead for UK's most eco-friendly garden centre Aberdeen City Council has granted planning permission for a new Dobbies Garden World at New Park in Lang Stracht, Aberdeen. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 24 Jul 09

Worcestershire garden centre sold to Australian investors News comes from Alexander Mackie Associates of the sale, completed last week, of Earls Croome Garden Centre on the A38 near Upton upon Severn. This is an example of rising investment interest from outside the sector. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 23 Jul 09

Patience pays off for Dobbies in Northern Ireland After four years Dobbies has won planning permission for a new garden centre at Lisburn, just south of Belfast. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 03 Jul 09

Novel way to spend a penny at the latest Dobbies' centre The former Tesco store at Fosse Way, Shepton Mallet officially opened as the latest Dobbies Garden Centre last Sunday. It is the UK's first centre to be converted from a supermarket. See more...
Byline: Peter Dawson 25 Jun 09

Greenacres changes hands Greenacres Nurseries in Stapleton, Leics, has been sold for an undisclosed sum. The deal was arranged by Alexander Mackie Associates. See more...
Byline: Peter Dawson 19 Jun 09

Go-ahead for redevelopment of Sanders Revised plans for Wyevale’s Sanders Garden World have been approved by the district council in Somerset despite local objections. Work on the 35,000 ft.˛ extension is expected to start later this year. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 10 Jun 09

Dobbies reveals first of several new sites Dobbies have started local consultation for a new 65,000 ft.˛ garden centre at Nether Alderley in Cheshire. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 06 May 09

Planning success saves Plants Galore Malcolm Scott Consultants Ltd have won planning permission for Plants Galore that rescues them from closure under an enforcement notice. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 05 May 09

Garden Store reopens the Pavilion The Garden Store Ltd has acquired the lease of the Pavilion Garden Centre, near Wolverhampton, which closed at Christmas. The store reopened on Saturday. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 05 May 09

Suppliers rally round Ruxley Manor “It is at times like this that you realise what a fantastic industry we are in," said Richard Evans, managing director of Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, following the fire that destroyed stock worth over Ł2m. But several customers left without paying. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 28 Apr 09

New garden centre for Trago Mills Diarmuid Gavin will cut the ribbon at a new Trago Mills garden centre that opens this Saturday at Newton Abbot. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 27 Apr 09

Massive fire at Ruxley Manor Garden Centre (Updated) A massive fire broke out at Ruxley Manor Garden Centre yesterday afternoon, closing part of the A20 Sidcup bypass, Kent. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 27 Apr 09

New plans will double the size of Forest Lodge Forest Lodge Garden Centre has re-submitted a planning application that will double the size of the garden centre and integrate it with the adjacent Bird World. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 24 Apr 09

Peterborough Garden Park to be Britain's premier garden centre Garden Park Investment's retail development at Peterborough is intent on being Britain's premier garden centre when it opens next spring with Van Hage as the anchor tenant. Already 80% of the space has been let. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 23 Apr 09

Ram raiders hit Bracknell garden centre Ram raiders smashed into Moss End Garden Centre yesterday morning, making off with Ł4500 worth of garden machinery. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 23 Apr 09

Patience pays off for Whitehall Garden Centre Whitehall Garden Centre has won planning permission, after many postponements, to double the size of its garden centre at Lacock in Wiltshire. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 19 Mar 09

Kitching returns with Beckworth Emporium Former Blooms of Bressingham chief executive, Jon Kitching, is to launch the Beckworth Emporium with his new partner, David Brown. It will be neither a garden centre nor a farm shop, but the best of both. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 12 Mar 09

Sinclair to continue negotiations over Bolton Fell William Sinclair has expressed disappointment at the level of compensation proposed by Natural England for Bolton Fell, which is due to become a Special Area of Conservation. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 03 Mar 09

West Hagley makes it two for Webbs Webbs Garden Centres has taken control of West Hagley, one of the Hurrans Garden Centres that are in administration. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 02 Mar 09

Hurrans unlikely to continue as a group It is likely that the future of Hurrans Garden Centres will be decided by the end of March. However, it is unlikely that they will remain trading as a group. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 20 Feb 09

All-In-One acquires land to expand All-In-One has acquired land that almost doubles the size of the garden centre. Finance director, Jason Stafford, has engaged Ernest Wertheim to advise on extending the garden centre. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 11 Feb 09

Woodthorpe makes it four with Spring Garden Centre Woodthorpe Garden Centres Ltd has today completed the purchase of Spring Garden Centre, which lies a few miles north of Hull. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 30 Jan 09

Four more conservatory concessions for Leekes Leekes, the Welsh home and garden retailer, is to open four conservatory concessions on garden centres in the southwest. Three will be on Wyevale garden centres. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 14 Jan 09

2008 Review Gardenforum reported on 18 garden centres changing hands last year. There was also the demise of wholesaler Spread, and a difficult year for Sir Tom Hunter’s investments in Dobbies, Flying Brands and Wyevale. For a review of 2008 and what to watch in 2009, see 'more'... (This article open to non-subscribers to see what you missed!)
Byline: George Bullivant 05 Jan 09

Brookside makes it 24 for Klondyke Klondyke has today completed the acquisition of Brookside Garden Centre in Poynton, Cheshire, which had been in administration. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 19 Dec 08

Country Homes and Gardens sells Stroud GC Country Homes and Gardens has sold Stroud Garden Centre. The centre will close at the end of January. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 12 Dec 08

Frustration for Wyevale as Sanders’ planning is postponed A decision on Wyevale's controversial plans to add 35,000 ft.˛ to Sanders Garden World has been delayed until next year. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 10 Dec 08

Planning shock for award-winning garden centre Two weeks after topping the Garden Retail evening with three awards, Sidmouth Garden Centre has been hit with an enforcement order to close its popular farm shop, despite receiving approval from planning officers. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 24 Nov 08

Green Belt success for Malcolm Scott Malcolm Scott Consultants have announced two planning successes in the Green Belt. They cover a nursery in Warwickshire and a garden centre in Cambridge. See more…
Byline: Malcolm Scott Consultants 04 Nov 08

York set back for Dobbies It looks as if Dobbies is facing rejection from the planners at York City Council next Thursday, when they consider the group’s plans for a new garden centre. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 16 Oct 08

Councils frustrate garden centre plans The expansion plans of two West Country garden centres have been frustrated by the planners last night. Both Saunders Garden World and Whitehall Garden Centres will have to wait longer for a decision on their planning applications. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 16 Oct 08

Dobbies to double size of head office Dobbies has applied for permission to double the size of its head office at Lasswade. The new facility would provide space for 300 staff. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 06 Oct 08

Bridgemere Garden World is to be flattened Owners Wyevale Garden Centres will unveil the proposals at Bridgemere on Friday. The multi-million pound project will see much of the 132-acre garden centre on the A51 knocked down and replaced in an 18-month project. See more...
Byline: Extract from the Crewe Chronicle 01 Oct 08

Work starts on new GPI / Van Hage garden centre The ceremonial turf was cut yesterday to mark the start of a major garden centre development near Peterborough. The developer is Garden Park Investments; Van Hage will be the anchor tenant. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 26 Sep 08

Wyevale seeks to rebuild York Garden Centre Wyevale has submitted a planning application to redevelop York garden centre. It claims the new development will create 87 new jobs. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 25 Sep 08

Hayes to Develop new ‘World of Plants’ Malcolm Scott Consultants have designed and gained planning permission for a new ‘World of Plants’ at Hayes’ well known Garden Centre in Ambleside in the Lake District National Park. To see an image, click on the 'website' button below.
Byline: Malcolm Scott 25 Sep 08

Dobbies to build greenest garden centre Dobbies has acquired a new garden centre site belonging to its Aberdeen rival, James Cocker & Sons. It plans to build its greenest garden centre yet. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 20 Sep 08

Worsley Hall Garden Centre to close It has been reported that Worsley Hall Garden Centre will close having been sold to the property developer, Peel Holdings. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 19 Sep 08

GPI unveils Ł50m Garden Centre Fund Garden Park Investments have established a Ł50 million fund to provide a source of capital to finance garden centres who wish to expand or for owners who wish to realise some of the value tied up in their property. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 29 Aug 08

Hilliers to redevelop Eastbourne site Hillier Garden Centres are in the process of drawing up the tender documents for the redevelopment of their Eastbourne branch at Stone Cross, Sussex, following planning approval last month. See more…
Byline: Peter Dawson 18 Aug 08

Fire guts Wyevale garden centre Wyevale garden centre at Caddington was completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning. No one was hurt. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 21 Jul 08

Redevelopment plans on schedule at Frosts Development plans to refurbish and extend much of the retail space at Frosts Garden Centre, Woburn Sands are on schedule. Phase 2 will be completed and open to customers by the end of November 2008. See more...
Byline: Frosts Garden Centres 14 Jul 08

Lidl wins planning permission on Leamington Garden Centre Planning permission has been granted for a supermarket to be built on the site of Hurrans Garden Centre in Leamington Spa. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 14 Jul 08

Fire at Manchester garden centre was deliberate Vandals caused so much damage to a Manchester garden centre that it may have to close. The fire at Bowlee Nurseries was started deliberately. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 16 Jun 08

Thermoflor builds the first in new chain of Russian garden centres Thermoflor has built a new garden centre in St Petersburg in Russia. The garden centre officially opened its doors to the public in April. The enterprise is intended to be the first branch of a new chain of garden centres that will be opened in Russia under the name of Greenland. See more...
Byline: Thermoflor 12 Jun 08

Klondyke wins appeal at Saville Garden Centre Klondyke Garden Centres has overturned, on appeal, the planning refusal to redevelop Savilles Garden Centre, which trades under the Strikes banner. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 13 Apr 08

Garden centre to receive royal opening Lancashire Evening Post reports that Barton Grange's new garden centre and marina will be officially opened by the Princess Royal and shows a video of Guy Topping. Click on Website (below) for video and to see the flower shaped urinals!
Byline: Lancashire Evening Post 12 Apr 08

Klondyke makes it 24 with Lady Green Klondyke Garden Centres has, this afternoon, completed the deal to buy Lady Green Garden Centre, a GCA Garden Centre of Excellence. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 20 Mar 08

Barton Grange delays opening of new centre Barton Grange is to open its new garden centre at Brock, the week after Easter. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 20 Mar 08

Blaze at West Country Garden Centre 14 fire engines and around 75 firefighters fought a blaze at a West Country garden centre on Thursday night. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 16 Mar 08

News Review 2007 Here is our review of the News in 2007. This story is open to all our readers even if you are not a subscriber. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 03 Jan 08

Focus sells 41 stores Following a strategic review, Focus has sold 41 stores. Buyers include Homebase, Wickes, Sainsbury and Tesco. 39 remain to be sold. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 19 Oct 07

Wyevale buys garden centre in South East The latest garden centre to be purchased by Wyevale has been named. The acquisition of Old Barn Nurseries completed late on Friday night. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 08 Oct 07

Fire at Wyevale Garden Centre A blaze at Wyevale’s Swindon garden centre last night was probably started deliberately. Only prompt action by the fire brigade saved more serious damage. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 27 Jun 07

Thieves hit aquatics centres Fish thieves have raided a second aquatics centre in the Oxford area and escaped with thousands of pounds of tropical wildlife. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 04 Jun 07

Southport planners say ‘yes’ to Dobbies With only one more planning hurdle to jump, Dobbies is confident of a spring opening for Southport. Dobbies now has 3 garden centres that it expects to open before next spring. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 19 May 07

Van Hage is set for expansion As Van Hage reshapes itself for growth, the North London garden centre group announces that it is to be the anchor tenant in Garden Park Investments’ proposed garden centre at Peterborough. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 27 Apr 07

NWF opens its 6th garden centre NWF Group has opened Ashton Park Garden Centre within Snipe Retail Park in Ashton Under Lyne. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 17 Apr 07

Klondyke buys Holland Arms Garden Centre Klondyke makes it 23 garden centres with the acquisition of Holland Arms Garden Centre on Anglesey. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 16 Apr 07

85,000 sq ft garden centre for Peterborough (Edited) Permission has been granted to a new breed of garden centre developer, for a large garden centre at Eye, on the edge of Peterborough. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 10 Apr 07

Environmentalists challenge plans for Dobbies garden centre Defenders of the green belt in Southport are urging planners to refuse an application from Dobbies for a Ł10m garden centre. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 15 Mar 07

2006 News Review 2006 was the year when the decline of old order in the garden industry became irreversible. Gardenforum reviews the stories from 2006 and looks forward to 2007. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 02 Jan 07

Webbs of Wychbold to acquire a second garden centre Webbs has unveiled plans for a second garden centre, near Coventry. Given appropriate planning consents the centre is planned to open in Spring 2008. See more…
Byline: George Bullivant 03 Nov 06

Controversy over Dobbies' expansion at Edinburgh Midlothian councillors have approved a Ł7.5m expansion plan for Dobbies flagship, Garden World at Lasswade. But Edinburgh Council will try to block the development. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 21 Oct 06

Wyevale reprieves smaller centres Wyevale has removed the sale notices hanging over the 31 smaller garden centres put up for sale in January when the group was under siege from Laxey Partners. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 10 Oct 06

Dobbies develops 'Homes & Gardens' theme at Sheffield Dobbies has won planning permission for two new destination garden centres at the sites purchased earlier this year, Dunfermline and Sheffield. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 08 Sep 06

Britain's last railway nursery seeks help from the horticulture community Poppleton Railway Nursery is the last of its kind, the last of a once famous line of railway flower and vegetable nurseries. A railway consortium is seeking help and expertise from the garden industry to form a charitable trust that will bring Poppleton back to life. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 10 Aug 06

Bents embarks on 10 year vision Bents Garden Centre of Glazebury is taking the first step towards realising its 10 year vision for the future. Construction work has started on an innovative ‘open skies’ structure that will provide an additional 5000 sq m of undercover retail space for outdoor plants at the award winning garden centre. To see new building, click website below. See more...
Byline: Bents Garden Centre 02 Aug 06

Badshot Lea Garden Centre is sold Badshot Lea Garden Centre has been sold to Squire's Garden Centres in the group's biggest acquisition yet. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 29 Mar 06

Wyevale postpones sale of smaller centres The proposed sale of Wyevale's 31 smaller centres has been postponed again, following news that Sir Tom Hunter's bidding vehicle, West Coast Capital, has built its holding of Wyevale shares to almost 29%. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 16 Mar 06

Work to start on Notcutts - Woodbridge Work will start soon on a multi-million pound redevelopment of Notcutts Garden Centre site at head office in Woodbridge, Suffolk. See more...
Byline: Peter Dawson 14 Mar 06

Windmills to resolve nursery's fuel bills Carlisle nursery, Westwood Nurseries is seeking permission to install 5 wind turbines to reduce its Ł15,000 per year fuel bill. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 09 Feb 06

Barton Grange sells Woodford Garden Centre Barton Grange has sold Woodford Garden Centre to NWF group. This will give MD, Guy Topping, time to focus on Barton Grange's new development at Brock. He said, "It has been an extremely difficult decision." See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 02 Feb 06

Blooms secures funding for Bicester Blooms of Bressingham has sold Bicester garden centre for Ł10.9m to a property company, a partnership 50% shared by itself and an investment company. The operating company will pay a starting rent of Ł884,000 a year. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 01 Feb 06

Fire Closes Wyevale - Bromley A fire at lunchtime yesterday has damaged a Wyevale garden centre at Bromley, south-east London. The centre will remain closed for a few days. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 21 Jul 05

Yorkshire Garden Centre Wins planning on Appeal Planning permission has been granted for a 45,000 sq ft. garden centre near Beverley in Yorkshire. Malcolm Scott Consultants won the permission against considerable local opposition. See more...
Byline: Malcolm Scott Consultants 15 Jul 05

Future of the Garden Festival Hall Southport Flower Show has been granted the option to remove the International Garden Festival Hall from its Otterspool site and place it in Victoria Park, where the Southport Flower Show marks its 75th show in 2004. See more...
Byline: Southport Flower Show 07 Jan 04

Malcolm Scott Warns GCs to Act Before It's Too Late Garden centres that are infringing their planning permissions have been warned that there may not be much time to get their planning in order. Malcolm Scott Consultants Ltd have recently obtained a Lawful Use Certificate for Blooms of Bressingham Ltd at Haresfield. This opens the way to apply for planning permission for extensions to the site. Garden centres and retail nurseries should take note. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 10 Nov 03

Telecommunications masts - a good little earner? Garden centres attracted by the additional income from a telecommunications mast are warned by RHW Solicitors that accepting the standard agreement may cost them dear. See more...
Byline: Giles Gillingham 03 Apr 03

English Gardens Are Under Threat say Met Office As a prologue to World Met Day on 23rd March, the Met Office has issued a warning that dry summers will threaten English country gardens within the next 20 years. Climate change will impact the way we live and play. See more...
Byline: The Met Office 21 Mar 03

Airport proposal threatens Ryton Gardens - HDRA seeks support Ryton Organic Gardens would be seriously affected by the proposals for the expansion of air travel in the Midlands. The gardens would be particularly jeopardised by the option to build an international airport, the largest in the UK, on a site at Church Lawford, just a mile or so away. See more...
Byline: George Bullivant 30 Aug 02