Garden centre owner appointed deputy to the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester

Mark Llewellin of Daisy Nook garden centre, is one of 6 new Deputy Lieutenants appointed by the Lord Lieutenant of Greater Manchester. Read more - open to all

Mark Llewellin

BGC raises £15,000 for Garden Re-Leaf Day

British Garden Centres raised over £15,000 for Garden Re-Leaf Day, the March 15th event in support of Greenfingers Charity. Read more - open to all

Brigg at Snowdon summit

David Domoney becomes Ambassador for Air Ambulances UK

Air Ambulances UK (AAUK) proudly announces the appointment of David Domoney, acclaimed television presenter for Plants and Nature, as an Ambassador. In this role, David will help to raise awareness of the vital work undertaken by air ambulance charities across the UK.

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David Domoney

Marc Driessen elected 22nd Fleuroselect President

Fleuroselect, the international organisation for the ornamental plants industry, proudly announces the election of Marc Driessen, CEO Beekenkamp Ornamentals, as President of the organisation. Read more - open to all

Marc Driessen, President

A new National Account Manager for Treadstone

Treadstone announces the new appointment of Mark Allen as National Account Manager. Read more - open to all

Home and garden PR agency expands

Home and garden PR agency expands to create its first ever Operations Director position. Read more - open to all

Holly Daulby managing director and Fay Clarkson Operations and Account Director

New CEO for Plant Heritage

Gwen Hines, current CEO of international charity Save the Children UK, joins horticultural conservation charity in early March. Read more - open to all

Plant Heritage’s new CEO Gwen Hines, who will start in spring. Credit G Hines.

The Greenfingers Charity appoints new Operations Director

The children’s hospice garden charity, Greenfingers, is pleased to announce Neil Sewell’s appointment as its new Operations Director, responsible for delivering Greenfingers’ new garden projects and expanding the Garden Re-Fresh programme. Read more - open to all

Greenfingers Charity's new Operations Director, Neil Sewell

Haskins Ferndown celebrates team leader’s 40 years of service

Haskins Garden Centres' Ferndown site is celebrating the longstanding service of outdoor team leader Kevin Holmes, 56, who has been part of the Ferndown team for over four decades. Read more - open to all

Hillier welcomes two new account managers to Amenity Team

Hillier, the UK’s largest grower of semi-mature trees in the UK, is pleased to announce the appointment of two new account managers, Ben Kyte and Gavin Bell, to support its Amenity division.  Read more - open to all

Ben Kyte

LOFA welcomes Steve Millington of Tom Chambers as Chairman

LOFA, the Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association, has announced two new appointments to its board of directors. Steve Millington has been voted in as the new Chairman, and Alwyn Williams as the new Vice Chair. Read more - open to all

Steve Millington, Sales Director at Tom Chambers

Nuova Deroma UK Ltd going from strength to strength

After several years of steady growth. Deroma UK has introduced 5 new area sales manager/merchandisers alongside the current sales team to keep up with the demand for there ever expanding range. Read more - open to all

Commercial Director to leave Dobbies

Richard Hodges, who joined Dobbies in November 2021, has announced that he is preparing to leave the group and prepare for the next chapter of his life. Read more - open to all

Richard Hodges

Notcutts CEO discusses how the company has developed

Since 2015, when Nick Burrows joined Notcutts, the company has upgraded almost its entire portfolio of 18 garden centres and invested in developing its people. Read more - members only

Nick Burrows

Green-tech’s Jordan Webster takes a step up

Green-tech is delighted to announce that Jordan Webster has been promoted to a Sales Manager. Read more - open to all

Jordan Webster and Richard Gill

RHS Awards the Highest Honours in Horticulture

RHS medal for Tim Briercliffe as six worthy recipients are awarded the highest honours in horticulture, the Victoria Medal of Honour and the Elizabeth Medal of Honour. Read more - members only

Tim Briercliffe

Dobbies strenghtens finance team

Dobbies has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Jonathan Wass as Chief Financial Officer. Read more - open to all

Jonathan Wass, Dobbies CFO

Provender Nurseries expands sales team

Provender Nurseries welcomes four new members to the Sales Team to meet with increasing sales demands. Read more - open to all

James Robson, Phil Mall, Denise Dellaway

Branded Garden Products Group appoints new CEO

Branded Garden Products (BGP) is delighted to announce that Chris Wright has been appointed as its new CEO. Read more - open to all

Chris Wright

Meet the women of GIMA - Celebrating International Women’s Day

As we look forward to celebrating International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March, we shine a spotlight on some of the incredible women who are driving change and growth at GIMA. Take it away, ladies! Read more - open to all

Jenna & Kate

Sarah Raven appoints new Growth Marketing Director

Jake Newbould joins Sarah Raven to spearhead brand’s ambitions for growth. Read more - open to all

Jake Newbould, Growth Marketing Director, Sarah Raven

Yorkshire Garden Centres appoints from within

Dave Denton from Cleckheaton has been promoted to centre manager at the long established Bingley Garden Centre at Harden Read more - open to all

Dave Denton Abi Peek and Gavin Dickinson

YPHA unveils Launch Success at the Eden Project

Ambassador, Boyd Douglas-Davies, called on more employers to support YPHA members as they visited the Eden Project where the Launch Success development programme was unveiled. Read more - open to all

Chat from aisles of the Garden Press Event

300 members of the garden media visited around 100 exhibitors at a buzzing Garden Press Event. Best new product was a Dipping Tank. Blue Diamond won the Best Stand award. Read the chat. Read more - members only

The Dipping Tank

RHS thank Matthew Pottage for contribution to RHS Garden Wisley

After 20 years at RHS Garden Wisley, nearly nine of them as Curator, Matthew Pottage is spreading his roots and will be leaving the RHS at the end of May to take up a new role, Head of Horticulture and Landscape Strategy, at The Royal Parks. Read more - open to all

Dobbies appoints new Commercial Director

Dobbies has appointed Andy Hannan as Commercial Director.  He replaces Richard Hodges who has stepped down from this role. Read more - open to all

Andy Hannan, Dobbies Commercial Director.

James Hitchmough receives SGD Lifetime Achievement Award

Renowned horticulturalist, author and lecturer James Hitchmough has been named as this year's recipient of the Society of Garden Designers (SGD) Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more - open to all

James Hitchmough pictured at the Knepp Estate

A close shave nets £7.5k for charities

Ian Flounders, sales manager at Woodlodge Garden Products, raised over £7500 when he was persuaded to sacrifice his whiskers for industry charities. Read more - open to all

Ian Flounders before his close shave

Char-Broil boosts UK Garden Centre & Specialist Channel team

Leading BBQ brand Char-Broil has appointed Grant Murdoch as its new Key Account Manager (UK & Ireland), responsible for driving growth across Garden Centre and Specialist Channels. Read more - open to all

Grant Murdoch, Key Account Manager (UK & Ireland) Char-Broil

Squire's makes new appointment to restaurant team

Squire’s Garden Centres has bolstered its Restaurant team with the appointment of Paul Larson, in the newly created role of Restaurant Training & Standards Manager. Read more - open to all

Paul Larson, Squire’s Restaurant Training & Standards Manager.

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