Plans have been submitted to build a garden centre that would be operated by Blue Diamond in the walled garden of the Elveden Estate.

John Lewis opens a concept store experience at Southampton where specialists will advise on everything from wine and gardening to interiors and technology.

The HTA has asked Defra to introduce a 12 month grace period for plant passports as growers and retailers don't want to get it wrong.

Brand new £2m market-leading distribution centre takes centre stage at Kettler HQ. The extra high facility, which is centrally located adjacent to its current warehouse, will treble the company’s current onsite capacity.

Dobbies held a London launch to unveil the themes for its 2020 garden furniture ranges. The mood is informality and fun.

The run-up to Christmas this year sees the launch of Illumination Street, a national campaign to brighten up the streets of Britain with Christmas cheer.

Wrexham-based Treadstone products has invested in new brochures across all three of the company’s brands: ClipGlove, Peter Rabbit and ‘The Good Life’.

It’s like the Day of the Triffids, but safer. Hundreds of houseplants will be growing, overflowing and taking over the Glasshouse at RHS Garden Wisley from 25 January to 1 March 2020.

Anyone who trades in plants can register for an HTA webinar on Plant Passports to prepare for the change in regulations on December 14^th.

Box tree caterpillars, the larvae of box tree moths, can be devastating, defoliating box plants almost overnight.  Having first arrived in the South of England in 2008, the moth has since been slowly creeping north. 

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Gardenex and PetQuip are holding the latest in their successful ‘Meet the Buyers’ events at their offices in Brasted, Kent, at the end of this month.

Farm shop, garden centre & garden café in East Sussex for sale.

Emma Lamb and Sam Clark who were sponsored by the Garden Centre Association (GCA) Trust to attend the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) Congress have reported back about their experiences (October 2019).

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Environmental Factors have appointed DECCO Ltd as their exclusive distributor for NemaKnights.

The APL Annual Members Meeting took place today at FutureScapes, Sandown Racecourse, Escher. Chairing the meeting was David Sewell, The Gardenmakers, who was officially sworn in as APL Chairman, taking over from Rod Winrow at the end of his tenure.

At the Cultivating Retail conference taking place on 19 November in Nottingham, HTA chairman James Barnes will announce a commitment to develop an industry-wide environmental sustainability roadmap.

Greenfingers Charity, the only UK charity that designs and builds gardens in children’s hospices, has designated much needed funds to extend and update the Remembrance Garden at Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People in the East Midlands.

A Despatch and Stock Controller at one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries in Hereford took part in a sleep out last Thursday (November 14, 2019) and helped raise £1,599.89 for a homeless charity.

Students of commercial horticulture can get £1,000 of funding through the British Protected Ornamentals Association – Peter Seabrook Bursary. 

Once again, the team at Mr Fothergill’s Seeds have donned their finest ties to help raise money for BBC Children in Need - an idea which came about as Tim Jeffries, Mr Fothergill’s Commercial Director is the last and only person to ever wear a tie in the office!