Months of ‘will it? won’t it?’ have ended with the news that Glee 2020 has been cancelled along with Pawexpo.  Instead there will be a two day virtual forum.

Dobbies reveals measures in place to open its 68 restaurants across the UK from Friday 3^rd, in Northern Ireland, and England to following day, overseen by a safety champion at each store.

The Duchess of Cambridge at Fakenham Garden centre, in Hello feature. Another Norfolk garden centre is for sale, while the Sunday Telegraph warns against buying plants on Amazon.

On 28^th May Wyevale Garden Centres Ltd, one of garden centres’ biggest names disappeared into history, when it was wound up after trading for 58 years.  We look back through the years.

“We need the Westminster… Government to support our industry, as the Dutch Government has done for theirs,” says HTA chairman as UK plant production falls and imports rise.

Kindwood – the UK’s first truly sustainable firewood company – is offering UK garden retailers the opportunity to benefit from an exciting new sales opportunity – the Swedish Torch Log.

With many retailers struggling to achieve even minimum stock levels, one leading supplier, DJ Turfcare, is welcoming new customers aboard thanks to its speedy delivery and market-leading organic fertiliser ranges.

The team at LifestyleGarden® is raising a toast this week as it has been confirmed that the groundbreaking DuraOcean® chair has been shortlisted for the ‘Recycled Product of the Year’ at the 2020 MRW National Recycling Awards.

New for 2020, GARDENA has improved its range of popular Aqua and AquaZoom oscillating sprinklers. All GARDENA sprinklers come with a 5 year warranty and are frost and UV proof.

Two Dummen Orange products had success in the HTA Virtual Plant awards 2020 last week.

We are looking for a glasshouse house to rent to grow edible Asian plants, any size property considered.

Gardener looking to start a market/plant nursery business.

Garden and pet product suppliers are being offered the chance to grow their social media presence, thanks to a new service organised by Gardenex and PetQuip.

Growers, breeders, traders, retailers and manufacturers, are invited to  the first global online conference for the ornamental horticulture industry, to be organised by the AIPH in association with FCI.

Gardenex and PetQuip are holding a series of virtual Meet the International Buyer events, with buyers from France, Sweden, Germany and other countries in Northern Europe.

Today, the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the charity behind the North’s Greatest Gardening event announces further plans to bring the much loved flower show online, launching RHS Flower Show Tatton Park ‘At Home’. 

A multi-award winning digital commerce team has today launched a free wholesale-specific eCommerce platform that works across mobile, desktop and tablet for garden, pets and hardware wholesalers looking to grow their business digitally or create new routes to market.

BALI have been awarded ‘We invest in people, silver accreditation’ by Investors in People, an accolade only achieved by 3,000 businesses that have been assessed (20%) by this globally recognised not-for-profit organisation. 

The Teviot Smokery & Watergardens on the Scottish Borders has announced on Facebook that it is to close. 

The leading supplier of Dog Rocks and the new 100% natural Be:Loved pet care range, Podium Pet Products, is continuing its ongoing expansion plans with the appointment of two new team members.

In a bid to support its customer base through the current Coronavirus crisis, garden sundries & gloves supplier Treadstone Products has been providing thousands of face masks free of charge.

Fallen Fruits are pleased to say, Neil Cochrane has joined the team as the new sales agent for Scotland