Annual results published by B&M see an opportunity to grow market share in gardening, outdoor products and Christmas as it targets another 45 stores for the current year.

Top retailer and supplier brands attended BHETA’s workshop, to discuss its responsible knife retailing campaign.  The first actions in the responsible retailing campaign will be announced within weeks.

The GCA Barometer of Trade shows garden centre sales were +19% up for the year at the end of April with outdoor plants and furniture being the stand-out performers.

Celebrities were drawn to the Chelsea gardens by Greenfingers and Perennial with Hillier drawing flocks of photographers.  Hydroponics also took a higher profile.  See the photos.

Wyevale has announced the sale of Hastings, Lower Dicker (Hailsham) and Sherfield-on-Loddon garden centres to two separate buyers.

As a key partner in the supply of bird care products to garden centres, Westland is committed to driving the sector and educating the public.

As part of the recent National Gardening Week celebrations, Flopro ran a promotion to giveaway 10,000 hose reels.

Burgon & Ball, the UK’s longest-established manufacturer of garden tools and accessories, has won five stars from the Royal Horticultural Society for its stand at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019.

This season, Johnsons launches exclusive Cosmos Kiiro as part of its seed range. The result of new Japanese breeding (‘Kiiro’ means ‘yellow’ in Japanese), the flower’s unique yellow petals with peach coloured reverses, provide a stunning display, standing out against the more traditional cosmos colours.

G Plants have launched their latest brochure of year-round giftware.

The next event in the highly successful ‘Meet the International Buyers’ programme organised by the Gardenex and PetQuip associations will take place at the Federation’s head office in Brasted, Kent on Wednesday 12 June 2019.

Looking to connect with people serving the garden retail trade on a freelance/consultative basis. Not agents for garden centres.

Looking to rent some space for cabin showroom within a 150 miles radius around London.

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The 30 year old garden centre at Great Amwell in Ware will be completely renovated by Smiemans Projecten. More than 3,000m2 of the flagship store for Van Hage will get a new roof and air vents.

Following in the footsteps of Stephen Mangan, Rufus Hound, Tim Vine, Russell Kane and Hal Cruttenden, it has been confirmed that Vernon Kay, star of TV and radio, will host the 39th annual GIMA Awards.

Scott Williams, SBM’s UK Sales Manager has announced the appointment of Heather Mayne to the UK field sales team. Heather joins SBM as a Territory Account Manager for the South West region, following David Fairless who joined the business back in December last year as North West Territory Account Manager.

Garden centres across the country are taking part in this year’s National Children’s Gardening Week (NCGW) which starts this weekend and with such a buzz around children’s gardening at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this week it is a great time to get involved.

Alan Young from Cheltenham in Gloucestershire has recently (May, 2019) joined one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries as an Amenity Sales Executive.

Scotland's Autumn Show not to be missed with new craft area and spectacular launch gallery.

The tenth HTA National Plant Show, sponsored by Hortipak, takes place at Stoneleigh Park on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 June. Visitors are encouraged to register now to ensure that they are able to enter the show swiftly and maximise the opportunity of everything on offer.

Artevasi, the leading European manufacturer and distributer of plastic planters and containers,  announce a new look UK Independent Sales team.

Champion vegetable grower Medwyn Williams has struck gold once again at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with his pristine display.

The results are in from the world’s most prestigious flower show, RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and members of the British Association of Landscape Industries (BALI) have been awarded top accolades.

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has awarded 118 RHS Medals to the gardens and floral exhibits in the Great Pavilion at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show (21-25 May) with Andy Sturgeon scooping the title of Best in Show for The M&G Garden.

The Welcome to Yorkshire garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show has received a highly coveted Gold Medal - a fitting celebration as the tourism organisation celebrates its 10^th anniversary and 10^th garden at the world-famous flower show.

The Facebook Garden: Beyond The Screen, designed by Joe Perkins, has won a gold medal and been awarded Best in Class and Best Construction in the Space To Grow Garden category at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. It is the only garden to win both awards in its category.