The Met Office says, the warm and dry weather is here to stay until at least the end of June and… we could be looking at similar conditions continuing into the start of July.

The aisles of a busy HTA National Plant Show hummed with discussions about Wyevale, Brexit, technology, early wastage and the shortage of hardy nursery stock.

After a terrible start to the year, garden centres prospered in the warm May weather and all but recovered the sales lost in the earlier months.

Scheurich in co-operation with Baikap is to buy Deroma by the end of 2018. This is the first of several new growth stages for the Scheurich company.

Till queues were reported to be over 100 yards long at the ‘invitation only’ closing down sale at Reigate Garden Centre.

Visitors to the 2018 RHS Hampton Court Flower Show will be among the first to see the new ranges from the Posh Shed Company.

Visitors to the HTA National Plant Show, sponsored by Hortipak, have voted Rose ‘Timeless Purple’ from Whartons Roses as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards. The Visitor Vote Award, sponsored by Floramedia, proved extremely popular and with over 100 entries for visitors to choose from, they were once again spoilt for choice.

Boost sales over summer with wildlife friendly products while gardens are in full bloom.

Stock Up On c NOW! After receiving an explosion in the number of calls to its customer advisory line asking about box tree moths this week, SBM Life Science is advising garden centre retailers to stock up on Solabiol® BUXatrap® Box Tree Moth Trap.

2 acre site split between nursery and house. Lots of potential for expansion of retail offer , cafe, farm shop and wider range of sundries.

Malcolm Scott Consultants gained permission for the 176-cover facility and other site developments and had a number of specific considerations to overcome in preparing the concept designs.

Sales agents wanted to cover the West Midlands, East Midlands and Scotland.

Following the success of their Chemical Workshop – training the trainer;  held last month in North Yorkshire;  Green-tech has announced that the next workshop will be held at BALI Head office in Stoneleigh, Coventry on 26th July from 9am-3pm.

Over 100 countries are expected to participate in the AIPH-approved Expo 2019 Beijing to take place from 29th April to 7th October 2019 in Yanqing district of Beijing, China. Covering over 500 hectares this will be the largest ever A1 International Horticultural Exhibition approved by the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH). 

Malcolm Scott Consultants has successfully slashed a London garden centre’s Community Infrastructure Levy by £83,000 in a landmark appeal for the sector.

The Klondyke Group’s June Rose Festival lifted rose sales by over 130%, with related products, feeds and pest control also seeing a marked uplift.

Joshua Stone from Pershore College has recently (June, 2018) been presented with Wyevale Nurseries’ Peter Williamson Travel Award.

Laburnum anagyroides Yellow Rocket® from Frank P Matthews has been crowned this year as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards on the opening morning of the HTA National Plant Show. The show, sponsored by Hortipak, takes place today and tomorrow (19 and 20 June) at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry.

Worfield Plants in Shropshire has extended its team with the appointment of Jamie Ablett to the role of Sales Executive in the South East.

Following the exceptional export sales successes of British firms that exhibited in the PetQuip-organised group at Interzoo in May this year, the association has announced that it has secured funding for another major pet trade exhibition.

Wyevale Garden Centres are delighted to announce that they have won a Platinum award, the highest award available, for their ‘Solutions Garden’ at Gardeners’ World Live 2018, the gardening consumer show held annually at the Birmingham NEC, which launches today and ends on Sunday 17^th June.