Christmas sales fell in December, but overall turnover was marginally up according to the GCA.  Annually sales grew by 4.5% with catering the fastest growing category.

Caulders Garden Centres is to buy Loch Lomond Homes and Garden, bringing the number of garden centres in the Central Scotland group to eight. 

Haskins' new Snowhill Garden Centre is to have a soft opening in mid-February before a formal ribbon cutting in March.

Sue Allen has succeeded John Ashley as chair of Greenfingers, the industry backed charity that creates gardens at children’s hospices to cheer patients and their families.

UK growers at the HTA Contact conference are told the government needs UK horticulture for it to deliver its 25 year environment strategy.

Check out the Looking Good and Availability Lists for 5 Nurseries including Agrumi, Country Herbs & Plants, Chichester Trees and Shrubs, Hawkesmill and Seiont Nurseries.

Evergreen Garden Care, which encompasses leading garden care brands such as Miracle-Gro®, Levington, Roundup and Tomorite, is delighted to announce it has appointed one of the UK’s most prominent Chartered Horticulturalist and TV broadcasters, David Domoney, as its brand ambassador.

David Austin Roses is delighted to announce the introduction of two wonderful new characters to its collection of fine, British grown English Roses.

LifestyleGarden®’s ethical and sustainable furniture holds the key to transforming outdoor living showroom sales. Shoppers no longer make decisions based on price alone: ethics and sustainability have risen to the top of the agenda.

As everyone gears up for the new season, now is the ideal time to start using The Bransford Webbs Plant Company webshop, accessed directly through our website, www.bransfordwebbs.co.uk. Our new webshop allows wholesale customers to place their orders online.

For sale: Retail plant nursery with 4 bedroom detached house in Lancashire.

Malcolm Scott Consultants has expanded its specialist services for garden centre clients to encompass a whole range of business development, retail and visitor attraction advice to add to its extensive planning and design operations.

After a hugely successful GLEE and Pre-season, we are looking for agents to further grow the sales of our innovative range of garden gloves, sundries and children's gardening products.

Sales agents wanted for the North West and South West areas for long established and still growing UK manufactures of wrought iron metal work for gardens.

Davidson Richards and Garden Connect are proud to announce the companies have agreed to a partnership to develop joint solutions.

The leading showcase for home, gift, garden and lifestyle brands. Spring Fair is the UK’s number one Home and Gift fair, and Glee’s second edition at the show continues to further cement this reputation.

Stand-up comedian and comedy writer Jo Caulfield will be returning to compere the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) conference awards’ dinner this month (January, 2020).

2019 was a very busy year for Green-tech, who attended 48 trade shows, awards ceremonies and exhibitions. The events were located all over the UK, ranging from the company’s home town of Harrogate to further afield in London, Edinburgh and Cornwall.

A Buddhist monk who specialises in teaching mindfulness meditation will be taking to the stage at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference in Bristol this month (January 26 until 29, 2020).

As part of the next phase of the industry-driven recyclable plant pot campaign, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is calling for action to be taken by local authorities to collect recyclable plant pots in their kerbside collections.

Our conference is attended by a majority of our garden centre members; therefore, it is the ideal opportunity to meet new and existing customers and speak to the decision makers.

Garden centre and horticultural industry staff can now sign up for a fundraising event being held at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference.