Blue Diamond Garden Centres has acquired a 42-acre warehouse site at Pollington, East Yorkshire, more than doubling its existing warehousing capacity. Read more - members only

Caulders Garden Centres has announced the acquisition of the former Strawberry Corner Garden Centre at Wallyford, East Lothian, with plans to reopen the site in March 2027. It takes the Caulders Group to 12 garden centres across Scotland. Read more - members only

Local communities in England are to receive £79 million for tree planting, nature recovery and measures to improve resilience to flooding and heatwaves, the Government announced today. Read more - members only

A year of sales growth and investment for Notcutts.  Sales up +7.9% to £86.9m, profit before tax recovered to £1.2m (£-0.6m) and it bought the freehold of its Wheatcroft Garden centre.  Read more - members only

2025 was a year of solid growth for British Garden Centres, with sales and profits increasing and 8 sites added at the beginning of the year. Read more - members only

Irish Christmas Tree Growers (ICTG) will stage its annual Harvest Field Day at Laganvale Farm, Lisburn, Co Down, on Friday 2 October, with demonstrations of how drone technology can help growers. Read more - members only

Hillier reveals that it is a winner of the 2026 Planet Mark Action and Innovation Award recognising a more precise, research-led approach, resulting in around 70% less water use. Read more - members only

Bents reports robust trading in the year ending Jan 2026, with growth across multiple categories, improved margins and profit. Read more - members only

BHETA has joined a Family Business UK campaign urging the Government to reverse  the revised inheritance tax rules that could restrict investment and employment among family-owned suppliers and manufacturers. Read more - members only

The HTA has announced a fully funded training initiative and says Government must give horticulture businesses greater certainty so they can invest in plants and green spaces as extreme weather becomes the new normal. Read more - members only

Evesham-headquartered supplier and distributor of horticultural products BHGS Limited, has appointed administrators from BTG, the financial and real estate advisory group.  It continues to trade. Read more - members only

Despite record heat, UK garden centre revenues rose 2% in August.  Consumer confidence, the general economic outlook and the major purchase index are on the rise, says the HTA.  Updated Read more - members only