More UK trees needed to hit climate targets

The Government’s climate change and biodiversity targets will not be met without greater support for domestic tree production, according to a groundbreaking new report produced jointly by the Woodland Trust, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), the National Trust (NT) and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). Read more - open to all

Maelor Forestry Tree Nurseries

13.5% sales growth from The Range

Losses reduce at The Range as sales grow driven by the acquisition and rapid expansion of 53 Homebase stores along with the relaunch of Wilco.com. Read more - members only

Dobbies’ refurbishment programme continues

Dobbies Garden Centre in Royston has become the sixth store to complete upgrades to the shopping experience as part of the retailer’s national refurbishment programme.  Read more - members only

JUB Holland wins Sustainability award for The Vibrant Verge

JUB Holland has won the Sustainable Product of the Year – Soft Landscaping Award at the 2025 Pro Landscaper Sustainability & Biodiversity Awards for The Vibrant Verge, a biodiversity-boosting planting concept transforming public spaces. Read more - open to all

Jos Smit & Job van Eeden

B&M issues a significant profit warning

B&M has issued a significant profit warning following disappointing UK sales and rising operational costs. The discount retailer's shares tumbled 12% following the announcement. Read more - members only

Blue Diamond to preview Christmas

Blue Diamond Garden Centres have announced a series of exclusive Christmas preview evenings to kick off the 2025 festive season. Read more - open to all

Yorkshire Garden Centre Group celebrates 2025 ‘Great by Nature’ graduates

Thirty-four team members from Yorkshire Garden Centre Group have completed the 2025 Great by Nature programme — an in-house leadership initiative designed to develop emerging talent and strengthen the group’s future management pipeline. Read more - open to all

L-R: Lynsey Dyson, Mel Martin, Ben Cawkwell, Julie Greensmith, Becki Smith Some of the team

4 distinguished names leave the HTA Board

The HTA has already named three new non-Executive directors who are joining the HTA’s governing board.  What is less well known are the names of the industry stalwarts who are standing down. Read more - open to all

Matthew Bent

Leicestershire tree growers crowned 2025 champions

Cadeby Tree Trust from Leicestershire has won the accolade of providing the Christmas tree for display outside 10 Downing Street after being crowned Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year 2025. Read more - open to all

BCTGA Champion Christmas Tree Grower of the Year 2025 Cadeby Tree Trust, Leicestershire

Clematis breeder Raymond Evison to give a public lecture

Multi award-winning clematis expert Raymond Evison to give this year’s Max Walters Memorial Lecture in Cambridge for plant enthusiasts Read more - open to all

GARDENA’s Top of the Plots winners revealed

GARDENA and the National Allotment Society have crowned the 2025 Top of the Plots winners, celebrating inspiring gardens, allotments and community spaces that showcase the creativity, joy and wellbeing of grow-your-own culture. Read more - open to all

Top of the Plots winner - Steve Mills

Dobbies announces CFO change

Dobbies Garden Centres announces that its CFO, Jonathan Wass, will step down from his role on 12 November 2025 and names his replacement. Read more - open to all

Pete Templeton, CFO Dobbies Garden Centres

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