Home fragrance specialists, Elements of Fragrance, has confirmed a new range of home scents will launch later this year and will exclusively raise funds for the children’s hospice garden charity, Greenfingers. Read more - open to all

British Garden Centres and the leading surplus food app, Too Good To Go, are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in their partnership. Together, they have prevented more than 10,000 meals from going to waste since the initiative was rolled out across some sites earlier this year. Read more - open to all

UPDATED A former Olympian in his 70’s has died after being hit by a lorry at Stewarts Abbey Garden Centre in Titchfield, Hampshire. Read more - members only

Millbrook’s Tammy Woodhouse & Greenfingers’ very own Linda Petrons poised to give us the ‘Most Jumperful Time of the Year’ Read more - open to all

12 Category winners announced for the 2023 RHS Britain in Bloom competition.  Newcastle-under-Lyme has been awarded RHS gold and the accolade of Overall Winner Read more - members only

Our latest round up of local news includes a fight for British Garden Centres, the opening of RHS - The Plant Space in Bluewater, new owners for Findon Garden Centre and two sales by Christie & Co. Read more - members only

The Royal Horticultural Society has surveyed hundreds of UK nurseries and growers to find their peat-free status and movement towards transitioning away from using peat. Read more - members only

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company have raised over £6,000 this year for Perennial through sales of the stunning Nemesia ‘Peaches n Cream’. Read more - open to all

British Garden Centres is delighted to have raised an impressive £6370.79 for the Macmillan Coffee Morning last month. This charitable event, organised annually by Macmillan Cancer Support, aims to raise funds to help improve the lives of those affected by cancer. Read more - open to all

Perrywood Garden Centres has launched a new loyalty programme called ‘Perrywood Bloom’. In just one month 10,000 customers have already signed up. Read more - open to all

The Greenfingers Charity is delighted to have been selected by the President of the Sandringham Association of Royal Warrant Holders (SARWH) as his chosen charity. Read more - open to all

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co has sold Wellingborough Garden Centre in Great Doddington, Northamptonshire to the Howard Family.

The British Christmas Tree Growers Association (BCTGA) will be hosting a competition to determine the supplier of this year’s Christmas tree for Downing Street. Read more - open to all

Dobbie’s line up of fun and affordable events to make the festive season special include Santa’s Grotto, Santa’s Quiet Grotto and a Santa Paws Grotto. Read more - members only

Staff from the Upton Magna based business, CJ Wildlife, will be lacing up their walking boots as they prepare to climb Mount Snowdon to raise vital funds for two Shropshire charities, Severn Hospice and Hillbrae Rescue Kennels. Read more - open to all

Garden Centres have helped support horticultural industry charity Perennial this year by ordering two special fundraising salvias from Wyevale Nurseries and they have helped raise £1,600 for the charity. Read more - open to all

After another year as GIMA’s chosen charity, Greenfingers – the charity behind almost 70 therapeutic garden spaces at children’s hospices across the country - has recently received over £20,000 from the garden manufacturers trade association following another year of fundraising. Read more - open to all

A Blazing Success: Perennial’s Fiery Fundraiser at York Gate ignites over £4,000 in donations. Read more - open to all

Summer may have ended but for the Greenfingers Charity, a busy time lies ahead as building work started on the garden at The Nook in Norfolk and Demelza Hospice in Sittingbourne, Kent earlier last month. Read more - open to all

A new retail building, the first part of the redevelopment at Hillier’s Newbury Garden Centre, has been unveiled.  Read more - members only

Over 130 customers were a part of an extremely successful, fully booked, Problem Solving Plants event at Provender Nurseries. Read more - open to all

It was mad and it was muddy, and it brought individuals and organisations together in a fantastic show of support for the UK’s only charity dedicated to supporting everyone who works with plants, tress, flowers or grass – Perennial.  Read more - open to all

The leading buying and marketing group has signed RocketGro as an Associate Supplier with immediate effect, connecting its garden centre members with the Somerset manufacturer’s game-changing growing media products. Read more - open to all

A frank opening speech by Fran Barnes, The HTA’s new chief executive, challenged politicians attending the HTA Conference to imagine a world with no horticulture.  Read more - members only

Schools, nurseries and colleges in England are invited to join the National Education Nature Park – developing young people’s green skills and enhancing biodiversity. Read more - members only

300 households in Three Cocks are set to experience a burst of spring colour with a donation of daffodil bulbs. Read more - open to all

The garden retail sector is abuzz as the GIMA Awards are set to return in just four weeks! Read more - open to all

From 15th to 22nd September, Martin Cowell of Cowell’s Garden Centre in Newcastle, is cycling 900 miles passing through seven countries to help celebrate his 50th year and to raise vital funds for two of his favourite charities. Read more - open to all

Sipcam Home & Garden are once again raising money for Greenfingers charity, this time by auctioning off the last remaining Sipcam Floral Thursday shirt. Read more - open to all

The magic of Christmas has arrived in Lincolnshire early as Woodthorpe Garden Centre becomes one of the first in the country to open its Christmas store  Doors open at 5pm on Monday August 21^st. Read more - open to all