As sales lift 7.5% Wesfarmers, CEO, Richard Goyder says a pilot will start early in 2017 to rebrand some Homebase stores as Bunnings. Read more

Like-for-like sales at B&Q continue to grow, helped by the store closure programme. Parent company, Kingfisher, remains cautious but can detect no Brexit impact. Read more

All-In-One has closed Knutsford, the garden centre it bought 5 years ago. It had become financially unviable due to a drop in footfall. Read more

Gone are the A-Z beds... Does anybody make their own hanging baskets these days? Where sales of shrubs, perennials and annuals may have shrunk, sales of plants like an £800 potted acer have soared.   Read more

Scotts continues to diversify into hydroponics and indoor gardening as sales in Europe fall. Read more

Notcutts' results for the year ending February 2016 show how the company is transforming into a focussed garden retail group. It has been investing in garden centres and selling non-core assets Read more

There may be progress in the long running battle over enforcement action taken by Wokingham Borough Council against Hare Hatch Sheeplands.  Read more

The HTA Plant Retail conference was held at the spectacular Ball Colegrave Grounds in Oxfordshire. Trends for the future included urban gardening and why the smart phone is at the heart of change. Read more

Dobbies’ new owners have appointed a former commercial director of B&Q as its new chief executive. More recently John Cleland was CEO of Maplin. Read more

Domestic order books remain strong and the public sector has picked up for Marshalls, which says despite Brexit underlying indicators are positive. Read more

The EU has until Thursday to decide whether or not to re-licence glyphosate. But discussions on Brexit has pushed it off the EU Commissioners’ agenda. Read more

Sales of plants and garden furniture soared as May sales made up for earlier months.  Gift sales, however, fell. Read more

The New CEO of Notcutts has unveiled a £45m strategy to re-establish Notcutts as a pre-eminent name in garden centre retail. Read more

Latest results show profits halved at Klondyke in 2015 despite a positive trading performance from its restaurants. Read more

Marshalls’ delivery drivers are holding a 24-hour strike today in their long-running dispute over overtime pay. Read more

Taylors Bulbs new warehouse increases loading capacity in their peak seasons and will improve efficiency. Read more

Having raised over £50,000 for the Royal Hospital chelsea, Mr Fothergill has named two new sweet peas. One for the Chelsea Pensioners and a second for Greenfingers. Read more

Fishkeeper Scotland is soon to open at Dobbies Edinburgh HQ at Melville as part of a major store roll-out plan. Read more

Plans for a new Next Home and Garden store in Plymouth have been approved despite planning officers recommending rejection. Read more

The fire and rescue service was called to Wyevale’s Windlesham garden centre last week to rescue a man who was trapped upside down between two containers. Read more

Maryanne Stokes has bought Luca’s Garden that sells garden furniture and giftware online and at shows. Read more

2014/15 results published this month show profits fell at retailers such as Klondyke, Clifton Nurseries and Thompson Bros (Esher). Several suppliers, such as  Kelkay, Keter (UK) MPB Garden Buildings and Vitax grew strongly. Read more

Wyevale refused to be drawn on the launch date for its ‘Best in Class’ website at yesterday’s Christmas launch. Read more

With the help of Tim Mason, Paul Richards opens Mappleborough Green Garden Centre, near Redditch and is keen to find more sites. Read more

Wyevale strengthened its balance sheet in 2015 with the sale and lease back of 8 garden centres as margins fell in a challenging year for profitability. Read more

Owner, Terry Burch has squashed local news stories in Ashford which raised fears of closure at Bybrook Barn garden centre, but says he is in talks about its future. Read more

New Gardman CEO, Peter Utting, explains his vision for Gardman and how he will push turnover over £100m. Read more

Grange is to increase capacity with a new distribution centre in the South East to link with a new factory being built in Poland by its parent company, Stelmet. Read more

Tesco has sold Dobbies Garden Centres to a group of investors led by Midlothian Capital Partners and Hattington Capital. Read more

Fallen Fruits has opened a permanent demonstration showroom and introduces the ‘Potting Shed’ shop within shop display. Read more