Scotts Miracle-Gro has taken a 27% stake in AeroGrow, the supplier of dirt free AeroGarden products in the US, with the aim of expanding the market for indoor gardening. See more... Read more

Waitrose sets date for opening on Northampton garden centre, Frosts team up with Diarmuid Gavin, conifer thefts in Derbyshire and a Gloucestershire garden centre fights the planners. See more... Read more

Waitrose is unveiling an on-line TV gardening channel, featuring Alan Titchmarsh and Matt James. See more... Read more

'What you sow, you reap", is the message Franchi Seeds has sent world leaders at the G8 Summit as they gather at Lough Erne, Northern Ireland this week. See more... Read more

There have been substantial changes in personnel in the Dobbies buying team over the last year. Here is an up to date list of buyers and their areas of responsibility. See more… Read more

Garden centres experience mixed fortunes when it comes to planning. There’s disappointment for Keydell Nurseries, hope for Garsons and concern over Highgate. See more… Read more

Next has been granted permission to build its fourth Home & Garden store at High Wycombe. Another four are progressing through the planning process. See more... Read more

Three directors resigned from the board of Scotts Miracle-Gro following a reprimand of its colourful chairman and chief Executive, Jim Hagedorn, for the use of inappropriate language. See more... Read more

Capital Gardens claims the National Trust has no moral compass as it seeks to find a way to evict the group from Morden Hall garden centre. See more… Read more

Pressure from OATA to prevent the EU banning barley straw as a treatment for algae in ponds seems to be having effect. It seems a ban this autumn has been avoided. See more... Read more

The owner of Hare Hatch Sheeplands nursery described a decision to delay his appeal against enforcement action as a hammer blow to his business and staff. See more… Read more

Creative Gardens, a family business in Northern Ireland, is to build a new £2m garden centre at Ballymena. This will be the company's third. See more... Read more

The new Ellesmere Port facility is what attracted new CEO Peter Rush to the top job at Sinclair. It gives the capacity to grow profitable sales and grow shareholder value. See more... Read more

The May edition of Which? Gardening surveys 3500 and asks what are their favourite flowers. While some of the results were predictable others are more interesting. See more... Read more

St John's Garden Centre in Barnstaple has been granted planning permission to build and relocate to a new garden centre. See more... Read more

Interim results published by Marshalls give a good guide to what is happening in the landscape sector. Domestic sales fell 3% in the first 6 months but order books are a week longer than a year ago. A return to growth is forecast for the landscape market next year. See more… Read more

Plans have been submitted for the £14m development that will see a Waitrose store added to a revamped garden centre at Notcutts Bagshot. See more... Read more

Contrary to rumours, Nick Davies reassures customers and business partners that he is very much at the helm as managing director of Solus. See more... Read more

Marshalls, the leading manufacturer of paving and landscape materials has named Martyn Coffey as its new chief executive. He will replace Graham Holden who stands down in October. See more... Read more

Big ticket sales have brought a little growth to Homebase despite a fall in seasonal sales during the March to May quarter. See more... Read more

The Garden Centre Group has told suppliers that it has bought the business of Barton Grange Garden Centre at Bolton, with effect from today. See more... Read more

Half year results to the end of March saw sales fall 22% for compost producer William Sinclair. The weather hit sales and margins. But Ellesmere Port offers potential cost savings in the future. See more... Read more

Summerseat Garden Centre Ltd has acquired Stephen H. Smith’s Garden & Leisure Bolton branch located at Radcliffe Moor Road, Bradley Fold. See more... Read more

B&Q blames unfavourable cold weather and the early Easter for a 10% drop in the sales of outdoor seasonal products for the 13 weeks to 4th May. See more... Read more

The new Cherry Lane Garden Centre at Bradmore in Nottingham has been ravaged by fire the day before its official re-opening after a massive refit. See more... Read more

Marshalls says that sales are down by 6% overall and more in the domestic sector. However this is due in part to the weather and order books are longer. See more… Read more

Blue Diamond increased sales 12% in 2012 to £59m, thanks to acquisitions. The growth looks set to continue despite the weather pegging profits back to £3m. See more... Read more

The sale of neonicotinoid pesticides to amateur gardeners is likely to be banned from July, following EU vote. See more… Read more

The HTA is advocating a ban on the import of sweet chestnut trees into Britain in a bid to control the spread of a fungal disease. See more... Read more

Rob Scott, owner of Hare Hatch Sheeplands fears that his dispute with Wokingham Borough Council could close the business. See more... Read more