After 20 years with the GCA, administrator, Pat Adams has left. No decision has been made on her replacement. Read more

Lynda Whalley helped herself to almost £166,000 over 9 years by falsifying the accounts at ACW garden centre in Bradford. Read more

Harry McDermid, Chairman of the Tillington Group of Garden Centres has retired after 16 years at the helm. Read more

The continuing success of Bord na Móna Growise, the new single brand of peat to peat-free growing media and soil improvers, has now led to an expansion in the customer services department at BNM UK’s head office. Read more

Terra Firma has appointed Toys “R” Us MD, Roger Mclaughlan, to succeed Kevin Bradshaw who is to move on from being CEO of Wyevale. Read more

Garden product retailers and manufacturer colleagues will be saddened to learn of the sudden death on Tuesday 1st March 2016 of Phil Kimberley.  His funeral will be held on March 17. Read more

Gardeco Ltd announce the appointment of Stephen Biden as their new UK Sales Manager. Read more

Leading supplier of clematis and climbing plants, New Leaf Plants are pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Jeanes as sales manager for the Worcestershire based nursery. Read more

Forest Garden is a company that is well renowned for providing market-leading garden timber products, but it also takes pride in offering its staff the opportunity to develop a long term career, and to become part of the company’s future development. Read more

Following another strong year of added value products sales growth in 2015, leading plant producers, Allensmore Nurseries have announced the appointment of two new members to their creative team. Read more

Toolbank has strengthened its senior management team with the creation of a new role of Marketing Development Director. Simon Bicknell, currently Sales Director, is moving to fill the new position. Read more

Martin Breddy, the former head of Scotts in the UK, is to become a retailer when he joins Squire’s as MD designate in May. Read more

Cait Daniels, of Ginger Creations, has taken on the role of marketing manager for Hale Events. Read more

Staff and Fundraisers have celebrated a record breaking donation of £14,109.19p at the Stewarts Garden Centres in Christchurch and Broom hill near Wimborne. Read more

Delamore are running for Cancer Research UK and Alzheimer's Society and are recruiting runners and sponsors for the team. Read more

Award-winning garden designer, TV gardening presenter, journalist and author, Ann-Marie Powell has been appointed as a Creative Director for the inaugural London Flower Show, which runs from the 8^th – 11^th September 2016. Read more

Leading national plant supplier Johnsons Garden Centre Sales, part of the York-based Johnsons of Whixley Group, hosted a successful open week for plant retail customers last week. Read more

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) Trust has announced this month (March, 2016) its first successful candidate to join the Study Tour Group at the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) Congress. Read more

The Society of Garden Designers (SGD) has appointed Paul Hensey MSGD as its new Vice Chairman working alongside Philippa O'Brien MSGD who took on the role of Chair in 2014. Read more

Zest 4 Leisure has appointed Simon Davison as Business 2 Business Online Manager to strengthen its online presence and new product development. Read more

Tim Clapp has transferred to the B&Q parent company where he joins the Kingfisher unification project, taking control of plant and garden ranges across Europe. Read more

Fleur Morgan, formerly head of product development at Smart Garden Products, has joined the Board as Director of Category Management. Read more

Staff at Webbs, the award-winning family-owned garden centre business, celebrated another year of triumph with their own awards ceremony in Worcestershire. Read more

Blue Diamond Ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Patricia Alford-Burnett as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1st February 2016. Read more

Following a period of rapid growth, Warwickshire based nursery Hawkesmill Nurseries is expanding with the appointment of Amanda York, to the role of Administration Assistant. Read more

M&M Timber announces a series of senior board appointments as part of major operational changes designed to take the company to the next level of its development in the increasingly competitive timber products market. Read more

Matthew Bent has been shortlisted for two awards in this year’s North West Institute of Director Awards. Read more

Rosebourne starts a recruitment drive before opening its first site in August, promising a new benchmark in garden centres. Read more

Poundland has just introduced the Charlie Dimmock gardening range with a wide variety of gardening essentials, both practical and decorative, all at its famous £1 price point. Read more

Kelkay, the market-leading manufacturer and distributor of aggregates, has appointed Barrie King to the position of logistics manager. Read more