Dave Stafford passed away peacefully on the 26th March 2015 at the age of 71, with his family by his side.  Dave fought a brave fight against kidney cancer over the last 15 months, yet his death was mercifully quick. Read more

Adrian Hoare from Dilwyn in Herefordshire has this month (March, 2015) been promoted to Garden Design & Domestic Landscape Sales Manager at Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford. Read more

Allensmore Nurseries Limited are pleased to announce that Gareth Powell has joined the company. Read more

Stewart Hainsworth is leaving Gardman to return to the drinks industry where he spent most of his earlier career. Read more

Jason joins Glencrest Seatex as national sales manager taking over from Stephen Potter who has been appointed sales director. Jason is an important part of the expansion at Glencrest Seatex and Katie Blake. Read more

The Tildenet Group appoints new marketing manager. Read more

Steve Potter has been Glencrest sales manager for some time now and the company is please to appoint him to the board of directors. Read more

Renowned and much-loved actors Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton OBE hosted an exclusive fundraising pledge dinner for the small horticultural charity Greenfingers last Friday night, in the beautiful surroundings of Clifton Nurseries in London’s Little Venice. Read more

Former head of operations at the RHS is accused of conspiracy to steal almost £700,000 from the charity over 10 years. Read more

The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Chairman Will Armitage marked the end of his first year in office at the organisation’s annual conference with much to rejoice. Read more

Martin Breddy, who headed Scotts Miracle-Gro in the UK, has been axed as Jim Hagedorn continues to streamline his senior management team. Read more

BALI-NCF, a collaboration between the British Association of Landscape Industries and the National Contractors Forum, has announced that Phil Jones, Managing Director of ISS Facilities Services – Landscaping. Read more

Back in December, Area Sales Manager, Chris Swan attended the BASIS Amenity Horticulture Turf course at STRI, the leading sports turf consultancy. Read more

Charles Farmer, Bord na Móna UK's National Accounts Controller has been appointed Head of Consumer UK following Steve Harper's decision to take up a new position with Gardman. Read more

James Marshall is a seasoned, consummate industry professional; he joins the business having had 14 years commercial experience. Read more

The new Homebase MD is to be Echo Lu, a director at Tesco and formerly COO of Tesco China. Read more

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has this month (March, 2015) revealed its new area chairmen who will represent member garden centres in each region. Read more

Mr Fothergill's Seeds has appointed Jon-Paul Schofield as salesman for its territory comprising a corridor either side of the A1 from Lincolnshire in the north to London in the south. Read more

Town & Country has appointed Rebecca Spreckley to the position of National Account Manager. Read more

The man who will lead the Great Yorkshire Show and Countryside Live into the next decade has been announced. Charles Mills, who farms near York, will succeed Bill Cowling as Honorary Show Director, at the close of this year’s Great Yorkshire on Thursday 16 July. Read more

Landscape and Garden Designer, Adam Frost has joined the HTA Board as a Director. Read more

Steve Harper (Sales Director of Gardman and previously of Bord na Mona, Vital Earth and William Sinclair Horticulture) has been elected as the first Independent Chair of the GMA. Read more

A tribute to Sheila Clarke, joint owner of Orchard Park Garden Centre in Dorset and passionate campaigner for British rare breeds, has died, aged 82. Read more

Alyson Haywood leaves Wyevale today, months after she had been named the group’s horticultural quality manager.  Read more

Kirsty Clark was revealed last night as the winner of the Westland/GCA Rising Star of 2014. Read more

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) are celebrating after being crowned the winners of the Roman Games and raising £10,000 in aid of Greenfingers. Read more

Green-tech is delighted to announce the recruitment of Catherine Dixon who joins the sales team. Read more

Fiskars, who recently celebrated its 365 year legacy, has chosen Birmingham as the new UK office location. Read more

The garden industry has a skills shortage.  “If we don’t address this problem now, we won’t have an industry in 10 years.” Wayne Eady told the HTA Contact 2015 conference. Read more

News has emerged that the Group CEO of Stewart Plastics left in October.  This was followed by two more departures in December, including sales director Nigel Thompson, who becomes a consultant to the company.  There is a new role for Gavin Wray. Read more