The former Horticultural Science Curator at the Eden Project has been named as the new Head of Science at the world's largest gardening charity, the Royal Horticultural Society. Read more

A student at Birmingham City University has won a competition to get their fabric design commercially produced on a range of outdoor furniture. 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

Staff at UCAS have been given the chance to grow their own fruit and vegetables on a purpose-built allotment in the grounds of its headquarters (Rosehill) in Cheltenham. Read more

The Bumblebee Conservation Trust (BBCT), has benefitted to the tune of £4682 thanks to customers of seed company Johnsons.  For every packet of Johnsons Mixed Bumblebee Friendly Flowers seed purchased in the last year, 25p was pledged to the BBCT, and the company is pleased to continue its support through the 2013 season. Read more

Angela joined the business in late February, and as it enters its peak spring trading season and will be looking for a wide range of hardware items including clearance lines. Read more

Visitors to a Powys garden centre from now (April, 2013) onwards will be able to take their laptops with them and check their emails or surf the internet while on-site. Read more

The Garden Industry Manufactures Association AGM took place on the 10^th April.  Vicky Nuttall, Head of Marketing at Forest Garden was voted in as GIMA President, Steve Millington Sales Director of Bosmere Products was voted to the post of Vice President. Read more

Twenty seven worthy causes from across Somerset have recently (March, 2013) received a total of 2,013 saplings to help with projects they are running thanks to a garden centre in the county. Read more

Forest Garden, the UK’s leading manufacturer of decorative and core garden timber ranges, has created a new position in its marketing team to further manage and promote its ranges. Read more

At the ceremony in London we were announced as the winner in this category ahead of 4 other high calibre finalists.  We were awarded this not only for growing an exciting range of high quality plants, but for 'Growing them Responsibly'. Read more

The HTA is recruiting for a senior role as current Director of Business Development, Tim Briercliffe, is joining the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) as Secretary General. Read more

A rare industry success story is emerging from a corner of Cumbria where a new nursery is blossoming in the hands of two young horticulturalists. Read more

Event organisers, i2i, have revealed that the show will now continue under the watchful eye of Matthew Mein, who has been appointed as Glee’s event manager. Read more

Layout suggestions made by Conna Powles, the new buying director at Haskins, have boosted sales.  She is pictured with retail operations manager Dean Ridley, who implemented the changes. Read more

Marshalls plc, the specialist Landscape Products Group, announces that Graham Holden, Chief Executive, has informed the Board that he intends to retire as Chief Executive and a Director of the Company by April 2014. Read more

Mr Fothergill’s joint-managing director John Fothergill and commercial director Tim Jeffries have just returned from a mini lecture tour of China spent discussing seed sowing and how the British garden to audiences of new gardeners eager for information and guidance on their hobby. Read more

Steve Parry from Aylett Nurseries was presented with an iPad Mini recently from The Christmas Cabin, the leading specialist supplier of Christmas tree stands and Christmas tree marketing products. Read more

Visitors to the gardens at Webbs, Wychbold, will notice a real buzz in the air this summer. For professional bee keeper Chris Broad has established eight hives in the gardens there, which will provide up to 800 jars of exclusive Webbs’ honey each year. Read more

The Gardman Group, one of the UK’s leading gardening sundries and wild bird care companies, has announced that Bernard Shannon has been appointed to the role of Sales Director. Read more

Gardman’s founder, Paris Natar, who sold the business 5 years ago has returned with the purchase of a majority stake in solar lighting specialist Smart Solar. See more... Read more

RHS President presents 33 honours at RHS Awards Ceremony. Read more

A Somerset garden centre looks set to pilot a scheme to hit the road from this month (April, 2013) onwards to take its expertise, plants and products to customers’ garden gates. Read more

Charlotte Richards has been appointed a director of her family’s horticultural business – Golden Acres – which her father Paul started in 1980. Read more

The team at local business Planters Garden Centre in Staffordshire is celebrating after recently scooping a number of awards at the Garden Centre Association's (GCA) annual conference. Read more

Gardman has announced that UK managing director, Tim Stainton, has left the business. The news follows the recent departure of group chief executive, Mark Pearson. See more… Read more

Peter Rush is the new CEO of William Sinclair.  He succeeds Bernard Burns who resigned as a director at the end of March. Read more

Shortly having been given an enhanced role with the HTA, Tim Briercliffe is to leave the association to become secretary general of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH). See more... Read more

Tom Chambers Ltd, the long established supplier of bird care and wrought iron garden ranges are pleased to announce the completion of a number of new appointments to their sales and management team. Read more

An ex teacher, then full time mum who retrained as a garden designer, has taken on more staff and moved to larger premises in Cranbrook, Kent. Read more