Highfield Garden World, Gloucestershire’s leading independent garden centre, has revealed the business is on track to complete its new restaurant and retail development by the end of February. See more... Read more
Three garden centres in the Midlands suffered flooding in the storms that marked the breakdown of the heatwave. 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
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
Quinton Edwards warns that valuers with little garden centre experience are causing problems for garden centres and horticultural businesses seeking bank funding. 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
Plans will be put on show on Thursday for a £30m retail development near Tewkesbury that will include a garden centre. See more... Read more
Notcutts hopes to build a Waitrose store on its garden centre site at Bagshot on the A30 in Surrey and to build a new garden centre alongside it. See more... Read more
Here’s a summary of the news that has filled the Gardenforum pages in 2012. It is dominated by the impact of the weather and perhaps the economy. The story is open to all our readers. See more... Read more
Highway Garden & Leisure, a large modern garden centre near Norwich, has been brought to the market by Quinton Edwards. See more... Read more
North Lincolnshire is to get a new garden centre. Willows will open in February at Glentham, near Market Rasen. See more... Read more
Garden & Leisure has finally won permission to redevelop Percy Thrower's Garden Centre. When completed the site will have a Waitrose supermarket alongside a new, larger garden centre. See more... Read more
Gilbert Evans is offering the opportunity to lease a new 50,000 sq ft. garden centre in an existing factory outlet at Castleford. It will be ready for spring 2014. See more... Read more
A planning application has been submitted to redevelop Percy Thrower’s Garden Centre twelve months after Garden & Leisure revealed the possibility of sharing the site with Waitrose. See more... Read more
The proposed £2m development of Hare Hatch Sheeplands has been rebuffed by Wokingham District Council. The owners were surprised by the outcome and plan to appeal. See more... Read more
There was a lot of clearing up after yesterday’s storm, which brought a range of hazards: wind, floods and lack of power. But damage seems relatively light. See more... Read more
Construction work on the new Tesco/Dobbies complex in Kings Lynn is progressing so well, trading will begin much earlier than planned. See more... Read more
Highgate Garden Centre, one of five within the Capital Gardens group, is to close in the next couple of weeks following its sale last year. 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
Plans to build a Sainsbury’s supermarket on Malmesbury Garden Centre have been rejected. See more... Read more
Garden centre agent, Mike Gilbert of Gilbert Evans has sold four garden centres this year with two more deals likely in the next six weeks. Demand he says is as strong as it has ever been, despite the weather. See more... Read more
British Garden Centres group has announced the purchase of a new branch to their tree - Woodthorpe Leisure Park. See more... Read more
A new trial ground will provide Suttons Seeds with more space for new variety and growing technique trialling as well as opportunities for putting on events for the public and the press. See more... Read more
Trebaron Garden Centre in Preston has been sold to Duxbury Holdings. The site was owned separately from the other Trebaron garden centres. See more… Read more
Bids for Whiteleys Garden Centre must be submitted by Friday. Sales at the £2m turnover garden centre near Huddersfield have held up well since it went into administration. See more... Read more
Alfords Garden Centre in Grimsby has been put up for sale as the owners plan to retire. They wish to sell as a going concern but there is also the potential for development. See more… Read more
Dobbies’ first joint store with Tesco has been approved by planners at Kings Lynn. Work should start next spring. See more... Read more
Honiton Garden Centre has a new name following redevelopment. Further north, Greenhouse 2000, is to be shut down and sold by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. See more... Read more
Last August, Keydell Nurseries had planning permission refused for a new garden centre despite local officers recommending approval. Now they are offering to pay for traffic calming measures. See more... Read more
Malcolm Scott warns that energy regulations mean that it will become illegal after 2018 to sell, or even lease part of, a garden centre whose buildings do not meet a minimum level of efficiency. It may have to be upgraded or replaced first. See more... Read more