Premium Christmas Trees reflects on 2020 festive season
Premium Christmas Trees reflects on 2020 festive season and what it means for Christmas tree sales in 2021. Read more
Premium Christmas Trees reflects on 2020 festive season
Premium Christmas Trees reflects on 2020 festive season and what it means for Christmas tree sales in 2021. Read more
Last chance to view Woodlodge’s new Snowlodge Christmas Décor range
There is still time to view Woodlodge’s brand new Snowlodge range for Christmas 2021. This exciting offering, made up of over 1,400 products, is supported by a dedicated virtual portal where the full range is on display. Read more
LOWS setting the pace
Lows have a huge collection of seasonal and festive decorations, bespoke basketware, stainless steel lanterns and tea lights and are now taking Pre Orders for Christmas 2021. Read more
Bents and Cowells take the top GCA plant awards
Bents and Cowells top the first day’s awards at the 2018 GCA conference. Also prominent were Fairways of Ashbourne, Stratford and Barton Grange Garden Centres. Read more
Elho completes purchase of Ebertsankey
Elho’s Good(s)Factory has completed the purchase of Ebertsankey as Fiskars focuses on its core consumer business. Read more
Christmas and gift sales took off in October
Latest figures from the GCA Barometer of trade show how revenue from gifts and Christmas lines doubled in October. Outdoor plant sales were also good. Read more
Plants now take second place to catering
If August is wet plant sales prosper. If it is dry garden furniture sales do well. Last month was different. It was wet and dry in different areas and both categories flourished according to the latest GCA figures. But long term trend shows the proportional fall of traditional gardening. Read more
GCA names best garden centres for plants and furniture
Sunshine Garden Centre and Van Hage are the best GCA outdoor living retailers. Cowell’s and Bents are the best for plants. Read more
Where to see the best Garden Centre Christmas displays
The GCA has named 13 regional winners in their annual Christmas display competition. To see where to go to see the best displays. Read more
Looking ahead - It's not all doom and gloom
2013 turned out to be another disappointing year in all three key sectors of the garden retail market – garden plants, garden care and garden leisure – with all three sectors showing a steady decline in the five years to 2013 covered by the Analysis. Read more
Primus has Christmas all wrapped up
Give your customers that picture perfect Christmas thanks to the latest festive range from Primus. The new Christmas collection is already proving a big hit and thanks to Primus. Read more
Occupy kids of all ages with the perfect homeschool project from LECHUZA
The first planter to be produced with a PLAYMOBIL design, OJO features the classic LECHUZA self-watering system to support budding gardeners and existing fans, meaning plant care can be child’s play! Read more
Woodlodge launches new Snowlodge Christmas virtual portal
Christmas may be but a distant memory but Woodlodge is already feeling the festive spirit thanks to its newly launched Snowlodge Christmas Décor range. Plus, book now to access the product hub. Read more
Smart Garden buys Briers
Smart Garden Products has announced the purchase of Briers, the leading glove supplier, from administrators. Read more
GC Christmas sales have ‘stalled a bit’ after a 7 – 10 year trend of huge increases
The majority of garden centres say Christmas sales were up but competition is increasing and December sales were disappointing for some. Read more
Vivid Arts settles dispute with Tom Chambers
The legal battle between Vivid Arts and Tom Chambers regarding allegations of design right infringement, copyright infringement and passing off has been resolved. Read more
Vote now to recognise Gardening’s best buyers
Believing that good buyers have not been given the recognition they deserve, Glee is asking you to nominate people or teams that might qualify as the country’s best buyers for awards being introduced at the show. Read more
December was the biggest month of the year for GCA members
The latest figures from the GCA show 2014 was the best year for 4 years with December beating May as the biggest sales month of the year. Read more
Notcutts opens phase 2 of Wheatcroft
Notcutts is to open phase 2 of Wheatcroft garden centre. The centrepiece is “The Street Kitchen” themed restaurant where each van cooks a different type of cuisine. See more… Read more