A stunning private garden in the Chilterns wins Grand Award for Bowles & Wyer
At the 42nd BALI National Landscape Awards, BALI Registered Contractor Bowles & Wyer received the coveted Grand Award for a Private Residence in the Chilterns, the stunning implementation of a garden design by BALI Registered Designer Gavin McWilliam and Andrew Wilson. Read more
World-renowned Designers explore Geometry in Garden Design at SGD Conference
A distinguished line-up of speakers will explore the use of geometry in garden design at the SGD Autumn Conference on 17th November 2018, sharing examples of their work to show how the relationship between shapes and lines is at the heart of garden and landscape design. Read more
Jacksons Fencing teams up with Titchmarsh to garden for a worthy cause
Jacksons Fencing helps create dream garden for hit ITV show Love Your Home and Garden. The redesign opens up the garden for an elderly couple, one of whom lives with dementia. Read more
Displays showcase new trends in the landscaping market
Grange Fencing, the UK’s leading fencing and garden structures supplier, is very impressed with how one of its stockists, MKM Building Supplies, is using displays strategically. Read more
Grange implements structural and operational improvements
Grange, the UK’s leading supplier of fencing and decorative garden structures, has announced two changes to its UK management team with immediate effect and has also completed a reorganisation of the company’s Much Wenlock site in order to improve stock rotation and stock quality. Read more
Forest uses stealth technology to reduce unwanted noise in the garden
Forest has unveiled a noise reducing Decibel Panel that it believes is the most significant development in fence panels in years. 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
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Good first half for Marshalls
Landscaping products specialists Marshalls saw its first half revenue grow 11 per cent. Read more
Kelkay completes its new plant and head office
Kelkay completes its new plant and head office with an investment of £1 million in machinery to secure its market leading position, says its managing director. 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
Green-tech unveil their 25th Anniversary edition product catalogue
Green-tech has announced that their new 2019 Green-tech catalogue is now printed and available for all their customers, architects and garden designers across the UK. Read more
£11.6bn landscape services industry must be taken seriously says BALI
A new industry report, commissioned by the Ornamental Horticulture Round Table Group (OHRTG), to establish the total size, breadth and contribution of the UK’s ornamental horticulture and landscaping sector, has led BALI, a member of the commissioning group, to now call on government officials to give meaningful support to landscaping in the UK. Read more
Category expansion opportunities in Water Features
Kelkay reported exceptional growth of over 65% across the water features category in 2018. This has driven their product development programme, which saw more than 50 new products launched at GLEE 2018. Read more
Paving that’s a little braver in the style department
The growing trend for natural paving continues to feature in Borderstone’s product development strategy and the latest exciting introduction is their new GEOMETRICS range. Read more
Grange’s twenty-year fencing guarantee leads the market
Grange Fencing, the UK’s leading supplier of fencing and decorative garden structures, reports excellent feedback from customers on a new twenty year guarantee against wood rot and decay now covering the company’s traditional fence panels. Read more
The UK is on high alert for Xylella
Xylella fastidiosa has the potential to have huge implications for the UK horticultural trade. Landscapers, designers, retailers and anyone directly importing plants are now subject to the same stringent measures as growers and suppliers. Read more
AMA identifies trends that will benefit sales of landscape materials
AMA Research suggests that sales of landscaping materials will grow more modestly after a volatile period but says trends like artificial grass will benefit the market. 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
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
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
