Associations

The Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association (LOFA) has donated £10,000 to the Greenfingers Charity. The donation from the trade association…

As lockdown restrictions ease and golf clubs reopen, GIMA has confirmed its Golf Charity Day will be making its return…

More than 180 ships remain blocked in the Suez Canal in both directions, unable to get through one of the…

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has teamed up with Planet Mark to help evolve its inspection process as part of…

The HTA has signalled its commitment to developing and improving the gifting side of its offer with the appointment to the new…

The Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Market Update report for March shows national sales of garden/gardening categories were 69% up in February 2021 compared…

The Leisure & Outdoor Furniture Association (LOFA) has taken the decision to cancel this year’s SOLEX Exhibition after much discussion with…

This year’s GIMA Awards will be taking place at the Celtic Manor Resort on 11 November 2021. Last year’s ceremony…

The food hall and farm shops category within garden centres saw positive sales during January (2021) according to the Garden…

The first regional meetings of 2021 for Garden Centre Association (GCA) members were held online and were hailed a great…

Welsh growers and garden retailers are bracing themselves for the impact of continued restrictions and say they need a miracle, like that said to have…

The HTA’s Ornamental Management Committee (OMC) has agreed to convene a working group to establish and communicate the industry’s future…

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) have elected new members to its board during the organisation’s virtual AGM. The…

Trade association GIMA has launched the industry’s first ‘Plastic Packaging Pledge’. The pledge is in response to the global impact…

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) will still be able to get together for their regional meetings in a…

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is delighted to announce that Brett Avery, Managing Director of Farplants, is to join the…

On Tuesday 18th August, GIMA along with buyers from the UK’s second largest garden centre chain, British Garden Centres, will…

A new joint initiative between the Garden Centre Association (GCA) and The Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association (GIMA) has launched to…

Furniture and barbecues were the biggest sellers when garden centres re-opened in May according to the GCA Barometer of Trade…

The HTA Chairman, James Barnes, comments: “We welcome the Northern Ireland Executive’s announcement that garden centres will be able to…