Development
Planning permission secured within the Green Belt for Willowbrook Garden Centre
25/05/2022
Planning permission secured within the Green Belt for Willowbrook Garden Centre
A planning application for the proposed development of Willowbrook Garden Centre has been approved. Bromsgrove District County Council agreed on…
Largest garden centre of Iceland will be built by Smiemans
31/03/2022
Largest garden centre of Iceland will be built by Smiemans
This year Smiemans will build a 7,250 m2 garden centre in Reykjavík. The international architectural firm PK Arkitektar has designed…
Planning permission granted for £10m Dobbies store in Northern Ireland
23/03/2022
Planning permission granted for £10m Dobbies store in Northern Ireland
Planning permission has been granted for a 110,000 sq ft Dobbies Garden Centre in Northern Ireland – one of the…
Laylocks Garden Centre to improve its customer proposition with retail extension
25/02/2022
Laylocks Garden Centre to improve its customer proposition with retail extension
Laylocks Garden Centre in Worcestershire has secured planning permission to increase its retail area, allowing the business to offer a…
125 years of gardening celebrated at Notcutts with launch of new-look garden centre
16/02/2022
125 years of gardening celebrated at Notcutts with launch of new-look garden centre
Notcutts has launched a year of celebrations to mark 125 years of gardening with a special event hosted at its…
Hillier acquires new garden centre in Ruislip
20/01/2022
Hillier acquires new garden centre in Ruislip
Hillier Garden Centres has taken over the site previously known as Ducks Hill Garden Centre in Ruislip. The centre will…
Dobbies Garden Centres rolls out EV charging with GRIDSERVE
17/12/2021
Dobbies Garden Centres rolls out EV charging with GRIDSERVE
Garden centre giant Dobbies is partnering with sustainable energy pioneer and charge point operator, GRIDSERVE, to install EV chargers at stores nationwide.…
Garden centre expands and diversifies following six-figure nursery acquisition
17/12/2021
Garden centre expands and diversifies following six-figure nursery acquisition
A Lurgan-based garden centre has announced a six-figure investment in the acquisition and redevelopment of a garden nursery as it…
Major flagship Dobbies starts to take shape at Cotswolds Designer Outlet
08/12/2021
Major flagship Dobbies starts to take shape at Cotswolds Designer Outlet
Construction has begun on a new flagship Dobbies Garden Centre at Cotswolds Designer Outlet (CDO), a premium retail and leisure…
New look for food hall at Squire’s in Wokingham
26/11/2021
New look for food hall at Squire’s in Wokingham
Squire’s Garden Centre on Heathlands Road in Wokingham has revealed a new look for its food hall. The food hall…
Dobbies continues investment in London as it opens third Little Dobbies in the capital
09/11/2021
Dobbies continues investment in London as it opens third Little Dobbies in the capital
A fifth Little Dobbies store has opened in the UK. The new store in Richmond is now the third to…
Highfield’s retractable roof close to completion
05/11/2021
Highfield’s retractable roof close to completion
Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire is on track to finalise its planteria redevelopment, complete with opening roof, before the end…
Revamped Klondyke Garden Centre in Polmont opens its doors
27/09/2021
Revamped Klondyke Garden Centre in Polmont opens its doors
The redevelopment of Klondyke Garden Centre at Polmont has been completed. A new, large extension has transformed the centre and…
Fordingbridge begins construction of widest canopy yet
26/07/2021
Fordingbridge begins construction of widest canopy yet
Design and build specialist Fordingbridge has started to constructed a 1,300sqm canopy for a garden centre in Scotland. The canopy,…
Fron Goch completes £1.7m extension
11/06/2021
Fron Goch completes £1.7m extension
Fron Goch Garden Centre near Caenarfon is set to enhance its retail experience with a £1.7m extension to showcase its…
MSC secures expansion permissions for Wallingford garden centre
08/06/2021
MSC secures expansion permissions for Wallingford garden centre
Root One Garden Centre, Wallingford, is set to improve its customer proposition after planners at Malcolm Scott Consultants (MSC) secured…
Harrogate garden centre now open
07/06/2021
Harrogate garden centre now open
The British Garden Centres Group has officially opened its 58th garden centre, located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Previously known…
New high tech laboratory for KP Holland
27/05/2021
New high tech laboratory for KP Holland
The internationally operating grower and breeder KP Holland has commissioned Smiemans Projecten to build a technologically advanced laboratory along the…
Garden centre restaurants and cafes open indoors
17/05/2021
Garden centre restaurants and cafes open indoors
Eateries are able to welcome customers indoors from today. In the latest stop on the government’s roadmap out of lockdown,…
MSC secures permission for opening canopy at Dunbar Garden Centre
06/05/2021
MSC secures permission for opening canopy at Dunbar Garden Centre
Dunbar Garden Centre has been given the green light to construct a new opening roof canopy, an addition that owners…