The GCA Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures for August have revealed an ‘excellent month’ with members seeing an uplift in 11 of the 13 categories recorded by the organisation (2023). Out this week, the BoT also highlighted a positive year-to-date variance of +1.13% for...
From 15th to 22nd September, Martin Cowell of Cowell’s Garden Centre in Newcastle, is cycling 900 miles passing through seven countries to help celebrate his 50th year and to raise vital funds for two of his favourite charities: Greenfingers Charity and True Colours...
With hundreds of entries and innovation creating new conversations ahead of the 2024 season, this year’s GIMA Awards have once again proved to be a fiercely fought competition. With the judging having now taken place and the winners selected, the garden retail...
GCA members in Scotland and Northern Ireland are celebrating after picking up awards during a presentation evening this week at Simpsons Garden Centre in Inverness. In Scotland, Klondyke Mortonhall Garden Centre was awarded Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination...
Staff at garden centres across the Wales & West region are celebrating after scooping awards during a Garden Centre Association (GCA) presentation evening at Cadbury Garden Centre on Thursday, July 6, 2023. The Old Railway Line Garden Centre was awarded the title...
GCA members across the North East and North West had plenty to cheer about this week after picking up a bevvy of awards during a presentation at Tingley Garden Centre. The North East’s Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was...
Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) in the Midlands region are celebrating after receiving awards during a presentation evening this week (Wednesday, July 5, 2023) at Gates Garden Centre. The title of Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden...
Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) in the South Thames region are celebrating after picking up awards during a presentation evening yesterday (Tuesday, July 4, 2023) at Castle Gardens in Dorset. Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre...
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) monthly market update for June records a significant boost in gardening-related sales during May. This year ranked as the seventh warmest May since records began in 1884, with longer periods of sunshine across the country...
The Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures from the Garden Centre Association (GCA) for May (2023) showed a huge leap in sales of seeds & bulbs and for outdoors plants. GCA member garden centres recorded seeds & bulbs up by 113.59% last month when compared to May...
Gates Garden Centre in Oakham has become a member of the Tillington Group of Garden Centres, a not-for-profit association for independent centres. It brings the membership up to 11 companies in total spanning across 40 centres, with a combined turnover of £215m....
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) welcomed a cross-party group of parliamentarians at a breakfast briefing held on Thursday at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Among the attendees were Shadow Business Minister Seema Malhotra MP and Heather Wheeler MP. The...
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