Former HSBC Head of Economics will be helping delegates at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference understand the resurgence of inflation and the challenges that it continues to bring (January 28 until 31, 2024). Mark Berrisford-Smith, who worked for...
Looking to the 2024 season, garden retailers can step up their sustainability game and enhance their outdoor offer with a brand-new Primeur range of recycled planter designs and colourways. If you are keen to stay ahead of the curve and meet the increasing demand for...
With the great and good from the garden retail gathered at the Celtic Manor on 19th October, the winners of the highly-anticipated 2023 GIMA Awards were revealed. Here we find out more about those brands currently celebrating in style! This year, the GIMA Awards...
Findon Garden Centre, in Rogers Lane on the Findon Bypass, ceased trading on Friday, September 15. The business revealed its closure in a sign left outside the premises. One month on, it has been officially announced that the garden centre will be serving customers...
Planning experts at Malcolm Scott Consultants have successfully secured permission for the site development and improved customer facilities at a Rochford garden centre located within the Green Belt. The business worked closely with Scott Bird and the team at Scott’s...
Henry Bell & Co has secured a 12-month primary supplier contract for its wild bird food and accessories range with the Tillington Group for a third year running. The move will see the entire Wild Bird Care Collection, with its 200-plus products, on sale throughout...
Booking has now opened for the GCA annual conference next January (2024) and the organisation has also revealed its 21st century themes and its top-quality speaker line-up too. The conference, which takes place at De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near...
Perrywood Garden Centres, located in Tiptree, Essex, and Sudbury, Suffolk, has launched a new loyalty programme called ‘Perrywood Bloom’. In just one month 10,000 customers have already signed up. It offers their most loyal customers exclusive rewards and benefits...
The RHS has opened its first ever standalone shop at Bluewater Shopping Centre, Kent, to meet the demands of the new generation of young houseplant lovers. RHS The Plant Space, a haven for all things houseplant, officially opens today. With an area of 1,600 sq ft, the...
Choice Marketing has signed RocketGro as an Associate Supplier with immediate effect. This now connects its garden centre members with the Somerset manufacturer’s growing media products. Under the new partnership, Choice Marketing’s membership – which comprises 53...
Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer has today officially opened its largest ever store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park. The 110,000sq ft flagship store is Dobbies’ second venture in Northern Ireland and has created 120 new jobs, making it one of...
Wildlife specialist brand CJ Wildlife has announced its partnership with Hillier Garden Centres, one of the leading names in growing and horticultural retail. Visitors to Hillier Garden Centres are now able to browse and buy CJ Wildlife’s wide range of...
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