Rainbow Designs beautiful collections of award-winning soft toys offers beautiful high quality gifts and easy pick up lines for every generation of garden centre visitor. There are bunnies, bears and woodland characters a plenty, including timeless favourites; Peter...
Following the release of the HMRC statistics on the Plastic Packaging Tax (released 17 August), Andrew Thurston, Customs Duty & Indirect Tax Consultant at MHA, says while it is too early to really say whether the tax is proving effective, early analysis suggests...
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...
Dog walkers around the country will have another reason to visit their local garden centres, as Town & Country has launched a brand-new range designed especially for them. The trendy collection consists of two styles of hats with a built-in light, torch which...
Timber garden furniture, outdoor structures and GYO specialist, Zest unveiled a whole series of innovations at Glee 2023, describing the show as ‘fabulous.’ Managing director, Steve Morgan explained, “We had several new initiatives to share with the trade including...
Over the last six decades, Hozelock has become a leading garden centre brand – and it has plans to continue its influence with a focus on sustainability, as head of marketing Chris Hodges explains. How was the brand first founded? The brand was first founded in 1959...
British garden manufacturer Webb has introduced a 90 litre wheelbarrow to its range to make moving garden material around that much easier. The new Webb wheelbarrow comes with a puncture proof wheel for all terrain use and longevity. The Webb Wheelbarrow, with its...
BASF has launched a new and improved version of its hugely popular and effective biological slug control treatment, Nemaslug. Nemaslug 2.0 provides all of the protection and high efficacy rates of the original product, but has additional benefits, too. The improved...
Sarah Raven, a leading online retailer in the gardening world, is excited to announce the launch of its brand-new Sarah Raven Peat-Free Compost - a significant step towards promoting sustainable gardening practices. This innovative product aims to revolutionise how...
Retailers looking to source a reliable timber furniture and structure supplier driven by quality, will not want to miss Woodshaw - part of the AMES family of brands - at Glee later this month, where the brand’s 2024 offering will be on display (27th – 29th June, Hall...
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...
As the garden industry looks forward to Glee at the end of this month, much-loved British supplier, Ivyline, is getting set to unveil hundreds of beautiful new lines at the show. The family-owned business will showcase its latest design-led home and garden collections...
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