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How to reduce queues, increase speed of service and grow profits in your garden centre restaurant
Long gone are the days where garden centres were simply a place for consumers to pick up a petunia or…
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Fiskars creates bee-friendly garden to mark World Bee Day 2022
Fiskars, one of the UK’s leading gardening tool suppliers, has teamed up with several green fingered influencers to support the…
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The benefits of growing your own fruit and veg
With many people on furlough for weeks and even months combined with glorious spring weather last year, we saw a…
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What equipment do new garden maintenance businesses need?
Over the last year, people across the UK have flocked to their gardens. According to a survey by Rattan Direct…
Read More » Be careful in the garden: Over a third of household injuries take place in the garden
Gardening is a popular hobby across the UK. Many people turn to their garden for a sense of peace and…
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Horticulture Careers partners with Perennial for March
Horticulture Careers, the recruitment and job advertising brand from Eljays44 Ltd has partnered with industry charity Perennial for the whole…
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Children grow their own chips with Squires
Every year, Squires Garden Centres give local schools the opportunity to grow their own potatoes, and once harvested, Squires Café…
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READYBLAZE: Safer, Greener and Ready to Burn
Winter fuel experts Dizmezs Ltd are launching READYBLAZE, a new firewood brand for the UK Garden Centre market. The brand…
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Joy of Plants launches webshop integrations
Joy of Plants has more than 14,500 plant images & data within its library and retailers can now quickly and…
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Perennial provides help with ‘Back to School’ Support
With 30% of British children1 living in poverty and the impact of COVID-19 hitting families hard, Perennial is ready to…
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Evergreen Garden Care launches largest range of peat-free growing media
To meet the demand for peat-free growing media options, the UK’s leading garden care company, Evergreen Garden Care (www.lovethegarden.com) can…
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Plans for north-east garden centre extension approved
Plans for an extension at a north-east garden centre have been approved. Raemoir Garden in Banchory applied for the addition…
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How did Monkton Elm reduce their costs & admin whilst expanding their restaurant to 400 seats?
Monkton Elm is a unique garden centre destination based in central Somerset, nestled in the undulating countryside north of Taunton.…
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Bramble Foods going from strength to strength.
Now in its thirteenth year, Bramble Foods is one of the country’s leading suppliers of ambient foods in the independent…
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Gardeners Paradise near Canterbury in planning row fight for survival
A 98-year-old garden centre struck by tragedy says its future could be thrown into doubt if it loses a planning…
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Tong Garden Centre marks five years of new ownership with changes
With the latest phase of its expansion progressing well, the team at Tong Garden Centre has announced further plans to…
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Dobbies builds partnership with Stroke Association
The UK’s leading garden centre retailer, Dobbies Garden Centres, has announced its support for the Stroke Association; a charity which…
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Didlington Nurseries Garden Centre reopens after early hours fire
Fire crews from Methwold, Swaffham and Watton attended Didlington Nurseries garden centre after being called shortly after 1.20am. The stop…
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Bitter Courgettes – information and update from Mr Fothergill’s Seeds
A possible problem with a batch of Courgette Zucchini from our Mr Fothergill’s seed range has come to our attention…
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Brett Avery to join HTA Board as Vice-President
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is delighted to announce that Brett Avery, Managing Director of Farplants, is to join the…
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