Covid Closes Glendoick for a few days
Glendoick Garden Centre has been forced to close for a few days due to a small COVID outbreak amongst staff. Read more - open to all
Covid Closes Glendoick for a few days
Glendoick Garden Centre has been forced to close for a few days due to a small COVID outbreak amongst staff. Read more - open to all
Latest garden centre results hit by 1st lockdown (open to all)
Our latest company results show the impact of the first Covid lockdown on Frosts, Gordon Rigg, Highfield, Scotsdale and Van Hage. Suppliers such as Allensmore, Tom Chambers and Vitax grew sales. Read more - open to all
YouGarden buys Gardening Direct
YouGarden the multi-channel retailer of horticultural products has acquired Gardening Direct the mail order young plant supplier from Jersey. Read more - members only
Cherry Lane offers food bank collections in-store
Discount retail group QD has introduced food bank collection points in 24 of its stores including nine Cherry Lane Garden Centres. Read more - open to all
Blue Diamond tells BHETA the key qualifications for product listing
A team from Blue Diamond including MD Alan Roper outlined the key qualifications for potential product listing in its garden centres at BHETA’s retailer networking forum. Read more - members only
Garden centre headlines around the country
Headlines around the country include a sale and lease back by Dobbies, controversy about breast feeding in a garden centre and thefts of catalytic converters at Bents. Read more - members only
LOFA warns that freight problems are escalating
With container costs approaching $20,000, LOFA warns that freight problems are escalating and asks if this is due to the greed of shipping lines and if they are colluding to increase prices. Read more - members only
Green light for new Perrywood garden centre at Sudbury
Planning permission has been granted for Perrywood’s £8-10m plans to build an inspirational new garden centre at the former Wyevale store at Sudbury. Read more - members only
Bradford Garden Centre secures planning permission
The team at a Bradford garden centre have secured planning approval for a second site as part of their ambitious growth plans. Read more - members only
ThinCats helps fund two acquisitions
ThinCats, the leading alternative finance provider to mid-sized SME, has provided £3m in funding to support two acquisitions for professional horticultural services to businesses and buildings provider, Urban Planters. Read more - open to all
Longacres at Bagshot remains open despite Covid cases
Longacres at Bagshot has revealed that some staff have tested positive for Covid-19. The store remains open and staff are self-isolating. Read more - members only
Westland sales hit £208m
Results just published by Westland Horticulture Ltd show sales up 14% and operating profit up 42%. At 30/8/2020, after the first lockdown, Westland had a strong cash balance. Read more - members only
Leading European compost supplier sold
Compo, the market leading garden media supplier across continental Europe, has been sold to a Duke Street Capital backed management buy-out. Read more - members only
Dobbies celebrates National Children’s Gardening Week with refreshed Little Seedlings
Dobbies has announced the online relaunch of its Little Seedlings Club, to support and celebrate National Children’s Gardening Week (29 May – 6 June). Read more - open to all
St Peters Garden Centre creates ‘an adventure into nature and wildlife’
Tony Blake first dreamt about creating a wildlife area on St Peter's Garden Centre back in 2012... Last year, his son Will, now the MD, began to make this a reality. Read more - open to all
Travel concession opens at British Garden Centres
Travel agency Holiday’s By Design will open this July inside Brigg Garden Centre, the flagship of British Garden Centres, offering bespoke holidays around the globe. Read more - open to all
Final approval for Blue Diamond at Scotch Corner
Councillors have given the green light to the proposed 10,700 sq ft. garden centre to be let to Blue Diamond at a designer outlet to be built at Scotch Corner. Now Government must give final approval. Read more - members only
Two new non-exec directors for Squire's
Squire’s Garden Centres has appointed two new non-executive Directors. Rob Collins recently retired as MD of Waitrose. Tony Perkins was Audit Lead Partner at BDO. Read more - open to all
Dobbies will be peat-free in six months
Dobbies has announced that it will be peat-free in six months, in relation to bagged compost, bringing forward the original target of 2022. Read more - open to all
Dobbies and Evergreen trial compost bag recycling
Waste-aware gardeners will now be able to recycle compost packaging thanks to a trial scheme from Dobbies Garden Centres and Evergreen Garden Care. Read more - members only
Hillier counts the cost of Covid-19
Results just published by Hillier Nurseries for the year ending August 2020 show the significant impact Covid-19 had on the second half of the year. Read more - members only
New alliance for Franchi and Mr Fothergill’s Seeds
Mr Fothergill’s Seeds announces a new partnership with Italian seed brand, Franchi Sementi and UK based Italian goods supplier, Seeds of Italy for the coming 2022 gardening season Read more - members only
Orders for 2022 furniture is 3X normal levels say Norfolk
Norfolk Leisure says retailer demand at their trade show was 3X normal levels. They introduced a range of UK designed barbecues and warned of possible delays in Christmas deliveries. Read more - members only
CEO reveals Dobbies latest progress
CEO, Graeme Jenkins, outlines Dobbies’ progress, including acquisitions, its migration away from Ocado, little dobbies, a new app and a new apprenticeship scheme. Read more - members only
Harrogate Garden Centre is open!
The British Garden Centres Group have officially opened their 58th garden centre this week, located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Read more - members only
An exceptional year for B&M
With sales up 30% at B&M UK, Simon Arora, chief executive said the last year has been an exceptional one but warned of a decline in revenues this year. Read more - members only
Industry newcomer, Ian Hepburn talks about trading and reducing peat
It was a steep learning curve for Ian Hepburn who joined Evergreen Garden Care a few months ago as marketing director, having worked previously for Mars. Read more - members only
The professionals’ best kept secret comes to your garden!
Carbon Gold, which has recently been added to all Dobbies stores as part of its sustainability strategy, is launching a new range of products for home-growers and gardeners. Read more - members only
Wildflowers for first new Homebase for six years
Wildflowers feature in the carpark of the first new store in 6 years for Homebase, which has just opened in Cheltenham. Read more - members only
B&Q sales up 83%
The doubling of weather-related sales in the last quarter and growth of ecommerce has powered B&Q to record sales. However, Kingfisher is planning for lower sales this autumn. Read more - members only