Rosebourne appoints experienced horticultural buyer
Rosebourne starts a recruitment drive before opening its first site in August, promising a new benchmark in garden centres. Read more - members only
Rosebourne appoints experienced horticultural buyer
Rosebourne starts a recruitment drive before opening its first site in August, promising a new benchmark in garden centres. Read more - members only
Poundland launches £1 gardening range by Charlie Dimmock
Poundland has just introduced the Charlie Dimmock gardening range with a wide variety of gardening essentials, both practical and decorative, all at its famous £1 price point. Read more - members only
Barrie King is appointed as Kelkay’s logistics manager
Kelkay, the market-leading manufacturer and distributor of aggregates, has appointed Barrie King to the position of logistics manager. Read more - open to all
James Clovis appointed to reinvigorate Sinclair Professional
JamesClovis has been appointed as Head of Sinclair Professional division. Read more - open to all
And the Rising Stars winner is……….
Sophie Liebthal has been revealed as the winner of the Westland/GCA Rising Star of 2015. Read more - open to all
Chris Ramsden and Lolly Lee are moving to new jobs
Chris Ramsden is leaving Suttons for Hozelock at the end of February and Lolly Lee is leaving Gardman for Petface. Read more - members only
HTA Technology Conference – Using technology to grow
The exciting line-up continues to grow for the HTA Technology Conference on 24 February at Cranmore Park, Solihull. Read more - open to all
New area sales manager for Town & Country
The UK’s leading gardening gloves and footwear supplier, Town & Country, has appointed a new area sales manager for the South East region. Read more - open to all
La Hacienda meet Trade & Investment Minister at the Foreign Office to boost exports
La Hacienda Directors, John & Simon Goodwin and Export Manager, Mike Darlington, attended a private meeting at the Foreign Office. Read more - open to all
Hortus Loci young gun Jamie Butterworth made an RHS Ambassador
21 year old Jamie Butterworth becomes a Royal Horticultural Society Ambassador and join luminaries such Alan Titchmarsh and Mary Berry who were respectively the 1st and most recently appointed RHS Ambassadors. Read more - open to all
John B Edmonds dies aged 85
John B Edmonds, a leading light in the agricultural and horticultural world, died after a long illness on Friday 8th January. Read more - open to all
Alison returns as Tracy retires
Suffolk seedsman Mr Fothergill's has announced the appointment of Alison Mulvaney as its technical manager; she replaces about-to-retire Tracy Collacott. The move from Bayer Garden, where she has been consumer brand manager, marks a return for Mulvaney, who worked in the seed company's marketing department in 2004-5. Read more - open to all
Louise Hammer-Brown to join Hillier as Head of Marketing
Hillier has announced the appointment of Louise Hammer-Brown as Head of Marketing at Hillier from the 4th January. Read more - open to all
Alyson takes on GCA inspector’s role
Alyson Haywood has been named as the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) new inspector this week (December 21, 2015). Read more - open to all
Chris Beytes to MC at AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards 2016
Chris Beytes, Editor of GrowerTalks and Green Profit magazine, is to be the master of ceremonies at the AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards 2016. Read more - open to all
Hale appoints trade show marketing manager
Cait Daniels, of Ginger Creations, has taken on the role of marketing manager for Hale Events. Read more - open to all
Fundraisers celebrate £14,109 donation to Marie Curie Appeal
Staff and Fundraisers have celebrated a record breaking donation of £14,109.19p at the Stewarts Garden Centres in Christchurch and Broom hill near Wimborne. Read more - open to all
Delamore Gear charity 10k run
Delamore are running for Cancer Research UK and Alzheimer's Society and are recruiting runners and sponsors for the team. Read more - open to all
Gardman appoint James Brindle as Business Development Director
Experienced sales executive James Brindle has re-joined Gardman as the company’s Business Development Director. Read more - open to all
Dan Williams joins Hillier as Head of Restaurants
Dan Williams joins the Hillier team in Ampfield in February to head up the restaurant division of the garden centre business. Read more - open to all
Past chairmen return to honour GCA’s 50th anniversary
GCA chairmen from as early as 1967 returned to celebrate the GCA’s 50th anniversary. Read more - members only
Bayer Garden appoints Christina Bouzala to drive brand strategy
Consumer specialist Christina Bouzala has joined Bayer Garden as Group Brand Manager with the remit of driving a consumer led brand strategy across the company’s garden care portfolio. Read more - open to all
Future of garden centres in the hands of a new shopper
Leading consumer and shopper behaviouralist Ken Hughes is speaking at the 2016 Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference next week (January 24 until 27, 2016) to talk about the customer of the future. Read more - open to all
Jekka McVicar and Jamie Butterworth announced as new RHS ambassadors
Jekka McVicar of Jekka’s Herb Farm, and Jamie Butterworth of Young-Hort, were today announced as new Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Ambassadors at the annual RHS Chelsea Flower Show press conference in London. Read more - open to all
Vitax appoints new south-east area sales manager
In preparation for a bumper 2016, Vitax Limited is set to welcome a new south-east area manager this January. Read more - open to all
AIPH sadness at loss of Doeke Faber
Members of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) have expressed their sadness at the news that their former President, Dr. Doeke Faber, has passed away this week. Read more - open to all
Forest Garden welcomes new team members
As Forest Garden ramps up activity to meet the early spring demand, it has been confirmed that it has added several new team members to the mix, strengthening both its sales force presence and approach to new product development. Read more - open to all
Review of 2015 in the Garden Industry
2015 was an eventful year in the garden sector. Here is a round-up of some of the most important stories on Gardenforum throughout the year. This article is open to non-members. Read more - open to all
Big Business entrepreneur and Joy of Plants join HTA Technology Conference Programme
Naomi Langford-Wood, out of industry author, entrepreneur and businesswoman and Terri Jones from Joy of Plants have been unveiled as the latest speakers to join the programme for the HTA Technology Conference – Using technology to grow. Read more - open to all
New campaign co-ordinator for Love the Plot You’ve Got
The Garden Industry Marketing Board (GIMB) has contracted Holly Garland and the team at garlandpr to co-ordinate the industry wide Love the Plot You’ve Got campaign. Read more - open to all