Thetford Garden Centre completes major redevelopment

Thetford Garden Centre has completed a significant redevelopment project.  Now it can create exceptional cakes in generous portions that customers will truly enjoy. Read more - members only

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Dobbies unveils strategy to drive year-round footfall

Dobbies, the restructured UK garden centre group, has launched a new strategic and creative platform, "This Is Garden Living," aimed at driving year-round footfall. Read more - members only

Mixed performance for UK garden centres

The HTA Market Update for February displays a stark divide between different areas of the garden centre.  Gardening categories continued to underperform, while non-gardening categories generally performed better. Read more - members only

Blue Diamond will be exclusive plant supplier to new Titchmarsh channel

Blue Diamond Garden Centres will be the ‘exclusive indoor and outdoor plant supplier’ to the “Gardening with Alan Titchmarsh” channel due to launch on YouTube in April 2025. Read more - members only

Change, Innovation and Growth for Spoga+Gafa in 2025

The new dates for the show was only one innovation for Spoga+Gafa 2025.  The new Director for Spoga+Gafa declared the show as a “one stop shop” for international garden buyers. Read more - members only

Prosper Buying Group continues to grow

Prosper Garden Centre Buying Group has announced that Henry Street Garden Centre has joined its network. Read more - members only

Henry Street Garden Centre

Blue Diamond rocks at the Roundhouse

Teams from Blue Diamond’s garden centres around the country dressed as rock stars and gathered at the Roundhouse, the iconic rock venue in London.  Read more - members only

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Blue Diamond to open Harlestone Heath Garden Centre on March 24th

Blue Diamond is set to open Harlestone Heath Garden Centre on Monday, March 24th.  The former Dobbies site closed in December.  Read more - members only

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J Parker’s buys Daisy Nook Garden Centre

J Parker has today taken over the operations of Daisy Nook Garden Centre in Failsworth near Manchester. Read more - members only

Squire’s re-launches Milford Garden Centre with sustainability at its core

Squire’s Garden Centres has re-launched its Milford centre. The redevelopment includes ambitious environmental initiatives making it the most sustainable centre in the group. Read more - members only

APAC Group buys Dobbies Leicester

The APAC group has bought back the freehold of Dobbies’ Rowena garden centre in Leicester that it had sold to Wyevale in 2000. Read more - members only

Gardening Club takes over Sheeplands Garden Centre

The Gardening Club has taken over the operations of Sheeplands Garden Centre, located on the A4 between Maidenhead and Reading. Read more - members only

Plan for a green, community focussed garden centre at Sheeplands

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