Unveiled today, Dobbies Garden Centre in Beaconsfield is the latest store to be refurbished as part of its programme of investment across the store estate.  Read more - members only

Sales skyrocketed this summer in the garden category, reveals new data released today from NielsenIQ. Read more - members only

UPDATED From Thursday 21st August the former Whitehall Garden Centre at Woodborough will be opening under the ownership of family business, Ranu Limited. Read more - members only

Cleeve Nursery and Garden Centre in Bristol, formerly owned and run for 35 years by past HTA president Alan Down, has closed permanently. Read more - members only

Here is a more detailed look at the 2025 accounts for Dobbies, released last week along with those of the previous year. Read more - members only

Busy Bee Garden Centre near Ryde, the biggest garden centre in the Isle of Wight, is to join the Blue Diamond Group, in just over 2 weeks’ time, on 1st September.  Read more - members only

Met Office climate scientists have shown that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025, officially the warmest summer to date, is now expected every five years due to human caused greenhouse gas emissions.   Read more - members only

County Kildare-based Caragh Nurseries has acquired Earlswood Landscape & Garden Centre in Solihull, marking its first move into the UK market. Read more - members only

Latest stories making local and national headlines include the chicest garden centre in the world, Pulse Paddle courts at Blue Diamond and a garden centre closing down. Read more - members only

From a single site in Woodthorpe, Lincolnshire, in 1990 to becoming the UK’s largest family-run garden centre group, British Garden Centres is celebrating a remarkable milestone in 2025 — its 35th anniversary on 25th August. Read more - open to all

The weather has helped garden centres build on strong spring sales, says HTA, but higher operating costs are squeezing profits. Read more - members only

Dobbies Garden Centres Group Limited has filed its historic Annual Report and Financial Statements for the Group and its subsidiaries.  Read more - members only