Thompson & Morgan donates £300 to St Elizabeth Hospice in support of their Great Garden Trail. Read more - open to all

SOLEX Exhibition is in Top Gear this year, bringing you a British Grand Prix F1 Themed Afterparty and Awards evening on Tuesday 8 July at The Vox, NEC, Birmingham. Read more - open to all

Glee, the UK’s leading garden and outdoor living trade show, is excited to announce an important update to its inaugural nationwide roadshow. The first event will now take place on Thursday, 23rd April 2025, at Monkton Elm Garden Centre, Taunton, from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. Read more - open to all

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

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

Garden Centre Association (GCA) members are being offered a new course that has been launched by the organisation’s Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform this month to help create inclusive workplace environments (March 2025).

Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) is pleased to formally announce Craig Lalley's appointment as Key Account Manager and Aggregate Lead. Read more - open to all

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

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

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

The Garden Museum’s annual Spring Plant Fair returns on Sunday 13 April, gathering specialist plant nurseries and growers from around the country for a day of plant shopping, talks and workshops for city gardeners. Stalls will include Great Dixter Nursery and Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens, providing a rare opportunity for Londoners to shop garden plants grown by these beloved and historic nurseries.

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