Clematis breeder Raymond Evison to give a public lecture

Multi award-winning clematis expert Raymond Evison to give this year’s Max Walters Memorial Lecture in Cambridge for plant enthusiasts Read more - open to all

GARDENA’s Top of the Plots winners revealed

GARDENA and the National Allotment Society have crowned the 2025 Top of the Plots winners, celebrating inspiring gardens, allotments and community spaces that showcase the creativity, joy and wellbeing of grow-your-own culture. Read more - open to all

Top of the Plots winner - Steve Mills

LOFA launches Charity Christmas Lunch for Greenfingers

LOFA will host its first Charity Christmas Lunch at The Dorchester, London, on 28 November 2025, raising funds for Greenfingers Charity through festive dining, entertainment, raffles, and auctions.

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Otley Garden Centre unveils revamped restaurant with Mayoral Visit

Otley Garden Centre has marked the reopening of its popular restaurant, now renamed Blooms, with a celebratory visit from Otley Town Mayor Cllr Paul Carter and his wife, Denise, who enjoyed a special afternoon tea. Read more - open to all

The Mayor of Otley celebrating the Blooms refurbishment

HTA announces 2025 Grower of the Year Winners

The winners of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Grower of the Year Awards 2025 were revealed at a celebration dinner following Horticulture, the Conference. The awards honour excellence, innovation, and achievement in the UK’s environmental horticultural industry. Read more - open to all

Blue Diamond marks £1m contribution to the National Trust

The collaboration between Blue Diamond and the National Trust comes to a close with over £1m having been given donated to support vital conservation work. Read more - members only

Dobbies reveals 5th garden centre upgrade

Dobbies Garden Centre in Bury St Edmunds is the 5th store to be refurbished in the group's £4m upgrade programme. Read more - members only

Squire's raises over £24,000 for local community charities

Squire’s Garden Centres has once again demonstrated its commitment to local communities, raising an impressive £24,861.84 through its annual ‘Charity of the Year’ programme.  Read more - open to all

Brand new to Bents this Christmas

Tumble down the rabbit hole with Alice and embark on a fantastical light trail at Bents Garden & Home this Christmas.  This brand new experience will take visitors on a magical journey... Read more - open to all

Intrepid garden industry team to tackle Kilimanjaro for Greenfingers Charity

A fearless team of 17 fundraisers from the garden retail and horticultural world will take on Mount Kilimanjaro in June 2026 — all to raise money for the Greenfingers Charity. Read more - open to all

Bridgemere Show Gardens shortlisted for RHS Partner Garden of the Year 2025

Explore 16 stunning award-winning gardens at Bridgemere Show Gardens, competing in the RHS Partner Garden of the Year 2025. Vote now to celebrate the joy these gardens bring to visitors. Read more - open to all

Yorkshire Garden Centres host Yorkshire Day Spinathon UPDATED

Team members at a Bradford garden centre group will take to two wheels on Yorkshire Day to raise funds for its charity of the year.  Read more - open to all

Yorkshire Garden Centres spinathon for Martin House Childrens Hospice

Greenfingers Charity celebrates summer of garden projects

The Greenfingers Charity is marking the summer with a series of transformative garden installations across children's hospices in the UK.  Each space is designed to nurture rest, play, reflection, and connection. Read more - open to all

4 Flower Award for BGC at RHS Wentworth Woodhouse show

British Garden Centres continued its successful event season at the first RHS Wentworth Woodhouse Flower Show, raising awareness of the brand in Yorkshire’s spectacular new horticultural setting. Read more - open to all

GCA’s summer 2025 East region winners revealed

Garden centre staff across the GCA’s East region are celebrating after receiving awards at a presentation held yesterday evening at British Garden Centres, Northampton. Read more - open to all

GCA DGC of year East area 2025 Perrywood Tiptree

B&M issues a significant profit warning

B&M has issued a significant profit warning following disappointing UK sales and rising operational costs. The discount retailer's shares tumbled 12% following the announcement. Read more - members only

Blue Diamond to preview Christmas

Blue Diamond Garden Centres have announced a series of exclusive Christmas preview evenings to kick off the 2025 festive season. Read more - open to all

Wyevale Nurseries marks 95 years of horticultural excellence

Wyevale Nurseries is celebrating its 95th anniversary with a new logo, reflecting its deep horticultural heritage, environmental impact, and continued role as a leading UK grower supplying retailers, landscapers and local authorities.

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 The team at Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford celebrating its 95th anniversary

Greenfingers Charity opens two new therapeutic gardens at Children’s Hospices

Greenfingers Charity opened two new therapeutic gardens this September at Chestnut Tree House and Hope House Children’s Hospices, providing children, families, and staff with inclusive, engaging, and sustainable outdoor spaces. Read more - open to all

Melcourt donates £2,830 to Greenfingers at GLEE

Melcourt Industries celebrated Floral Thursday at GLEE with the presentation of a £2,830 donation to Greenfingers Charity.

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Melcourt Marks Floral Thursday at GLEE with £2,830 donation to Greenfingers

Blue Diamond Garden Centres commits to a week of fundraising fun

The Greenfingers Charity is delighted to announce that Blue Diamond Garden Centres has pledged its support for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2026, the charity’s annual national fundraising event designed to kickstart the gardening season and bring supporters together in countless creative ways. Read more - open to all

Garden centres making the headlines in August

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

Mill Race Garden Centre

British Garden Centres turns 35

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

Amy, Charles, Phillipa and Amy Stubbs

Greenfingers Charity looking stylish

The Greenfingers Charity has unveiled a fresh and eye-catching new look for its team, thanks to the generous support of Durston Garden Products and JJ Embroidery. Read more - open to all

Yorkshire Garden Centre Group joins David Domoney for TV garden makeover

A Huddersfield mother and daughter have had their dream of a relaxing outdoor retreat restored, thanks to ITV’s This Morning gardener David Domoney and a dedicated team from Pennine Garden Centre in Shelley.  Read more - open to all

Squire’s Donates £6,300 to Greenfingers Charity

Squire’s Garden Centres has donated £6,300 to Greenfingers Charity, raised through carrier bag sales at its 17 centres over the past year.

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Linda Petrons being presented with a cheque by Sarah Squire.

GCA crowns summer 2025 Midlands, Wales & West regional winners

Staff at garden centres across the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Midlands, Wales & West region are celebrating after scooping awards during a presentation at Pugh’s Wenvoe (Thursday, July 24, 2025). Read more - open to all

Old Railway Line Garden Centre

New lease of life for plants from the HTA National Plant Show

Following the success of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) National Plant Show in June, several charities have benefited from donations of hundreds of plants. Read more - open to all

Myton Hospice in Warwick with plant donations from the HTA National Plant Show

Greenfingers Charity raises £60,000 at Inaugural Floral Ball to mark 25th Anniversary

Greenfingers Charity’s first Floral Ball raised £60,000 to support therapeutic gardens for children’s hospices across the UK. Read more - open to all

GCA announces North region summer 2025 award winners

The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) North region members met yesterday afternoon and evening at Moss & Moor at Ilkley in Yorkshire for their Area Award presentations (Wednesday, July 16, 2025). Read more - open to all

Barton Grange DGC of year North 2025

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