The UK’s leading garden centre, Dobbies, has teamed up with the UK’s largest nature conservation charity, the RSPB, to educate its customers on the declining house sparrow population this May and encourage them to do their part to welcome this bird species into their gardens. Read more - open to all

The Young People in Horticulture Association reveals that the Bearded Botanist becomes their 500^th member.  Plus, there are three additions to the committee. Read more - members only

The Barnsdale Gardens team are proud to support the Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice by donating a selection of their plants to this worthy cause. The 4500 snowdrops, 900 winter aconites and dogwoods were presented to Martin Russell, the Head of Operations at Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice, last week. Read more - open to all

Garden Centre Association (GCA) members are being invited to nominate staff for the organisation’s 2023 Rising Stars programme sponsored by Westland Horticulture. Read more - open to all

24^th March was Garden Re-Leaf Day and this year the event was bigger than ever!  Here we find out some key stats about the event and the incredible efforts to raise much needed funds for the Greenfingers Charity. Read more - open to all

After protracted negotiations, Planters has acquired the £4m Brookfields Garden Centre in Nottingham and has plans for substantial growth. Read more - members only

Dobbies and Blue Diamond garden centres are partnering with BBC Radio 2 for Let it Grow by donating 120,000 packets of seeds between them. Read more - members only

Fran Barnes, new chief executive of HTA said, “The Prime Minister’s comments on garden centres when announcing the Windsor Framework were hugely encouraging. We need the words to match the reality…” Read more - members only

With less than a week to go, walkers and cyclists from across the garden retail sector are busy limbering up as they prepare to tackle the 2023 Garden Re-Leaf Sponsored Walk and Cycle Challenge (24^th March 2023). Read more - open to all

British Garden Centres has got more than ever planned for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2023.  The family-run group is hosting several special events nationwide to raise funds. Read more - open to all

Clear your diary and dig out your glad rags! Join friends and colleagues from across the horticulture industry on Thursday 4^th May at Core Bar in the heart of the City, for an evening of fun and fundraising for Perennial.  Read more - open to all

It has been confirmed that this June (27th – 29th, NEC Birmingham) visual merchandising expert, Debbie Flowerday, will become a mentor for Glee’s all-new Talent Store - the ultimate industry showcase for emerging retailer and visual merchandising talent.  Read more - open to all

A massive sum of £3,500 has been raised for an NHS cancer unit thanks to the generosity of suppliers and buyers at the Choice Marketing annual conference. Read more - open to all

Following in the footsteps of the 2019 wing walkers – GIMA’s Vicky Nuttall, SBM’s Lowri Walker and Evergreen’s Mark Portman – there is a new group of brave people set to take to the skies strapped to a plane, all in the name of the Greenfingers Charity! Read more - open to all

The London Landmarks Half Marathon is now just a few months away (2nd April 2023) with 11 runners from across the garden retail sector and beyond taking part on behalf of the Greenfingers Charity. Read more - open to all

Greenfingers Charity is pleased to announce that the stunning new Reflective Garden at Haven House Children’s Hospice in Essex is now officially open. Read more - open to all

Provender Nurseries won the prestigious Trade Nursery of the Year Award 2023 at the Pro Landscaper Business Awards 2023. Read more - open to all

Blue Diamond’s upcoming auction of a limited number of Isaac Newton's Apple Trees have recently been featured in The Times newspaper, (Wednesday 19th April edition). Read more - open to all

A major fire has closed Staverton Nursery until further notice.  It broke out before the garden centre was due to open on 12^th April. Read more - members only

Garden enterprises making the local news headlines include the biggest plant supermarket in the south West, a garden centre closing its doors and the theft of an 8ft gorilla. Read more - members only

A fifteen strong team of intrepid walkers from Bramblecrest successfully completed a very hilly and extremely muddy 370km charity walk raising just shy of £8,000. Read more - open to all

Tingley garden centre is celebrating its first gardening season with a celebration launch weekend next month. Read more - open to all

Bransford Webbs have been using biological controls for more than 15 years. They have become a fundamental part of our integrated approach to crop protection, and we now invest seven times more annually on biological controls than all chemicals combined. Read more - open to all

The 2023 GIMA Charity Golf Day will be returning to Belton Woods Hotel and Golf Course on Thursday, 8th June to play the Lakes Course.  Read more - open to all

FPM has won the prestigious Stanley Lord Bowl Award for our exhibit of Autumn Fruits at the Malvern Show 2022. Read more - open to all

The team at a Bradford garden centre is celebrating after winning a regional sustainability award. Read more - open to all

With a handful of weeks to go until Garden Re-Leaf Day 2023 (Friday, March 24th), supporters from across the garden retail sector (and beyond!) are busy getting ready for their day of FUNdraising. What will you be doing on Friday March 24^th? Read more - open to all

Alban Hill Nurseries in Newport Pagnell hosted a visit by local Member of Parliament Ben Everitt on Friday 3rd February to showcase the business and raise issues impacting the horticulture industry, including the peat ban and the cost of doing business. Read more - open to all

Garden Re-Leaf Day is the annual FUNdraising event for Greenfingers Charity, which this year takes place on Friday 24th March 2023, to help raise vital funds for the charity whilst also kickstarting the garden retailing season. Read more - open to all

Katie Blake raised over £2000 with a local raffle selling raffle tickets to help Ukrainian children. Read more - open to all