The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has announced (October 2022) that its annual conference will return in January (January 22-25, 2023) after previously being postponed due to Covid in 2021 and 2022. Read more - open to all

The Greenfingers Charity is set to officially open the new garden at St Oswald’s Hospice in Newcastle on October 12th; the development of which would not have been possible without the incredible funds and product donations from a wealth of generous supporters. Read more - open to all

British Garden Centres, has been busy fundraising throughout their stores for the national Macmillan Coffee Morning. The garden centre group beat last year’s total and raised an impressive £8814 from Friday 30^th September and across the weekend. Read more - open to all

Within the next few days, Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire will be generating almost half of its electricity from the sun. Read more - open to all

Garden centre stories hitting the local news recently include a computer problem charging customers up to £1000, damage from a car crash, a relocation and a council demand to remove buildings. Read more - members only

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has announced the winners of its inaugural Ornamental Grower of the Year Awards. The Awards, in their first year, were announced at the HTA’s annual conference, Horticulture, The Conference. Read more - open to all

Boningale Limited has signed up to the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) ‘Sustainability Roadmap Supports pledge,’ publishing its own Sustainability Plan in response to climate and biodiversity issues. Read more - open to all

AN MSP has recognised Cardwell Garden Centre’s achievements by lodging a motion in the Scottish Parliament about its 60^th anniversary. Read more - open to all

15 members of the Evergreen Garden Care team will be donning their walking boots and backpacks as they attempt to tackle the infamous Three-Peaks Challenge, all with the aim of raising over £10,000 for the Greenfingers charity. Read more - open to all

Hillier has announced its September initiative for its charity partner, Abby’s Heroes. The charity supports children receiving cancer treatment and their families who come under the care of the Piam Brown and the Teenagers and Young Adults wards at the University Hospital Southampton. Read more - open to all

Vitax is delighted to announce its support for one of the UK’s oldest botanic gardens by sponsoring a commemorative event as part of University of Oxford Botanic Garden’s 400th anniversary celebrations. Read more - open to all

Lincolnshire’s Boston Seeds has donated a further almost £1,500 to Peterborough based charity Buglife, to aid their work in the conservation and development of habitats for endangered invertebrates. Read more - open to all

HEX Living has today announced that it has now become a supplier to national greenhouse and outdoor storage retailer The Greenhouse People. Read more - open to all

Following another incredible year of inspirational new product development, the 200 plus entries to the 2022 GIMA Awards provided this year’s judging panel with plenty of food for thought. Now, with the judging day complete, we must wait until October 20th to find out who will be crowned winners this year. Read more - open to all

Poundbury Gardens near Dorchester has donated 30 plant pots, peat-free soil, fertiliser, bamboo sticks and two watering cans to Dorset County Hospital’s Kingfisher Ward, which is growing its own sunflowers to tie in with this year’s Dorset Sunflower Trail at Maiden Castle Farm. Read more - open to all

Thrive, the charity that helps people with their mental and physical health through gardening has teamed up with the Leisure & Outdoor Furniture Association, (LOFA) to help more people access their life changing gardening sessions.  Read more - open to all

Britain in Bloom judges were wowed by Amersham’s stunning sustainable displays and engagement with the community as they won a gold medal and took the top prize in the Finals of the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) UK-wide community gardening competition. Read more - open to all

Dobbies Garden Centres is looking to spread the spirit of Christmas with its festive Not Your Average Community campaign, in partnership with Needlefresh. Read more - open to all

Back by popular demand, the annual Greenfingers Charity Fundraising Dinner is returning on December 1st with tickets already being snapped up by supporters of the children’s hospice garden charity.  Read more - open to all

Haskins Garden Centre has donated £6,215 to its national charity of the year, Greenfingers Charity, to contribute towards the cost of supporting children and their families who require hospice services.  Read more - open to all

One of the Derry’s largest and best loved garden centres has been put up for sale for the first time, after over four decades of ownership by the same family. Altnagelvin Garden Centre is being marketed by commercial property estate agent Ernest Wilson with an asking price of £1.25m. Read more - open to all

A leading British commercial nursery has this month started work on a new reservoir to help it capture, save and recycle more water (September 2022). Read more - open to all

Garden machinery manufacturer, Cobra, has announced that it has raised over £20,000 for the Breast Cancer Now charity. Read more - open to all

STV have recently announced a new charity partnership with Greenfingers that will see them commit to raising £10,000 over the next 3 years. Read more - open to all

News from around the country includes flooding at Bybrook Barn, an artillery shell closing Dobbies Bury St Edmunds and a garden centre celebrating 80 years. Read more - members only

2023 event now open for registration, the charity is pleased to confirm that it has once again secured 10 places. Read more - open to all

Five intrepid cyclists set off from Musgrove Hospital to undertake a mammoth 1100 mile journey, visiting 11 spinal injury centres in just 11 days to raise funds for Horatio’s Garden, a charity that installs beautiful gardens in spinal injury units across the United Kingdom. Read more - open to all

Dobbies is on the lookout for Britain’s best gardeners with its Not Your Average Gardener Awards, launching today (Wednesday 3 August). Read more - open to all

Wind, rain, blisters and UK holiday traffic all attempted to thwart Deco-Pak’s Three Peaks Challenge this past weekend but the team were victorious in their efforts. Read more - open to all

The Garden Centre Association, representing 200 garden centres, has revealed the first regional Garden Centres of the Year from their annual inspections. Read more - members only