Garden centre staff throughout the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) East region are celebrating today after picking up awards during a presentation at Coton Orchard Garden Centre yesterday evening. Read more - open to all

The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) North region members met yesterday afternoon at Strikes Stokesley Garden Centre for their Area Award presentations.

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Teams at garden centres across the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) South East area are celebrating after scooping awards during a presentation evening yesterday at Haskins Garden Centre Snowhill. Read more - open to all

The deadline to enter the HTA Grower of the Year Awards has been extended and entries will now close on Tuesday 30 July 2024.

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Gardening for health charity Thrive hosted a corporate volunteer day with home and garden retailer Robert Dyas in June at its garden in London Battersea Park. Read more - open to all

Wyevale Nurseries has been awarded a Plant Healthy Certificate for its high biosecurity standards for the fourth year in succession it’s been revealed this month (June 2024). Read more - open to all

Earlier this month a group of Greenfingers Charity supporters came together to help revitalise the garden at the Bluebell Children’s Hospice in Sheffield. Read more - open to all

World-renowned rose breeder David Austin® Roses has raised £10,000 for the National Garden Scheme with a special event in the garden of founder David C. H. Austin OBE. Read more - open to all

It has been a difficult year so far for garden centres with sales flat, down in volume terms, and costs up.  What do garden centres expect from the rest of the year? Read more - members only

Managing a business is more difficult now.  Garden centre bosses explain how they are protecting profits when sales are level and costs have risen?

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To date, 15 brave souls have strapped themselves atop a biplane to swoop across the Cotswold countryside in aid of the Greenfingers Charity. Now,  the charity is issuing a rallying call to the industry not to miss out on the chance to wing walk into the Greenfingers Hall of Fame! Read more - open to all

Last week, the horticulture community came together for a night of camaraderie and generosity at Party for Perennial, hosted at Core Bar in London and proudly sponsored by Core Landscape Products. The event saw industry supporters unite in support of Perennial.

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Dobbies Garden Centres has revealed the community and charity groups across the UK that will receive support to help transform, restore or start their indoor or outdoor green spaces this year.  Read more - open to all

Two leading commercial UK nurseries based in Herefordshire have held a charity football match to raise funds for Dementia UK (July 2024). Read more - open to all

Mark the 26th June 2025 in your diaries now, as you will not want to miss the Greenfingers Charity’s Floral Ball, a truly special event to mark the charity’s 25th anniversary. Read more - open to all

Staff at garden centres across the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Midlands, Wales & West region are celebrating after scooping awards during a presentation yesterday afternoon and evening at Melbicks Garden Centre. Read more - open to all

Unwins seeds, part of Westland Horticulture, a leading name in the gardening industry, and British Garden Centres, is delighted to announce the successful fundraising of £1,800 for the Greenfingers Charity. Read more - open to all

Every year, LOFA selects a variety of charities to receive financial contributions. We focus on organisations that resonate with our business values or hold personal significance within our industry or for our LOFA members. Read more - open to all

Returning after a 13-year hiatus, the Greenfingers Charity Dragon Boat race returned with a fiercely fought competition and a fun day out for all the family. With five teams battling it out, it was the Westland Warriors that walked away champions. Read more - open to all

The first HTA Business Improvement Study Tour of 2024, sponsored by Westland horticulture and Smart Garden took place earlier this month. Read more - open to all

Inadequate training and poor facilities at border posts cause damage to products and frustration for drivers. Read more - members only

Team members from the leading bespoke greenhouse brand, Alitex, are set to take on a mammoth 225km cycle challenge this June to help raise funds for the William Wates Memorial Trust. Read more - open to all

The annual Greenfingers Charity Fundraising Dinner is set to return later this year on Thursday 28th November, with even more opportunities for supporters of the children’s hospice garden charity to dig deep and boost the annual fundraising total before the year wraps up.

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Towards the end of May, we were delighted to officially open the new Greenfingers Garden at Demelza in Sittingbourne, Kent. Read more - open to all

On Sunday 23rd June, the great and good from the garden retail sector will descend upon Grendon Lakes in Northamptonshire to find out who has the skills to be crowned the 2024 Greenfingers Dragon Boat Race winners. Read more - open to all

Squire’s Garden Centres has confirmed that it no longer sells any bagged compost containing peat. Although the ban is not yet in force, this announcement by Squire’s sees the business meet this commitment well ahead of the proposed deadline.

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Once again, Squire’s Garden Centres has made a donation to Greenfingers Charity from the sale of carrier bags in its 16 centres over the last year, with a total amount raised of £6,707.

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