Flashback to over 10 years ago and you’ll find the first ever Greenfingers Dragon Boat Race. Now in 2024, it has been confirmed that the Dragon Boat Race is set to return, bigger and better than ever. Read more - open to all

During December, Perrywood Garden Centres in Tiptree and Sudbury gifted seasonal planted containers to Abberton Rural Training, The Red Rose Community Farm and The Tiptree Community Hub. Read more - open to all

The ‘Most Jumperful Time of the Year’ is back and the fundraising total has tipped over £20,000. Read more - open to all

138 guests enjoyed a superb evening putting the fun back into FUNdraising all in the name of Greenfingers. The fundraising element was so strong that throughout the evening, more than £30,000 was raised for the children’s hospice garden charity. Read more - open to all

1.5 million micro-donations at Notcutts, in partnership with the UK charity Pennies, have raised over £500,000 for various charity partners. Read more - members only

Notcutts Garden Centres win the Hospitality and Retail category in the Eastern Region Awards for Best Employer. Read more - members only

Garden Centres have helped support horticultural industry charity Perennial this year by ordering two special fundraising salvias from Wyevale Nurseries and they have helped raise £1,600 for the charity. Read more - open to all

After another year as GIMA’s chosen charity, Greenfingers – the charity behind almost 70 therapeutic garden spaces at children’s hospices across the country - has recently received over £20,000 from the garden manufacturers trade association following another year of fundraising. Read more - open to all

A Blazing Success: Perennial’s Fiery Fundraiser at York Gate ignites over £4,000 in donations. Read more - open to all

Summer may have ended but for the Greenfingers Charity, a busy time lies ahead as building work started on the garden at The Nook in Norfolk and Demelza Hospice in Sittingbourne, Kent earlier last month. Read more - open to all

A new retail building, the first part of the redevelopment at Hillier’s Newbury Garden Centre, has been unveiled.  Read more - members only

Over 130 customers were a part of an extremely successful, fully booked, Problem Solving Plants event at Provender Nurseries. Read more - open to all

It was mad and it was muddy, and it brought individuals and organisations together in a fantastic show of support for the UK’s only charity dedicated to supporting everyone who works with plants, tress, flowers or grass – Perennial.  Read more - open to all

The leading buying and marketing group has signed RocketGro as an Associate Supplier with immediate effect, connecting its garden centre members with the Somerset manufacturer’s game-changing growing media products. Read more - open to all

A frank opening speech by Fran Barnes, The HTA’s new chief executive, challenged politicians attending the HTA Conference to imagine a world with no horticulture.  Read more - members only

We highlight the main events of 2023 including the collapse of Wilko, juggling of the trade shows calendar and the deaths of some notable pioneers in the industry. Read more - open to all

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) are being asked to vote for their Associate Member of the Year for 2023 – with the winner announced at the GCA’s annual conference in the Cotswolds this January. Read more - open to all

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) are being invited to put their marketing and community campaigns to the test as part of the organisation’s annual Worrall Cup competition (December 2023). Read more - open to all

With Christmas just around the corner, Perennial is appealing to the industry to grow wellbeing and support people working in horticulture this season by making a goodwill donation. Read more - open to all

It’s that time of year once again and British Garden Centres, the largest UK family-run garden centre group has revealed its festive decorating inspiration to help customers deck the halls for the season. Read more - open to all

Home fragrance specialists, Elements of Fragrance, has confirmed a new range of home scents will launch later this year and will exclusively raise funds for the children’s hospice garden charity, Greenfingers. Read more - open to all

British Garden Centres and the leading surplus food app, Too Good To Go, are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in their partnership. Together, they have prevented more than 10,000 meals from going to waste since the initiative was rolled out across some sites earlier this year. Read more - open to all

UPDATED A former Olympian in his 70’s has died after being hit by a lorry at Stewarts Abbey Garden Centre in Titchfield, Hampshire. Read more - members only

Millbrook’s Tammy Woodhouse & Greenfingers’ very own Linda Petrons poised to give us the ‘Most Jumperful Time of the Year’ Read more - open to all

12 Category winners announced for the 2023 RHS Britain in Bloom competition.  Newcastle-under-Lyme has been awarded RHS gold and the accolade of Overall Winner Read more - members only

Our latest round up of local news includes a fight for British Garden Centres, the opening of RHS - The Plant Space in Bluewater, new owners for Findon Garden Centre and two sales by Christie & Co. Read more - members only

The Royal Horticultural Society has surveyed hundreds of UK nurseries and growers to find their peat-free status and movement towards transitioning away from using peat. Read more - members only

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company have raised over £6,000 this year for Perennial through sales of the stunning Nemesia ‘Peaches n Cream’. Read more - open to all

British Garden Centres is delighted to have raised an impressive £6370.79 for the Macmillan Coffee Morning last month. This charitable event, organised annually by Macmillan Cancer Support, aims to raise funds to help improve the lives of those affected by cancer. Read more - open to all

Perrywood Garden Centres has launched a new loyalty programme called ‘Perrywood Bloom’. In just one month 10,000 customers have already signed up. Read more - open to all