Bradford garden centre wins regional sustainability award

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

Sustainability lead, Steph Bates and Head of People and Culture, Neil Barwise-Carr

Garden Re-Leaf supporters unveil plans for the big day

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 24th? Read more - open to all

MP visit to Alban Hill Nurseries

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

Plant a smile by doing ultra-challenges for Garden Re-Leaf 2023

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

Orchard Park Plantathon

Katie Blake Garden Furniture supports Ukrainian Kids

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

Topping fronts GCA campaign to raise £100k for Greenfingers

A personal plea from Guy Topping launches the GCA’s bid to raise £100,000 for Greenfingers.  Contributors will be entered into a Grand Draw of amazing prizes. Read more - open to all

Guy Topping with Sue Allen and Ian Flounders raising funds for Greenfingers at the GCA in 2020

Perrywood raises over £45k for the local community

Over the last two years, Perrywood Tiptree and Perrywood Sudbury have raised a grand total of £45,000 for local charities, schools and community projects. Read more - open to all

Perennial continues festive push for fundraising

Horticultural workers and enthusiasts have until the end of this week to order their Perennial Naked Gardening Gardeners calendar for 2023 to receive it in time for the new year. Read more - open to all

Garden Centre Christmas display winners

Brimsmore Gardens and Garsons Garden Centre Esher have been announced as the national winners of the 2022 Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual Christmas display competition. Read more - members only

 Brimsmore Gardens winning Christmas displays

Gardena supports Manchester Airport's Eco-Garden competition

A group of pupils from Cheadle Catholic Infant & Junior School were crowned winners of Manchester Airport’s eco-garden competition at an event under the Concorde’s wings this afternoon. Read more - open to all

Staff & pupils from Cheadle Catholic Infant & Junior School  Robert Pattison & Sarah Bentham (right)

Fire at Alton Garden Centre

Alton Garden Centre in Wickford, Essex has been damaged by a fire which broke out in the roof of the restaurant. Read more - members only

Greenfingers celebrates another superb fundraising dinner

Last week (December 1st) friends and supporters of Greenfingers Charity came together to enjoy the return of the charity’s annual fundraising dinner, where an incredible £31,000 was raised. Read more - open to all

Steve Potter celebrates his 50th birthday by donating 50 Christmas trees

Steve Potter celebrates his 50th Birthday by donating 50 Christmas Trees (one for each of his Birthdays!) to The One Love Project Soup Kitchen & Foodbank. Read more - open to all

Evergreen Garden Care raises £30,000 for charity

In September, a 15-person team at Evergreen Garden Care took on the daunting National Three Peaks Challenge, attempting to summit the three tallest mountains in the UK within 24 hours. This ambitious goal was in support of Greenfingers Charity, who work to build gardens at children’s hospices throughout the UK. Read more - open to all

Burgon & Ball helps get the West of England buzzing!

Burgon & Ball, the UK’s longest-established garden tool manufacturer, has been helping to get the West of England buzzing, in a new awards initiative created to raise awareness of the vital importance of bees and pollinators. Read more - open to all

Burgon and Ball FloraBrite Gloves and trowe

Debbie Flowerday confirmed for the Glee Talent Store

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

 Debbie Flowerday

Highfield Garden World plantsman prompts Choice Marketing conference fundraiser

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

The Greenfingers Wing Walk is back

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 brave Greenfingers wing walkers

Supporters out in force to tackle the 2023 London Landmarks Half Marathon

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

Get ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2023!

The Greenfingers charity, organiser of Garden Re-Leaf Day, is calling on every garden centre and industry supplier in the UK to take part in the forthcoming 2023 Garden ReLeaf event (Friday March 24th) to help the charity reach its £60,000 fundraising target set for the 2023 event. Read more - open to all

Klondyke Plantathon team

Greenfingers Challenge Cup to return at GCA Conference

Garden centre and horticultural industry staff can now (January 2023) sign up for a FUNdraising event being held at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference (January 22 until 25, 2023). Read more - open to all

2020 Greenfingers Challenge Cup

The headlines that made 2022 unique - a round-up

2022 was dominated by the recovery from the distortions to trade caused by Covid. It was a year of acquisitions. There were some game changers and sadly we lost some leading characters. Read more - open to all

The YPHA - a game changer for young people in horticulture

EP Barrus donates gardening tools to Hereford hospice

EP Barrus has donated a selection of Wilkinson Sword and WOLF-Garten tools to the Volunteer Gardening Team at St Michael’s Hospice in Hereford. Read more - open to all

Brimsmore Gardens wins national competition

Brimsmore Gardens’ Christmas Displays have scooped first prize in the Garden Centre Association’s national Christmas Competition. Read more - open to all

How to raise funds for Greenfingers this Christmas

Did you know that whilst buying for friends, family and colleagues you can also help raise much needed funds for the Greenfingers Charity? Read more - open to all

Green-tech becomes Platinum Perennial Partner for third year running

Green-tech has confirmed that it will continue its Platinum partnership and ongoing support to the charity for a third year running. Read more - open to all

Plant retailing, a sustainable future

Two Worcestershire nurseries collaborate to host a retail focused event. Read more - open to all

Blue Diamond opens new restaurant at Wilton GC

Blue Diamond has opened a new restaurant, Kipling Parlour, at Wilton garden centre in new state of the art building.   Read more - open to all

MP visits Sustainable Business of the Year, Greenwood Plants

Andrew Griffith MP visited Greenwood Plants in Walberton on 18th November after it was recently named ‘Sustainable Business of the Year’ at the 2022 Central South Business Awards. Read more - open to all

Andrew Griffith MP visited Greenwood Plants nursey

STIGA Donate Prize To 'Perennial'

STIGA is proud of its track record when it comes to helping those in the community and there is no cause more deserving than that of the 'Perennial' charity.  Read more - open to all

To see earlier stories - Look in the News Archive