Perennial calls on industry to support fundraising with naked calendar

Hot off the success of its RHS Chelsea Flower Show Garden, horticultural charity, Perennial, is calling upon the gardening industry to support its 2023 calendar. Read more - open to all

A partnership that improves lives

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

Amersham crowned RHS Britain in Bloom champions 2022

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

Amersham in Bloom

Dobbies donates 300 real Christmas trees to charitable causes

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

Marcus Eyles

Get ready for the Greenfingers Charity Fundraising Dinner

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

Garden centres making news, locally

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

New garden centre being built for Whitakers in Prescot

HTA announces winners of Ornamental Grower of the Year Awards

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

The HTA has announced the winners of its inaugural Ornamental Grower of the Year Awards.

Boningale Limited launches Sustainability Plan to make growing ‘greener’

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

Wyevale Nurseries starts work on new water reservoir

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

Steve Reed's dog, Nora inspecting the works as the new reservoir takes shape

Cobra’s charity mower raises £20,000 for Breast Cancer Now

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 announce partnership with Greenfingers

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 Garden Centres around the UK

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

Join the London Landmark Half Marathon & support the Greenfingers Charity

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

Cyclists smash fundraising target for Horatio's Garden 1100 mile ride

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 search for Britain’s ‘Not Your Average Gardener’

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

Marcus Eyles and Jo Whiley

GCA Conference back on for 2023

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

Tammy Woodhouse, GCA Chairman

Greenfingers garden opening: St Oswald’s Hospice Newcastle

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 raise a huge £8800 for Macmillan’s Coffee Morning

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 30th September and across the weekend. Read more - open to all

Tring

Highfield Garden World invests in new solar panels

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

Dobbies welcomes award-winning butcher to stores 

Customers of Dobbies Garden Centres in the Lothians can now shop in store for the finest quality and award-winning products by ‘farm to fork’ company Puddledub. Read more - open to all

Haskins raises vital donation for Greenfingers Charity

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

Altnagelvin garden centre goes up for sale

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

South West food & drink champions announced

The overall winners of this year’s Taste of the West Awards were announced this week at a prestigious ceremony held in The Great Hall at Exeter University. Read more - open to all

Sika Venison Joint The Gamekeeper's Larder Reserve Supreme Champion Product 2022

Cardwell Garden Centre achievements recognised by Scottish Parliament

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

Paul O’Kane, centre, with Drew Gallagher, left and Kieran Gallagher.

Evergreen Garden Care to tackle the three-peak challenges for Greenfingers

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 announces Childhood Cancer Awareness Month initiative

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 sponsors Botanic Garden’s 400th anniversary

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

The stunning ‘Oxford Physic Rose’ created by Peter Beales Roses for the anniversary celebrations

Partnership to save the small things that run the planet

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 Secures Major New Retailer

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

GIMA Awards judging complete

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

GIMA Judging 2022

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