Like for like sales fell at B&M UK, the variety goods value retailer, for the 52 weeks ending 29 March 2025.  Revenues, however, grew as new stores opened. Read more - members only

Bents Garden & Home in Warrington has been awarded the Feefo Gold Trusted Service Award 2025, recognizing their consistent delivery of world-class customer service. Read more - members only

Blue Diamond opens its 49^th garden centre at Huntingdon and offers 2 existing garden centres for sale and leaseback. Read more - members only

Old Railway Line marks its 35^th anniversary with a grand opening of its new entrance and fully covered plant area. Read more - members only

The introduction of a new kiosk and app-based ordering system at Fron Goch Garden Centre in North Wales has prompted the question - are kiosks and an app for ordering the future for garden centre restaurants? Read more - members only

Plans for “Garden Kitchen by Pugh’s”, a garden shop and food hall in Abergavenny town centre have been given the go-ahead by Monmouthshire County Council.  Read more - members only

Monkton Elm garden centre near Taunton has just re-opened its popular Elm Tree restaurant after major refurbishment. Read more - members only

Chard Garden Centre was transferred to new owners at the beginning of this week.  The new owners want to honour the incredible legacy built by Neil and Carol Cline. Read more - members only

Thetford Garden Centre has completed a significant redevelopment project.  Now it can create exceptional cakes in generous portions that customers will truly enjoy. Read more - members only

Dobbies, the restructured UK garden centre group, has launched a new strategic and creative platform, "This Is Garden Living," aimed at driving year-round footfall. Read more - members only

J Parker has today taken over the operations of Daisy Nook Garden Centre in Failsworth near Manchester. Read more - members only

Squire’s Garden Centres has re-launched its Milford centre. The redevelopment includes ambitious environmental initiatives making it the most sustainable centre in the group. Read more - members only

The APAC group has bought back the freehold of Dobbies’ Rowena garden centre in Leicester that it had sold to Wyevale in 2000. Read more - members only

Spring garden centre openings at Blue Diamond will push the company’s turnover to over £400 million, an industry first.  No other group has achieved this milestone. Read more - members only

Crowds attend the BGC opening of Shinfield garden centre by gardening presenter, David Domoney, watched by Stubbs family members and MP Yuan Yang. Read more - members only

TV presenter Nicki Chapman has reopened Northampton Garden Centre under the new ownership of British Garden Centres (BGC). Read more - members only

Westland continues expansion with the purchase of Bulldog Products Ltd, the wild bird feed business, and with plans for a new distribution depot in South Wales. Read more - members only

Greenwood Plants is collaborating with the RHS and Sheffield University on a research project to study the carbon accounting of nursery stock for urban greening. Read more - members only

Excellent 2025 spring trading justifies Squire’s long-term confidence after poor weather forced lacklustre but resilient results in 2024. Read more - members only

National family-owned garden centre group Notcutts celebrated the achievements of its 19 garden centres and support office at their annual conference. Read more - open to all

April 2025 marks a significant milestone for specialist recruitment business MorePeople, celebrating 25 years in the food, fresh produce, horticulture, and agriculture industries. Read more - open to all

The owners of Tong Garden centre have filed their accounts for the year to June 2024.  Results were below expectations due to low consumer confidence and the very poor spring weather. Read more - members only

Alan Roper tells GIMA members, “I’m still hungry to grow the business,” while explaining his principles that have driven the Blue Diamond success story.  Read more - members only

Teams from Blue Diamond’s garden centres around the country dressed as rock stars and gathered at the Roundhouse, the iconic rock venue in London.  Read more - members only

Blue Diamond is set to open Harlestone Heath Garden Centre on Monday, March 24^th.  The former Dobbies site closed in December.  Read more - members only

Blue Diamond Garden Centres will be the ‘exclusive indoor and outdoor plant supplier’ to the “Gardening with Alan Titchmarsh” channel due to launch on YouTube in April 2025. Read more - members only

The YPHA has unveiled five renewed sponsorships for 2025–2026, showing continued confidence in its mission to nurture the next generation of horticulture professionals. Read more - open to all

The Gardening Club has taken over the operations of Sheeplands Garden Centre, located on the A4 between Maidenhead and Reading. Read more - members only

Steve Harper is to leave his position as CEO of Southern Trident to join Grass Gains, a rapidly growing recent entrant to the grass care market. Read more - open to all

Notcutts has embarked on the third phase of Woodbridge Garden Centre' s redevelopment, expanding its indoor retail area with a new front entrance and a complete refit. Read more - members only