When Joules acquired The Garden Trading Company in 2021 for £12.5m, £3.5m was deferred.  It has now confirmed that GT has met all targets and the balance will be paid. Read more - members only

Having invested more than £6m since acquisition in May 2021, Altico MD, Antony Harker has invested further with the senior team appointment of Richard Pyrah as Commercial Director. Read more - open to all

A bitter 10-year battle has ended in success for Hare Hatch Sheeplands.  It has been granted permission to become a green, community-focussed garden centre. Read more - members only

Company House reports the Termination of appointment of Lynne Gilder as a director on 8 March 2022.  Lynne was the chief financial officer of Dobbies Garden Centre Ltd and the group. Read more - members only

2021 was a brilliantly positive year for Southern Trident.  Harmony Gardens Multipurpose Compost won both the Sustainability Award and the Best New Growing Media Product at Glee 2021. Turnover doubled. Read more - members only

Darlac, the cutting tools experts, have secured a distribution deal with one of the UK’s largest garden centre retail chains, Blue Diamond. Read more - members only

Laylocks Garden Centre in Worcestershire has secured planning permission to increase its shop, undercover and plant canopy space. Read more - members only

Launched in 2009, the Glee Innovators Zone has helped hundreds of companies break into the garden retail market.  See where they are now. Read more - members only

HEX Living, a new outdoor storage and garden furniture brand has been unveiled today, with a range of premium-quality, British made metal sheds, storage and furniture. Read more - members only

Barton Grange and Old Railway Line win the best garden centre categories and Allensmore is named Supplier of the Year in the 2021 GCA Awards. Read more - members only

To mark 125 years of glorious gardening, Notcutts cuts the ribbon at a refurbished Woodbridge Garden Centre.  Read more - members only

Alver Valley Garden Centre is set for a soft opening in the second week March to become the third location for Paul Richard’s ‘Your Local Garden Centre’ group. Read more - members only

Local news headlines include tributes to the owners of Brookfields Garden Centre, an otter raiding Otter Nurseries, approval for a new Sunderland garden centre, an acquisition by Kybotech and developments at Newbridge Nurseries. Read more - members only

Artevasi, one of European’s leading pot manufacturers, invests further in the UK market with the formation of Artevasi UK Ltd.   Read more - open to all

Syngenta Crop Protection has acquired two next generation bioinsecticides, NemaTrident® and UniSpore®, to combat increasing resistance and a wide range of insects and pests across horticulture and ornamentals. Read more - open to all

Sustainable plant pot designer, elho, has partnered with Dobbies to provide plastic plant pot recycling bins across its 69 centres nationwide. Read more - members only

75% of the third-generation garden centre group, Coolings Nursery with four sites in Kent & East Sussex, is being signed over to an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). Read more - members only

The Blue Diamond annual awards rocked Manchester Cathedral last night with managing director, Alan Roper, hailed as the eternal high priest for the night. Read more - members only

British Garden Centres have grown from from 10 to 60 sites in a little over 3 years.  Charles Stubbs talks about how they have achieved this and the future. Read more - members only

British Garden Centres have bought Trebaron Garden Centre at Lytham St Annes, bringing the group's total sites to 60.  Read more - members only

Zest MD, Steve Morgan, has raised £28,500 for motor neurone research by completing the Doddie Cup 500 as part of a team of four former rugby players. Read more - open to all

Mr Fothergill’s Seeds, has undergone a management buyout by managing director, David Carey, with the backing of Harwood Private Capital.  Read more - members only

At a virtual awards presentation held on 15^th February 2022, Barton Grange Garden Centre was announced as the winner of the ‘Destination Garden Centre of the Year’ award. Read more - open to all

QD Stores' value garden centre group, Cherry Lane, has acquired Retford & Gainsborough Garden Centre in Nottinghamshire. Read more - members only

Bosworth’s have lodged plans to build a new, larger garden centre three miles from its Latimer garden centre in North Northamptonshire. Read more - members only

British Garden Centres has announced the group’s 59^th garden centre with the purchase of Timmermans Garden Centre of Nottingham.  It will be renamed Woodborough Green. Read more - members only

With 1,500 Christmas trees to collect from Dorset homes and 7,500 bags of peat free compost to be delivered, The Gardens Group developed a clever system to maximise efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint. Read more - open to all

On the 31st January 2022, Sarah Raven, the online gardening and lifestyle brand, acquired Rookery Farm nursery in Lincolnshire.   Read more - members only

Following a period of continued growth, Durston Garden Products has made two significant investments in machinery offering improved production levels and quality. Read more - members only

The West Yorkshire Garden Centre has invested significantly to treble The food preparation area for its restaurants. Read more - open to all