Marshalls, UK manufacturer of paving and hard landscaping products, says domestic order books are the longest ever as overall sales are up 6% so far this year. Read more - members only

Newspan has started construction to create one of the biggest destination garden centres in the country at Bridgford garden centre. Read more - members only

Nicholas Marshall brings in former Wyevale colleagues as he builds a new Dobbies catering team with plans for significant improvements. Read more - members only

Gardena is piloting an Ambassador store to showcase its product range at Gordale Garden Centre in the Wirral. Read more - members only

248 Blue Diamond staff celebrated at the group’s annual awards and were told by MD Alan Roper that the group is fast becoming a titan of its industry. Read more - members only

Forest has unveiled a noise reducing Decibel Panel that it believes is the most significant development in fence panels in years. Read more - members only

Garden centres report an excellent Easter and April with sales up 40% on last year and storm Katie. But chief executives tell us, “We must keep our feet on the ground,” and it will get tougher, with increased competition and inflation. Read more - members only

Bunnings opens its second pilot store today. It is also in St Albans, but trials a smaller format than the first. Read more - members only

Sources within Scotts Miracle-Gro say that an announcement about the sale of the UK and European businesses is expected within weeks or at most months. Read more - members only

Petersham Nurseries is to bring its passion for organic gardening, culinary excellence, ethical and sustainable sourcing to the heart of London in a new Floral Court luxury retail and residential development. Read more - members only

Hillier Nurseries announces a new sales team, following a recent restructure, part of an on-going development programme across Hillier Wholesale Nurseries. Read more - members only

After acquiring the garden centre last month, Whitehall re-opened Woodborough on the 23^rd March after total re-furbishment. It is offering free PYO daffodils for Mother’s Day. Read more - members only

Keter Group has acquired Stewart Plastics. The deal will propel Stewart forward on a different scale says MD Andy Burns. Read more - members only

Suppliers reveal the impact of Brexit so far and look ahead. Imports costs have risen by up to 25%. Fears include the uncertainty, being outside the single market and customs bureaucracy. Read more - members only

Allensmore and Wyevale Nurseries step up the promotions on plants and have noticed increased demand for British grown stock. Read more - members only

Kelkay has announced that the former Gardman marketing director, Sarah Downing, has been appointed as head of marketing, a newly created role. Read more - open to all

Berwick Garden Centre has revealed that they bought a third site at the end of last year. Primarily a retail nursery, Plantsplus is being extended to include a restaurant. Read more - members only

RC Kemp & Son, a bedding and veg plant grower in Worplesdon, Surrey, is seeking to build new nursery to cope with increasing demand. Read more - members only

Dobbies is to launch an online store early next year serving the whole of the UK following an agreement with the Ocado Group’s Speciality Stores. Read more - members only

Hillier has recruited from within and attracts a buyer from Dobbies to fill the vacancies left after last month’s departures to Dobbies. Read more - members only

Planters at Bretby has submitted an application to redevelop and extend its garden centre at Bretby in South Derbyshire. Read more - members only

Yarnton Nurseries, the garden centre and shopping village near Oxford, has been sold to a property investment fund for £10.3m. Read more - members only

Westland is spending £4m on TV advertising starting next week, with sales of the Westland SafeLawn ‘going well’ following an unprecedented sell-in to retailers.  See the new TV advert. Read more - members only

Increasing losses have lead Countrywide Farmers to announce that it is putting its Country Stores business up for sale. Read more - members only

Nicholas Marshall lays out his vision for Dobbies and reveals a treasure chest to buy new sites in the South. Read more - members only

Brantano, the shoe retailer with concessions in over 20 garden centres, has gone into administration a year after it was bought out of a previous administration. Read more - members only

St John’s garden centre in Barnstaple is reported to be submitting revised plans for its new site that will include an Aldi and a pub as well as a new garden centre. Read more - members only

Trafford Borough Council has rejected an application by Wyevale GC to build houses on land near Altrincham garden centre whose site was sold last year. Read more - members only

Bunnings UK & Ireland’s PJ Davies has briefed investors on how the Bunnings model differs from Homebase and what will govern the rate of change to Bunnings. Read more - members only

One theme that came out of the recent Plant Fest at Allensmore and Wyevale Nurseries is how the growers are investing in technology, but not necessarily with the same goals. Read more - members only