Brian Daniels, Bents’ Finance Director who joined the team in 1993 when Ron and his wife Wendy were running the business, retires. Read more - open to all

Evergreen Garden Care has announced that Ian Hepburn, marketing director for two years, will be leaving the company with Rich Fisher succeeding him from January 3^rd, 2023. Read more - open to all

D. J. Squire & Co. Ltd has acquired the shares of Barnsfold Nurseries Limited, a business it has worked with and admired for many years. Read more - members only

A Yorkshire private equity house has bought The Garden Trading Company out of administration after it was split from Joules. Read more - members only

Mark Fane and Peter Clay, the founders of Crocus, have acquired the assets of the online garden retailer, Primrose, from its administrator. Read more - members only

Last month YGC unveiled plans for the first phase of Stephen H Smith at Otley's revamp.  It has now said it will spend £200,000 on the first phase of Harden's revamp.  Read more - members only

Dobbies Garden Centres Group results for the year to February 2022 show sales were up +36%.  Losses after tax were £-24.4.  The directors expressed confidence in the group’s ability to refinance its debt. Read more - members only

British Garden Centres welcomes Scott McCabe as their Group Buying Director. Scott, with a wealth of industry experience, joins BGC on December 1st.  Read more - open to all

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

Optiplan Kitchens Ltd a national kitchen retailer with concessions on 4 garden centres has entered administration. Read more - members only

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

Directors of Smart Garden Products recognise that sales up +65% to over £100m in the year to November 2021 are exceptional and due to covid related windfalls.  Read more - members only

2021 was a good year for Stewarts which has 3 garden centres on the south coast.  But Martin Stewart has told his local newspaper that they will make a loss in 2022.  Read more - members only

Primeur Ltd has completed a Management Buy Out (MBO) which will see the third generation of the family, along with one of its long-serving directors, taking the reins. Read more - members only

Hillier Garden Centres completed the acquisition of the Rosebourne garden centre group on Tuesday 8^th November, bringing the number of sites in the group to 22. Read more - open to all

Sky News has reported that wilko has secured £40m in funding from Hilco. Read more - members only

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

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

AMES UK has updated its garden centre team to offer even more value and support to its retail customers. Read more - open to all

Notcutts celebrated the official opening of their new-look Brampton Garden Centre at a community event on 2^nd December. Read more - members only

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

Dobbies' long anticipated results for the year to February 2022 are to be published imminently on Companies House.  The group has issued the following statement in advance.  Read more - members only

The Young People in Horticulture Association has revealed David Austin Roses as their final key partner for 2023-2024, joining Floramedia, Boningale, ICL and the RHS. Read more - members only

Customers will notice a real difference in the gardening offer at Stephen H Smith’s garden centre at Otley following Tong’s £500,000 investment. Read more - members only

Allensmore reaches the final 10 from growers around the world in the AIPH International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) Awards 2023. Read more - members only

Spiralling costs and increased borrowing rates have forced Perrywood to re-think the re-development plans for Sudbury. Read more - members only

Following the acquisition of Rosebourne Hillier continues to invest. Hillier Nurseries has invested £4m in Hampshire land for tree production. Read more - members only

Market leaders in the gardening industry, GARDENA and Flymo are delighted to announce a new partnership with the UK’s leading distributer of consumer brands, EPE International Ltd. Read more - open to all

Blue Diamond has acquired the Van Hage group of 3 garden centres in what Alan Roper says is a landmark acquisition. Read more - members only

Adrian Hall Garden Centre at Feltham is to re-open under the trading name Growing Plants 4 U.  The lease of East Sheen has been taken by Capital Garden Centres. Read more - members only