Meadow View Stone is delighted to introduce Cheryl Caulder to our team. Cheryl will be the Meadow View Sales Agent for the East Midlands, covering Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northants and Oxford.   Read more - open to all

With over 40 years of experience within the garden retail sector, Boyd Douglas-Davies has now added Glee Strategic Advisor to his resume. This exciting new role will see him engage with garden retailers to understand their challenges and opportunities to ensure that the event fully aligns with their needs. Read more - open to all

Meadow View Stone is delighted to introduce Matt Fevin to our team. Matt will be the Meadow View sales agent for the South West, covering Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire with immediate effect.  Read more - open to all

Nova Outdoor Living is excited to announce the appointment of Ian Read, who has been with the business since day one, as its new Sales Director. Read more - open to all

Dobbies, the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, has officially announced its leadership team for its new flagship store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park, Antrim, Northern Ireland ahead of store opening in October 2023. Read more - open to all

Daniel Maskew whose previous role was with Boningale Nurseries has joined one of the UK’s leading commercial growers as its Amenity Sales Executive (July 2023). Read more - open to all

Yesterday eight brave adventurers took to the skies, soaring over the Cotswolds countryside to not only make memories but more importantly to raise money for the Greenfingers charity. Read more - open to all

It’s not long now until Phillippa Stubbs takes to the skies standing on the top wing of a vintage Boeing Stearman bi-plane and flying through the air at speeds of around 135mph all to raise money for Greenfingers Charity. Read more - open to all

Three team members from Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford have between them accrued a century of service with the commercial grower (June 2023). Read more - open to all

The former director of Deco-Pak, Michael Hall, has been jailed following the 2017 death of a worker who was crushed by the robot arm of a bagging machine. Read more - members only

Jason Richardson has been appointed as the new Head of Sales at Grange Fencing. Richardson brings over 15 years of experience in sales and marketing, most recently serving as Joint Managing Director at Haemmerlin wheelbarrows. Read more - open to all

We are delighted to have coaxed Andy Whelan out of retirement to become an additional member of the Gardenforum team on a consultancy basis.  Read more - open to all

Susan Fairley has been appointed to the new role of Trade Federation Manager across Gardenex, PetQuip and the Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) as we say goodbye to Pat Flynn at PetQuip and CHA, who is retiring at the end of this month. Read more - open to all

Leading UK garden sundries supplier Fallen Fruits UK has announced the arrival of James Brindle as the company’s new sales director. Read more - open to all

WYEVALE Nurseries’ Business Support team member Josh Pascoe has been presented with the MRG Apprentice of the Year 2022/2023 award at the recent RHS Malvern Spring Festival. Read more - open to all

The Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and Labour’s Shadow Defra Minister Daniel Zeichner MP have joined the line-up for the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) annual conference. Read more - open to all

Sarah Raven Kitchen and Gardens Ltd is pleased to announce that Dominic Rose has been appointed Chair of the company, as of 1st July 2023. Read more - open to all

A group of horticultural social media influencers, led by radio stars The Bearded Growers, have rallied in support of Greenfingers charity... Read more - open to all

James Wright has joined Origin Amenity Solutions (OAS) as their Technical Sales Representative for the South Yorkshire region, following the retirement of widely respected and long-standing predecessor, Mike Brear. Read more - open to all

After just over a year in post, Anthony Liam Grace, the CFO of Dobbies Garden Centre Group, has left his post. Read more - members only

Martin Chaplin has joined one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries as a Purchaser (July 2023). Read more - open to all

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are delighted to announce Dr Andy Salisbury as the new Head of Plant Health for the charity. Read more - open to all

The coveted ‘Sales Agent of the Year’ award presented by Garland Products has been won in 2023 by Adam Banks, the newest member of the company’s team.  Read more - open to all

4 Seasons Outdoor are pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Sandbrook to their sales team. Read more - open to all

The Garden Media Guild (GMG) is pleased to announce that it has confirmed the appointment of its officer roles, with Mike Palmer returning as Chair, supported by Alexandra Campbell, Stephanie Hafferty and Lexi Gee as Vice-Chairs. Read more - open to all

GIMA is pleased to announce that is has recently appointed Angie Lloyd as the trade association’s new Membership and Marketing Co-ordinator. Read more - open to all

Michaela Wilson, from Haskins West End, was named one of the best baristas in the world, taking third place in Costa Coffee’s Global Barista of the Year competition. Read more - open to all

A member of the team at one of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries has won a competition to name a new phormium bred by new variety managers at Plantipp (May 2023). Read more - open to all

Claire Bishop, Senior Houseplant Buyer at Dobbies, has been appointed as one of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chairs of Assessors. Read more - open to all

Seraya Sigsworth has recently joined Green-tech Specifier as their Product Specification Manager. Read more - open to all