Tristan Sissons will be joining Briers as Trading Director at the beginning of January 2014. In his wide-ranging role Sissons will oversee brand building, new product development, the adoption of new sales channels and the company’s expansion into new export markets. Read more

A talented young artist from Newtown St Boswells has won a nationwide competition to design a Christmas card for National Garden Gift Vouchers (NGGV). Read more

Green fingered pupils have been given a boost by Unwins Seeds, as they look set to re-launch their gardening club, Little Green Fingers, following an arson attack last year. Read more

Paul Cooling has recently (October, 2013) been elected to the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) board replacing Sue Allen who is retiring from the role. Read more

This remarkable photograph of the parasitoid wasp Praon volucre emerging from its cocoon inside an aphid was taken by Nika Eftekhari, a student on the MSc Horticulture - Crop Production programme at Writtle College.  Read more

Mr Fothergill's joint-managing directors Dave Carey and John Fothergill accompanied 24 representatives from UK garden centres to the International Garden Centre Congress.  Read more

Following the HTA AGM which took place on 16 October at One Great George Street in London, Stan Green from Growforth Ltd has been elected as HTA President. Stan takes up the Presidency and the role of chair of the HTA Board for a two year term taking over from Caroline Owen. Read more

Following the recent acquisition of the Garden & Leisure Group, The Garden Centre Group announces that Neville Prest, Managing Director of the Garden & Leisure Group, has decided to leave the company. Read more

William Sinclair Horticulture, one of the UK's leading producers of growing media, fertiliser and garden
sundries, announces the appointment of Simon McArdle as Marketing Director. Read more

The industries oldest boss, director of Whitehall Garden Centres who worked daily until well past her 102nd birthday, has died at the age of 105. Read more

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has appointed Gerard Clover as its first Principal Scientist with responsibility for plant health. Role recognises increased threat from pests and diseases. Read more

Following the recent appointment of new sales director May Philpott, Solus Garden & Leisure has made further significant new additions to its sales team. Read more

Damian McEvoy has been appointed sales manager South East, for Darlac Ltd, the garden tools company who specialise in unusual garden tools and accessories. Read more

Josh McBain, the Future Foundation, will be exploring this concept in his talk ‘Retail 2020+’ at the HTA Garden Futures Conference that takes place on 17 October 2013 at One Great George Street, London. Read more

The Haskins Garden Centre, at Roundstone near Littlehampton has a new boss. Nick Joad has been appointed as General Manager of the award winning centre which opened in March 2012 after a £13m investment by the privately owned Haskins group. Read more

Student wins pitch to help create outdoor furniture of the future Read more

When Capel Manor College, Enfield, realised it was short of pumpkins for its 'Hallowe'en Howler' festival on Sunday, 27 October, it contacted Suffolk seedsman Mr Fothergill's to see if it could help. Read more

Three new starters have joined one of the leading and fastest growing firms in the UK, Westland Horticulture. Read more

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has appointed Paul Cook as the new curator of RHS Garden Harlow Carr in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Read more

A new Memorial Garden is being designed as a living tribute to the sad loss of the founder Peter Beales, his wife Joan and daughter Amanda, all of whom died within a few months of each other during the last year. Read more

Hockley International ltd is pleased to announce the appointment of Tommy Gill as Director of Commercial Operations. In this capacity he is responsible for all activities in Sales & Marketing, Operations and Logistics. Read more

Geoff Caesar has been awarded the Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures Conference dinner held at One Great George Street in London (16 October), in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the horticultural industry. Read more

Home-grown is better option to shop-bought fare, says world-famous chef as RHS Britain in Bloom 2013 results are announced. Read more

GIMA opens its search for a new Director with an announcement on Jobforum. This follows the news that Neil Gow will step down in February. See more... Read more

Seb Smith, 50, is the new managing director of leading shopfit and garden centre design business Stagecraft. He takes over from founder Tom Davis, who will move to the chairman’s role. Read more

Andrew West, left The Garden Centre Group last week. As Head of Garden Care reporting to Steve Pitcher he was the senior buyer of garden products. He was one of the team bought in by former CEO Nicholas Marshall having worked together at Country Gardens. Read more

On Thursday night last week Karl O’neill, Bransford Webb’s propagation manager won the much coveted Rose Bowl at the IPPS conference held at Best westerns Premier Yew Lodge Hotel in Derbyshire. Read more

The North of England Horticultural Society (NEHS) today announced the appointment of Martin Fish as Director of Horticulture for the leading gardening charity. Read more

The winning garden designer in the inaugural Raymond Blanc Heritage Garden
 competition has been named as Anne Keenan MSGD. Read more

Staff at Suffolk seedsman Mr Fothergill's were saddened to learn that when children at a local primary school returned after the summer holiday they found the garden they had been tending the term before had been vandalised. Read more