Angela joined the business in late February, and as it enters its peak spring trading season and will be looking for a wide range of hardware items including clearance lines. Read more

Visitors to a Powys garden centre from now (April, 2013) onwards will be able to take their laptops with them and check their emails or surf the internet while on-site. Read more

Charlotte Richards has been appointed a director of her family’s horticultural business – Golden Acres – which her father Paul started in 1980. Read more

The team at local business Planters Garden Centre in Staffordshire is celebrating after recently scooping a number of awards at the Garden Centre Association's (GCA) annual conference. Read more

Gardman has announced that UK managing director, Tim Stainton, has left the business. The news follows the recent departure of group chief executive, Mark Pearson. See more… Read more

Peter Rush is the new CEO of William Sinclair.  He succeeds Bernard Burns who resigned as a director at the end of March. Read more

Shortly having been given an enhanced role with the HTA, Tim Briercliffe is to leave the association to become secretary general of the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH). See more... Read more

Tom Chambers Ltd, the long established supplier of bird care and wrought iron garden ranges are pleased to announce the completion of a number of new appointments to their sales and management team. Read more

An ex teacher, then full time mum who retrained as a garden designer, has taken on more staff and moved to larger premises in Cranbrook, Kent. Read more

To celebrate Garden Re-leaf Day 2013, staff members from The Gardens Group and volunteers last week completed The Big Push. Read more

Managing Director, Tammy Woodhouse, launches Millbrooks new rewards programme this month. Read more

Steve Harper, who resigned as MD of Vital Earth in December, has taken control of UK operations of Bord na Mona. See more... Read more

A landmark 50 years’ service was recently celebrated by Allen Evans of Decco Ipswich. Read more

Hillier Garden Centre is celebrating the results of its refurbishment programme, which has contributed to improved sustainability and increased employment in Horsham. Read more

Andrew Maxted, Director of Marketing, is to leave the HTA as it restructures in order to cut costs. See more... Read more

RHS President presents 33 honours at RHS Awards Ceremony. Read more

A Somerset garden centre looks set to pilot a scheme to hit the road from this month (April, 2013) onwards to take its expertise, plants and products to customers’ garden gates. Read more

The Garden Industry Manufactures Association AGM took place on the 10^th April.  Vicky Nuttall, Head of Marketing at Forest Garden was voted in as GIMA President, Steve Millington Sales Director of Bosmere Products was voted to the post of Vice President. Read more

Twenty seven worthy causes from across Somerset have recently (March, 2013) received a total of 2,013 saplings to help with projects they are running thanks to a garden centre in the county. Read more

Forest Garden, the UK’s leading manufacturer of decorative and core garden timber ranges, has created a new position in its marketing team to further manage and promote its ranges. Read more

At the ceremony in London we were announced as the winner in this category ahead of 4 other high calibre finalists.  We were awarded this not only for growing an exciting range of high quality plants, but for 'Growing them Responsibly'. Read more

The HTA is recruiting for a senior role as current Director of Business Development, Tim Briercliffe, is joining the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) as Secretary General. Read more

A rare industry success story is emerging from a corner of Cumbria where a new nursery is blossoming in the hands of two young horticulturalists. Read more

Event organisers, i2i, have revealed that the show will now continue under the watchful eye of Matthew Mein, who has been appointed as Glee’s event manager. Read more

Layout suggestions made by Conna Powles, the new buying director at Haskins, have boosted sales.  She is pictured with retail operations manager Dean Ridley, who implemented the changes. Read more

Pauline Pears first joined the organisation - then known as the Henry Doubleday Research Association - as a research assistant in 1977. At that time, she was working for the charity’s founder Lawrence D Hills at a one-acre site in Bocking, Essex. Read more

Staff at a Powys garden centre raised more than £400 last week (Friday, March 8, 2013) during Garden Re-Leaf Day. Read more

The recent Growing Media Association (GMA) annual general meeting saw Jamie Robinson of Westland elected as its new Chair and Charles Farmer of Bord na Mona as Vice Chairman for the next two years. Read more

A talented student from Birmingham City University is set to see his design turn into reality after winning a competition by leading outdoor furniture company Hartman UK. Read more

Regular customers who visit the Haskins Garden Centre at Roundstone near Worthing were astounded to be asked to celebrate the first anniversary of the opening of the £12 million new centre and restaurant. Read more