Television presenter James Wong returned to Writtle College last night to give an engaging talk about edible plant species in Essex that we can all grow in our back gardens. Read more - open to all

The entrants ranged from biscuits to chutneys in a chilli competition testing the culinary skills of students at Writtle College. Read more - open to all

Bents Garden & Home is celebrating an impressive double having won two of this year’s prestigious Garden Retail awards. Read more - open to all

Following its acquisition of the distribution rights for Haxnicks ‘love to grow’ products, Smart Solar has appointed Nick Satchell to join their product design and development team. Read more - open to all

The Garden Centre Group has announced the appointment of Kevin Bradshaw as chief executive officer and Nils Steinmeyer as chief financial officer. See more... Read more - members only

Simon Morris from Bournemourth is appointed General Manager of Haskins' Ferndown Garden Centre. Read more - open to all

Suttons Seeds are pleased to announce the appointment of their new Sales Executive for the Scotland and NW England area. Read more - open to all

Alan Titchmarsh MBE,VMH, DL has been awarded the Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures Conference dinner, in recognition for his outstanding contribution to the horticultural industry. Read more - open to all

Gardman has announced the appointments of a new Senior National Acounts Manager and of a new role, a Category Project Manager, for B&Q. Read more - open to all

It has been announced that Nicholas Marshall stepped down as CEO of The Garden Centre Group earlier today. The company will be run by its new chairman, while a new CEO is recruited. See more... Read more - members only

Rainer Schubert has been promoted to Sales Director, Scotts Miracle-Gro Consumer UK Business Group. The appointment is effective from 1st October. Read more - open to all

Solus Garden & Leisure are pleased to announce that they were awarded the Supplier of the Year Award at the recent Greatest Awards. Read more - open to all

Gardman has appointed Lars Hard as its new General Manager, China Read more - open to all

Following hot on the heels of the appointment of Glynn Davis as Key Account Manager, Bosmere Products Ltd announce the appointment of 3 new Area Managers all of whom are seasoned professionals in the Garden and Hardware industry. Read more - open to all

The newest name in domestic cylinder lawnmowers, Allett Mowers from Hixon in Staffordshire, has recruited another new member of the management team. Read more - open to all

Glencrest Seatex Ltd are pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Lucas as Area Sales Manager for East Anglia. Read more - open to all

A garden centre in East Sussex is this month (November, 2012) welcoming an award-winning landscape and garden design business to its premises. Read more - open to all

Nils was a Finance Director at Terra Firma with responsibility for The Garden Centre Group and has been a member of The Garden Centre Group’s board since the date of acquisition.  He now becomes Group Chief Finance Officer. Read more - open to all

John Woods Nurseries has announced the appointment of Tim Cooper Jones as non-executive chairman. Read more - open to all

Alan Titchmarsh, recent recipient of the HTA’s Pearson Memorial Medal, is to spread the green word on Facebook as the ambassador for B&Q. See more... Read more - members only

Staff at Suttons Seeds recently presented a cheque for £8,500 to a charity dedicated to creating gardens at children’s hospices nationwide. Read more - open to all

Following last month’s announcement that Smart Solar is distributing the Haxnicks range of products across the UK, France and Germany, Smart Solar has announced the appointment of the former Haxnicks’ sales director Malcolm Andrews. Read more - open to all

MorePeople are delighted to announce that Denis Chamberlain has joined the MorePeople team as an Associate Director. Read more - open to all

Currently a Patron of the Herb Society, Jekka McVicar takes up her new role as President from 1 January 2013. Read more - open to all

The GCA has parted company with Phil Slinger only months after his appointment as CEO. Iain Wylie takes on the role on an interim basis. See more… Read more - members only

Smart Solar is delighted to announce that with immediate effect it is distributing the Haxnicks range of products across the UK, France and Germany under an exclusive licensing deal. Read more - open to all

Here are some of the talking points from Glee including the prospect of a peat shortage, the absence of the new chief executive of the GCA and unrest among sales agents. See more... Read more - members only

The country's largest garden centre group is backing Macmillan Cancer Support’s ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ at its garden centres with restaurants this September (2012). Read more - open to all

Stephen Murphy, who succeeded Richard Branson as group chief executive of Virgin becomes the new chairman of The Garden Centre Group. See more… Read more - members only