Malcolm Scott Consultants have been successful in winning 2 planning permissions for Hawkesmill Nurseries in the West Midlands. This will lead to increased growing capacity and improved despatch. See more... Read more - members only

Gardman has signed up for a massive new warehouse near to its main warehouse operations in Kings Lynn, Norfolk. It will help ensure that they hold enough stock during what they claim to be a growth phase. See more... Read more - members only

Residents have formed an action group to fight Notcutts’ plan to build a 100,000 sq ft central distribution warehouse in Woodbridge to service its garden centres. See more... Read more - members only

On Friday 25th September 2010, Dobbies will welcome its first Northern Irish customers to a new 48,000sq ft Dobbies Garden World in Lisburn, Belfast – the company’s first centre in the Province. See more... Read more - members only

A plan to create a new Dobbies Garden Centre at Hampton, Peterborough, has been given overwhelming support by the public. Read more - members only

The garden centre site at Faversham, where a Bicester style development is planned, is to be sold by Lloyds Bank. See more... Read more - members only

The bulldozers have moved on to the Squire’s garden centre at Shepperton, flattening the old centre in preparation for a major redevelopment. See more... Read more - members only

New owner lodges planning application to rebuild Caddington Garden Centre, destroyed by fire two years ago. See more... Read more - members only

Tesco has revived plans to convert the former Hurrans garden centre at Churchdown to be a community store. See more... Read more - members only

Two garden centres, one at each end of the country, are to close and be redeveloped for other uses. See more... Read more - members only

Fire has destroyed the Country Market Garden centre and farm shop in Hampshire. The building is completely destroyed. See more… Read more - members only

Vandals have caused £30,000 of damage to Coblands Nursery in Tonbridge. Polytunnels were ripped and irrigation stolen. See more... Read more - members only

The recession has not dampened the enthusiasm of garden centres to expand. Last year Malcolm Scott Consultants won planning permission for over 470,000 ft.² of new covered sales area. This includes extensions to some of the country's biggest garden centres. See more… Read more - members only

The Garden Centre Group has sold Shiplake Nursery and Garden Centre, which will close at the end of the month. See more... Read more - members only

With trade strong, attention turned to the battle between the increased number of trade shows in 2010. Many garden centres won planning permission to extend. Corporate activity continued among suppliers. See more... (This article is open to all) Read more - open to all

In the next few weeks Dobbies is to start building at Carlisle and expects to win permission for a new garden centre in Liverpool. It has also introduced a kitchen outlet in Aberdeen. See more... Read more - members only

Persistence has paid off for Tesco and the once famous Hurrans Garden Centre at Churchdown is destined to become a supermarket. See more... Read more - members only

Controversial plans for a new garden centre in Dunbar have been refused permission against the advice of planning officers. See more... Read more - members only

The Woodthorpe Hall Group buys Towneley Garden Centre in Burnley from receivers, making it five garden centres in the group. See more... Read more - members only

Carlisle councillors have approved the scaled down plans for a new Dobbies Garden Centre in Carlisle. It will be one of four new centres to open next spring. See more... Read more - members only

Belton Garden Centre, bought 3 years ago by the owners of Ruskington Garden Centre, has been granted plannng permission for a £2m development. See more... Read more - members only

The Dobbies' pipeline for new garden centres is growing. Four new garden centres are scheduled to open next spring, with a further two later in 2011. See more... Read more - members only

B&Q is to end its third-party logistics agreements and plans a huge new distribution centre at Swindon. See more… Read more - members only

Dobbies has announced plans for a new £8 million garden centre at Speke near Liverpool airport. See more... Read more - members only

Two weeks ago, permission was granted for the development of a new garden centre at Wellington. Now the council has suspended permission following a public outcry. See more... Read more - members only

Taunton Deane Council has granted planning permission for a new garden centre in Wellington, Somerset. See more... Read more - members only

So successful has been Beckworth Emporium in its first 9 months that John Kitching, former Blooms CX, and David Brown are adding 24,000 ft.² of new buildings. See more... Read more - members only

After four years, Dobbies has won approval to build a £12 million garden centre at Lisburn, Northern Ireland. See more... Read more - members only

Peterborough Garden Park, with a high profile destination garden centre designed by Van Hage as the focal point, opens its doors on 5th of February. See more... Read more - members only

Having won planning permission last month for a 62,000 sq ft. garden centre in Carlisle, Dobbies has decided to half the size of the project. See more... Read more - members only