£10k award for young founder of garden wear business
Feverfew Garden Company, an Orkney-based ladies’ garden wear business, founded by Rachel Eunson, has secured a cash prize of £10,000 from the Scottish EDGE Awards. Read more - open to all
£10k award for young founder of garden wear business
Feverfew Garden Company, an Orkney-based ladies’ garden wear business, founded by Rachel Eunson, has secured a cash prize of £10,000 from the Scottish EDGE Awards. Read more - open to all
High demand for Tildenet products following award
Having led the way on innovative and environmentally conscious thinking in the gardenware sector for many years Tildenet have been recognised as Sustainability Champions by GIMA. Read more - open to all
Have you seen the new AMES Companies trade portals?
AMES Companies continues to bring to market more gardening expertise through its market leading product portfolios and has also improved its facilities for customers. The brand new trade portals are now live and offer 24/7 access to multi-layered asset libraries to support sales. Read more - open to all
Evergreen GC calls for compost regulation
Evergreen Garden Care is asking the industry to back an open letter that it plans to present to Defra calling for regulation of peat-free composts to protect gardeners and prevent greenwashing. Read more - members only
Let sales flow with Easy Fountain’s 2024 offering
Drawing upon over 23 years of water feature expertise, coupled with the AMES Companies’ 100-year combined heritage, the Easy Fountain brand is renowned for bringing exciting, trend-led water features to market. Read more - open to all
Anatomy of a Product: Apta Lightweight – the Beton collection
The latest chapter for Apta brings lightweight and sustainable material to the fore; creating a new offering that completes the product hierarchy, opens up new sales opportunities for retailers, and leaves consumers gasping at the quality and realism of the finish. Read more - open to all
SBM Life Science Ltd announces a new organisational structure
As of September 1st, SBM Life Science Ltd in the UK joined forces with their business counterparts in Benelux, Scandinavia, and Central Europe to create the new North Europe cluster. Read more - open to all
The AMES Companies expands merchandising team
The 40-strong AMES Companies merchandising team that has become a familiar face to garden retailers up and down the country has added a new string to its bow, with the full product remit now covered by this creative and integral part of AMES’ overall offering. Read more - open to all
Go green this autumn
Johnsons advises retailers to take advantage of the fake lawn backlash. Read more - open to all
The AMES Companies gearing up for first delivery of new-for-2024 stock
The AMES Companies is about to see its multi-million-pound investment at its Pollington site in East Yorkshire come to fruition as its updated 60,000sq ft warehouse welcomes the first delivery of 2024 stock. Read more - open to all
SBM Life Science proudly announces new partnership with Simply Sales
SBM Life Science have announced a new partnership with sales agency Simply Sales to help drive business forward and develop closer, more strategic relationships with our valued retail partners for the coming season in Scotland. Read more - open to all
Durston doubles production capacity
Following a period of continued growth, Durston Garden Products has made two significant investments in machinery offering improved production levels and quality. Read more - members only
The professionals’ best kept secret comes to your garden!
Carbon Gold, which has recently been added to all Dobbies stores as part of its sustainability strategy, is launching a new range of products for home-growers and gardeners. Read more - members only
3 year extension for Glyphosate
It has been reported that the expiry date for Glyphosate will be extended until at least 15 December 2025 in Great Britain following Brexit. Read more - members only
Battery power drives Stihl’s sponsorship of Hillier at Chelsea
Stihl’s sponsorship of Hillier’s Chelsea exhibit underlines their drive to involve garden centres with the new era cordless garden tools, which will shortly be on sale at Hillier’s garden centres. Read more - members only
Wildflower Wonder: The stocking filler every retailer should have
If you're looking for a Christmas gift that ticks all the boxes - affordability, thoughtfulness, and planet-friendliness - then Johnsons Lawn Seed's Wildflower Celebration tins should be at the top of your list to stock this Christmas. Read more - open to all
Handy reveals next stage for Cramer professional landscape brand
Having successfully introduced the Cramer brand of professional battery-powered tools to the UK, Handy has revealed that substantial investments are set to be made in Cramer by its parent company Globe Technologies, who will take this innovative brand to the next stage. Read more - open to all
Southern Trident grows on 2023's success
Southern Trident has solidified its position as one of the most eco-conscious manufacturers in the industry, with the world's only carbon-neutral growing media, the Harmony Gardens range. Read more - open to all
Harvst have been at it again!
It started with a heated cold frame, which became a heated mini greenhouse with automatic ventilation and watering. Now Harvst claims their latest S-Series grow systems can do it all. Read more - open to all
Introducing Town & Country’s range of gardening gloves
Over the winter months our outdoor spaces can get a little less enjoyable as gardeners battle the cold and ice. With Town & Country’s range of thermal gardening gloves, there’s something to suit every shopper. Read more - open to all
Anatomy of a product: AMES Tools’ carbon steel double-sided soil rake
In this new series, we take a closer look at the unique innovations that set the AMES Tools offering apart from what is currently available in the market, whilst building brand loyalty. Read more - open to all
Say hello to a new generation of Apta
Standing still has never been an option for Apta and, as season 24 approaches, this has never been more evident. From the introduction of Apta Lightweight, a new generation of material innovation and product positioning, to exciting linked sales opportunities, exclusive ranges and new pallet deals. Read more - open to all
Handy announces exciting new partnership with GreenThumb
Handy is excited to announce it has teamed up with lawn experts GreenThumb to create a brand-new retail-led initiative with its Webb Garden Power, The Handy and Greenworks Tools brands, providing customers with a host of valuable savings and benefits. Read more - open to all
Portfolio expansion for market leading brand, Provanto®.
Season 2024 will see the launch of new concentrate insecticide Provanto® Smart Bug Killer Concentrate in the UK, expanding the plant protection offering from market leading brand* Provanto®. Read more - open to all
Kent & Stowe Surecut: Tackling theft to maximise profit
The Kent & Stowe SureCut range was launched at Glee 2023, engineered to drive garden centre profit through extraordinary design and innovative features like the Reflex Energy System that minimises effort and maximises comfort. Read more - open to all
Product of the year win for Dobbies at Chelsea
Dobbies new peat free John Innes compost range has been named the sustainable product of the year at the 2022 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Read more - members only
Tough questions at Chelsea launch of RS Scheme
At the Chelsea launch of the Responsible Sourcing Scheme, Tom Heap challenges the industry solution to eliminating peat as greenwash and asks why not ban peat tomorrow. Read more - members only
Discarded rope wins Chelsea sustainability award
Ocean Plastic Pots was crowned RHS Chelsea Sustainable Garden Product of the Year by experts including Dragons’ Den investor Deborah Meaden and Marshalls’ Chris Harrop. Read more - members only
Bents and Cowells take the top GCA plant awards
Bents and Cowells top the first day’s awards at the 2018 GCA conference. Also prominent were Fairways of Ashbourne, Stratford and Barton Grange Garden Centres. Read more - members only
Westland calls on the industry to avoid short cuts when there is a shortage of peat
Following a reduced peat harvest, which Westland admits will have a cost impact, the company calls on the growing media industry not to take short cuts by using materials like green waste. Read more - members only