Garden Museum Spring Plant Fair 2024

The Garden Museum’s annual Spring Plant Fair returns on Sunday 13 April, gathering specialist plant nurseries and growers from around the country for a day of plant shopping, talks and workshops for city gardeners. Stalls will include Great Dixter Nursery and Beth Chatto’s Plants & Gardens, providing a rare opportunity for Londoners to shop garden plants grown by these beloved and historic nurseries.

 

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Johnsons Nurseries hosts Prosper Group for exclusive plant buyers event

Johnsons Nurseries Ltd proudly hosted members of the Prosper plant buyers’ group on February 24, 2025, for an engaging and insightful visit to their nursery. The nursery showcased its latest plant selections, sustainable initiatives, and high-quality stock.
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Diary

New Leaf to distribute Zelari Pianti

New Leaf Plants has entered into an agreement to supply garden centres and landscapers with Italian specimen plants from the renowned Italian grower Zelari. Read more - members only

Perfect the art of the garden border

With spring fast approaching, we look at the winning formula for introducing colour, texture and interest to an outdoor space using border plants, whilst keeping to your client brief. Read more - open to all

The 2025 Spring Showcase… You Are Invited!

We are delighted to welcome you back to our West Adderbury Trials facility to join us as we present the 2025 Spring Showcase. Read more - open to all

Christmas Stars align for Poinsettia Day on 12th December

If you want to bring a naturally elegant style into your home this season, without losing any of the traditional charm associated with Christmas, poinsettias are the perfect place to start. Read more - open to all

British Ornamentals Association presents the BOA Technical Conference 2025

The British Ornamentals Association (BOA) is delighted to invite you to our upcoming Technical Conference – New Horizons for Horticulture on 5th February 2025. Read more - open to all

Sustainable peat-free mixes for poinsettia by Neil Bragg

UK based soil scientist, Neil Bragg, shares his experience of working with peat-free substrates, in an article commissioned by the poinsettia specialists at Stars for Europe. Read more - open to all

It’s time for the Christmas Star to shine in store!

The houseplant section is about to undergo a radical transformation, with beautiful poinsettias set to take centre stage. The experts at Stars for Europe (SfE) are, as ever, keen to support retailers in any way possible as we head into the key trading period. Read more - open to all

Sarah Raven achieves B Corp certification

Sarah Raven has achieved B Corp status, becoming the first online garden retailer to earn the prestigious certification. The milestone is a result of the brand's long-term dedication to sustainability and ethical business practices. Read more - open to all

Ball’s ‘Stand-Out’ Plants for 2025

Ball reveals customers’ favourite varieties that were shown at the Ball Summer Showcase in its Oxfordshire Trial Grounds. Read more - members only

Lantana Passion Fruit

Chat from the HTA National Plant Show

Chat from the aisles of the HTA National Plant Show after ‘an alright’ season include importing from Kenya, under insurance and rising Xmas tree prices. Read more - members only

Plants for Europe and Altman working together

Plants For Europe Limited (PFE) is working with California-based Altman Plants, to bring their stunning plant varieties to Europe and the UK.  Read more - members only

 Agapanthus Atomic Bloom

Impressions from the HTA National Plant Show

Most exhibitors at the HTA National Plant Show were pleased with the year to date. Stock has been selling through well; one grower stating sales were high, peaking “at Covid levels.” Read more - members only

New supplier for British grown orchids and green houseplants

Double H nurseries is on a mission to transform houseplant wholesale. The Horti House web shop will supply garden centres with British grown orchids and green houseplants. Read more - members only

The Orchid House

Register now to visit HTA National Plant Show 2025

Visitors are invited to get their free tickets now for the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) National Plant Show which is back for its biggest show ever.   

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Roots to Retail - Our successful open event launches the 2025 season!

Frank P Matthews, New Leaf Plants and The Branford Webbs Plant Company welcomed customers from as far away as North Scotland and Kent to their ‘Roots to Retail’ open event last week at Evesham Football Club and New Leaf Plants.
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HTA New Plant Awards 2025 now open 

Exhibitors at the HTA National Plant Show are invited to enter the much anticipated HTA New Plant Awards 2025, sponsored by the RHS Read more - open to all

Bransford Webbs Plant Company - Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom

Plants For Europe to exhibit at FlowerTrials® ‘25!

The Plants for Europe team is delighted to announce that we will be representing plant breeders at FlowerTrials® this year! Read more - open to all

Jobs

Roots to Retail – our latest collaborative event

Now in its third year, The Bransford Webbs Plant Company, New Leaf Plants and Frank P Matthews are once again excited to invite you to our wonderful and immensely successful open event to help kick start your season and offer advice on those issues that matter most to us all for 2025. Read more - open to all

Open Day 2024

Bulrush helps growers achieve success in 2025

Bulrush has been busy behind the scenes throughout 2024, ploughing revenue back into the business to the benefit of its customers. Read more - open to all

Ten Finalists for the AIPH IGOTY Awards

Ten ornamental horticulture growers from around the world have reached the finals for the AIPH International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) Awards 2025.  Read more - open to all

Blue Diamond acts to secure plant supply chain

Blue Diamond agrees strategic partnership with European Group to ensure plant supply chain keep's pace with the continued expansion.  Read more - members only

Forestry England's £14.5m nursery upgrade for climate-resilient trees

Forestry England is investing £14.5m to enhance its tree nursery in Cheshire, incorporating a new seed extractory.  Expected to open in spring 2025, this facility will be the UK's largest. Read more - open to all

The latest innovations from Schoneveld Breeding

This autumn, Schoneveld Breeding opens its doors to growers and retailers during the Open Days, from week 43 to week 45. Read more - open to all

Super Series Dragon F1

Ball Colegrave’s spectacular showcase

The Ball Colegrave Summer Showcase has been as spectacular as ever despite the weather.  This is partly because Ball’s breeding strategy… Read more - members only

Petunia Bees Knees

Dutch Spring Trials take place in week 18

Dutch Spring Trials take place in week 18 during week 18, with eight breeders in North-Holland.  Visits held by appointment only. Read more - members only

Staff take control at Majestic Trees

Majestic Trees has announced that MD Steve McCurdy and his wife Janet have sold 74% of Majestic Trees to their team via an Employee Ownership Trust. Read more - members only

Fern Snowling, Sarah Shynn, Eliot Barden, Helen Morgan, Maria Bengtsson, Carlos Guinand

Gardeners invited to help solve aphid mystery

The RHS is calling on gardeners to send in sightings of the giant willow aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus) to help learn more about this elusive species and the ways it interacts with garden plants. Read more - members only

Giant willow aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus) on Willow (Salix daphnoides) - RHS / Andrew Halstead

Allensmore reaches final for International Grower of the Year

Allensmore reaches the final 10 from growers around the world in the AIPH International Grower of the Year (IGOTY) Awards 2023. Read more - members only

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