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The RHS has committed to being 100% peat-free by 2025 as it trials alternative responsibly sourced growing media. Source: Garden1

A new report by The Compensation Experts has revealed the attitudes towards safety in the agricultural workplace. Source: Garden1

Each year Squire’s Garden Centres gives a ‘Made A Difference’ award to one of their employees who has gone over and above the call of duty. Source: Garden1

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New Hopetoun Gardens garden centre in Broxburn, was among many retailers who were forced to suddenly close their doors when the pandemic hit in March 2020. Source: Garden1

Garden Re-Leaf founder Boyd Douglas-Davies of British Garden Centres is walking 100km for Greenfingers on 19 March. Source: Garden1

Coir growing media company Southern Trident’s optimism for 2021 has been boosted by the results of independent growing trials featuring its Coco & Coir COCO BOOST peat-free compost. Source: Garden1

During the first lockdown in April, home improvement stores and garden centres largely remained open – they were only closed temporarily in four out of the 16 federal states. Source: Garden1

HTA horticulture manager Pippa Greenwood has trashed TV presenter Monty Don’s statement that mowing lawns is the “most injurious thing for wildlife”. Source: Garden1

A year on from the first government instructions to significantly limit social contact because of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic, the Office for National Statistics looks at what the data tell us about the last 12 months. Source: Garden1

New for April 2021 are three new Planet Gardening Harkness Masterpiece roses. Source: Garden1

The marketing initiative has been set up to promote pelargoniums. Source: Garden1

Gardenature, a manufacturer and supplier of wildlife habitats and camera systems, has announced that it has acquired Green Frog Designs, a manufacturer of poultry housing. Source: Garden1

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Discount retail group QD, which owns the QualityDiscounts.com and 14 Cherry Lane Garden Centre brands, is going green with new in-store initiatives to bolster its eco-credentials. Source: Garden1

Screwfix, the Kingfisher-owned multi-channel retailer aimed at the trade, plans to open more than 50 stores this year, creating around 600 new jobs in communities across the UK and Ireland. Source: Garden1

Fron Goch Garden Centre in Caernarfon, has opened a new 660 square metre building with the support of a £1.4million loan, which will expand its site by 20%. Source: Garden1

Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out plans for further easing of lockdown restrictions at Holyrood on Tuesday 16 March, with garden centre reopening set for 5 April – Easter Monday. Source: Garden1

Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out plans for further easing of lockdown restrictions at Holyrood on Tuesday 16 March, with garden centre reopening set for 5 April – Easter Monday. Source: Garden1