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NEW Latest garden centre category, department and plant sales data
Garden centre department, category and plant information for the second half of November 2020 collected from Horticulture Week exclusive UK garden retail EPOS data. Source: Garden1
Travis Perkins sees strong autumn DIY demand
Wickes parent company Travis Perkins has issued an October-November trading update, including news that the retailer will pay back £50m furlough money. Source: Garden1
Dobbies raises £1m for Teenage Cancer Trust
Dobbies Garden Centres has hit a fundraising milestone, raising over £1million for UK-wide charity, Teenage Cancer Trust. Source: Garden1
What are garden centre and DIY's peat sales policies for 2021?
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What are garden centre and DIY's peat sales policies for 2021? UPDATED
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Garland/Worth Gardening adds £2m to turnover
Garland Products sales agent Tony Robson has won ‘sales agent of the year’ award for the third time, during a year when the company has already achieved £2 million sales growth. Source: Garden1
2020: 30 horticulture positives worth celebrating – and 10 downsides
In 2020, the horticulture industry dealt with many challenges – here is a summary of some of the ways it has been valued and it has adapted, as well as some of the more adverse impacts. Source: Garden1
Netherlands closes garden centres, while IPM cuts events in latest coronavirus lockdown
Dutch and German restrictions have come in to try and halt Covid spread. Source: Garden1
Former nursery set to be developed as care home
Developer Perseus Land & Developments plans for the Woodcote Green Nursery site in Surrey to have a care home built on it. Source: Garden1
David Domoney sees gardening TV spread beyond core audience
Love Your Garden, This Morning and various weekend lifestyle shows on ITV and BBC have seen gardening spread beyond its specialist audience in 2020, says presenter David Domoney. Source: Garden1
AMES UK plans to double size of business
UK and Ireland managing director Paul North aims for an £80m turnover garden centre supply business. Source: Garden1
HTA chairman James Barnes calls for single Brexit plant import data point and gives his stance on peat and AHDB
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England Peat Strategy delayed until 2021
The England Peat Strategy will now not be published in 2020. Source: Garden1
Timmermans garden centre seeks play barn planning to compete with East Bridgford
Nottinghamshire garden centre Timmermans wants to build a play barn and artisan units on the former Timmermans Roses area of the site. Source: Garden1
Peter Seabrook defends peat use
In The Sun’s gardening pages, Seabrook says the benefits of peat are often ignored. Source: Garden1
Euromonitor International garden retail data shows lack of growth in 2020-21
From 2020-21 horticulture sales are predicted to fall 2% overall. Source: Garden1
Joy of Plants launches plugin to link webshop platform and photo library
A plant information company has launched a plug-in to make its library of plant photos and information available in the webshop platform WooCommerce. Source: Garden1
Blue Diamond's Alan Roper gives view on peat issue
Peat has risen up the news agenda in recent weeks and 37-garden centre group Blue Diamond says it is looking at reduction. Source: Garden1
