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Mintel says garden retail will bounce back after COVID-19 and looks ahead to trends around online, sustainability, plants and product choice and attitudes towards horticulture. Source: Garden1

Happy Plants’ Nat Porter and Horticulture Week editor Matthew Appleby appeared on Carole Walker’s show on 1 December discussing the 2020 gardening boom. Source: Garden1

Clwyd South MP Simon Baynes asked Defra a string of Parliamentary questions on Brexit’s impact on horticulture which faces increased plant import costs and delays post 1 January 2021. Source: Garden1

T&M names its spring catalogue 2021 top 10 plants. Source: Garden1

Some 33 houses could be built at the East Sussex centre after Millbrook submitted a planning application to Wealden District Council. Source: Garden1

Irish horticulture minister Pippa Hackett hasvisited O’Connor’s Nurseries in Barnland, Gorey, Co Wexford. Source: Garden1

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In 2020, a perhaps surprising number of new appointees took up roles in the horticulture industry – we list some of the bigger moves. Source: Garden1

Dobbies has brought forward its official ‘Bring your Christmas Tree Home Day’ to Saturday 5 December after Christmas tree sales started early. Source: Garden1

Strong & Herd LLP’s Tim Hiscock presented: Beyond Transition: the steps UK exporters should take now. Source: Garden1

In the first of a series of features covering horticulture in 2020, Horticulture Week remembers those in horticulture who have passed away this year. Source: Garden1

Hillier Garden Centres will open its 18th outlet, at the Syon Park Estate in West London, in spring 2021 after transforming the site with new investment from both businesses. Source: Garden1

Garden centre sales are well up on November 2020, despite cafes being closed during lockdown 2.0 – reports from Hillier, Squire’s Ansell, Alton, Dobbies, Woodlark, Porters, Jadecliff and many more. Source: Garden1

The HTA’s first ever sustainability road map covers peat, pesticides, plastics, water and energy and has been written by HTA futures and sustainability manager David Denny. Source: Garden1

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Some 227 houses are set to be built on the site of a Merseyside garden centre. Source: Garden1

Chorley-based Hedges Direct has been selling a wider range of plants online since lockdown and now plans to donate to charity from its online income this December. Source: Garden1

Police have warned that Christmas can lead to a rise in crime after two garden centres were broken into. Source: Garden1

Overall sales for October were up 13.16%, which includes catering and restaurant sales, with a year to date change of -11.09% (-45% year to date), while retail only figures for the month were up 24.2%. Source: Garden1