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Botanic gardens in England can stay open from Thursday and only have to close indoor spaces. Source: Garden1

Horticulture figures are debating who will pay for the red tape generated by Brexit on 1 January 2021. Source: Garden1

Following the Government’s announcement of the second lockdown, garden centres are having to rearrange events planned for November. Source: Garden1

The new, Covid-safe outdoor show is called Harrogate Flower Shows Spring Essentials and will take place from 22 – 25 April 2021 at the Great Yorkshire Showground. Source: Garden1

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British Garden Centres’ Boyd Douglas-Davies has told The TImes there could be “unbelievable” delays under current Brexit plans that could mean a “great reduction” of plants available for sale. Source: Garden1

Horticulture Week’s in-depth coverage of gardening’s topical issues has meant the publication has again broken readership records. Source: Garden1

Boris Johnson’s new month-long second wave coronavirus lockdown means schools and colleges will stay open but non-essential retail and hospitality are set to close from 5 November. Source: Garden1

Seabrook turns 85 on 2 November and remains the most active journalist in the horticulture industry. Source: Garden1

Overall sales for the month were up 21.18% with a year to date change of -12.34%. Source: Garden1

he Body Shop looked into our habits in during and after lockdown to analyse what had changed and where we have spent our time and money. Source: Garden1

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show on 18-23 May has renamed its Urban Gardens category as ‘Sanctuary Gardens’ as it unveils a health and wellbeing coronavirus crisis-theme to the event, which was cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic. Source: Garden1

The RHS Chelsea Flower Show on 18-23 May has renamed its Urban Gardens category as ‘Sanctuary Gardens’ as it unveils a health and well-being coronavirus crisis-theme to the event, which was cancelled in 2020 because of the pandemic. Source: Garden1

The HTA’s Big Partnership campaign to reopen garden centres from lockdown has won the Haymarket PR Week Awards ‘best coronavirus crisis management’ prize. Source: Garden1

RHS Malvern Spring Festival will be the first big garden show for almost two years when it goes ahead on May 5-9 2021. Source: Garden1

GCA chief executive Iain Wylie said further lockdowns mean more uncertainty for many garden centres despite gardening sales being 20%+ up this October. Source: Garden1

Flowercard has used Google search data to find which are the most popular indoor plants. Source: Garden1

A new report shows that between 2015 and 2019 the amount of peat contained in growing media decreased from almost 53% to 41.5% in the consumer sector, with the professional sector showing a marginal reduction (63.9% to 62.9%). Source: Garden1

Source: Garden1

A new study helps explain why some animals are sometimes more often found in suburban areas than wild ones. Source: Garden1