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Housing development to be built on Lakes beauty spot garden centre
New homes on a former garden centre site in the Lake District will be built, planners have agreed. Source: Garden1
July garden centre sales up 16% with retailers catching up on 2019
Overall sales for July were up 15.83% with a year to date change of -18.64%. Source: Garden1
Roses: demand high and reduced supply – but Whartons ready to meet the challenge
Garden centres are expecting high levels of rose sales in 2021 as growers work to keep up with demand. Source: Garden1
Garden centre break-in, but cashless policy means no money taken
A garden centre was broken into but the culprits could not find any cash to steal. Source: Garden1
Garden company fined after saw injury
At Inverness Sheriff Court, A Moray garden centre and forestry business has been fined after an employee injured a hand. Source: Garden1
Winners and losers in the horticulture week to September 4
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Garden centre consultant Andy Campbell rebrands
Campbell says as we start to emerge from the most uncertain trading period in the recent history of garden centre retailing the time is right to take a long, hard look at one’s business to determine whether it is fit for purpose in tomorrow’s commercial environment. Source: Garden1
Longacres remains top British garden centre after reaching £25m annual turnover
Longacres at Bagshot has once again come out top in the Horticulture Week highest turnover 150 UK garden centres report. Source: Garden1
Sipcam find 79% avoid products they consider environmentally harmful as it launches improved packaging and add refills
Sipcam’s ecofective range of garden care and plant protection products is to have a rebrand for 2021. Source: Garden1
Which new plants topped the Four Oaks reader vote?
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Westland Horticulture targets 2.2 million new lockdown gardeners
Westland Horticulture research has identified an army of new gardeners who are keen to try the hobby again in 2021 and have launched a raft of new greener product development to try and help. Source: Garden1
Suttons launches 36 new seed varieties after 10-fold increases in 2020
With over half a million new customers for the Suttons Group – it’s put even more of a focus on the new varieties for 2021. Source: Garden1
Garland/Worth Gardening launch 54 new products
New product development at Garland/Worth Gardening will see 54 new products launched for 2021 after almost £1m growth in 2020. Source: Garden1
DIY/home improvement most upbeat about growth finds Barclays
The boom in online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic has seen more than one in seven UK retailers (15%) create roles specifically to cater to an increase in digital sales and boost online capacity, according to a study of 300 senior retail executives conducted by Barclays Corporate Banking. Source: Garden1
CJ Wildlife and National Trust launch garden wildlife range with £775,000 pledge to the charity
Garden wildlife product supplier CJ Wildlife has collaborated with the National Trust for a new range of bird food and boxes. Source: Garden1
B&Q store closes temporarily because of coronavirus case
A B&Q store in Manchester temporarily closed on 31 August after a staff member tested positive for coronavirus. Source: Garden1
Westland Horticulture open showroom
After trade shows such as Glee were cancelled, garden centre suppliers are opening showrooms for customers to visit. Source: Garden1
Garden centres need to stock growing media secondary brands to beat 2020 delays
The Greener Gardening Company sales and marketing director Steve Harper says secondary brands, supply delays, raw materials shortages and peat replacement are on the agenda in the growing media sector. Source: Garden1
Happy Compost doubles range size with Greener Gardening Co's peat-free sales reaching 46%
The Greener Gardening Company is doubling the size of its 100% peat-free Happy Compost range for 2021. Source: Garden1
Edibleculture says peat and plastic reduction has "gone out of the window" during coronavirus crisis
The Kent-based retail nursery and producer of the biodegradable pot replacement product the Posipot, says the pandemic has set back the sustainability agenda in horticulture. Source: Garden1
