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A Q&A with eBay’s garden category manager Peter Sandhar, a former Wyevale Garden Centres buyer, revealed the online selling platform has seen a big uplift in gardening sales since lockdown. Source: Garden1

GrowNation reports that almost half of online sales are made while garden centres are closed for the day. Source: Garden1

Radio Four consumer programme is to investigate delivery delays by online gardening suppliers during its 1 June show. Source: Garden1

One of the UK’s leading growers has reassured customers as it deals with an unprecedented spike in demand. Source: Garden1

Waterdrinker and Belgium Direct are meeting demand from garden centres for plants in colour after coronavirus crisis lockdown eased and sales took off in garden retailers. Source: Garden1

A Columbia Road for West London, in Chiswick, could launch this autumn. Source: Garden1

Javado, which won the RHS Chelsea Flower Show plant of the decade people’s vote with Viburnum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ on May 23, said UK says sales are “unbelievable”, while the plant supplier does not foresee any issues bringing plants into the UK from Holland. Source: Garden1

Javado, which won the RHS Chelsea Flower Show plant of the decade people’s vote with Viburnum ‘Kilimanjaro Sunrise’ on May 23, said UK says sales are “unbelievable”, while the plant supplier does not foresee any issues bringing plants into the UK from Holland. Source: Garden1

Ornamental growers in Northern Ireland will be included in the Northern Ireland Executive’s £25m grant aid allocation for horticulture and agriculture. Source: Garden1

The RHS and BBC One’s The One Show have announced the winners of 2020 My Chelsea Garden Competition. Source: Garden1

The RHS and BBC One’s The One Show have announced the winners of 2020 My Chelsea Garden Competition. Source: Garden1

Homebase has revealed the latest plant trends across the country with its first ever Plant Map of the UK. Source: Garden1

Dobbies Garden Centres is among garden retailers supporting National Children’s Gardening Week, which runs from 23 to 31 May. Source: Garden1

The record fall of 18.1% in April 2020 followed the fall of 5.2% in March 2020. Source: Garden1

Sunny weather led to improved bank holiday garden centres sales as garden retailers started to claw back some of the losses caused by seven weeks of coronavirus crisis lockdown enforced closure. Source: Garden1

The 2015 plant of the year winner Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum Kilimanjaro Sunrise (‘Jww5’) has been crowned RHS Chelsea Plant of the Decade after virtual visitors cast their votes online. Source: Garden1

It is with great regret that Four Oaks has taken the decision to cancel the 2020 trade show on September 8-9, particularly as it would have been the 50th anniversary of the show. Source: Garden1

Hampshire-based Double H Nurseries, the UK’s largest grower of orchids for supermarkets, sold 50,000 orchids through its e-commerce store in a month. Source: Garden1

A Glee seminar on featuring four garden centre directors has discussed sales pick-up since coronavirus lockdown easing. Source: Garden1

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has finally revealed her “routemap”, which will allow Scottish garden centres to reopen after 28 May, three weeks behind England and Wales. Source: Garden1