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A solicitor representing a garden centre that has stayed open during the coronavirus crisis says he believes the business has a right to carry on trading. Source: Garden1

Insurance and business interruption clauses explained. Source: Garden1

The British Home Enhancement Trade Association has revised DIY and garden expenditure 2020 forecasts. Source: Garden1

Dutch agriculture minister Carola Schouten announced additional support of €600m for the horticulture, food and vegetable industry. Source: Garden1

Garden plant container manufacturer Desch has donated plastic to make visors for the NHS. Source: Garden1

Online garden centre Gardening Express says orders have soared since lockdown as green fingered Britons abandon traditional garden centres to stay indoors and buy plants online instead. Source: Garden1

The Garden Industry Manufacturers Association says retailers should not try and dictate payment terms or remove rebates, with a lack of payment meaning some suppliers could go out of business. Source: Garden1

Dobbies Garden Centres has launched its children’s gardening group Little Seedlings Club online. Source: Garden1

The Home improvement & DIY category was down 2.5% in March, according to Barclaycard, as consumer spending fell 6% in the month. Source: Garden1

Hope Plants, Plant Love UK and Plant Savers are three new plant delivery businesses filling the void left after garden centres were forced to close. Source: Garden1

Growers have adapted quickly to change caused by the coronavirus lockdown by selling direct, supplying garden centre online businesses and changing growing plans for the summer. Source: Garden1

Pet and farm shops are opening at some garden centres. Source: Garden1

In the first live meeting of any UK parliament (on 8 April), Jenny Rathbone, Assembly Member for Cardiff Central and chair of the Cross-Party Group on Food, raised urgent issues with the Welsh Environment and Rural Affairs Minister, Lesley Griffiths. Source: Garden1

Coronavirus business interruption loan repayment terms should be extended to 10 years from the current six years, says NFU special branch WSGA. Source: Garden1

After a 2020 target to stop retail peat sales was missed, seasonal campaigns to end peat use have begun again. Source: Garden1

The coronavirus lockdown in the UK is now three weeks old, but new research shows in the rest of Europe there are a variety of approaches that differ to Britain, which are allowing the horticulture industry to operate more freely in many other nations. Source: Garden1

For the first time. plants are available direct from some of Britain’s biggest wholesale growers after coronavirus concerns closed garden centres. Source: Garden1

The Young People in Horticulture Association has drawn up a new character to promote online garden centres. Source: Garden1

The gardeners livery company asked Defra secretary of state George Eustice to support the horticulture industry, with garden centres closed due to the coronavirus crisis and growers having lost their main path to market. Source: Garden1

Gardener Anita Thomas launched the petition “UK Parliament: Re-open our Garden Centres and Nurseries”. Source: Garden1