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Homebase has delivered a £3.2m EBITDA profit, compared with a loss of £114.5m in 2018. Source: Garden1

Opening the Second Reading of the Environment Bill on 26 February, Defra secretary of state George Eustice said the Bill was a keystone in the Government’s environmental programme vision. Source: Garden1

The Garden Centre Association said houseplant sales saw a year to date increase of 17.6% compared to 2018. Source: Garden1

Planter company Ergronomics is to approach independent garden centres and small chains, with a view of determining their interest in stocking the planters. Source: Garden1

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Notcutts St Albans Garden Centre is hosting a grand opening event to celebrate its new look following an extensive refurbishment and new restaurant with alfresco dining terrace and children’s play area. Source: Garden1

Horticulture Week has listed 35 high-performing young people from across the horticulture industry aged 35 or under. Source: Garden1

Horticulture policy is a busy area at present, with the Agriculture Bill, Environment Bill, Brexit, seasonal workers and plant health among the big national issues. Source: Garden1

Homebase has become the first national home improvement and garden retailer to add its complete plant range to the SmartPlant App. Source: Garden1

Tong Garden Centre has appointed a project manager to oversee the next phase of its £2m extension project. Source: Garden1

Postponement of an international nursery show has been announced, as the situation on manufacture of garden products in Chinese products becomes clearer. Source: Garden1

A 9m x 9m street scene designed by Sallis & Chandler for the Chelsea Flower Show pavilion will feature traditional pavement games, contrasted with a modern children’s playground, filled with a display of mostly UK grown flowers and plants, supported by seasonal flowers elsewhere. Source: Garden1

Timber, building and fencing supplier Lawsons Holdings has bought AVS Group to create a group with a turnover near £125m. Source: Garden1

Horticulture industry figures Richard Lawton and Neville Stein are raising funds for horticulture charity Perennial by taking part in a charity abseil. Source: Garden1

Prince Charles has spoken at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew’s Plant Health and Biosecurity Conference, two years after a meeting at his Highgrove residence launched a biosecurity group designed to tackle diseases such as Xylella. Source: Garden1

This year the Old Railway Line Garden Centre, in Three Cocks between Brecon and Hay-on-Wye, is celebrating 30 years in business. Source: Garden1

Battery-powered garden tool brand EGO has called for a ban on all tools that emit noxious fumes and damaging noise pollution by 2025, and has launched a manifesto which highlights “the dangers of petrol gardening equipment”. Source: Garden1

Battery-powered garden tool brand EGO has called for change with all tools that emit noxious fumes and damaging noise pollution by 2025, and has launched a manifesto which highlights “the dangers of petrol gardening equipment”. Source: Garden1

Terra Firma founder Guy Hands said in a speech to students at a London School of Economics conference on alternative investments in London this month that private equity “had lost sight of the aim of value creation,” adding “the culture today in most investment and financial businesses is not fit for purpose for the world we now live in”. Source: Garden1

Comedian Katherine Ryan has joined the campaign backing Capital Gardens’ Woods of Berkhamsted garden centre against competition from Waitrose. Source: Garden1