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Garden centres are taking part in this year’s National Children’s Gardening Week (NCGW) which runs from 25 May-2 June following the focus on children’s gardening at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Source: Garden1

Discount goods retailer B&M says it is planning to open 50 new stores this year after announcing gardening delivered +6.1% like-for-like sales in the year to 30 March. Source: Garden1

Discount goods retailer B&M says it is planning to open 50 new stores this year after announcing gardening delivered +6.1% like-for-like sales in the year to 30 March. Source: Garden1

Source: Garden1

Ikea is to launch Tom Dixon-designed sustainable plant pots after winning a silver medal for its show garden at Chelsea Flower Show. Source: Garden1

Ikea is to launch Tom Dixon-designed sustainable plant pots after winning a silver medal for its show garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Source: Garden1

Defra has confirmed a ban on plastic straws, drinks stirrers, and plastic stemmed cotton buds in England from April 2020, following a consultation that found up to 90% of people backed a ban. Source: Garden1

Bird care products supplier Westland is joining with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) as part of an ongoing strategy to bring education and quality to the sector. Source: Garden1

Bird care products supplier Westland is joining with the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) as part of an ongoing strategy to bring education and quality to the sector. Source: Garden1

Ahead of the second May bank holiday, garden centre directors are optimistic that the month is holding up against the record-breaking May 2018. Source: Garden1

Ahead of the second May bank holiday, garden centre directors are optimistic that the month is holding up against the record-breaking May 2018. Source: Garden1

Overall sales for April were up 10.69% with a year to date change of 17.49%, the Garden Centre Association has found. Source: Garden1

Overall sales for April were up 10.69% with a year to date change of 17.49%, the Garden Centre Association has found. Source: Garden1

Dobbies has won the best trade stand award at Chelsea, beating hundreds of other exhibitors at the flower show, which runs until 26 May. Source: Garden1

Hastings and Lower Dicker have been bought by Blackbrook and Sherfield-on-Lodden by Capital Gardens. Source: Garden1

Wyevale owner Terra Firma chairman Guy Hands says the sale of the garden centre chain has been good for the industry while new owners will do well with the centres they have bought. Source: Garden1

With a peat consultation due this summer, Friends of the Earth has called for an end to garden centre sales. Source: Garden1

After a record Easter and double digit like-for-like growth in the year to-date, Dobbies chief executive Graeme Jenkins says he is “pretty pleased” with progress as the group doubles in size to 69 centres. Source: Garden1

RHS Chelsea Flower Show (May 21-25) influences what garden centre customers buy both this season and into the future. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres says it has identified the “affordable, accessible and easy-to-grow Chelsea favourites that gardeners can readily introduce to their outdoor space this summer”. Source: Garden1