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Animal feed producer Henry Bell & Co has launched its own brand: Henry Bell Wild Bird Care. Source: Garden1

Dobbies has made the biggest transaction in garden retail for years as the horticultural director of the now biggest chain in Britain has spoken on how he is approaching buying for the 69 centre group. Source: Garden1

The horticultural director of the now biggest chain in Britain has spoken on how he is approaching buying for the 69 centre group. Source: Garden1

Fresh from announcing the sale of 31 garden centres to Dobbies, Wyevale Garden Centres has reported year-on-year (YoY) sales for some lines up 144% this spring. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres has made the biggest sale yet in its disposal process with a deal that makes Dobbies the biggest player in the garden centre market. Source: Garden1

Easter prospects at garden centres look promising as early forecasts predict normal temperatures and dry weather. Source: Garden1

The Parliamentary Review, which highlights best practice of organisations across the private and public sectors, has featured Melcourt Industries this year. Source: Garden1

Haskins Garden Centres has used £14m of a new £21.5 million finance facility from HSBC UK to undergo a complete redevelopment of its Snowhill garden centre in West Sussex. Source: Garden1

Barclaycard figures show in line with the milder weather this March, garden centre spend increased 34.2% year-on-year. Source: Garden1

Neil Parish MP, the Environment Food and Rural Affairs select committee chair, says he is campaigning hard to reduce plastic waste and that local authorities must improve in their recycling of plastic plant pots to cut plastic waste. Source: Garden1

The conference raised many complex issues; regional differences, consumer attitudes, variety of plastics and impacts of production in developing countries and the speakers strongly agreed that sustainability is an investment for increasing profits and reducing negative economic, social and environmental impact. Source: Garden1

Four centres: Cheddar, Dorking, Marlow, Lechlade will be sold to Hillier Nurseries and two centres: Jack’s Patch and Taunton will be sold to Otter Nurseries Limited. Source: Garden1

An RHS survey of 2,000 members has extrapolated that, if expanded to include all 500,000 RHS members, they plant 22 million plants a year. Source: Garden1

AVS Fencing & Landscaping has set itself up for a year of growth and change, after appointing new managing director Stewart Pierce. Source: Garden1

Phase one of the Snowhill centre’s redevelopment plan has now been completed. Source: Garden1

Hillier Garden Centres has had its biggest ever selling day – and largest ever March week. Source: Garden1

Hillier Garden Centres has had its biggest ever selling day – and largest ever March week. Source: Garden1

The Nursery Working Group, which is driving a project to replace hard-to-recycle black plastic plant pots with taupe pots, has gone on a fact-finding mission to a recycling plant. Source: Garden1

Source: Garden1

Longacres’ Mike Ainley said: “It was a great March, very busy and a great Mother’s Day weekend. The weather really helped.” Source: Garden1