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Hayloft Plants has recently gone live with a new e-commerce platform to drive online expansion and transform the customer shopping experience. Source: Garden1

Extension offers greater security but damaging uncertainty will persist, says sector. Source: Garden1

Bord na Móna has revealed plans to significantly increase its focus in the UK retail market over the next year as it readies for Brexit with the opening of a new distribution site in Cambridge. Source: Garden1

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Squire’s Garden Centres’ says purple, blue and scented flowers are going to be “very popular choices” as it promotes its new plants for 2019. Source: Garden1

Taylors Bulbs are launching a centenary year campaign, offering garden centres the chance to engage with local communities and schools to get children planting bulbs. Source: Garden1

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DIY store Wickes has plans to sell gardening in the same way as it might sell a fitted kitchen or bathroom. Source: Garden1

Internationally respected horticulturalist and microbiologist, Professor Geoff Dixon will launch his new book, Garden Practices and Their Science, at Castle Gardens garden centre. Source: Garden1

Grimsby Garden Centre has enlisted the help of BBC Apprentice star and entrepreneur Elizabeth McKenna to work alongside the team. Source: Garden1

Scottish garden centre group Caulders now has seven centres and will become one of the UK’s biggest operators after buying two garden centres from Dobbies in February. Source: Garden1

Bord na Móna has reported a ‘premiumisation’ of the growing media market in the UK, with consumer demand for top-quality ranges at an all-time high. Source: Garden1

A February heatwave, in a stark contrast to this time last year when the Beast from the East gripped the country with snow, has led to garden centre sales taking off early. Source: Garden1

Garden centres had a good January with houseplant and outdoor plant sales both up on last year according to the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) latest Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Source: Garden1

The majority of Millennial gardeners grow fresh produce and garden for their wellbeing as well as a hobby, new research reveals. Source: Garden1

The Growing Media Association has appointed Neil Bragg as chairman – with Ben Malin, a director of EJ Godwin, taking on the role of vice-chairman. Source: Garden1

With one week to go to the entry deadline for the Horticulture Week Business Awards 2019, here are the steps to take to get those entries nailed in no time at all – and your business on its way to industry recognition. Source: Garden1

Terry Maywood, a director with 30 years’ experience, across a variety of retail companies has been appointed to the board of Choice Marketing as non-executive chairman. Source: Garden1

Rustic Garden Supplies is set to close according to its Facebook page. Source: Garden1