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Combe Garden Centre in Gittisham, Devon, will open on December 1. Source: Garden1

Gary Woodley, owner of Norfolk-based Aylsham Garden Centre, has been sentenced to a four year jail sentence for stealing almost half a million pounds from his elderly mother. Source: Garden1

Suttons retail plant range supplied to garden centres is going 100% peat-free for 2019. Source: Garden1

Suttons’ retail plant range supplied to garden centres will be 100% peat-free for 2019. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres could have a new owner within four weeks. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres could have a new owner within four weeks industry sources have suggested. Source: Garden1

The Dutch garden centre construction company Thermoflor, part of the Grimbergen Group, has gone bankrupt, The Limburg court has declared. Source: Garden1

The Dutch garden centre construction company Thermoflor, part of the Grimbergen Group, has been declared bankrupt by The Limburg court. Source: Garden1

Waitrose has committed to not use black plastic packaging for all own-label products beyond 2019. Source: Garden1

There is believed to be interest in Woodcote Green and at least one other bidder has been told they have had an offer accepted on an up-for-sale centre. Source: Garden1

Industry observers say there is believed to be interest in Woodcote Green Garden Centre in Wallington, Surrey and at least one other bidder has been told they have had an offer accepted as the Wyevale Garden Centres sale continues. Source: Garden1

Haskins expects to receive a million visitors to its four centres across a three-month lead up to Christmas. Source: Garden1

Discounter homeware/hardware/gardening High Street chain Wilkinsons has increased sales, but seen profit fall, in the last year. Source: Garden1

Homeware, hardware and gardening discounter chain Wilkinsons has increased sales, but seen profit fall, in the last year. Source: Garden1

Following the acquisition of Kelkay in February, Ames UK has announced the creation of a new executive management team for the UK and Ireland that aims to drive the growth and development of the group. Source: Garden1

Following the acquisition of Kelkay in February, AMES UK has announced the creation of a new executive management team for the UK and Ireland that aims to drive the growth and development of the group. Source: Garden1

In a sign that Wyevale Garden Centres will keep a substantial number of retail outlets, Dobbies Garden Centres, which bought five Wyevales on 8 October, intends to lease the nurseries back to Wyevale. Source: Garden1

In a sign that Wyevale Garden Centres will keep a substantial number of retail outlets, Dobbies Garden Centres, which bought five Wyevales on 8 October, intends to lease Woodlands back to Wyevale. Source: Garden1

Celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin has opened a coffee shop aimed at gardeners where you can buy plants in a Dublin department store. Source: Garden1

The latest Barclaycard consumer spending data shows consumer spending grew 3.9% year-on-year in September, with spending in garden centres up 4.0% year-on-year in the month. Source: Garden1