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Notcutts have secured planning consent for a redevelopment and upgrade of its “pioneering” Woodbridge garden centre in Suffolk. Source: Garden1

Needlfresh’s Christopher Hood says UK-grown trees will have an advantage this season after dry weather hit growers this summer. Source: Garden1

Blue Diamond has bought eight Wyevale centres, while developers have taken two more, as the sale of the 145-centre group gets fully underway. Source: Garden1

Cornwall County Council has given permission for a new coffee shop and retail space at Newquay Garden Centre. Source: Garden1

T&M has opened up its ‘Floral Fantasia’ trials at RHS Hyde Hall in Essex and has revealed 10 trends it thinks will come in during 2019. Source: Garden1

Regional winners include Bents, Haskins, Squire’s, Fron Goch and Perrywood garden centres. Source: Garden1

Trading standards have launched an inquiry into the sale of illegal pesticides and weedkillers on eBay following an investigation by Unearthed, Greenpeace’s investigative platform. Source: Garden1

Bees living in suburban habitats are still being exposed to “significant” levels of pesticides despite the EU ban on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on flowering crops, new research from University of Sussex scientists claims. Source: Garden1

A lack of rain this summer could have negative long-term effects on water supply. Source: Garden1

Responsibly Produced Peat (RPP) has announced the first four companies produce RPP- labelled growing media products: Lentse & Slingerland Potgrond from the Netherlands, Greenyard Horticulture from Belgium and Compo and Euflor from Germany. Source: Garden1

With the high summer heat set to continue and another hosepipe ban on the horizon hitting more than seven million people, garden industry businesses are focusing on providing advice for customers on how to prevent plants from perishing in the heat. Source: Garden1

Britain’s biggest pureplay online garden retailer Primrose saw sales pick up again in the second half of June and continue strongly in July. Source: Garden1

Constructor Amiri has been blogging about its contract for Rosebourne Garden Centre in Aldermaston, Reading, which is to redevelop the former nursery site and construct a 3,500sqm single storey garden centre. Source: Garden1

Constructor Amiri has been blogging about its contract for Rosebourne Garden Centre in Aldermaston, Reading, which is to redevelop the former nursery site and construct a 3,500sqm single storey garden centre. Source: Garden1

The largest online sector increase was seen in gardening, with a +49.9% year-on-year growth as the nation prepared for World Cup by buying barbecues and garden furniture in the hot weather. Source: Garden1

Bidders for Wyevale Garden Centres have heard whether they have advanced to the second round. Source: Garden1

United Utilities in the north west of England is to impose a Temporary User Ban (TUB) on seven million customers, joining Northern Ireland as the second area in the UK to bring in restrictions after the hot, dry spring and summer. Source: Garden1

United Utilities in the north west of England is to impose a Temporary User Ban (TUB) on seven million customers, joining Northern Ireland as the second area in the UK to bring in restrictions after the hot, dry spring and summer. Source: Garden1

Old-fashioned foliage houseplants such as the cheese plant are now so fashionable that demand is outstripping supply. Source: Garden1

Webbs Garden Centres in Worcestershire has increased turnover from £16.2m to £16.7m in the year to 31 December 2017. Source: Garden1