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Garden centre property specialists acting on behalf of potential bidders have reacted to Christies and Co selling of the 145-centre Wyevale group, which has offers due by 26 June. Source: Garden1

Guest speakers Lambert van Horen from RaboBank and Henk van Ginkel from Copa Cogeca spoke about Brexit’s potential impact on the growing media industry. Source: Garden1

Deroma, the world’s leader in terracotta pottery located in the North of Italy, will be taken over “most probably” before the end of 2018 by a cooperation between two German companies, the Bavaria Industries Group AG (Baikap) and the Scheurich GmbH & Co KG. Source: Garden1

Eighteen leaders in the Chinese horticultural sector recently visited UK garden centres on a study tour. Source: Garden1

Malcolm Scott Consultants has successfully slashed a London garden centre’s Community Infrastructure Levy by £83,000 in a landmark appeal for the sector. Source: Garden1

Malcolm Scott Consultants has successfully slashed a London garden centre’s Community Infrastructure Levy by £83,000 in a landmark appeal for the sector. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres, which has won a platinum award for its ‘Solutions Garden’ at Gardeners’ World Live 2018, said dealing with basic issues such as shade, soil types and weeds are what gardeners are looking for. Source: Garden1

The RHS annual report for the year to 31 January 2018 saw record income of £95.9m as donations for Wisley and Bridgewater projects rose. Source: Garden1

The RHS annual report for the year to 31 January 2018 saw record income of £95.9m as donations for Wisley and Bridgewater projects rose. Source: Garden1

In May 2018, retail sales were up 1.3% compared to April 2018 with growth across all main sectors. Source: Garden1

One of the UK’s best garden centres has been saved from development. Source: Garden1

A MSc thesis study of plant pathology at Harper Adams is looking at how the horticulture trade access and use information and their thoughts and attitudes towards Xylella fastidiosa. Source: Garden1

Wesfarmers has announced the completion of the divestment of the Homebase business in the United Kingdom and Ireland to a company associated with Hilco Capital. Source: Garden1

Denmans Garden in Fontwell, West Sussex, re-opened its doors to the public on 1 June 2018 following a period of renovation. Source: Garden1

Barton Grange’s The Flower Bowl opens this month, while Aldermaston opens in autumn. Source: Garden1

Malcolm Scott Consultants has secured planning consent for site development at Cambridgeshire-based Oakington Garden Centre. Source: Garden1

Sally Cullimore joins as policy executive and Alistair Yeomans joins as horticulture manager. Source: Garden1

The Royal Horticultural Society has awarded a licence to Agros Trading GmbH, a manufacturer and marketer of cat litter and wild bird feed. Source: Garden1

Home & Garden went into administration on 18 April with Mazars and now more details of the garden centre group’s affairs have now been published. Source: Garden1

More details of the affairs of Home & Garden have been published following the garden centre group’s fall into administration in April. Source: Garden1