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This year’s Glee trade show (Birmingham NEC 11-13 September) saw exhibitors launch hundreds of new products, belying predictions of lack of new product development, as they sought to beat exchange rate price rises. Source: Garden1

The RSPB, Wildlife Trusts, Plantlife and Friends of the Earth have attacked what they call the “shame” of “why is peat still being used in our gardens.” Source: Garden1

Neudorff’s garden centre-ready nematodes were an innovation rewarded at Glee, while Wyevale Nurseries took the best plant award. Source: Garden1

The Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) says cost increases are set to become more prevalent, which could lead to new product development slowing down. Source: Garden1

EFSA have published its conclusion that glyphosate does not have endocrine disrupting properties. Source: Garden1

The Gardman sales team visited the almost completed 415,000 sq ft National Distribution Centre last week as part of the briefing for Glee and its 2018 growth plans. Source: Garden1

Dobbies chief executive Nicholas Marshall has told industry leaders at Glee what he thinks makes a good garden centre leader. Source: Garden1

University of Sussex Professor Dave Goulson says hybrid tea roses, carnations and begonias are among flowers that are no good for bees. Source: Garden1

Following Gardman’s 2017 “significant” growth in artificial decor products for outdoor spaces, Gardman have expanded the artificial category with double the number of SKUs. Source: Garden1

The Peterborough warehouse of Smart Garden Products will create up to 25 jobs as the business plans growth from £40m to £100m a year by 2023. Source: Garden1

Increasing need for landscaping in the commercial and residential areas has revved up demand for gardening tools globally, a new analysis of the market from Persistence Market Research has found. Source: Garden1

At Glee at NEC Birmingham on 11-13 September Neudorff is making the worldwide launch of a revolutionary nematode system to tackle vine weevil. Source: Garden1

At Glee at NEC Birmingham on 11-13 September Neudorff is making the worldwide launch of a revolutionary nematode system to tackle vine weevil. Source: Garden1

GardenSite starting trading in 1999, with the site growing out of a garden centre established in 1952 that realised the internet offered a “great opportunity” to expand the business through online shopping. Source: Garden1

Swedish University of agricultural Sciences lecturer and landscape architect Karin Svensson has created three “plant solutions with Ikea to help inspire some green living in your life” for the Swedish retailer’s 2018 catalogue. Source: Garden1

The market for Christmas tree sales in the UK looks brighter this year, with exchange rates helping British growers. Source: Garden1

Notcutts, has announced the appointment of Sarah Silverwood as trading director. Source: Garden1

A hardy hibiscus with huge flowers up to 18cm across – BIG HibisKISS from Diderk Heinje – has taken the award for Best Nursery Stock Introduction at the Four Oaks Trade Show Awards. Source: Garden1

Wyevale says Terra Firma Capital Partner’s legal action to protect its ownership position in Britain’s biggest care homes operator “is a completely separate story” and “doesn’t relate to any other Terra Firma portfolio business”. Source: Garden1

A tranche of naturals launched for 2018 from the biggest suppliers to garden retail could trigger an increase in sales in the sector. Source: Garden1