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After the May day bank holiday, garden centre directors said they have to go back to 2011 to see a better set of figures for both April and year-to-date. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Nurseries has reported March sales up by 14% compared to the same month in the previous year. Source: Garden1

Dobbies Garden Centres has signed a five year agreement with Speciality Stores, the general merchandise subsidiary of Ocado Group plc, for the provision of online services. Source: Garden1

Credit Suisse said Wesfarmers’ quarterly result was largely as expected but there was “a poorer than forecast result from the UK and Ireland”, while Deutsche Bank said growth slowed. Source: Garden1

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has defended the integrity of safety studies on the herbicide glyphosate. Source: Garden1

Klondyke Garden Centres have rolled out another improved restaurant, this time at Brookside, Poynton, Cheshire. Source: Garden1

Rebecca Pow MP, a former gardening journalist and PR, who became Taunton Deane Conservative MP in 2015, says skills, buying British and the environmental agenda are top of her sector campaigning list. Source: Garden1

Water UK says there are no plans for hosepipe bans after the driest six months since 1995/96. Source: Garden1

Bunnings UK and Ireland has reported third quarter sales of £245m, with £851m in sales for the year to date. Source: Garden1

Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres have made a number of new senior appointments to its garden centre head office team. Source: Garden1

Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres has made a number of new senior appointments to its garden centre head office team. Source: Garden1

Britain’s biggest garden wood product company has unveiled a fence panel which is designed to reduce noise by eight times. Source: Garden1

The garden retailer takes another step towards providing everything that a client might need. Source: Garden1

Restrictions unlikely but industry advised to keep talking to water firms. Source: Garden1

Trend demonstrated by investment fund’s £10.3m acquisition of Yarnton Nurseries. Source: Garden1

The garden retailer takes another step towards providing everything that a client might need. Source: Garden1

Professionals urged to host ‘meet-the-candidate’ events and petition over key horticulture issues. Source: Garden1

B&Q’s flowering plant range from February 2018 will be grown neonicotinoid-free with suppliers such as Coletta & Tyson stopping using the pesticide on plants including lavender. Source: Garden1

B&Q’s flowering plant range from February 2018 will be grown neonicotinoid-free with suppliers such as Coletta & Tyson stopping using the pesticide on plants including lavender. Source: Garden1

The B&Q One Planet Home policy offers a 62-page report into nature and gardens, inspired by The State of Nature 2016. Source: Garden1