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Garden Beauty, Crocus, Suttons and T&M were among exhibitors promoting instant gardening solutions to home gardeners at the annual Garden Press Event at the Barbican this week. Source: Garden1

Mr Fothergill’s has become preferred partner for licensed seed and seed gifting products for the RHS with an agreement that starts from 1 July, 2017. Source: Garden1

PlantGrow Natural Plant Food is to be available in all 19 Blue Diamond garden centres. Source: Garden1

Chelsea Gardener’s new garden centre site in Fulham is due to open on March 14. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centre head of trading – horticulture head Mark Sage said the 149-centre group will have three big focuses in 2017. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centre head of trading – horticulture Mark Sage said the 149-centre group will have three big focuses in 2017. Source: Garden1

Half year results at Bunnings/Homebase owner Wesfarmers in the six months to 31 December saw a net profit after tax (NPAT) of $1,577 million, an increase of 13.2% on the prior corresponding period. Source: Garden1

Homebase/Bunnings owner Wesfarmers has appointed Rob Scott as its next managing director. Source: Garden1

Plans to extend a garden centre in Radcliffe, Lancashire have been given outline permission by planners. Source: Garden1

The HTA Garden Retail Study Tour in Holland visited FloraHolland, Elho, growers and garden centres. Source: Garden1

What does the St Albans pilot reveal about Australian retailer’s game plan? Source: Garden1

Products aimed at younger gardeners with less basic horticultural knowledge. Source: Garden1

North London’s Holloway Road will be the location of B&Q’s first ‘small format’ store when it opens at the beginning of March. Source: Garden1

Packets of lettuce seeds are selling out at garden centres following shortages of the crop in stores due to the failure of Spanish crops this winter. Source: Garden1

Squire’s Garden Centre in Shepperton has opened a new indoor soft play hive called Buzzy Bumbles. Source: Garden1

Filbert Press is to publish Roy Lancaster’s autobiography. Source: Garden1

He was the joint founder of Country Market with his wife June Marshall, having started the business 1965 from essentially a veg box scheme. Source: Garden1

Total like-for-like sales were down by -0.1% in January, the worst result for four years when like-for-likes fell by -0.4% in January 2013. Source: Garden1

Wild bird care sales increased in 2016, with a 6% increase in both value and volume making 2016 the most valuable year in the past five. Source: Garden1

Value and volume are both up six per cent while price is flat. Source: Garden1