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Garden centres are preparing to take part in Garden Re-Leaf Day on 17 March – an industry-wide event that jump starts the gardening year with sales promotions and fundraising events benefiting the Greenfingers Charity. Source: Garden1

Blue Diamond has won a planning consent for Newbridge Nurseries in Horsham, West Sussex. Source: Garden1

Gardening, hardware and DIY prices fell 1.9 per cent in January against the same month in 2016 and 0.7 per cent against the previous month, according to British Retail Consortium/Nielsen figures. Source: Garden1

Gardening, hardware and DIY prices fell 1.9 per cent against January 2016 in January 2017 and 0.7 per cent against the previous month, according to British Retail Consortium/Nielsen figures. Source: Garden1

Consolidation continues among garden centre groups Source: Garden1

More members taken on by garden centre buying groups as centres see increase in cost of imports. Source: Garden1

Garden centres are sizing up the opposition on Christmas tree sales and how to react. Source: Garden1

The garden products firm had revenue of $402.30 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $370 million and has announced a shareholders’ quarterly dividend of $0.50 per share. Source: Garden1

For the fiscal first quarter, Scotts had sales of $246.8 million, up 27 per cent, with the U.S. Consumer segment sales increasing 11 per cent in the quarter to $125.5 million, while sales for the Europe Consumer business declined five per cent to $24.4 million, but were up slightly when excluding the impact of foreign exchange rates. Source: Garden1

Martin Breddy, Steve Guy and Alan Roper are among a powerful line-up of garden retail leaders set to share their expertise and examine solutions to business challenges at February’s Garden Retail Summit. Source: Garden1

Nat Spencer and Pip Blackburn are the new managers at a Leicester plant centre. Source: Garden1

The St Albans pilot Bunnings DIY/garden centre officially opens on 2 February. Source: Garden1

Solenostemon ‘Campfire’ has been chosen as the favourite summer bedding plant of visitors to RHS Wisley with two selections of petunia as runners up. Source: Garden1

Boyd Douglas-Davies’ Hillview Garden Centres has bought Shipley Garden Centre. Source: Garden1

Boyd Douglas-Davies’ Hillview Garden Centres has bought Shipley Garden Centre. Source: Garden1

Last month, Garsons in Titchfield, Hampshire, opened the doors of its refurbished, expanded garden centre. Source: Garden1

Coriander was the most popular herb with those gardeners who bought from the Jekka’s Herb seed range offered by Johnsons in 2016. Source: Garden1

Retail sales volumes fell unexpectedly in the year to January, following robust increases over the final quarter of 2016, according to the CBI’s latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey. Source: Garden1

This year will be a year of celebration at Glazebury, Cheshire-based Bents Garden & Home as it is 80 years since Alfred and Margaret Bent started to sell roses from the front garden of their small terrace house. Source: Garden1

Gardman has appointed Scott McCabe as director, Garden Centre Independents. Source: Garden1