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Founded in 2006, the event was set up to bring together suppliers of garden products and the media. Source: Garden1

Horticulturists Roy Lancaster and Gordon Rae lauded the spice bush at the Garden Media Guild awards at the Savoy in London yesterday. Source: Garden1

Thompson & Morgan are set to announce their results after turning around a loss at the for sale seed company. Source: Garden1

Kingfisher has begun a strategy to boost annual profits by £500m by 2021 by selling the same products in all the countries in which it operates, reducing costs and growing online sales more rapidly. Source: Garden1

B&Q parent company Kingfisher has announced a “solid overall quarter three performance with like-for-like sales up +1.8 per cent driven by the UK & Poland. Source: Garden1

Garden centre Christmas trade may not get fully into gear until after Black Friday, though shoppers may be looking for pre-price increase bargains ahead of January exchange rate-related price increases. Source: Garden1

Stewarts Garden Centre at Broomhill near Wimborne in Dorset has gained planning approval for a redevelopment of the centre that was originally built in the mid 1970s. Source: Garden1

Bob Hewitt, who is succeeded in January 2017 by David Yardley as Klondyke chief executive after 10 years in the role and 26 years in the industry, has talked of the changes he has seen in garden centres since 1990. Source: Garden1

UK-based fruit and vegetable breeder Gourmet Genetics has granted vegetable seed specialist CN Seeds exclusive marketing and distribution rights for a range of new cocktail tomatoes and chilli peppers bred to suit the British climate. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres is believed to be looking at a more competitive pricing policy for 2017. Source: Garden1

Kingfisher buyer suggests banning complex terminology. Source: Garden1

A coconut tree-killing pest is the latest plant health problem to arrive in Britain. Source: Garden1

Kingfisher buyer Clapp has suggested banning complex horticultural terminology. Source: Garden1

Price, delivery time, easy-to-access information, quality and range are the most important areas Wyevale Garden Centres’ much delayed website must concentrate on when it launches to the public in spring 2017, say online retail experts. Source: Garden1

Dobbies Garden Centres has seen a revival in the sales of palms in the last year. Source: Garden1

Ansell Garden Centre, near Heathrow, may rise from the ashes and sell Christmas trees from late November after the business burnt down on November 20. Source: Garden1

Poinsettia sales from UK growers will be better this year because of the euro’s strength against sterling hitting Dutch imports, according to growers. Woodlark Nurseries’ Colin Edwards said he sold his early blacked out crop that started on 1 November and there is “definitely the demand there” after import prices rose 20 per cent. Source: Garden1

B&Q parent company Kingfisher has announced a “solid overall quarter three performance with like-for-like sales up +1.8 per cent driven by the UK & Poland. Source: Garden1

Frosts Garden Centre in Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire has completed the final stage of its new garden centre investment, which includes a new Garden Terrace Restaurant and the largest seasonal showroom in the region. Source: Garden1

Business analysts Euromonitor say the gardening ‘box scheme’ subscription model has potential. Source: Garden1