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The All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group’s annual reception could be funded by new sponsors, who say the lobbying event is too important to lose. Source: Garden1

Garden centres did well in September as footfall rose across the board. Source: Garden1

Lack of outdoor space is an important issue for Britons, said housing charity Shelter. Source: Garden1

The plans are to turn a derelict petrol station between Aberdeen and Stonehaven into a garden centre. Source: Garden1

Toby’s Garden Festivals have teamed up with Forde Abbey in Somerset to create a new annual event, Toby’s Garden & Harvest Festival, running on 16-17 September 2017. Source: Garden1

EPA is postponing the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) meeting scheduled for October 18-21, 2016 “due to recent changes in the availability of experts for the peer review panel”. Source: Garden1

Batsford Arboretum and garden centre has called in police after its phone system was hacked and used to call mobile phones in Tunisia. Source: Garden1

Ashford-based Vatre Terracotta, which makes the Apta garden plant pots brand, has announced plans to invest £3.5 million in a new warehouse, storage and distribution centre on surplus land owned by Oakover Nurseries. Source: Garden1

Ashford-based Vatre Terracotta, which makes the Apta garden plant pots brand, has announced plans to invest £3.5 million in a new warehouse, storage and distribution centre on surplus land owned by Oakover Nurseries. Source: Garden1

Nurseryman, lecturer, author and photographer Raymond J Evison OBE VMH, was presented with the HTA Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures Dinner, which took place on 12 October at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. Source: Garden1

Nurseryman, lecturer, author and photographer Raymond J Evison OBE VMH, was presented with the HTA Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures Dinner, which took place on 12 October at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. Source: Garden1

September beat expectations in garden retail thanks to good weather. Source: Garden1

Thenford: The Creation of an English Garden by Michael and Anne Heseltine is published on 20 October. Source: Garden1

Klondyke Group has ended its financial year 3.5 per cent up on last year and 0.5 per cent behind plan after a mixed weather season that saw flat gardening sales but improved catering returns. The group turned over £48.5m in its latest published results. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres head of buying horticulture and garden Caroline Linger is leaving to join Crocus. Source: Garden1

This year’s Star for Europe campaign will have many focusses, including craft, garden centre and grower-related PR. Source: Garden1

In a “state of the science” review released today, Pesticide Action Network (PAN) International presented a body of research documenting human health and environmental impacts of glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides which it argues “underscores the need for a global phase-out”. Source: Garden1

Garden centres and nurseries must adapt for the future post-Brexit, the HTA’s annual conference in Oxfordshire has heard. Source: Garden1

Howard Arnold has been appointed as catering manager at the Stewarts Garden Centre restaurant and coffee shop in Broomhill, Dorset. Source: Garden1

Dr Ed Moorhouse will share his experiences of working with fresh-produce suppliers to large UK retailers and detail challenges and opportunities in this area at the GrowQuip conference and exhibition in Stratford-upon-Avon on 26-27 October. Source: Garden1