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Tickets are now on sale for the annual Party for Perennial, which will take place on 19 January 2017, and are discounted at a special ‘Early Bird’ rate during Get Going for HortAid fortnight (5 – 18 September) and up until the end of September. Source: Garden1

Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Fishkeeper Scotland open, while Joules reports increased revenues. Source: Garden1

Simon Quinton Smith will be embarking on a 24 day trek in Nepal next month, raising money for Greenfingers Charity. Source: Garden1

RHS Horticultural Halls operations manager Stuart Medhurst, 56, who ran a £700,000 fraud against the RHS, and has been sentenced to four years jail. Source: Garden1

The GCA revealed its Scottish and Northern Irish regional winners at a presentation recently at Creative Gardens Galgorm Castle. Source: Garden1

Glee (Birmingham NEC 12-14 September) will see PlantGrow launched among the new products. Source: Garden1

Repackaging bulbs and running promotions are ways garden centres including Beckworth and Wyevale are kicking off the bulb season. Source: Garden1

The Stars for Europe EU-funded poinsettia campaign will target garden centre customers rather than high-end florists this year. Source: Garden1

The High Street has entered a seventh consecutive month without growth Source: Garden1

Cardwell Garden Centre and Garden King are among garden centres that are selling Gardman Source: Garden1

Homebase will be renamed Bunnings next month, with the UK DIY/garden centre’s future under scrutiny from business commentators. Source: Garden1

Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire has been assessing how the May-August summer period was for the Gloucestershire garden centre. Source: Garden1

Tim Stainton, formerly of Homebase and Gardman, is working with Strata Products on a Glee relaunch with his new company Future Retail Thinking. Source: Garden1

The new one-hour Gardeners’ World show on BBC2 gained promising viewing figures ahead of seven more hour-long shows. Source: Garden1

Warwick cash and carry Greenfingers is for sale as Alan Beaumont retires. Source: Garden1

Online hedging retailer Hedges Direct is poised for growth, following a £2.7m investment to strengthen its ecommerce business in the online hedging and landscaping market. Source: Garden1

Gardening for Wildlife post-Brexit is the theme of an international conference at the Flett Theatre, Natural History Museum (London) on 23 November 2016, organised by the Wildlife Gardening Forum (WLGF). Source: Garden1

There will be more than 100 new products across all of their Bosmere, Haxnicks, Mainframe and Tildenet Gardenware brands at Glee (Birmingham NEC 12-14 September). Source: Garden1

The HTA wants to repeat the horticulture industry garden at Chelsea 2017. Source: Garden1

An exciting cross-section of plant and innovative product suppliers exhibiting at this year’s Four Oaks Trade Show have scooped top awards on the opening day of the show. Source: Garden1