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B&Q owner Kingfisher have published sustainability report for 2015/16, detailing how it wants to become a restorative ‘Net Positive’ business. Source: Garden1

The British Protected Ornamentals Association and the Home Grown Users Group presented the Home Grown Retail Award for Promotion and Support of UK Grown Plants and Flowers to Grace Hurrell of Tesco Stores, for the chain’s consistent support and promotion of British-grown bedding. Source: Garden1

The British Protected Ornamentals Association and the Home Grown Users Group presented the Home Grown Retail Award for Promotion and Support of UK Grown Plants and Flowers to Grace Hurrell of Tesco Stores, for the chain’s consistent support and promotion of British-grown bedding. Source: Garden1

Year to date sales are up 7.5 per cent after May saw plants and outdoor living sales boom. Source: Garden1

Year to date sales are up 7.5 per cent after May saw plants and outdoor living sales boom. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres is rolling out its popular ‘Landscape Yards’ to its sites at Swindon, Gloucester, Royston and Harlestone Heath. Source: Garden1

New investment in the garden centre sector will come thanks to Tesco’s sale of Dobbies Garden Centres to a holding company controlled by Midlothian Capital Partners, Hattington Capital and a number of additional equity investors, including family offices and individual investors, for £217m on a cash and debt-free basis. Source: Garden1

Former Asda chief executive Archie Norman and B&Q Asia chief executive Matt Tyson are to help Wesfarmers transform Homebase, a strategy meeting in Australia has heard. Source: Garden1

Decorative garden structures and fencing company Grange is to benefit from a £30m “significant additional investment” from its Polish parent company Stelmet in a “considerably expanded” supply chain capacity and plans to expand it Telford site while closing at Hull. Source: Garden1

Town & Country has awarded schoolchildren prizes for the best designs for gloves, including one for Leicester City FC. Source: Garden1

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced the expansion of the MeldHome RHS range of gifts for garden lovers, and its availability in a wider range of retail outlets. Source: Garden1

Daniel Richards has left his role as digital director for Virgin and gone full-time at GardenTags. Source: Garden1

Retailer JTF has held garden retail training for staff. Source: Garden1

Bents Garden & Home has announced its new charity partnership with the Warrington, Halton and St Helens branch of what is the UK’s leading animal welfare charity. Source: Garden1

Sue Loader, the garden designer at the landscape and construction department at Stewarts Garden Centres, is to take early retirement. Source: Garden1

The Rosebourne chain of garden centres will open its first newly-built branch in Andover, Hampshire shortly after the summer. Source: Garden1

Lidl UK has announced its commitment to the National Farmers’ Union Fruit and Vegetable Pledge. Source: Garden1

Wyevale Garden Centres are celebrating reaching their £750,000 fundraising target for charity partner Marie Curie. Source: Garden1

Notcutts Garden Centres’ new five-year plan will see £45m invested to “update and reposition Notcutts garden centres within their respective markets”. Source: Garden1

AIC has expressed continuing concern on the future of plant protection products. Source: Garden1