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Miracle-Gro is driving to become the most loved brand in the gardening category through building emotional appeal and connection. Source: Garden1

Normal price is £5.99, and the peat-free equivalent is £6.75, but Homebase is selling 50 litres of peat-based own brand at just £2 as it seeks to exit that market. Source: Garden1

A National Plant Show session on attracting and retaining young people in horticulture roles has found that a management development scheme could help. Source: Garden1

Gardeners World Live this June was the first garden show to offer plant buyers the option to take plants home plastic free. Source: Garden1

Alton Garden Centre director Andy Bunker recommends plants from the National Plant Show, but says retailers will have to wait for current stock to sell through before buying more. Source: Garden1

The chair of the planting for a sustainable future session at Four Oaks trade show (Lower Withington, Cheshire 6-7 September) has been confirmed as Clare Matterson CBE, new RHS director general. Source: Garden1

Compo owner the private equity company Duke Street has bought fertiliser business Heinr. Propfe Chem. Fabrik GmbH. Source: Garden1

To 30 September 2021, Wirral-based Gordale Nurseries increased turnover and profit. Source: Garden1

At the National Plant Show, Harkness has launched a new range of roses to help garden centre sales. Source: Garden1

Klondyke Garden Centres’ Andy Smith says value for money and perceived value will be key for plant sales in 2023. Source: Garden1

The US Supreme Court has rejected Bayer AG’s bid to dismiss legal claims by customers who say its Roundup glyphosate-based weedkiller causes cancer. Source: Garden1

More than 220,000 businesses are being contacted by HMRC to urge them to move to the UK’s new streamlined customs IT platform, Source: Garden1

The natural plant-based fertiliser brand has new packaging for the Natura Grow one litre range of liquid feeds – bed and basket, fruit and veg and lawn. Source: Garden1

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Inch’s Cider, a brand with focus on sustainability and nature, is opening ‘The Seed & Sip’ the world’s first ever pub for plants, in partnership with online plant retailer Patch, to encourage consumers to bring nature into their lives. Source: Garden1

Anthony Browne MP has asked Defra what its plans are to respond to the consultation entitled Ending the retail sale of peat in horticulture in England and Wales, which closed on 18 March 2022. Source: Garden1

A big player in the European online garden market has gone bankrupt. Source: Garden1

The GREEN project, which aims to upgrade power lines as well as connect new offshore wind farms off Essex is part of a plan to generate 40 GW of offshore wind by 2030 and will bring the UK closer to green energy targets. Source: Garden1

A new partnership between Crocus and the National Garden Scheme aims to “cross-pollinate” interest in Crocus and help raise awareness of the gardens that open for the National Garden Scheme charity. Source: Garden1

Sow Successful’s Chris Wiley will launch the Sustainable Plant Store in October. Source: Garden1