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The BBC has sent an advert to Garden Media Guild members looking for a new presenter for its flagship gardening show. Source: Garden1

The former director of a Bristol garden centre has been ordered to pay a £125,000 confiscation order after stealing funds belonging to a workers’ co-operative. Source: Garden1

GIMA has expanded its member benefits with the introduction of the new HR and employment mentoring services from Kidwells Law Solicitors. Source: Garden1

Garden giftware company Fallen Fruits has launched a new catalogue for 2016, dedicated to garden furniture. Source: Garden1

Charlie Dimmock and the Rich Brothers are presenting a BBC gardening series. Source: Garden1

Self-watering planter brand Lechuza is expanding its range of products with its first garden furniture range. Source: Garden1

UK retail sales rose by 0.1 per cent on a like-for-like basis from December 2014, when they had decreased 0.4 per cent from the preceding year, as new research from Barclaycard reveals continued confidence in consumer financial health. Source: Garden1

Mr Fothergill’s is looking for a name for a new mixture of sweet peas it is launching to raise funds for the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and is hoping Britain’s gardeners will vote for their favourite. Source: Garden1

Bespoke playhouse manufacturer the Playhouse Company has reported a change in its customers’ habits and preferences. Source: Garden1

John Edmonds has died after a long illness on 8 January, aged 85. Source: Garden1

Planters Garden Centre in Bretby, Derbyshire, has won permission from South Derbyshire District Council to extend the car park at the garden centre. Source: Garden1

Thompson & Morgan has 15 new petunia varieties in its spring catalogue, as well as a ‘Egg and Chips potato/aubergine plant. Source: Garden1

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has launched its annual RHS School Gardeners of the Year 2016 competition. Source: Garden1

Seed, bulb and fertiliser supplier G Plants, has expanded its product offering with the introduction of Grab-a-Grub, a unique form of natural insect control that also protects against mildew. Source: Garden1

Seed, bulb and fertiliser supplier G Plants, has expanded its product offering with the introduction of Grab-a-Grub, a natural insect control that it says also protects against mildew. Source: Garden1

Thrive has announced a new training bursary made possible by a generous donation to the charity in the name of the late Charles Notcutt OBE, the former Notcutts chairman, who died in 2015 aged 81. Source: Garden1

Thrive has announced a new training bursary made possible by a generous donation to the charity in the name of the late Charles Notcutt OBE, the former Notcutts chairman, who died in 2015 aged 81. Source: Garden1

Hillview Garden Centres and The Bransford Webbs Plant Company are backing a garden designed for RHS Malvern Spring Festival in July. Source: Garden1

Canny shoppers and freak weather resulted in the worst Christmas trading figures on the high street since 2008, figures out today reveal. Source: Garden1

Squire’s Garden Centres has joined forces with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to launch a programme to get secondary school children into gardening, and to change their perceptions about a career in horticulture. Source: Garden1