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Dobbies Garden Centre in Chesterfield plans to turn a vacant area into a vet’s surgery after submitting a proposal to Bolsover District Council. Source: Garden1

Seed potato sales are starting at retailers, continuing 2021’s uplift. Source: Garden1

Traditional cottage exteriors, wildflowers and sustainable spaces led trends added to inspiration boards according to Pinterest trends data analysed by WeThrift. Source: Garden1

The consumer goods fairs Christmasworld, Paperworld, and Creativeworld are cancelled for January 2022 and Ambiente for mid-February 2022. Source: Garden1

A shortlist of candidates is believed to have been drawn up by the RHS as the organisation looks to appoint a new director general. Source: Garden1

The peat debate is heating up as Defra consults on future use. Source: Garden1

Early reports suggest late December and early January garden retail sales have been strong. Source: Garden1

Early reports suggest late December and early January garden retail sales have been strong. Source: Garden1

Horticulture Week is surveying growers and garden retailers on three key topics for 2022: peat, seasonal workers and the AHDB levy. Source: Garden1

Colour company Pantone has chosen ‘Very Peri’ as colour of the year 2022, a “vibrant periwinkle blue with violet red undertones”. Source: Garden1

Source: Garden1

Baroness Fookes asked Defra: “what is the total acreage of peatland in England; and how many acres are used for the production of peat for horticultural purposes.” and “how much peat has been extracted from peatlands in England for horticultural purposes over the last five years for which statistics are available”. Source: Garden1

Peat-free campaigner Beth Otway has responded to HortWeek columnist Peter Seabrook’s call for a debate on the future of peat as the Government opens a consultation looking to ban retail sales of peat. Source: Garden1

We list here top garden centre sellers in December along with 2021 sales averages for garden retail., which show a successful year overall. Source: Garden1

Source: Garden1

Source: Garden1

Garden writer Peter Seabrook has called for a more open debate on the peat in horticulture issue with both for and against statements up for discussion, but Twitter writers have attacked his view. Source: Garden1

Dobbies garden centres have revealed the three winners of its Not Your Average Community campaign. Source: Garden1

The Omicron variant may be reducing footfall, but Christmas tree sell-offs are annual occurrences, as the Government offers hospitality £1bn. Source: Garden1

Haskins Garden Centres has been announced as Costa’s National Partner of the Year out of more than 80 partners across the UK. Source: Garden1