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Suttons' 2022 seed range is growing by 26 new varieties.
The new additions include seven new flower seeds and 19 new vegetable and fruit varieties. Source: Garden1
Garland Products welcomes return of Glee with new product launches and progressive expansion plans
The firm will showcase the launch of more than 25 new products as well as 54 other items not previously exhibited. Source: Garden1
GIMA Award entrants raise more than £2,000 for Greenfingers
The Greenfingers Charity is offering its endless gratitude to entrants of the 2021 GIMA (Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association) Awards. Source: Garden1
Heatwave and ‘pingdemic’ spark high street and garden shopping bonanza
As the mercury soared above 30C last week, so too did sales at garden, DIY, and convenience stores across the country, according to new data. Source: Garden1
Cultivation Street looks to peat-free
Community and school gardening campaign Cultivation Street is for a ninth year celebrating the efforts of people across the UK who create green spaces, with a focus on peat-free this time around. Source: Garden1
Fordingbridge begin construction of 1,300sqm timber canopy at Simpsons Garden Centre with 25m clear span
The Inverness garden centre is having a new covered retail space built. Source: Garden1
Add horticulture to 'pingdemic' exemption list: garden retailer plea to Government
Gardening Express CEO Chris Bonnett has written to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng to urgently seek the addition of horticulture and related industries to the Government’s Essential industries list in light of the challenges being presented by the ‘pingdemic’. Source: Garden1
Bonnington Plastics sees profit growth + top 50 garden retail suppliers
The Kingfisher hoses, Shedmates and GardenPro brand saw improved performance in 2020. Source: Garden1
Winners and losers in the horticulture week to 23 July
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Homebase to take on 300 Kickstarters
Homebase is creating 300 jobs for young people across Britain as the first home and garden retailer taking part in the Government’s new Kickstart Scheme. Source: Garden1
Wickes sees big sales growth
Wickes’ first half figures for 2020/21 shows the DIY chain has grown business considerably. Source: Garden1
Sproutl set to be new force in garden centre online market
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Garden centre mask wearing picture emerges
Following the recent Government announcement regarding the lifting of restrictions from 19 July, retailers are generally giving customers a choice when it comes to mask wearing. Source: Garden1
Garden centres look to expand warehousing
An increasing number of garden centres are seeking warehouse space to take stock control into their own hands following recent supply chain availability issues. Source: Garden1
Tropical plants boom as Britons take more staycations
Gardeners are turning to tropical plants for the feel of a summer holiday without leaving home. Source: Garden1
Garden centre launches innovative app
An app from a garden centre has been designed to improve customers’ garden centre shopping experience. Source: Garden1
Homebase launches Summer Garden Sanctuary for 'socially-overwhelmed' Britons
Homebase says a third of British adults have been feeling more overwhelmed as their social calendars have become busier and nearly half (48%) feel that they need to take more time out by themselves. Source: Garden1
B&M threatens to abandon garden centre extension plan unless 85% plant stock rule is removed
In 2020, Preston council gave B&M Bargains permission to build an open air extension at its city centre shop, to sell plants, tools and garden equipment. Source: Garden1
