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Garden centre remains open after staff Covid cases
A Surrey garden centre has some staff self-isolating and has new precautions on place to keep customers safe. Source: Garden1
British Garden Centres 's 58th outlet opens
The British Garden Centres Group have officially opened its 58th garden centre, located in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Source: Garden1
Lord Redesdale and Andrew Griffith MP launch the Carbon Battle Bus – UK’s first fully electric coach delivering the net zero carbon message
Lord Redesdale and Andrew Griffith MP, UK Net Zero Business Champion will inaugurate the UK’s first fully electric Carbon Battle Bus at Old Palace Yard in Westminster, London on Wednesday 9 June at 1pm. Source: Garden1
Root One Garden Centre pushes on with plans to enhance customer propostion
Root One Garden Centre, Wallingford, is set to improve its customer proposition after planners at Malcolm Scott Consultants (MSC) secured new permissions. Source: Garden1
Horticulture industry backs moves to reform packaging producer responsibility system
The HTA, Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) and the Garden Centre Association (GCA) have highlighted five areas where they believe the Extended Producer Responsibility(EPR) proposals can be improved. Source: Garden1
Stewarts Garden Centres glasshouse development nears completion
Stewarts Garden Centres are nearing completion of a £3 million agritech glasshouse and education facility at Broomhill. Source: Garden1
B&M Stores increase revenues by 23%
In the year to 29 March, High Street hardware discounter B&M UK like-for-like revenues were +23.8%, with Q4 the strongest quarter at +29.0%. Source: Garden1
Tong's £14m Leeds garden centre gets go ahead
Owners of Tong Garden Centre in Bradford is to build a garden centre at Tongley, Leeds, to open in July 2022. Source: Garden1
Westland Horticulture new accounts show 14% sales rise
The UK’s biggest garden retail supplier passed the £200m turnover mark during the year. Source: Garden1
Carbon Gold launches garden centre range
Carbon Gold, the supplier of biochar products to professional crop growers and tree care specialists, is launching a new range of products for home-growers and gardeners. Source: Garden1
Great opportunities ahead, says Haskins Garden Centres
Haskins chief executive Julian Winfield says after a successful bank holiday weekend there are good opportunities ahead for herbaceous and bedding sales in June. Source: Garden1
Winners and losers in the horticulture week to 4 June
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Top 80 garden centre restaurant food and drink selections revealed
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RHS calls on gardeners to make the switch from ‘mains to rains’ this summer
The RHS and Cranfield University are calling on the UK’s gardeners to swap mains water for rainwater as they launch a new online tool that calculates the potential saving from adopting different water efficient practices on their plots. Source: Garden1
What the latest Companies House results mean for horticulture in 2022
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Garden centre bank holiday sales – bedding plants take off as May 2021 beats May 2019
As bedding plant sales lead the way during a perfect bank holiday weather weekend, garden centre directors look ahead to June. Source: Garden1
Garden centre bank holiday sales – bedding plants take off as May 2021 beats May 2019 UPDATED
As bedding plant sales lead the way during a perfect bank holiday weather weekend, leading garden centre directors report on a better long weekend than 2020 and 2019, and look ahead to June. Source: Garden1
James Barnes and Evergreen Garden Care speak about peat on BBC Gardener's World
HTA chairman has given the industry position on peat reduction in a piece on BBC2’s Gardener’s World, presented by Arit Anderson. Source: Garden1
