Remember Hedgehogs this November! The British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) has issued top tips on how to reduce the risk of harming hedgehogs this November. Fay Vass, Chief Executive of BHPS said: “As the nation gears up for bonfire and firework season, we are asking people to #RememberHedgehogs and consider how our actions can harm…
A ‘buoyant’ August for members Our August Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures out today (October 1, 2024) show some ‘really strong’ results. From the figures submitted by our member garden centres for the month, it was revealed that 12 of the 13 categories recorded were up, when compared to August 2023. Strong August Our CEO,…
Odd gardening jobs for September There’s lots of planning and preparation for the new season during September. Here’s a few things you can be getting on with: Now is a good time to put up new bird and bat boxes Start to provide a variety of foods such as left over fruits and seeds to…
Quick weekend gardening jobs for September If you’ve got an hour or so spare this weekend there are a couple of jobs you can be getting on with out in the garden. You can harvest remaining apples, pears, blackberries and blueberries. Destroy any apples with brown rot, which will spread to healthy ones. You can also lift…
Jobs to do in the garden in September part 2 – look after your lawn The days of luscious green lawns are quickly coming to an end. You can begin to mow the lawn less frequently now and give it a good autumn feed to help build up grass roots for the winter. You can…
Jobs to do in the garden in September part 1 – planting and pruning At this time of year, you’ll be seeing a few changes happening in the garden, as well as the mornings becoming dewier and crisper and the days beginning to get shorter, and there will be plenty of jobs to get done…
Join us in our lounge area at Glee We will have a lounge area at Glee next month (September 2024) where existing members and those interested in finding out more about us can drop in. We will be in the Source Area, stand 6E10-F11, at the 50th anniversary show, which takes place in the National…
July BoT results show an ‘encouraging month’ Our July Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures out today (August 19, 2024) reveal some positive results for the month. Nine of the recorded 13 categories, when compared to July 2023, were up, according to data submitted by our member garden centres. Good increase Peter Burks, our CEO, says:…
New Mental Health & Wellbeing course released on GROW A new Mental Health & Wellbeing course has been launched this month on our Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform (August 2024). This is the 94th course to be added and it’s available to all our member garden centres and their teams, and to Horticultural…
We’re attending the 52nd Four Oaks Trade Show this September We’ve signed up to attend the Four Oaks Trade Show next month and will be available to meet current and potential new members at the event (September 2024). The show takes place on Tuesday, September 3 and Wednesday, September 4 in Cheshire. Education Zone We’re…