Congratulations to our Midlands member garden centres who received awards during a presentation evening at East Bridgford Garden Centre last week (Thursday, July 18, 2019). East Bridgford Garden Centre was awarded Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category and Fairways Garden Centre – Ashbourne picked up the accolade in the…
Our members in the South Thames region picked up awards during a presentation evening recently (Wednesday, July 17, 2019) at Haskins Garden Centre – Snowhill. The title of Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category went to Stewarts, Christchurch and the Garden Centre (GC) category award went to Squires Garden…
Our members in the North East and North West are celebrating after picking up awards during a presentation recently (Tuesday, July 16) at Bents Garden & Home. The North East’s Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was Tong Garden Centre and Cowell’s Garden Centre in the Garden Centre (GC)…
We recently (Monday, July 15) unveiled our winners for the North Thames region during a presentation at Poplars Garden Centre. Perrywood Garden Centre – Tiptree won Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category while Squires Garden Centre – Shepperton picked up the accolade in the Garden Centre (GC) category. The…
Our members will find out who has come out on top in our annual inspections this year at regional award meetings taking place this month (July, 2019). Another round of our annual inspections are coming to a close and the early feedback is already looking positive. We are inviting our members to attend the regional…
Houseplants and catering sales were up at garden centres across the country during May (2019) according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Sales in houseplants were up 17.41% and catering was up 10.6% compared to the same month last year (2018). Compared to the Easter heatwave in April, we experienced much milder weather in…
Garden centres across the country enjoyed positive sales in furniture and barbecue departments thanks to one of the hottest Easter breaks on record (April, 2019) Sales of furniture and barbecues were up 28.36% compared to the same month the previous year (2018), according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. The weather was certainly on…
We have announced that the location of our 2020 annual conference is to be Bristol. Our annual event will be held at the Mercure Bristol, Grand Hotel from January 26 until 29, 2020. Mike Burks, who is our Chairman Elect for 2020/21 and is helping organise the conference alongside our Chief Executive Iain Wylie, said:…
The start of spring saw sales in outdoor plants soar at garden centres across the country (2019). During March, outdoor plant sales were up 90.85% compared to the same month the previous year (2018), according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Garden centres across the country have enjoyed a fantastic start to the spring…
Our GCA Trust recently (April, 2019) selected Emma Lamb from Barton Grange Garden Centre and Sam Clark from Cowell’s Garden Centre to attend this year’s International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) Congress. The two candidates will receive a sponsored place at the IGCA Congress in September as part of the Dick Allen Scholarship Award Scheme. Sue…