Inter-Generational Diversity Expert key speaker at our conference Inter-Generational Diversity Expert Henry Rose Lee will be speaking at our conference at De Vere Wokefield Estate Reading this January (January 26 until 29, 2025). Henry will be presenting to members on Monday, January 27 on the topic of ‘Generational Diversity & Inclusion – Working with Future…
Leading economist revealed as a key speaker at our 2025 conference Leading economist Roger Martin-Fagg will be speaking at our 58th annual conference at De Vere Wokefield Estate Reading this January (January 26 until 29, 2025). Roger, who specialises in making economics accessible for everyone, will be presenting to members on Tuesday, January 28 to…
Our 2024 Christmas display competition winners Garsons Garden Centre Esher (Destination Garden Centre category), Castle Gardens (Garden Centre) and Pughs Wenvoe (Local Garden Centre) have been announced as the national winners of our Gisela Graham-sponsored annual Christmas competition (December 2024). The garden centres were judged to have the best festive displays in the country by…
Our members are being invited to put together their marketing campaigns to enter our prestigious annual Worrall Cup competition (December 2024). We’ll be awarding a cup to the garden centre with the best marketing initiative during our 2025 annual conference in January. Most creativity Our CEO, Peter says: “Our member garden centres demonstrate some great…
Vote now open Associate Member of the Year 2024 Our garden centre members are being asked to vote for their Associate Member of the Year 2024 – with the winner revealed at our annual conference in January (January 26 until 29, 2025). The award recognises companies or individuals that have contributed to the success of…
October BoT reveals a ‘encouraging’ figures for members Our October Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures out today show ‘an encouraging set of figures’ (November 20, 2024). From the results entered by our member garden centres for the month, it was revealed, when compared to October 2023, that nine of the 13 categories recorded were up.…
London Retail Safari at 2025 Conference Our annual conference in January will start with a bespoke Retail Safari in London led by a well-known Retail Futurist whose clients have included Marks & Spencer (November 2024). The Safari represents the launch event for our 2025 Conference, which takes place at De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading, from…
GROW offers new course on workplace sexual harassment Our Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform is offering a new course to help recognise and prevent workplace sexual harassment (November 2024). Available to all GCA member garden centres and their teams and to Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) garden centres too, this is the 95th course…
Booking goes live for our 2025 GCA conference – main theme & charity day revealed We’ve launched the overarching theme for our next annual conference and have declared booking now open for the event (November 2024) ‘The Unique Garden Centre Experience’ is the main theme of our 2025 Conference, which takes place at De Vere…
Booking is now open for our annual conference in January 2025 and we’re revealing our 21st Century themes and top-quality speaker line-up too. Please use the link below to book hotel and options. Our conference takes place at De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading from Sunday, 26th until Wednesday, 29th January 2025. Our Chairman for 2024/25,…