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,…
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…
June’s BoT figures are out! Our June Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures are out today showing once again catering and food sales at the top but there are other positives too (July 22, 2024). Eight of the recorded 13 categories, when compared to June 2023, were up, according to data submitted our member garden centres.…
Main theme revealed for our 2025 conference We’ve revealed the overarching theme for our 2025 annual conference ahead of bookings opening for the event later this summer (July 2024). The Unique Garden Centre Experience The conference, which takes place in Reading in January, has ‘The Unique Garden Centre Experience’ as its main topic. Our Chairman,…
East 2024 regional winners revealed Garden centre staff throughout our East region are celebrating today after picking up awards during a presentation at Coton Orchard Garden Centre yesterday evening (Wednesday, July 17, 2024). The Garden Centre of the Year winners were Perrywood Tiptree in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category, Aylett Nurseries for the Garden Centre…
Our North region award winners announced Our North region members met yesterday afternoon at Strikes Stokesley Garden Centre for their Area Award presentations (Tuesday, July 16, 2024). Destination Garden Centre of the Year, (DGC) was presented to Barton Grange, the Garden Centre (GC) award went to Fron Goch Garden Centre and Local Garden Centre (LGC)…
Our 2024 South East region award winners are revealed Teams at garden centres across our South East area are celebrating after scooping awards during a presentation evening yesterday at Haskins Garden Centre Snowhill (Thursday, July 11, 2024). South Garden Centres of the Year Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was…