Our Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform has launched five new online compliance-based courses covering health and safety this month (March 2024). This batch is the second of three releases across this subject, which will see sixteen e-Learning courses in total on various food safety and health and safety topics added to GROW. Five…
Will Armitage spoke at the GCA conference in January on behalf of the GCA trust about funding two places on the IGCA Congress to Canada 25th – 31st August 2024. For more information about the congress please visit igca24.ca The places on offer are only for the Next Generation Study Tour for delegates aged 18 to…
Hard landscaping topped the sales table in our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report for January 2024 with hardy plants, seeds and bulbs also doing well. Figures recorded by our member garden centres last month show a good start to the new year with just three of the logged categories down on 2023. Encouraging Our CEO…
We’re urging members to get their 2024 Rising Stars nominations in by March 1 to help showcase and develop our industry’s most talented individuals this year. Our Westland Horticulture sponsored programme offers those who participate the chance to be mentored by experts in the horticultural industry. What makes a Rising Star? GCA Inspector and Rising…
When Haydon Walters from British Garden Centres’ Thatcham Garden Centre was crowned the winner of our 2023 Westland Horticulture sponsored Rising Stars recently applications also opened for this year’s programme too (2024). Haydon was declared the winner after his presentation was voted the best by delegates during our annual conference in the Cotswolds (January 29).…
Our members raised more than £44,000 for three different charities at our annual conference this year (2024). Delegates attending the event in the Cotswolds took part in our GCA Charity Day on the Sunday (January 28) as well as a fundraising raffle, draw and auction during the week. Three worthy charities Our CEO Peter Burks…
The winners of our most prestigious awards including our Garden Centres of Excellence were announced at our annual conference yesterday (Tuesday, January 30, 2024). The awards ceremony took place at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Peter Burks, our Chief Executive, said: “We had a joyous evening celebrating our overall champion…
Garden centre teams from across the country are celebrating after receiving awards at our annual conference in the Cotswolds (Monday, January 29, 2024). The awards were presented to our member garden centres during a ceremony at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Our Chief Executive, Peter Burks said: “The commitment and…
Garden centre members can now nominate staff for our 2024 Rising Stars programme sponsored by Westland Horticulture. We’re requesting nominations by March 1, 2024. The candidate should: In your opinion be a rising star or have the potential to be a rising star in your business Have a passion or desire to contribute to this…
We’ve voted at our AGM today to add a third tier garden centre category for members and to reduce our regions to four (January 29, 2024). The vote took place at our annual conference in the Cotswolds this morning. Our CEO Peter Burks explains: “We have spent a lot of time responding to members comments…