Sarah Raven’s pathway to sustainability and abundance this National Organic Month Gardening expert and author, Sarah Raven, is encouraging gardeners to use National Organic Month (September) as a time to reflect on our gardening practices and consider the profound impact they have on both our environment and our own wellbeing. Sarah explains, “Organic gardening offers…
We’ve just released July’s Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures and they show our members continued to perform well – despite the weather being against them (2023). We also recorded a positive year-to-date variance of +1.03% and member garden centres saw an uplift in nine of the 13 BoT categories. Remarkably well Our Chief Executive, Peter…
We’ve just introduced another new module to our Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform – this time on Sustainable Disease Control. With growing public environmental awareness, it’s designed to provide garden centre staff with the knowledge they need to help customers prevent and treat plant diseases in a more sustainable way. More natural approach…
Having some outdoor space – whether that’s a courtyard, garden or balcony – is a fantastic opportunity. Growing our own vegetables or plants, watching them thrive or simply enjoying the sights and smells of nature – all of the activities associated with gardening – can really boost our mood. Spending time outdoors is great for…
We’ve introduced five new compliance-based e-Learning courses covering food safety and health & safety on our GROW e-Learning platform (July 2023). This launch is the first of three planned releases throughout 2023, which will see a total of sixteen e-Learning courses covering various food safety and health and safety topics added to GROW. Leading providers…
We recently (Thursday, July 13) unveiled the winners for our North Thames region during a presentation at Poplars Garden Centre in Bedfordshire. Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree won Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category while Perrywood, Sudbury picked up the accolade in the Garden Centre (GC) category. Crucial feedback Peter…
Our members in Scotland and Northern Ireland are celebrating after picking up awards during a presentation evening yesterday (Tuesday, July 11, 2023) at Simpsons Garden Centre in Inverness. In Scotland, Klondyke Mortonhall Garden Centre was awarded Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category and Klondyke Garden Wise, Dumfries in the…
Following the official confirmation by the Met Office of June 2023 as the hottest June on record, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is reaffirming its commitment to supporting its members in managing water usage as well as emphasising its key asks of policymakers in looking at water resilience measures. There is also advice via the…
Staff at garden centres across our Wales & West region are celebrating after scooping awards during our area presentation evening at Cadbury Garden Centre last night (Thursday, July 6, 2023). The Old Railway Line Garden Centre was awarded the title of Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category and Pugh’s…
Our members across the North East and North West had plenty to cheer about yesterday (Wednesday, July 5) after picking up a bevvy of awards during a presentation at Tingley Garden Centre. The North East’s Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was Cowell’s Garden Centre with Klondyke Beverley Garden…