Furniture and barbecues were the best sellers at garden centres across the country in July (2022) according to our latest Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Sales in this department at garden centres were 19.88% up compared to the same month last year (2021). As a country we saw our driest July since 1935, with temperatures…
THE GARDEN Centre Association (GCA) is supporting a new report published by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) about reducing crime in garden centre retail (August 2022). The report reveals how costly crime is to UK garden centres and uses psychological theory and some tactics and methods to deploy to help deter crime. Tammy Woodhouse, Chairman…
Our Chief Executive has today (August 15, 2022) announced he has resigned from his role to pursue other opportunities. Iain Wylie, who has been in the position for nine years, has grown the GCA to its highest level and has overseen the development of existing benefits and the addition of new ones. He said: “It…
Experts joined our members during a webinar recently (July 27, 2022) to talk about sustainability and best practice. As well as members discussing what their plans with regards this were, they also heard from experts Hannah Dean-Wood from Planet Mark and Liz Williams, Sustainability Executive at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA). Our sustainability webinar was…
Experts from the catering industry gave their insights during our webinar for members recently. Chris Brown from leading catering consultancy, Turpin Smale, discussed sales and customer numbers while Penny Cook from Penny Cook Recruitment gave her view on the challenges the industry is facing. Iain Wylie, our Chief Executive, said: “We’d like to say a…
Staff at garden centres across our Wales & West region are celebrating after scooping awards during our recent presentation evening at Groves Nurseries (Thursday, July 28, 2022). The Old Railway Line Garden Centre was awarded the title of Garden Centre of the Year in our Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category and Pugh’s Garden Village, Wenvoe…
Wet weather throughout June (2022) affected sales in garden centres across the country according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Catering was the only category with positive sales at 5.83% up compared to the same month last year (2021). June was a bit of a washout across the country, which really effected sales across…
We recently (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) unveiled our winners for the North Thames region during a presentation at RHS Hyde Hall. 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. We’d like to thank…
Our members the Midlands region are celebrating after receiving awards during a presentation evening this week (Tuesday, July 19, 2022) at Planters Garden Centre Tamworth. The title of Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was awarded to Pacific Nurseries and the Garden Centre (GC) category award went to Fairways…
Our members will have the opportunity to discuss their centre’s approach to sustainability with other members and experts from the industry during a webinar taking place this month (July 2022). We are hosting a sustainability webinar on July 27 and will have presentations from Hannah Dean-Wood from Planet Mark and Liz Williams, Sustainability Executive at…