Our GCA Trust delegates return from ‘inspirational’ IGCA Congress Squires Garden Centres’ Matt Tanner and Klondyke Group’s Jayne Scott who were sponsored by our GCA Trust to attend the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) Congress are back from their trip. The young duo were picked for the Trust’s Dick Allen Scholarship Award Scheme and joined…
We have recently (August, 2018) announced the finalists in our annual Ruxley Rose competition. Twenty centres all received top scores in the spring bedding and hardy nursery stock categories from our spring inspections and have now been put forwards for autumn judging. Throughout the spring our member garden centres received visits from our inspectors and…
Sales at garden centres across the country continued to soar in June (2018) thanks to the sunny weather according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report.
Outdoor plant sales were up 26.94% compared to the same month last year (2017) and sales in houseplants were close behind at 24.1% up.
Members from the Wales & West region are celebrating after scooping awards during a presentation evening at Whitehall Garden Centre – Whitchurch yesterday (Tuesday, July 24, 2018).
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre was named Garden Centre of the Year in the Garden Centre (GC) category and Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre scooped the award in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category.
MEMBERS of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) yesterday (Wednesday, July 25, 2018) received awards for the Midlands region at a presentation hosted by Brookfields Garden Centre.
Bridgford Garden Centre was awarded Garden Centre of the Year in the Garden Centre (GC) category and Webbs of Wychbold picked up the accolade in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category.
Roger retires as GCA inspector after 11 years Roger Crookes is retiring as an inspector for us this month after 11 years in the role (July 2018). Roger became a GCA inspector in 2007 after a career working in garden centres around the UK since 1977. We’d like to thank Roger for all his hard work…
North Thames award winners announced We recently (Wednesday, July 18) unveiled our winners for the North Thames region during a presentation at Aylett Nurseries in Hertfordshire. Perrywood Garden Centre picked up the award for Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category while Squires Garden Centre – Shepperton picked up the…
Our South Thames area winners revealed The winners of our South Thames regional awards were revealed during a presentation evening this week (Tuesday, July 17, 2018) at Squires Garden Centre – Badshot Lea. The title of Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was awarded to Haskins Garden Centre –…
Plant area managers and buyers are being reminded to book their places at our third annual Plant Area Forum at Ball Colegrave this month (July, 2018). Places are available for the event, facilitated by our inspector Roger Crookes, on Wednesday, July 25 for £79 per person and can be booked via www.gca.org.uk or by calling…
Garden centres across the country saw a boost in May sales thanks to the good weather and two Bank Holidays according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. After a rollercoaster April, outdoor plant sales rose by 27.93% in May compared to the same month last year. Furniture and barbecue sales were up 31.32% and…