Our member garden centres ended 2024 on ‘a nice positive note’ Our members’ latest Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures show December was up 3.75% when compared to 2023 and the year was at + 3.26%. The results recorded by GCA garden centres for the month showed, when likened to December 2023, 10 of the 13…
Expert on sustainable marketing to present at conference A strategic marketer and sustainable marketing consultant is one of the keynote speakers at our 2025 annual conference (January 26 until 29, 2025). Co-founder and podcast host at Can Marketing Save the Planet Ltd, Michelle Carvill, will be presenting on Tuesday, January 28. Top 100 Inspirational Businesswomen…
Laughter expert to speak at our conference Delegates at our annual conference later this month will hear from laughter specialist Professor Sophie Scott CBE who is Director of the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London (January 26 until 29, 2025). Professor Scott studies the neurobiology of human vocal communication, from speech and sound…
Customer service guru to speak at conference CREATOR and author of Celebrity Service and Celebrity Service Superstars and Forbes named ‘Game Changer’ Geoff Ramm will be presenting at our conference in Reading this month (January 26 until 29, 2025). Not to be missed Geoff, who is a world-renowned speaker on customer service, will be taking…
Member garden centres enjoy a ‘much better finish to the year’ Our November Barometer of Trade (BoT) results published today (December 18, 2024) show ‘a much better finish to the year,’ according to our CEO Peter Burks. It was found from the figures submitted by member garden centres for the month, when compared to November…
Collective imagination champion to speak at conference Author of ‘From What Is to What If’ and collective imagination champion Rob Hopkins is speaking at our annual conference in Reading this January (January 26 until 29, 2025). Rob, who is the co-founder of Transition Network and Transition Town Totnes and author of several books including ‘The Transition Handbook’…
Inter-Generational Diversity Expert key speaker at our conference Inter-Generational Diversity Expert Henry Rose Lee will be speaking at our conference at De Vere Wokefield Estate Reading this January (January 26 until 29, 2025). Henry will be presenting to members on Monday, January 27 on the topic of ‘Generational Diversity & Inclusion – Working with Future…
Leading economist revealed as a key speaker at our 2025 conference Leading economist Roger Martin-Fagg will be speaking at our 58th annual conference at De Vere Wokefield Estate Reading this January (January 26 until 29, 2025). Roger, who specialises in making economics accessible for everyone, will be presenting to members on Tuesday, January 28 to…
Our 2024 Christmas display competition winners Garsons Garden Centre Esher (Destination Garden Centre category), Castle Gardens (Garden Centre) and Pughs Wenvoe (Local Garden Centre) have been announced as the national winners of our Gisela Graham-sponsored annual Christmas competition (December 2024). The garden centres were judged to have the best festive displays in the country by…
Our members are being invited to put together their marketing campaigns to enter our prestigious annual Worrall Cup competition (December 2024). We’ll be awarding a cup to the garden centre with the best marketing initiative during our 2025 annual conference in January. Most creativity Our CEO, Peter says: “Our member garden centres demonstrate some great…