Chester unveiled as our 2026 conference location We’ve revealed the location and dates for our 2026 conference! Our prestigious annual event, organised by Chairman Elect, Ben Harrison Operations Director for Haskins Garden Centres, will be held at Carden Park Chester from January 25 until 28, 2026. Carden Park Chester Ben, who is helping organise the…
Best of the best garden centres revealed at our 2025 conference The winners of our most prestigious awards including our ‘Garden Centres of Excellence’ were announced at our annual conference yesterday (Tuesday, January 28, 2025) at the De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading. ‘Garden Centres of Excellence’ Our Chief Executive, Peter Burks, says: “We had a…
Our best garden centres announced at 2025 conference Garden centre teams from across the country are celebrating after receiving awards at our Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference today (Monday, January 27, 2025). They were presented to the highest scoring member garden centres during a special ceremony at the De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading. Highest…
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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’…