The year has started off very well in our Garden Centre Association member garden centres with the warm, but mostly very wet, weather driving customers into the restaurants and giving generally good sales across all categories. The recent Mothering Sunday weekend was also very strong, which has given a great start to the spring peak
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As we look forward to celebrating International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March we shine a spotlight on some of the incredible women who are driving change and growth at GIMA. Take it away, ladies! As Director of GIMA for the past decade, Vicky Nuttall, has an unrivalled woman’s eye overview of our industry. She
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We are absolutely thrilled that British Craft Directory member, Essemgé Designer Jewellery, was given a Silver in the 2D Smallworkers category of the Goldsmiths Craft & Design Council Awards, which took place on Monday 4th March. Talented designer Sophie, who is based in South East London, bested the Bronze accolade she won two years ago.
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Botanical greetings card brand Umbellifer is launching a new range called Glorious Gardens. The concept behind the range is to celebrate great British flower gardens from the humble cottage garden to the long borders of great estates and to inspire all gardeners to add strong design elements to their own outdoor space. Umbellifer’s owner an
Drifting onto the design shores for 2024 is the Be Jelly trend hypnotically gliding onto catwalks, home decor, prints and of course greeting cards. From the watery, iridescent jellyfish to the nostalgic and wobbly pudding, the jelly aesthetic is mesmerising, translucent, shimmering and squishy. Touching on the tendrils of this trend and discovering the shape
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Bradford-based Yorkshire Garden Centres has announced it is to operate two more sites in Yorkshire. The two Dean’s Garden Centre sites at York and Scarborough will be added to the group that already has sites at Tong, Tingley, Otley and Bingley in West Yorkshire. The Dean’s business dates back to 1968 when they opened the
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