GCA expands membership portfolio
December 18, 2023
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The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has seen several new members join in the past year, with nine garden centres and 22 associates signing up and
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GCA announces 2023 Christmas competition winners
December 11, 2023
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Castle Gardens (Garden Centre category) and Garsons Garden Centre Esher (Destination Garden Centre) have been announced as the national winners of the Garden Centre Association’s
Wellbeing on agenda at GCA Conference
December 1, 2023
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Bestselling author and BBC radio and TV neuroscience presenter, Dr Hannah Critchlow, will be speaking about wellbeing at the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference
Glee to return in September 2024
November 28, 2023
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Glee takes ultimate pride in bringing together the entire garden retail ecosystem each year. Now, following market-wide feedback and insight, it has been confirmed that
British Garden Centres unveil its Christmas themes for 2023
November 22, 2023
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It’s that time of year once again and British Garden Centres, the largest UK family-run garden centre group has revealed its festive decorating inspiration to
October sees modest growth in garden centre sales
November 21, 2023
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The Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA’s) newly released November Market Update shows, despite Storm Babet and the wettest October since 1998, that UK garden centre retail
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