“Unlock your Garden” to raise funds for Greenfingers
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Supporters of Greenfingers will be pleased to learn that there is an additional way to support the charity – unlocking your garden! Unlocking your garden
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This Garden Re-Leaf Day (March 18th) the teams from Kelkay, La Hacienda and Apta – part of the AMES UK family – will be “freezing”
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Launched all the way back in 2009, the Glee Innovators Zone has helped hundreds of companies break into the garden retail market and is the
GCA Barometer of Trade Report
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Garden centres were rallying and recovering from the pandemic in 2021 according to the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) overall Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures for
Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations
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Ahead of its first Day Conference of 2022, GIMA has revealed more details about what attendees can expect to learn during the one-day event focused
Get ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022!
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The Greenfingers charity, organiser of Garden Re-Leaf Day, is calling on every garden centre and industry supplier in the UK to take part in the
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