What the high street can learn from garden centres and the vital role of horticulture Garden Centre Association (GCA) CEO, Peter Burks, writes: According to a YouGov survey commissioned by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) almost everyone enjoys being outdoors and again almost everyone agrees that being in a garden gives you both mental and
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Join the show which addresses all angles of the consumer lifestyle shifts that are shaping retail As we head into Spring and gardeners around the UK get planting and digging, plans for Glee – the International Festival for Garden, Leisure and Pet being held at the NEC from 27th-29th June – are also hotting up.
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With just over a week to go, walkers and cyclists from across the garden retail sector are busy limbering up as they prepare to tackle the 2023 Garden Re-Leaf Sponsored Walk and Cycle Challenge (24th March 2023). This year, walkers will be taking on one of two walks, with the new-for-2023 north walk having a
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GCA Chairman, Peter Burks, writes: “I have just returned from our Garden Centre Association conference buzzing with all the amazing things going on in our industry and the plans that people have for improvements going forward. The conference theme was ‘Growing Greener Garden Centres’ and the speakers were asked to consider this, in its many
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Colin Wetherley-Mein, GIMA Membership Ambassador, has decided to officially call it a day and retire from GIMA, the leading garden retail supplier organisation. Colin has been a familiar face within the garden retail industry for 48 years, during his time having worked for Tufflink, Hurn Bros., and more recently, Vitax, where Colin spent 27 years.
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The winners of the Garden Centre Association’s most prestigious awards, including the Garden Centres of Excellence selection, were announced at the GCA’s annual conference, held at the Mercure Blackburn Dunkenhalgh Hotel and Spa in Blackburn, Lancashire on Tuesday, January 24, 2023). Klondyke Garden Centre, Morton Hall was named as Garden Centre of the Year, whilst
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