Notcutts Garden Centres have teamed up with the charity, Thrive, to help cultivate the nation’s wellbeing through gardening. Launched just before the UK first went into lockdown in March 2020, the free online ‘Cultivating Wellbeing in Gardens and Nature’ course is designed to help people connect with nature and understand why being outdoors is so
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An internet garden centre boss who is now unable to fulfil hundreds of customer orders to Northern Ireland is urging relevant agencies to review new Brexit trade rules. Chris Bonnett, founder of GardeningExpress.co.uk, has written to the Animal and Plant Health Agency as a three-month grace period that plant retailers were supposed to be getting
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As if Glastonbury being cancelled wasn’t sign enough that the times that were a-changing have undergone a seismic shift, the Chelsea Flower Show has been postponed to September for the first time in its 108-year history. The change of date follows on from a full cancellation of the event last year, another first for the
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Following the AGM on 28th January, Greenfingers Charity was pleased to announce that Guy Topping has joined the Board of Trustees. Guy, whose career in the family garden centre started at the age of four, is said to have garden retail in his blood. During his twenty-plus years as part of the board at The
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Christmas may be but a distant memory but Woodlodge is already feeling the festive spirit thanks to its newly launched Snowlodge Christmas Décor range. The range includes over 1,400 products, is supported by a dedicated product hub where the full range is on display, whilst a newly introduced virtual experience will enable buyers to view
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GIMA – the trade association that represents a wide range of companies supplying consumer products to the UK’s gardeners – has launched the industry’s first ‘Plastic Packaging Pledge’. The pledge is in response to the global impact of plastic packaging usage and the potential environmental damage this packaging can cause as a result of incorrect
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