The Garden Centre Association has reported that garden centre sales grew by 4.5% in 2019 – a small rise compared with the previous year. The biggest overall growth came from Houseplants (+16%), Catering (+10%) and Hard Landscaping (+8%). Furniture & Barbecue was weakest overall but still showed a 2% rise compared to 2018. Outdoor plants
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The winners of the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual awards were reveled on Tuesday January 28 at the Association’s annual conference, which was held at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel. The GCA represents nearly 200 of Britain’s top garden centres nationwide. Iain Wylie, Chief Executive of the GCA, said: “What a fantastic night we had
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A garden centre which was saved from uncertainty last year is celebrating its first anniversary. Perrywood Sudbury was bought from Wyevale by the directors of Essex-based Perrywood Garden Centre, and had its first day of trading on 25 September 2018. Since Perrywood took over the Newton Road site, they have created 13 more jobs, and
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Squire’s Garden Centres has announced that they will donate 300 beautiful Silver Birch trees to local parks and green spaces. This is due to their ‘Love Where You Live’ campaign in September, where they pledged to donate 5p for every plant sold to go towards giving trees to the local community. Sarah Squire, Squire’s Chairman
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Dedicated garden centre trade exhibition, Glee, which will take place from September 9 – 12 at The NEC, has revealed the shortlist for its 2019 Buyers Power List, which is designed to recognise the individual buyers and buying teams who have gone above and beyond to make a difference within the garden retail industry this
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The sale of Wyevale garden centres around the UK continues with the purchase of 31 stores by Dobbies for an undisclosed sum. It is the third time Dobbies has purchased centres from the rival chain and the sales process is on track to be completed by the end of June. Dobbies has welcomed all 1400
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