Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) are being asked to vote for their Associate Member of the Year for 2022 – with the winner announced at the GCA’s annual conference in Blackburn this January (January 22 until 25, 2023). The award recognises companies or individuals that have contributed to the success of the sector
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The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has appointed Peter Burks as its new Chief Executive Officer. Peter, who has a wealth of horticultural industry experience, having spent nearly 40 years working in the sector and previously serving as GCA Chairman, has taken over from Iain Wylie. GCA Chairman, Tammy Woodhouse, said: “We are delighted to announce
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Can you believe it’s nearly the end of 2022? What a rollercoaster year it’s been once again. It very sadly started off with the passing of one of our honorary members, Peter Seabrook, who died in January. He was a huge supporter of garden centres and an integral member of our industry. Peter was in
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Furniture and barbecue sales remained positive throughout August according to the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) report (2022). Sales in the outdoor entertainment department were up 26.93% compared to the same month last year (2022), despite other areas flagging in the heat. GCA Chairman, Tammy Woodhouse, explains: “After the heatwave in July,
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GCA Chairman and Managing Director of Millbrook Garden Centres, Tammy Woodhouse, writes in her August 2022 column: We have been lucky as a nation recently to receive some warmer than usual weather, with temperatures hitting more than 30 degrees. However, while we do love the sunshine, it had a detrimental effect on sales at our
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For the first time in its history, GLEE, which is the largest horticultural industry exhibition in the country, moved from its usual slot in September, to June to a mixed reaction from both retailers and suppliers. In the long-term, I think the new slot will help us make buying decisions earlier and allow us to
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