Winners of the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) most prestigious awards including its Garden Centres of Excellence were announced at its annual conference on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, in an awards ceremony held at the De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near Cirencester, Gloucestershire. Peter Burks, Chief Executive at the GCA, said: “We had a joyous
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Directors and staff at new Leeds Garden Centre, Tingley, hosted a special supplier and contractor lunch ahead of its opening. Guests from over 30 suppliers from building contractors through garden products manufacturers to branding experts enjoyed a relaxed lunch in the sumptuous surroundings of the botanically themed Garden Room before being given a tour of
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YGC Group, the parent company of Tong Garden Centre, are taking over the two Stephen H Smith garden centres in Otley and Harden, near Bingley. All of the 100 strong Stephen H Smith’s team are transferring to YGC Group. YGC Group MD, Mark Farnsworth is excited about the opportunity and said: “We are delighted to
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A former PE teacher’s business has created handcrafted wooden products exclusively for a Bradford Garden Centre. Halifax business, Off the Grain has made bespoke solid wood planters and a companion bench exclusively for Tong Garden Centre. Off the Grain’s founder, Dom Walsh is excited about his company’s first retail listing: “In November 2018, I left
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The former Food Hall at Tong Garden Centre has been rebranded ‘Hearty’s’ by Huddersfield branding and design specialists, Picture Smiths and features a new branded range of all Yorkshire products. Hearty’s now occupies a 425m2 space at the Tong Lane centre and is the result of a six month, £250,000 project to deliver a superior
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Bradford Garden Centre, Tong, has appointed a new Food Hall Manager as it prepares to launch an extended offering with a new look and new artisan producers. Leeds-born Mark Jocelyn has been recruited to manage the new Hearty’s food hall at Tong Garden Centre following a six-month refurbishment programme that has seen the former food
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