Creata® Products are produced entirely in the UK from Recycled materials. Even  the paintbrush, which is of an excellent quality can be re-used many, many times.

Decorated Shed buildings can be used for a whole host of requirements such  as garden offices, studios, annexes and sunrooms with larger units ideal as holiday homes, micro-homes, main residences and commercial or public sector buildings.

The new equipment and machinery, which included items such as Stihl and EFCO hedge cutters and strimmers to a Bear Cat chipper, was recently purchased to deliver Hampshire County Council’s Older Peoples Gardening Service and to support six previously unemployed young people on six month contracts.  The items were taken in what police believe to be a targeted burglary.

Nic Crofts, Hardy Nursery Stock Supervisor at Heighley Gate Nursery & Garden Centre near Morpeth, and Roger Wale, General Manager, are supporting St Oswald’s Hospice and Cash for Kids respectively during the sponsored event on September 19.

The National Begonia Society South Wales Area’s Welsh Championship Begonia Show was held at Wyevale Swansea Garden Centre on August 29 and 30.

The Lillington and Longmoore estate, in Pimlico, Westminster, is the only council estate to be awarded a Green Flag as one of the best green spaces in the country.

As part of its ongoing green initiatives, Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre at Monkton Heathfield near Taunton has recently sourced refurbished supermarket trolleys to add to its various recycling initiatives.

Councillor Malcolm Pate and regular customers, married couple John and Lyn Marsh cut the ceremonial ribbon and declared the new restaurant at Albrighton Garden Centre open on August 30.

The centres will be offering visitors free tea and coffee from 9am until 12noon on Friday, September 24 in return for a donation to the charity. Julie Sheldon, Events Manager for The Garden Centre Group, said: “We are holding the coffee morning to help raise funds for Macmillan Cancer Support. “Eighty-nine garden centres in The Group will be providing free tea and coffee from 9am until 12noon and inviting customers to make a donation to the charity. “We hope lots of people go along to an event near them and help us support this worthy cause.”

Uniquevents is delighted to launch The Garden Press Event for 2011 to all nursery, horticulture and garden suppliers and retailers. Following the success of the Garden Press Event 2010 and requests from previous exhibitors to book early we are now taking bookings for 2011.This is a unique opportunity to get your products in front of the most influential garden writers and media in the industry. This year (2010) we welcomed over one hundred and sixty press and media to this prestigious event. In addition the event is a great way to make contacts in the gardening industry.For more information on booking a stand contact Guy Burtenshaw, guy@uniqueventsltd.com or call 01243 860600

Visitors to Wyevale Hereford Garden Centre donated their spare carrots to Herefordshire Riding for the Disabled when the charity visited the garden centre on Saturday, August 28.

Over 40 rose growers and garden retailers attended the BRG annual meeting and nursery tour, which was this year hosted by Whartons Nurseries in Diss, Norfolk and chaired by John Adlam.

PlantforLife and National Garden Gift Vouchers are teaming up with celebrity plantsman, Chris Collins to champion the daffodil and encourage Britain to start ‘Digging for daffs’.  The campaign aims to persuade customers to plant now for next spring and to ‘cut-your-own’ flowers, rather than buying them in the supermarket.

Chris Channon, who is a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) gold medallist for orchid displays, will be at the horticultural industry exhibition in Birmingham with Taunton-based Growth Technology from September 20 until 22.

Living the Good Life in tough times, the September issue of the HTA’s Garden Industry Monitor (GIM) Consumer Insight, released today, reveals that fruit and vegetables sales have accelerated fast since 2007 with strawberries, raspberries, potatoes and herbs doing particularly well.

The herbaceous border will be packed full with Waterperry-grown Asters – or Michaelmas Daisies as they’re also known, providing a vibrant grand finale to summer!

Decorated Shed buildings can be used for a whole host of requirements such  as garden offices, studios, annexes and sunrooms with larger units ideal as holiday homes, micro-homes, main residences and commercial or public sector buildings.The buildings are built to modern day housing standards using high-end premium window and door systems from the industry leader.An Impeccable build quality ensures long-term durability and functionality. Outstanding energy efficient performance with panellised insulation provides comfort in all seasons.Additional features can be included in your building such as kitchens, bathrooms, wetrooms and additional heating systems, depending on your specific needs. Along with this Sustainably-sourced materials for strong green credentials can be used depending on your specification.Create your own Decorated Shed garden building choosing the design and build plan that suits you; standard or tailor-made bespoke.

Sanders GardenWorld in Brent Knoll is offering people the chance to visit the gardens near Barnstaple, accompanied by a member of its horticultural team, on Monday, September 13.

Marc Haigh, Manager of Bridgemere Nursery & Garden World near Nantwich, and Nickie McLeary, Pizza Pasta Restaurant Manager at the garden centre, recently jointly cut the ceremonial ribbon and declared the new restaurant open.

Over 80 customers and suppliers took part in the event which was held at the prestigious Hadley Wood Golf Course near London.

With a new Government, evolving planning policy and a climate of budget cutting, the conferences will look at how to use green planting to deliver environmental and social objectives within the new localism agenda.  They will examine how research and best practice has developed in the field of sustainable construction and will help to contextualise how and why a more intelligent use of green space and planting in the planning system can deliver significant improvements to local communities.

Set against the presentation of bang up-to-date, sector-specific market information and an insight into future consumer behaviour from Pippa Goodman of The Future Foundation, Bedding Focus will also hear about ‘the bedding plant of the future’ from global expert Garry Grueber of Cultivaris as well as retailer expectations from Boyd Douglas-Davies of Webbs of Wychbold.The latest subject to be added to the already strong programme is a presentation on the hot-topic of peat alternatives for the professional market. With the government currently reviewing its peat-reduction targets for growers, Charles Drewe of New Leaf Sustainability Partnership will outline the current positions, where the subject is going and options for the industry.