There is great anticipation in the garden retail sector for the long-awaited return of Glee (14th – 16th September 2021, NEC Birmingham) as an in-person event; with suppliers and retailers set to reconnect and create new opportunities at this year’s show. Building on this excitement, the Glee team has confirmed that the 2022 event will move to a new date […]

Following the success of Glee at the Yard in September last year, Woodlodge’s showroom will open its doors once again to welcome customers and launch the company’s brand new 2022 product offering. The purpose-built facility will now be permanently based at Woodlodge’s Tetbury head office, where buyers will find the company’s extensive collection of pots and gardenware on display to […]

Stratford-upon-Avon firm Sims Garden Machinery has completed a 10-week lawn mowing challenge against global garden tools manufacturer, STIHL. The Minutes Mowed challenge is in aid of Greenfingers – a charity dedicated to supporting children who spend time in UK hospices by creating inspiring gardens for them and their families to relax and benefit from. Both teams smashed their target to […]

THE UK’s leading plug and liner supplier has this month (July 2021) partnered with a plant information company to offer its customers a library of images for webshops and websites. Seiont Nurseries has been looking at ways to help garden centres promote new plants via their webshops and websites and now contributes to Berkshire-based Joy of Plants’ ‘PlantShare’ library. Neil […]

Hot on the heels of its Charity Golf Day, the GIMA team was out and about again, this time onsite at Warwick Racecourse to oversee the (socially distanced!) 2021 GIMA Awards judging. With almost 250 products entered, the judges had their work cut out for themselves, with winners having to wait a little longer to find out who has scooped […]

Garden machinery specialist, Cobra, has donated a range of lawncare equipment to East Midlands based charity, Rainbows, to help with the maintenance of its grounds and outdoor spaces. Rainbows is the only hospice in the East Midlands providing care and support for children, young people and families impacted by life-limiting conditions. Opening in 1994, the charity provides end of life […]

English Glasshouse and Greenhouse manufacturer Hartley Botanic has returned to RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival this year with a stand which celebrates and showcases its business through the decades. The show stand communicates the Greenhouse manufacturer’s unrivalled heritage and reputation – built over 83 years – with five handmade Hartley Botanic structures, each representing different eras in its trading history. […]

The UK’s largest Independent Paint Manufacturer expand Fence and Shed Paint range of colours for Summer 2021. Available online and through distribution across the country, the new colours are already being utilised in gardens ahead of the next heatwave. The newly launched colours can be viewed online at shop.hmgpaint.com with swatches available to view in many HMG distribution outlets. Whether […]

Pop-up shop the InConvenience Store will take ‘shoppers’ on a journey to a future without nature, showing the grim reality of what life in the UK could look like, but a new RSPB report shows how different things could be if the UK Government invested in nature. July 1 marks the centenary of the 1921 Importation of Plumage (Prohibition) Act […]

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 behind my full-time teaching career […]