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Deadline extended for DIY Week Awards entries
By GCU on November 11, 2014Could you be 2015’s Garden Retailer of the Year? It’s not too late to enter your business for the DIY Week Awards 2015 and be in with a chance of...
Westland remain only UK bird food manufacturer to achieve BRC
By GCU on November 10, 2014Westland Horticulture remains the only UK bird food manufacturer to achieve accreditation from The British Retail Consortium. Westland’s Driffield facility has retained its ‘A’ grade status from the BRC...
Bosmere grows management team
By GCU on November 4, 2014Following the success of their new product launches at Glee, Bosmere have further strengthened their management team through the promotion of Glynn Davis to the position of National Sales...
Spotted: A rare bloom at Squire’s Garden Centre in Milford
By GCU on November 3, 2014The extremely rare Kalmia Cuneata plant is currently in flower at Squire’s Garden Centre in Milford. Believed to be the only deciduous Kalmia in cultivation and the only National...
Forest Garden invests in additional sawmill and treatment facilities
By GCU on October 31, 2014In response to the unprecedented fence panel demand as a result of the storms through late 2013 and into 2014, Forest Garden has invested in additional sawmill facilities to...
GIMA Day Conference: Opportunities…..they’re everywhere!
By GCU on October 31, 2014‘Opportunities’ is the buzz word underpinning all the activity at the forthcoming GIMA Day Conference (26th November). Taking place at Poplars Garden Centre in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, the event will...
Portable Gardening is on-trend for Squire’s!
By GCU on October 24, 2014Like Fashion, gardening trends come and go and 2014 has unearthed ‘Portable Gardening’ as one the biggest trends yet, according to Squire’s Garden Centres. Latest figures from the family...
New website to help garden centres promote their Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day events
By GCU on October 23, 2014A new website has been launched that allows garden centres to publicise their Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day events to customers, local and national press and a much wider audience...