This year the GCA introduced an additional opportunity to win the coveted title of GCA Garden Centre of the Year. Recognising that the excellent standards of the smaller garden centre were in danger of not receiving the same credit as their larger counterparts a new award was added to the top spot. So [...]
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Slugs and snails have taken the top RHS pest enquiry slot for 2011 after having been toppled from the first place by viburnum beetle in 2010. Usually they are the number one problem in most years with 2010 being a slight variation. Nearly all gardens suffer from slugs and snails and since they damage [...] A record number of Christmas trees have been donated to the National Trust to help the battle against the erosion of Formby’s internationally important sand dunes. The trees, which are expected to number more than 3,500, have been provided by home enhancement retailer, Homebase, and its staff from up and down the country will [...] FORGET all those doomsday predictions about 2012, according to Anthony Tesselaar Plants life will continue to be good next year in the gardening industry. Unveiling its respected 2012 Garden Trends Survey, the renowned horticulture company predicts that high value, water-wise plants, along with small water features and Mediterranean style gardens, will loom large over [...] The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), the UK’s leading gardening charity, is launching National Gardening Week for 16 to 22 April 2012, to get the nation growing. The RHS is calling on nurseries, plant centres, gardeners, clubs, charities, schools and media to join in and celebrate the week by opening gardens, holding events and providing [...] William Sinclair Holdings PLC is one of the UK’s leading producers of commercial horticulture and branded garden products. Its well established brands include J Arthur Bower’s, Silvaperl and New Horizon – the leading brand in the fast growing peat free garden compost and organic plant foods sector. William Sinclair’s customers include The Garden [...] The HTA has published a Directory of HTA Training and Business Development Events outlining the diverse range of HTA-run events, training and business improvement scheme dates for 2012. The directory, available in print and online, brings together the whole range of events that HTA offers for garden industry professionals; from innovative conferences like Bedding [...] |
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