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Booking has now opened for the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) annual conference next January (2024) and the organisation has also revealed its 21st century themes and its top-quality speaker line-up too. The conference, which takes place at De Vere Cotswold Water Park Hotel near Cirencester...

The CHA has announced the exhibitors who have signed up as they prepare for one of the best UK pavilions to date for IPM, Essen, Germany 23-26 January 2024.

The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) August Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures have revealed an ‘excellent month’ with members seeing an uplift in 11 of the 13 categories recorded by the organisation (2023) in Great Britain.

This year, Flower Council Holland is fully concentrating on reaching consumers through social media and local influencers. By using influencers as ambassadors to embrace the benefits of greenery, Flower Council Holland wants to win the hearts of our target audience with inspiring and eye-catching...

Innovation and sustainability – this is the motto of the Pöppelmann TEKU programme at the Four Oaks Trade Show on 5 and 6 September 2023 in Cheshire/Great Britain: One of the trade fair highlights is a thermoformed round pot, which is now available with practical label slots. In addition, the...

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has just introduced another new module to its Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform – this time on Sustainable Disease Control (August 2023). With growing public environmental awareness, it’s designed to provide garden centre staff with the...

You can find photos and information about the winners in the individual UK regions via the following links: 2023 North Thames award winners Scotland & Northern Ireland 2023 GCA award winners announced North East & North West 2023 winners Wales & West GCA 2023 regional winners announced GCA...

An unexpected discovery at an abandoned allotment in Coventry has led to a project looking to preserve the city’s trees. Coventry University researchers Liz Trenchard and Sam Green came across apple blossom growing at the abandoned allotment site while walking around Charterhouse Park. They...

Garden Centre Association (GCA) members in Scotland and Northern Ireland are celebrating after picking up awards during a presentation evening on July 11, 2023 at Simpsons Garden Centre in Inverness. In Scotland, Klondyke Mortonhall Garden Centre was awarded Garden Centre of the Year in the...

Garden Centre Association (GCA) members across the North East and North West had plenty to cheer about Wednesday, July 5 after picking up a bevvy of awards during a presentation at Tingley Garden Centre.The North East’s Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was...

Staff at garden centres across the Wales & West region are celebrating after scooping awards during a Garden Centre Association (GCA) presentation evening at Cadbury Garden Centre on Thursday, July 6, 2023.

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) in the Midlands region are celebrating after receiving awards during a presentation evening this week (Wednesday, July 5, 2023) at Gates Garden Centre.The title of Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was awarded...

Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) in the South Thames region are celebrating after picking up awards during a presentation evening on Tuesday, July 4, 2023 at Castle Gardens in Dorset. Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category went to Ruxley Manor...

Gardenex, PetQuip and CHA member companies will be able to utilise a valuable new service on renewal of their annual membership subscriptions. In order to support companies with information about the numerous technical challenges involved in exporting round the world, the Federation has teamed up...

Susan Fairley has been appointed to the new role of Trade Federation Manager across Gardenex, PetQuip and the Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) as we say goodbye to Pat Flynn at PetQuip and CHA, who is retiring at the end of this month.

The Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures for last month (April 2023) have revealed food hall/farm shop and catering continued to perform well while other categories also saw encouraging increases too.

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has revealed the dates for its summer regional award meetings when members will find out who has come top in its annual inspections for 2023. Garden centres are encouraged to attend the event in their area and to bring as many of their team members along as...

24 staff members from garden centres across the country took part in a training day at Millbrook Garden Centre Gravesend recently with expert mentors as part of this year’s Glee Talent Store (March 2023).

On September 8, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II passed away, and many people in the United Kingdom, around the world and also in Germany mourned her death and paid tribute to her life's work. In her memory, King Charles III and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier planted on March 29, 2023, a...

The Thanks Plants campaign was successful for the fifth consecutive time. Launched in five countries in September and October, it once again resulted in increased appreciation and buying intentions. Polish consumers that saw the campaign for the first time also rated it highly. This was clear from...