Following the high levels of rainfall seen this winter, The Gardens Group, which has three garden centres in Dorset and Somerset, is calling for gardeners across the region and beyond to harvest rainwater at home. With many methods of collecting rainwater at home, Mike Burks, managing director of The Gardens Group and his team are […] The post The Gardens Group calls for people to harvest rainwater at home, in response to persistent wet weather appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

G Plants, a leading innovator in growing gifts, seeds, and garden sundries, is excited to announce the launch of its Autumn Winter lines of indoor grow sets and planters under its renowned BEES Gifts and Green Ribbon brands. With a focus on eco-friendliness and convenience, retailers cannot miss out on these products that are designed to bring the joy of gardening into any […] The post Discover the future of indoor gardening with G Plants retail offerings appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

As the gardening season gets underway in earnest, the team at GIMA are looking ahead to November when the winners of the 2024 GIMA Awards will be announced. But first, the judges need to deliberate. Here, GIMA reveals who will be making the tough decisions this year. Once again, GIMA has secured an impressive line-up […] The post GIMA Awards 2024 judges announced appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

A garden centre in the Ipswich area is looking for a new horticultural manager to run the plant area. The new recruit will lead and develop a small team whilst enjoying the freedom to make decisions. Garden Centre Horticultural Manager £32 – 35,000 + Package & Benefits Ipswich area The Person Imagine this. The sun is […] The post Garden Centre searches for horticultural manager appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

Notcutts Garden Centres have joined forces with Jason Williams, The Cloud Gardener, to create a wildlife-friendly shade garden for renters, showcased at the RHS Urban Show in Manchester on 18-21 April.  The garden exhibit was co-designed and built by the team at Notcutts Ashton Park Garden Centre in Ashton-Under-Lyne, in partnership with Manchester-based urban garden […] The post Notcutts collaborates with The Cloud Gardener at RHS show  appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

Dobbies has unveiled a new advertising campaign, “Spring’s OUR thing”, developed in partnership with creative agency, elvis. Launching during National Gardening Week (29 April – 5 May), the campaign has been developed based on insight that people feel more optimistic in Spring than any other season. This is supported with research from Dobbies by Censuswide, […] The post Dobbies gears up for season with new Spring campaign appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

Blackbrooks, a family-run garden centre that has been part of the Sussex community since 1982 has won awards for innovative thinking and is now investing in a cutting edge solar system. The 287 Trina solar PV panel array has been installed at the 10-acre garden centre in Sedlescombe and generates of 121,970 kilowatts (kWh) of […] The post Blackbrooks set to save £45k on energy costs appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

The Garden Centre Association’s Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform was presented with a ‘Highly Commended’ at the recent Totara Awards. GROW received the accolade in the ‘Best Extended Enterprise Solution’ category and was given a special mention during the awards ceremony too. GROW’s Instructional Designer, Antony Snow says: “These awards recognise the innovativeness, […] The post GCA GROW platform takes silver at Totara Awards appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

Cash is here to stay, with nearly 6-in-10 businesses (57%) expecting to never be entirely cashless despite the widespread adoption of electronic, card and mobile payments. This is according to The Cash Chasm, a new research report from global cash management solutions provider PayComplete which surveyed cash processing and management decision-makers within the retail, hospitality, […] The post 57% of businesses expect to never be fully cashless appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more

‘Charting a steady course in marginally calmer waters’ probably best describes Squire’s performance in their financial year ending 31 July 2023, after the somewhat rolling seas of the Covid and immediate post Covid era. This year’s results were, as anticipated, a little below the results for last year, with retail sales of £66.3m (2022: £68.2m). […] The post Squire’s charts a steady course appeared first on Garden Centre Retail ..read more