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Latest news

Staverton Nursery's website

Fire hits garden centre

A Sussex garden centre has been forced to close after a major fire.

Foreign Office vague on Northern Ireland seeds question

Hort movers and people: LEAF, Bramblecrest, Planters UPDATED

GCA GROW releases new ‘Till Security’ module for members

Dobbies launches host of spring marketing

Seven latest horticulture developments

DIY boost in March, finds Barclays

A repeatable scoring system for assessing Smartphone applications ability to identify herbaceous plants

Debate rages after TV gardener suggests passing on trade discount to customers UPDATED

'Normalised' trading conditions lead to slight turnover fall

Early Easter sales continue April momentum UPDATED

Brookfields garden centre bought

Hayloft buyer James Oakey to run London Marathon on 23 April

B&Q launches 40 varieties and promotes 15 'digital' lavender-coloured plants

Government promises 'plants will now move within the same plant passport regime as applies throughout the UK'

Most read horticulture stories this week

Winners and losers this horticulture week

Defra introduces draft Target Operating Model

HortWeek Survey: What proportion of your garden sales and plant production is peat-free?

Harvest London vertical farm secures retail contract

£600,000 fine for gardening company after employee died while loading lorry

ANALYSIS

Dutch ornamenta exports on a map

Post-Brexit data shows plant imports rising and exports falling

Post-Brexit imports into the UK have increased with multiple sources showing how we have not improved import substitution despite the promises of Brexit, with the Netherlands the remaining the largest trading partner.

Legal issues this horticulture week

HSE

Harnessing the power of social media with ‘The Beardy Gardener’

The Beardy Gardener

Peat: what's the latest?

Growing media

How important is it that Easter garden centre sales begin to take off after poor March?

Easter flowers

How can employers keep vulnerable workers safe?

Horticulture Salary survey: analysis update for 2023

careers table map and graphics

Opportunity knocks for the next generation of horticulturists

Christopher Weddell: English Heritage has a large training programme to support all grades of staff - credit: English Heritage

When is employee ownership viable for horticulture businesses?

Top 25 garden centre departments by turnover: EPOS data March 2023 v March 2022

Top products sold in garden centres: EPOS data March 2023

HTA gift cards

Top 25 garden retail categories: EPOS data March 2023

Plantarea

10 garden retail developments

Danny Clarke

RETAIL INDUSTRY INTELLIGENCE

Top 100 garden retail buyers

top buyers

Top 200 garden centres 2024 reveals new entries and subdued growth

Top 200 garden centres

UK garden centres — every garden centre outlet listed

Two customers carrying plants in pots

HortWeek Power List 2024

Power List people

Top 80 horticulture social media influencers 2024

Monty Don

Horticulture Sector Company Results - LIVE TABLE

EPOS - latest best sellers

Top 100+ garden retail categories: EPOS data February 2023

basket weave

Top products sold in garden centres: EPOS data February 2023

potted bulbs

Top 25 garden centre departments by turnover: EPOS data February 2023 v February 2022

Garden furniture

Top 25 garden centre departments by turnover: EPOS data January 2023 v January 2022

rabbits

Top 100 garden centre categories: EPOS data January 2023

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EXCLUSIVE: Top 200 products sold in garden centres – EPOS data January 2023

koi carp

Top 200 garden centre categories December 2022

Christmas lights

Top 20 garden centre categories Dec 2022 v Dec 2021: EPOS data by category

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Garden centre sales YTD Dec 2022 v Dec 2021: EPOS data by product and plant category

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Garden retail EPOS sales 2022 compared to 2019 shows big core gardening and plants uplifts

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Top 25 garden centre departments: EPOS data November 2022

Christmas trees

Top 190 garden centre products: EPOS data November 2022

Christmas

Top 100 micro categories - October 2022

Pansies

Top EPOS garden centre departments - October 2022

Christmas

Top 100 EPOS items sold in garden centres - October 2022

Retail

EPOS data September 2022 – top garden centre departments

Garden furniture

EPOS data September 2022 - top 50 micro-categories at garden centres

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EPOS data September 2022 – top 100 items sold at garden centres

Bedding plants on trolleys

Top garden centre categories: August 2022

EPOS data August 2022 - top 80 products sold by turnover at garden centres

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HORTICULTURE COMPANY RESULTS

Horticulture Sector Company Results - LIVE TABLE

The latest full-year financial results for horticulture businesses, sorted by sector.

GARDEN CENTRE PRICES

GARDEN CENTRE PRICES - March 2023

GARDEN CENTRE PRICES - February 2023

GARDEN CENTRE PRICES - January 2023

GARDEN CENTRE PRICES - November 2022

GARDEN CENTRE PRICES - October 2022

Asano: each deep-pink chrysanthemum flower has up to 100 pointed petals

RETAIL PLANT LIBRARY

Prunus part 1 - flowering cherries for the garden

PLANT LIBRARY

Magnolia — large-flowered hybrids for the garden

Magnolia 'Royal Purple'

Crab apple (Malus) — star billing for showy fruits

Malus transitoria

Dahlia

Dahlia 'Jomanda'

Rubus idaeus

Tulipa

Rudbeckia

Digitalis

BUSINESS PLANNING WITH NEVILLE STEIN

How to cope with rising uncertainty in the garden trade

Garden industry should be prepared for a potential recession

Ten ways garden retailers can engage millennials and win their trade

Ten ways to maximise your garden centre’s online sales

Ten ways to maximise post-pandemic profit returns at your garden centre

How to deal with making redundancies