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Easter and May Day a ‘record-breaker’ for garden centres
Britain’s garden centres had a bumper Easter and May bank holiday – with sales soaring by up to 80 per cent on last year. Retailers reported strong plant sales (copyright IPC) Despite the economic...
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A smarter way to shop
A technology revolution will change the way gardeners shop for plants and products. Hi-tech barcodes, called ‘QR’ codes (quick response), are appearing on items from plant pots to fertiliser and...
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Garden centres show green shoots of recovery
Garden centres have continued to buck High Street gloom, with retail experts predicting that interest in grow-your-own will remain strong this year. Business has been brisk at garden centres The...
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Hosepipe bans to hit ‘by Easter’
Gardeners in the south are on track for the worst water shortages since the summer of 1976 – while those in the north face the risk of flooding. Gardeners are likely to face restrictions on hosepipes...
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Gardeners will pay for ash tree death
Gardeners could be hit with bills of up to £1,000 for removal of trees hit by ash dieback. Experts say the disease (Chalara fraxinea), which threatens to wipe out Britain’s 80 million ash trees, could...
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Wet winter will lead to big plant losses
RHS Rosemoor curator Jon Webster Gardeners face forking out a fortune to replace plants that have rotted during the wet winter. Experts warned that trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants may fail to...
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Sweet chestnut trees hit by killer fungus
Another tree disease is threatening to wipe out one of Britain’s most treasured species. A sweet chestnut tree (credit: Wikimedia) Arboriculture experts are calling for a ban on imported sweet chestnut...
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