Garden Centre Buyer – Garden Centre News & Trade Updates

Garden Centre Buyer is the UK garden centre trade magazine for buyers, managers and suppliers. We cover garden centre news, product launches, trade shows, supplier announcements and horticultural retail trends across the UK garden retail industry.

Product Launches

Introducing Marvellous Mulch

One of this year’s newcomers at Glee is Marvellous Mulch

Mims Pottery to inspire British gardeners

As another summer of Mediterranean escapes inspires British gardeners, Mims

Make your lawn the star of the show with Envii’s new lawn feeds

For many gardeners, the lawn is the single biggest plant

Home & Gift Association Launches #ShowUsYourShelfies Campaign

The Home & Gift Association (HGA) is inviting retailers, brands, and suppliers across the home, gift, lifestyle and stationery sectors to take part in its new social media campaign, #ShowUsYourShelfies. Designed to champion the creativity, innovation and hard work that goes into creating successful retail spaces, the campaign encourages members to share photographs of products […]

Autumn Fair unveils stellar content programme

From AI and social commerce to retail crime, licensing, visual merchandising and the latest consumer trends, Autumn Fair’s finalised agenda offers four days of free, practical insight for retailers. Autumn Fair has unveiled the full programme for its new Counter Talks Stage, bringing four days of free talks, workshops, live conversations and expert advice to […]

Compendium joins GMC Distribution

GMC Distribution (GMCD) has welcomed award-winning Seattle-based publisher Compendium (an imprint of Crown Publishing/Penguin Random House), to its growing roster of clients. Founded in 1985, Compendium specialises in turning everyday items into extraordinary gifts, and everyday moments into memorable events. Compendium’s innovative collection comprises gift products for all ages including books, plush toys, guided journals, […]

Autumn Fair partners with Whatnot

Partnership will offer retailers and brands and brands the opportunity to discover a new way to sell, see live shopping in action and have a go themselves at The Clubhouse. Autumn Fair is partnering with Whatnot, the live commerce platform, to give retailers and brands the chance to discover a new way to sell, connect […]

Food Hall and Food & Beverage to launch at Glee

As food and hospitality continue to reshape the future of modern garden retail, Glee 2026 has announced a major evolution of its food offering with

Inside the agenda for Glee’s East of England Roadshow

With just weeks to go until the Glee Roadshow arrives in the East, the team behind the event has revealed further details about what attendees

New date confirmed: Glee Roadshow heads east on Thursday 30th April

Glee, the UK’s leading garden and outdoor living trade show, has confirmed a new date for its much-anticipated Glee Roadshow in the East of England.

English Councils are failing to collect plastic plant pots

nationwide FOI investigation by the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has found that more than half of councils in England are not fulfilling their legal obligation

July exceeds expectations for GCA members

GardenCentre Association (GCA) members enjoyed a strong trading performance during July with overall sales increasing by +10.66% compared to July 2025 according to the latest

HTA Survey shows rise in peat-free growers

The latest figures from the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) show that UK growers and plant producers have continued to make substantial progress in reducing peat

Message from the Mountain!

The Greenfingers Charity Kilimanjaro Challenge team has reached Day Six of its extraordinary journey to the summit of Africa’s highest mountain, with fundraising now standing

Greenfingers Charity to relocate RHS Malvern People’s Choice winner ‘Lifted by Birds’

The Greenfingers Charity is preparing to help deliver the next chapter of one of RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2026’s most celebrated gardens, after ‘Lifted by

Garden retail sector urged to don floral finery in support of Greenfingers Kilimanjaro trekkers

The Greenfingers Charity is calling on garden centres, suppliers, and growers from across the UK to embrace all things loud, colourful and gloriously floral on

GIMA takes Buyer Connect international with BOL marketplace debut

Following the integration of Gardenex into the GIMA portfolio, the association has confirmed its first international Buyer Connect event, in partnership with leading European marketplace ...

IPM Flower Stage for blooming inspiration

Trade visitors to IPM ESSEN from 27 to 30 January 2026 will be able to experience floral inspiration, creative concepts and floral trends up close ...

Natural Christmas Trees will be showcased at Christmasworld 2026

Christmasworld will shine a spotlight on natural Christmas trees for the first time in 2026, setting an example for sustainability and regionality. In cooperation with ...

Garden Centre Buyer – Garden Centre News & Trade Updates

Top Stories

Living Creations cultivates the first ground-covering hydrangea, Groundbreaker

Whistler premium wild bird care to debut at Glee

See the garden ‘icons’ on the Mims Pottery stand at Four Oaks

Karolina Fogacz joins Hillier Nurseries