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Horticulture Weekly
Garden Retail Bulletin 22nd August 2026
 

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Business changes

 
Autumn gardening shift: Dry summer heat triggers garden centre deals and new planting habits
Autumn gardening shift: Dry summer heat triggers garden centre deals and new planting habits
 
 
Dobbies to close garden centre
Dobbies to close garden centre
Dobbies will close its store at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park in Antrim at the end of October.
 
 
Garden centre sold
Garden centre sold
Christie & Co has announced the sale of a well-established garden centre.
 
 
Garden business being wound up
Garden business being wound up
A liquidator has been appointed to a garden equipment company.
 

News

 
Tributes paid at Andy Bunker's funeral
 
 
NPPF effect on garden centres revealed
 
 
Creative Gardens enters a new chapter as second generation leads family business into the future
 
 
New hosepipe ban in west
 
 
Garden stars endorse HortWeek as we turn 185
 
 
HortWeek 185th anniversary: What horticulture means to Steve Carter and David Domoney
 
 
Garden centre sales figures rise 10% in July
 
 
Irish garden retailer rescued
 
 
Horticulture Company results: Berwick-Upon-Tweed Garden Centre, Cotton Traders, Eden Project
 
 
Jamie Butterworth's Form Plants formally commits to peat-free transition from 1 September
 
 
HTA expands HortWeek plant pot probe to spearhead new kerbside recycling campaign
 
 
Floral Fringe Fair cancelled after death of founder
 
 
Movers and people: Creative Gardens, Barnsdale, SoilsCon, Durstons UPDATED
 
 
Book review: A Year in the Garden
 
 
Book review: The Garden DIY Book
 
 
Allensmore, Klondyke and Oxford Biodegradable Solutions trial biodegradable pots
 
 
Poinsettia market set to be bigger but more challenging UPDATED
 
 
RHS launches survey on effect of drought on gardens + Guy Barter interview
 

Analysis

 
Business Planning: A shorter working week can benefit horticulture employees and employers
Business Planning: A shorter working week can benefit horticulture employees and employers
 
 
How the retail garden seed business is evolving
How the retail garden seed business is evolving
 
 
Fothergill's Michael Yates on growth and omnichannel strategy: Expanding global reach and in service of seed innovation
Fothergill's Michael Yates on growth and omnichannel strategy: Expanding global reach and in service of seed innovation
Speaking at Fothergill's annual trials open day at Kentford, Suffolk, CEO Michael Yates answers HortWeek's questions.
 
 
Peter Miller retires after 63 years in horticulture
Peter Miller retires after 63 years in horticulture
 
 
A dozen tips to give your garden centre customers when hosepipes are banned
A dozen tips to give your garden centre customers when hosepipes are banned
 
 
Whatever happened to… Efford Experimental Horticultural Station
Whatever happened to… Efford Experimental Horticultural Station
 

Opinion

 
Planning priorities must reflect essential need for water, food and energy Planning priorities must reflect essential need for water, food and energy
 
 
How HortWeek achieved an RHS peat policy change How HortWeek achieved an RHS peat policy change
 
 
We can't keep treating water shortages as a summer emergency We can't keep treating water shortages as a summer emergency
 

Four Oaks

 
Exhibitors, awards and seminars set to feature at Four Oaks Trade Show
 
 
Four Oaks horticulture industry innovators unveiled: Plants and Products Awards shortlist revealed
 
 
Perennial set for Four Oaks seminar as part of strongest-ever line-up at the show
 
 
Floral Affection one-woman small business to exhibit at Four Oaks
 
 
New products and exclusive offers from Zest at Four Oaks
 
 
Meet the 2026 Four Oaks judges: Peter Burks
 
 
Meet the Four Oaks judges: Martin Ward
 
 
Meet the Four Oaks judges: Derek Jarman
 
 
Meet the Four Oaks speaker: ANVE president Moreno Pinto
 
 
Meet the Four Oaks speaker: ANVE past president and ENA delegate Luigi Pagliani
 

HW Podcast

 
Help for horticulturists in need with Perennial trustees, Richard Lawton and Neville Stein
Help for horticulturists in need with Perennial trustees, Richard Lawton and Neville Stein
 

Exclusive EPOS data

 
EPOS Extra: Top 50 garden centre plants January-July 2026 EPOS Extra: Top 50 garden centre plants January-July 2026
 
 
Top 100 garden centre plants: EPOS data July 2026 Top 100 garden centre plants: EPOS data July 2026
 
 
EPOS Extra: Top 100 garden products sold by quantity January-July 2026 EPOS Extra: Top 100 garden products sold by quantity January-July 2026
 
 
Top 100 garden centre products: EPOS data July 2026 Top 100 garden centre products: EPOS data July 2026
 
 
Top 25 garden centre departments: EPOS data July 2026 Top 25 garden centre departments: EPOS data July 2026
 

HortWeek Exclusive

 
Expanded Top 250 Garden Centres 2025 launches
Expanded Top 250 Garden Centres 2025 launches
HortWeek's much-anticipated top garden centres by turnover feature is growing.
 
UK garden centres listing
 
UK Garden Centres Directory - Interactive MAP
UK Garden Centres Directory - Interactive MAP
 
Financial results
 
Horticulture Sector Company Results - LIVE TABLE
Horticulture Sector Company Results - LIVE TABLE
The latest full-year financial results for horticulture businesses, sorted by sector.
 

CLICK HERE to view monthly breakdowns of the top garden retail product sellers according to Electronic Point-of-Sale data.


 
Hortweek Garden Centre Directory
 
UK garden centres — every garden centre outlet listed
UK garden centres — every garden centre outlet listed
 

CLICK HERE to view all HortWeek's coverage on the use of peat in horticulture and moves towards peat-free growing media for growers and garden centres


 

CLICK HERE to view a sortable and regularly updated table of key Brexit-related policy , legislation and guidance documents published by the UK Government, devolved administrations and the European Commission, relevant to horticulture .

 
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