Winners and losers this horticulture week: women, landscapers, planning, dogs

Empty benches at B&Q

Winners

International Women’s Day: 100+ Leading Women in Horticulture 2025

Top 70 UK Landscapers listed

Garden centre sales so strong they beat Mothering Sunday 2024 levels 

Garden centre taken over

Sales ‘a long way north’ of expectations in garden centres as having decent pre-season orders pays off 

Lidl plant sales rocket by a quarter 

Visitors’ dogs to be welcomed into RHS garden for the first time

Losers

Hot garden centre plant sales could lead to shortages 

The Gardens Trust ‘dismay’ as Government considers it should ‘no longer be required to input on planning decisions’ 

Closed garden centre goes for housing 

Garden retailers survey shows plans to use more part-timers


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