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Work together to build more plant sales

Different sections of the industry came together in a spirit of cooperation as a result of Covid-19.

Putting the enjoyment back into garden centre visits

After the most turbulent peak-season in history it’s great to see our garden centres back open and customers slowly rebuilding their confidence in shopping… but there is a long way to go, writes Andy Newman from retail consultants mdj2.

Name a new rose to celebrate diversity

As a result of Black Lives Matter protests, many sectors have looked inward on diversity.

Five merchandising steps for reopening retail and restaurants

Right Product Right Place's Judy Roberts gives top tips for safe reopening as the coronavirus lockdown eases.

Re-defining the ‘perfect lawn’

There is a lingering obsession in the gardening and lifestyle media with the idea of ‘the perfect lawn’, yet there’s often little useful definition beyond some cliched imagery.

Interracial love in 18th-Century Wales - John Ystumllyn, gardener and first recorded black person in North Wales, and Margaret Gruffydd, maid