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 compost.
When shoppers scan the codes with a mobile phone, they are directed to websites or videos explaining how to use the product.
Editor of trade magazine Garden Retail, Matthew Appleby, said: “QR codes…
Fashion chain Next has opened its first UK garden centre.
The High Street retailer cut the ribbon at its ‘new concept store’ in Shoreham, West Sussex, last month.
The Next Home and Garden store spans 56,000 square feet and offers garden and DIY products alongside its home ranges.
Other new garden offerings include house plants, seeds, bulbs, barbecues, compost, plant pots and garden…
Britain’s garden centres had a bumper Easter and May bank holiday – with sales soaring by up to 80 per cent on last year.
Despite the economic gloom, and a ban on Easter Sunday trading, retailers smashed records as gardeners queued at the tills.
The Horticultural Trades Association described the May bank holiday weekend as “phenomenal”. Sales of National Garden Gift Vouchers…
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Bridgemere Nursery and Garden World in Cheshire (left), part of The Garden Centre Group (formerly Wyevale), has won an award for the best plant area in the UK.
The gongs were dished out by trade magazine Garden Retail.
Sidmouth Garden Centre in…
