Sales of garden products are set to top £5bn for the first time by 2018, prompting rising optimism in the sector. 

After a year of studying, the first Homebase Garden Academy students have graduated from the scheme and have all been given a Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Level 1 Award qualification. 

Home Hardware says record numbers of this year's Christmas brochures and cookshop catalogues have been ordered by its retail members. 

Notcutts will celebrate the launch of its newly-refurbished Wheatcroft Garden Centre in Nottingham on the weekend of October 4 and 5. 

The Garden Centre Association (GCA) winners for Scotland and Northern Ireland were revealed at a presentation yesterday evening in Dumfries. 

Stonemason and supplier of natural stone and composite surfaces to the bathroom and kitchen industry, J Rotherham has been shortlisted for The Manufacturers Awards 2014 in the Small Sized Enterprise of the Year category. 

As Next announced its first-half results this month, the home and fashion retailer revealed that large-format out-of-town retail sites were key to its strategy going forward. 

US home improvement giant The Home Depot says the malware used in the recent breach of its payment systems has been eliminated from its US and Canadian networks. 

Wavin is once again supporting the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust by donating drainage products to help with the restoration of a 30m long section of canal at Pewsham. 

A Norfolk town has a new hardware shop now that a husband-and-wife team of independent retailers have grown their duo of outlets to three. 

Decorating products manufacturer LG Harris & Co Ltd has been working with Stamford independent retailer, Harrison & Dunn to implement some initiatives to help increase its sales of decorating products. 

Lords of Notting Hill has completed a major refurbishment of its Westbourne Grove store in London W2. 

Exhibitors raved about this year's exhibition at the NEC Birmingham, calling the event 'refreshed' and 'much improved', whilst also praising the new format and location in halls 17-20. 

John Lewis has today announced plans to open an At Home shop in Worcester in 2017. 

Draper Tools says its redesigned website offers new features and benefits for all visitors, whether retailers, tradespeople or DIY enthusiasts. 

The winner of the inaugural GIMA Innovators' Seed Corn Fund has been named as SteadyPost, with its solution for erecting fences more easily. 

Nordic Garden Buildings' Veranda summerhouse was revealed this morning as the winner of the New Products Retailers Choice Award 2014 at this week's Glee. 

Nine new garden products have been named as the winners of the Glee New Product Awards 2014. 

Bookings for The Garden Press Event 2015 - the show set up exclusively for journalists - are up by 38% on the same time last year, with over 60 exhibitors already signed up. 

Sales growth at John Lewis is being driven by increasing numbers of people choosing to shop there, attracted by the retailer's omnichannel offer.