
UK garden centers delivered steady sales growth in October 2025, with overall sales up +7% on October 2024 and +13% on 2023, according to the Horticultural Trades Association’s latest Market Update. While this indicates continued resilience across the sector, higher price inflation meant that sales volumes rose more modestly, up +3% year-on-year. Gardening sales…

Between 1980 and 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recorded 403 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the United States. Of these, 69โabout five percentโwere due to cold waves and winter storms, causing nearly $140 billion in damages. For garden centers and greenhouses, where temperature, humidity, and light must be carefully managed,…

At 7:00pm local time on Tuesday January 18th, the Israeli army initiated an attack on Aida Refugee Camp in Bethlehem, Palestine. The attack, lasting 20 minutes according to eyewitnesses, was after dark, in empty streets and unprovoked, launched from a military base that overlooks the camp.ย It impacted Lajee Center, a youth and community organization…