Royal Flora Holland ends 2025 with a slight increase
The Dutch marketing cooperative Royal Flora Holland (RFH) ended 2025 with a positive result: Product sales rose to EUR 5.4 bn (+1 per cent; 2024: EUR 5.3 bn) - the second-highest turnover ever recorded (2021: EUR 5.6 bn…
February figures
German garden and pet retailers still in decline
The German garden and pet retail sector continued to lag significantly behind the previous year’s figures in February. Turnover is …
From 1 April
Michael Reuter is the new CEO at Scheurich
Scheurich is strengthening its leadership team: from 1 April, Michael Reuter, 55, will take on the role of CEO of the group. As part of …
IPM Garden Study
Green Gets Under Your Skin
A new study shows: People want more escape from everyday life. This is where the garden trade can step in.
Since 2018
Gardena continues its partnership with Unicef
To mark World Water Day on 22 March 2026, Gardena and Unicef announced the continuation of their global partnership. Since the …
Sven Girmendonk succeeds Frank Böing
Dehner has a new Chief Sales Officer
Sven Girmendonk (48) is to become the new Chief Sales Officer of the Dehner Group. He will take up the post on 1 April 2026 and will assume …
Anniversary promotion at the first store
Dehner celebrates 30 years in Austria
The garden centre chain Dehner is celebrating its 30th anniversary in Austria this month. The first store opened in Pasching near Linz in 1996…
Plant sales decline
German gardening market declines slightly in 2025
The gardening market in Germany shrank by 0.6 per cent in 2025 compared to the previous year, reaching a total volume of EUR 19.72…
UK trade association
Pet Quip, Gardenex and CHA cease operations
The Federation of Garden and Leisure Manufacturers Limited incorporating Gardenex, Pet Quip and the CHA will no longer be trading with …
Down 22 per cent in the fourth quarter
Gardena closes 2025 with a decline in sales
Gardena ended 2025 with a 6 per cent decline in sales to SEK 11.493 bn (EUR 1.038 bn). This was announced by the parent company …
Plants down, living category up
Garden centres in Germany show no growth
Garden centres in Germany did not increase their sales in 2025. This was the conclusion reached by the German Garden Centre Association …
Positive Christmas sales
Veiling Rhein-Maas 2025 with slight increase in product sales
Veiling Rhein-Maas, the joint venture between Landgard and Royal Flora Holland, achieved product sales of €424 million…
Plant protection
Floriculture wants to become ‘greener’
In floriculture, 83 percent of companies are aware of the environmental impact of the plant protection products they use, according to a …
Germany
Garden and pet products decline in October
October also failed to bring about a reversal in the sales trend for the gardening and pet trade. Retail sales of flowers, plants, seeds…
Statistics
Top DIY stores close gardening sections
While the total gardening sales area in Germany grew in 2024, the top DIY store operators saw a sharp decline in the same year.