Evergreen Garden Care Notes 'Exceptional' Appetite For Gardening

Data from Barclays, the Horticultural Trades Association and the Garden Centre Association shows the impact of at warm spring weather has delivered bumper garden centre sales, with spending up 25% year-on-year (according to April data from Barclays) as people prepare their gardens for the summer season.

Colin Stephens, MD of Evergreen Garden Care UK, said, “Appetite for gardening across the UK is exceptional right now and we’ve seen sales surge across every major category. Over the past eight weeks alone, EPOS data shows compost sales up over 30% year-on-year, and plant food demand jumping by a staggering 45%. Ecomm retailers are seeing a 50% week-on-week spike in garden care sales of our products in the last week.   

“The industry is seeing a major uplift which is amazing to see, and while demand is high, stock levels are tight – with some retailers now holding less than two weeks’ worth of supply compared to several months of stock this time last year. At Evergreen, our teams are working around the clock across all sites to ensure we have plenty of stock available across all the product ranges. With favourable weather patterns continuing and a growing interest in gardening, we expect this momentum to carry right through the season. It’s going to be a great year for gardening indeed.”  

“Miracle-Gro has launched a brand new garden campaign this year centred on how Miracle-Gro ‘Brings Gardens to Life’ – not just by growing beautiful grass, blooms and produce, but also by encouraging the nation to get outside and benefit from the wonderful uplift of wellbeing from being in the garden – whether gardening, playing or relaxing. And it's clear that this is exactly what is happening up and down the country.  

This is a trend reflected across the industry with various market summaries reporting: 

• UK Garden Centre sales (ex. catering) were up by +22% in value in April 2025 compared to April 2024, and up +12% compared to April 2023, signalling a strong start to the core gardening season, according to the HTA report (May 2025) 
  
  
• All key gardening categories showed strong year-on-year growth. Bedding plants, plant care products, and garden tools were all up around +40% vs March 2024, with garden features and structures climbing +44%. (HTA report - April 2025) 
  
  
• GFK data for the garden care market (Oct–April) shows volume growth of over +14% year-on-year, with Peat Free compost up 28% and plant food up 30% (May 2025) 
  
  

• Nielsen’s grocery data reveals similar momentum. Garden care sales in grocery are up +16% year-on-year, with compost up +23%, plant food up +13%, patio cleaner sales soaring +50%, and weed control up +18%. (May 2025

Source : Evergreen Garden Care

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