In This Issue
Business as usual at the Old Railway Line Garden Centre after sickness outbreak on Mother's Day
Doubt over new £60m garden centre and retail complex
Toys to gardening: Wyevale's new CEO starts on Monday
Mother’s Day provides a good boost to overall sales
Get involved with Garden Re-Leaf Day on Friday
Prizes worth £1,500 in Monkton Elm's Garden Re-Leaf raffle
24-hour 'Plant-athon' being staged at Squire's
Thompson & Morgan pays record amount for single seed
Bord na Móna UK expands customer services
You'll be full of beans - and zinnias - in 2017
Town & Country launches schools competition
EU postpones re-approval of glyphosate after objections from four states
This week is going to be difficult - but I'm determined to get there
Strictly Come Planting for the Klondyke Group
New Business Manager, Glee
Junior Buyer: Garden Care
Garden Centre Supervisor
Assistant Shop Manager
National Sales Manager Amenity and Landscaping Sector
Customer Service Assistant
Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Centre Assistant Manager
Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Grounds Maintenance Team Leader / Supervisor
Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Area Sales Manager / Garden Centre & DIY
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Lighting shines brightly for garden product sales
Scotts Miracle-Gro Seed Pod makes its Veg-2-Gro debut
Growing media sales witness a slow down
Linked sales from Kent & Stowe to increase consumer spend
Fallen Fruits set to open Van Hage giftware display
Funeral service of Phil Kimberley
Kelkay supply essential pumps and lights for water features
Commemorative tree planted for Poundbury residents
Pimp Up Your Roundup is back for 2016
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
KitchenPod helps Frosts to improve café performance
Drinks firm offers centres Garden Re-Leaf help
Situations Vacant
New Business Manager, Glee
 
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Garden Centre Supervisor
Competitive salary
 
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Assistant Shop Manager
Competitive salary
 
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National Sales Manager Amenity and Landscaping Sector
Salary: Excellent
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Customer Service Assistant
Langlands Garden Centre - Leeds
 
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Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
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Salary: £18,000 - £21,000
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Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
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Salary: £16,000 - £18,000 - dependent on experience
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Twickenham TW2 5PA
 
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Salary: Attractive
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Town & Country launches schools competition

There has been a lot of talk in the industry recently about the need to encourage a younger audience into gardening, as an increasingly urban and ageing population continues to pose a significant threat to its future.

Town & Country is wholeheartedly behind the drive to engage a new generation as demonstrated by its latest initiative - the ‘Design a Gardening Glove Schools Challenge.’

The competition has been launched as a pilot scheme across the company’s local area of Leicestershire and is open to all those schools in the region that take part in gardening activities.  There has already been a tremendous response, with dozens of school applying to enter and numerous imaginative designs being sent into the marketing ream at Town & Country’s Bardon head office.

The overall winning design will be turned into a brand new glove, with a pair sent to the pupil responsible, as well as the class teacher, with a view to the gloves being considered for Town & Country’s new product range that will be going into garden centres from September 2016.

Andrea Litchfield, Town & Country marketing executive comments:  “We have been overwhelmed by the response to this schools initiative and it shows that there is a real interest among these youngsters who are already involved in gardening projects through the work that goes on at their schools.  We are looking forward to the judging process and selecting an overall winning design.”

Judging will be taking place in March with the panel including representatives from Town & Country as well as from Leicester City Council’s Environmental Education department.  The overall winner will be announced in due course.

Pictured: Marketing Executive, Andrea Litchfield, with some of the many entries to the Design a Gardening Glove Challenge.

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