In This Issue
Westland win Sword of Excellence with SafeLawn
Batavia 4Grill and Heat Beads BBQ Fuel
Star Wars Maize Maze opens at Skylark Garden Centre
Spirits High at SOLEX
Alton, Bramblecrest, Chessington and Shackeltons set the gold standards in The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards presented at Solex 2017
SOLEX celebrates 10th anniversary with birthday cake
GCA Wales & West winners receive awards
Kettler win Best Stand at SOLEX
Tepro wins Best New Product Award at SOLEX
Future Marketing welcomes new member at buyers meeting
See all the pictures from Build-up Day at SOLEX
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Ants light up garden product sales
Chilli plants sales heat up
Another week of gains for growing media
Plants up 17% on last week
Haskins promotes Andy Harriss to Senior Buyer
LOFAssured initiative launched at SOLEX
Commonwealth Games group visits SOLEX
New area sales manager joins Vitax
HTA Board finalises structure review
Outdoor cinema opens at Webbs
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Westland win Sword of Excellence with SafeLawn


Westland Horticulture is the proud winner of the GIMA Sword of Excellence at the GIMA Awards, whilst Smart Garden Products has scooped the GCA Supplier of the Year, and Briers take home the Gardenex Export Achievement Award. Elho, Burgon & Ball, Hutton Garden and Landscaping Products, Hawkesmill Nurseries, Forest Garden, Horticulture Trade Association, Fallen Fruits, and Gardman complete the winners roster in 2017...
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Batavia 4Grill and Heat Beads BBQ Fuel



GTN Xtra tests the versatile Batavia 4 Grill and Australias No 1 selliing BBQ fuel, Heat Beads...
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Star Wars Maize Maze opens at Skylark Garden Centre


Skylark Garden Centre in Wimblington, near March, Cambridgeshire is celebrating 40 years of Star Wars at the Skylark Maize Maze.  Now in it’s 12th year, the Skylark Maize Maze is celebrating a much bigger birthday in 2017 – the 40th anniversary of Star Wars...
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Spirits High at SOLEX


The focus was very much on summer outdoor living this week as buyers attended SOLEX with stock rooms emptying quickly after a great summer for furniture and BBQ’s...


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Alton, Bramblecrest, Chessington and Shackeltons set the gold standards in The Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards presented at Solex 2017


Alton, Chessington and Shackletons Garden Centres all won Gold Awards in GTN's Greatest Outdoor Leisure Sales Team Awards, presented last week at SOLEX 2017.  Bramblecrest won the Gold Award for Outdoor Leisure Supplier of the Year as voted for by garden centres visited by GTN's team of experts over the past four months.
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SOLEX celebrates 10th anniversary with birthday cake
 
SOLEX celebrated its 10th anniversary last week and organiser Phil Gibbs and LOFA chairman Mark Osborne cut a birthday cake presented by the NEC...
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GCA Wales & West winners receive awards


The Old Railway Line Garden Centre scooped the most awards during the Garden Centre Association’s Wales & West regional awards evening on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre in Somerset...
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Kettler win Best Stand at SOLEX


Kettler scooped the Best Stand at SOLEX and received the trophy from Mark Osborne, chairman of LOFA, on the first day of the show...
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Tepro wins Best New Product Award at SOLEX
 
Tepro picked up the Best New Product Award at SOLEX for its 'clean and sleek' barbecue.
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Future Marketing welcomes new member at buyers meeting
 
Future Marketing Group held a buyers meeting at SOLEX on Tuesday last week - and used ther opportunity to welcome new member Duncan Knight of Knights Chelsham Garden Centre...
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See all the pictures from Build-up Day at SOLEX
 
Garden Trade News were at the NEC early on Monday to capture all the action from the build-up to the three-day SOLEX, which took place last week...
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