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HTA launches Sustainability Roadmap to guide UK horticulture towards leading edge of sustainable business practice
The Most Jumperful Time of the Year Fundraiser starts tomorrow!
Work starts on site for largest Dobbies in South West
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Henry Bell clinches deal with Future Marketing Group
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Two-thirds more gardening this Autumn – Wow!
End of season pot bargains and houseplant care star
HTA reacts to new December tier arrangements
Gonks fly through tills as Christmas sales jump up
A Christmas feast for your garden birds
The best of last week's
A Perfect Storm Hits the Garden Market
Sales fall by 5.5% in Lockdown 2
“The Smart Show must go on…line!”
Five creative ways to enhance your takeaway service during lockdown
Profits up at Notcutts in year to February 2020
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
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Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
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The Most Jumperful Time of the Year Fundraiser starts tomorrow!

Tomorrow, Tuiesday 1st December, Natalie Porter of Happy Plants will embark upon a slightly ridiculous mission to wear a different Christmas Jumper for each day of advent, finishing up on Christmas Day. "Embarrassingly, I already own enough jumpers," she told GTN Xtra.

 

"I have been very lucky to secure sponsorship for each respective day, but would very much like to boost the pot further to help such valuable charities as Greenfingers and Perennial.

 

"I would be extremely grateful for either one-off donations or for additions to my challenge - for example, I have already received a ‘hat’ from another nursery, who missed out on sponsoring a jumper, which I will wear on one of the days, in exchange for £40 in the pot.

 

"To keep me accountable, the brilliant Steve Meleka from GrowNation has built a website where you can check up on my progress each day in an ‘advent calendar’ style format- you can keep an eye on the jumpers through themostjumperful.co.uk (launching imminently) and the fundraising through https://www.justgiving.com/team/themostjumperfultime

 

"Thanks so much to those of you who have already pledged."

 

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Linda Petrons
Thank you so much Natalie! This is such a great FUNdraising idea, it’s just what we all need just now!