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Revealed: The magic of Christmas and award-winning garden centre teams
Ex-sales director Nigel Thompson helps Stewart Group to deliver on future plans
The Greatest Christmas Awards judges raise nearly £4,000 by donating their time to Make-A-Wish
Sales boost as gardeners get set to grow
GCA and suppliers join battle again...for charity
Fairy Gardening...has it got wings?
Supa range offers garden centres a point of difference
Sinclair nominate Decco as national distributor
CRoP Clinics to help HTA members save money
Stewart Garden Schools campaign in full swing as garden goodies get despatched
Stax investment continues as they launch biggest-ever garden catalogue
Kelkay Twit Twoo to fly off the shelves for Mother’s Day
Free Sweet Pea Tiller Girls seeds for schools
For the Rising Stars, it's the final countdown
The Top 100 most-read stories of 2014
Gardening celebs get ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz
Key Accounts Manager - Thetford, Norfolk
Garden Centre Manager - East Midlands
Assistant Garden Centre Manager - Washington, West Sussex
Assistant General Manager - West Sussex
Plant Area Department Head - Woking
Plant Area Assistant - Essex
Plant Area Department Head - Stanmore
Bedding Supervisor - West Horsley
Plant Area Supervisor - London
Plant Area Assistant – Hersham
Nick Clegg speaks up for grannies who use garden centre websites
Sales of clothing boost revenues at garden centres in December
Trio pots are fun for cacti say Elho
Scotts offer ChapelWood deals for National Nest Box Week
Onion sets and seed potatoes are Veg-2-Gro bestsellers
Town & Country secateurs top in Which? trial
Multi-purpose compost is back in high demand
Draper to go digital on Totally Tools stand
Wildlife World expands range with environmentally friendly bird baths
New launch: the 'greenest' gloves yet?
Meet the Buyer sessions help fuel export success
London's own garden show to return in June
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Gardening celebs get ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz


Horticultural celebrities from TV and radio are busy recording questions for the 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day Quiz at the moment, and garden centres who sign up to take part in what is set to be the biggest and best quiz yet can take advantage of the ‘early bird’ entry fee of just £50 - if they sign up before 1st January 2015.

Popular stars of TV and radio Christine Walkden and Chris Beardshaw are currently recording questions for the quiz, along with their BBC Radio 4’s Gardener’s Question Time colleague Eric Robson and BBC weatherman Peter Gibbs. Other well-known gardening experts such as Anne Swithinbank, Bob Flowerdew, Pippa Greenwood, Bunny Guinness, Matthew Biggs and Matthew Wilson (Greenfingers Chairman) are also contributing to the esteemed quiz.

All monies raised from the quiz, with questions this year written by Andy Bunker of Altons Garden Centre and produced in the studios of Garden Radio, will once again go to the Greenfingers ‘Rosy Cheeks’ campaign. The campaign aims to provide much needed gardens for children who spend time in hospices around the UK, along with their families, by creating inspiring gardens and outdoor spaces for them to relax in and enjoy.

The 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day Quiz is available to all garden centres, gardening societies and other organisations and is the perfect way to participate in the fourth, annual Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day, which takes place on 27th March 2015.

For the £50 early bird rate (£100 after 1st January 2015) participants will receive a pack containing all they need to host the quiz – it includes a special CD or Mp3 download of pre-recorded questions (and answers) to play to the audience, everything needed for the picture round, and a bonus pack of fundraising ideas, hints and tips.

Bosworth’s Garden Centre in Burton Latimer were one of the many garden centres that received great interest in last year’s Garden Re-Leaf Day Quiz. Marketing Co-ordinator, Jonathan Biggs, said: “The quiz was so easy to run, our teams were delighted to hear celebrities’ voices asking the questions, and the ‘heads and tails’ game was great fun.”

Garden centres wanting to take part should register on the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day website, and can also take advantage of free publicity for their events, by filling in the simple form online at www.gardenreleaf.co.uk/register-an-event. Once registered, each individual event appears on the site’s ‘events’ section, and is searchable by area to help the public find their local participating garden centre.

The quiz is just one of many ways to raise funds for Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day. Other retailer participation ideas include in-store sponsored cycle rides, as well as fun family day activities such as making cress heads and sowing Sunflowers – the Home Garden Association’s plant of the year for 2015. Suppliers can also get involved with the Loose Change promotion.

To ensure maximum exposure for your event, make sure to register soon via www.gardenreleaf.co.uk/register-an-event. To order your 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day quiz pack, explore other opportunities for supporting the 2015 event as a supplier, or participate as a retailer, email info@gardenreleaf.co.uk.

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