In This Issue
Christmas Future Trends and GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards Winners to be announced during Glee's on-line Festive Focus Day
CSY in 2020 – Adapting To Change
Alton's praised for tough stance on facemasks
Garden centre owners share their thoughts on being open during Lockdown 3
GARDENA launches Leaf and Grass Collector
The COVID year in numbers
Flymo's 2021 products raise the bar for innovative gardening equipment
Team Smart’s Sue Sharp retires
Boyd's 'no cake and chocolate' pledge takes him into the top 10% of New Year fundraisers
The GTN Xtra Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2020
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Final call for scholarship applications
Order your Begonias from Ball Colegrave now
Expo 2021 Hatay (Turkey) to postpone opening by eight months
Gardeningexpress.co.uk owner closes garden centre during lockdown 3
Launch of The New Heirloom Garden book
The best of last week's
We're Here For You
Dobbies sponsors ITV’s ‘Love Your Weekend’ with Alan Titchmarsh
Millbrook plans for the future of Crowborough centre
Boyd gives up chocolate and cake for a whole year
Bursting fish tank averts aquatic shop blaze
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to the GTN Bestsellers printed weekly newsletter
All the latest news from the world of pet products
Pet firm buys Ocado's Fetch brand
Pet Brands releases boredom-busting range of games
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The GTN Xtra Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2020

During 2020 we've sent out 391,634 GTN Xtra e-mails that have been read by 29,777 unique readers.  The e-mail newsletter and each issues website has been opened 472,682 times during the year and 847,981 pages viewed.

 

From all that activity, here are the Top 100 Most Read Stories of the year.  The Top 5 are re-published in this year-end newsletter and the rest can be accessed via the links below or by searching the GTN Xtra Archive here.

 

Thank you for all your reading during the year, and your news items, for which we are extremely grateful.

 

Happy New Year for all of the team at GTN.  After such a traumatic year, let’s hope 2021 is a prosperous year for UK garden centres!

 

Ranking

Story

1

Garden Centres close their doors "We want to be part of stopping the spread of Coronavirus" - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2020

2

Trading update from this weekend - UPDATED - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2020

3

Garden centres in England and Scotland can stay open - now is the time to review Covid-19 safety  - GTN Xtra - Issue 43 2020

4

Exeter garden centre stays open but cannot sell plants - Cherry Lane close all centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2020

5

Dobbies remain open and social media gets heated - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2020

6

After the quietest Easter ever, how are you and your team? - GTN Xtra - Issue 15 2020

7

Green light for garden centres to re-open on Wednesday in England - UPDATED - Comment from James Barnes at HTA and Alan Titchmarsh MBE - GTN Xtra - Issue 19 2020

8

Man dies at Westland factory in Dungannon - GTN Xtra - Issue 23 2020

9

How are suppliers faring during lockdown - Westland, Smart, Evergreen Garden Care and others are getting ready for re-opening of garden centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 16 2020

10

Rising to the Challenge - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2020

11

Garden centre re-opening gains high attention - GTN Xtra - Issue 17 2020

12

Garden Centres back on the right track - UPDATED - New comment from Barton Grange, Newbank, Langlands and Green Pastures - GTN Xtra - Issue 20 2020

13

St Peters staff in tears after council serves Prohibition Notice - GTN Xtra - Issue 19 2020

14

Wales - Monday, England - Wednesday or June 1st?, Scotland and Northern Ireland? - GTN Xtra - Issue 19 2020

15

LOFA reports severe disruption at UKs three main container ports  - GTN Xtra - Issue 44 2020

16

Mixed plans for garden centre catering re-openings - UPDATED - GTN Xtra - Issue 25 2020

17

Online garden centre retailer apologises to dissatisfied customers - GTN Xtra - Issue 30 2020

18

Safe Trading Guidance for all garden centres published by HTA - GTN Xtra - Issue 17 2020

19

Suttons Seeds acquired by T&M - GTN Xtra - Issue 44 2020

20

First UK visitors to Kaemingk showroom after lockdown - GTN Xtra - Issue 28 2020

21

Monty Don makes headlines slamming garden centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 42 2020

22

Haskins are buying Forest Lodge Garden Centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2020

23

Lockdown 2 leaves garden centre car parks empty after record sales for October - GTN Xtra - Issue 44 2020

24

Pictures from GCA Conference themed-party night - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2020

25

Getting ready for business - feedback from Coolings, Planters, The Gardens Group, Blue Diamond, Green Pastures, Fron Goch and more - GTN Xtra - Issue 19 2020

26

100% Business Rates Reliefs for Garden Centres Confirmed - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2020

27

Horticultural Sector Worth £1.4 Billion Could Be Wiped Out By Coronavirus Shut Down In Just Weeks - GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2020

28

"I just don't get how gardening is deemed non-essential then certain supermarkets put big banners with get ready for spring," more post Easter feedback - GTN Xtra - Issue 15 2020

29

Johnsons of Boston Food Hall open today despite major fire in garden centre yesterday - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2020

30

Kaemingk to open UK showroom - GTN Xtra - Issue 43 2020

31

British Garden Centres make it 58 with acquisition of Thatcham - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2020

32

Not your average garden centre - Dobbies launch Christmas Ad Campaign - GTN Xtra - Issue 44 2020

33

Klondyke Group acquire Garden Wise Plant and Garden Centre, Dumfries - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2020

34

"Open For Business: Lessons Learned from Lockdown and The First Week of Trading" webinar today at 5:00pm - GTN Xtra - Issue 20 2020

35

Pop up Veg shops - Garden Centres help ease pressure on buying fresh food - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2020

36

Marlows , Bury St Edmunds, to close due to Coronavirus trading conditions - GTN Xtra - Issue 23 2020

37

Calling all businesses in garden retailing to sign HTA/RHS/NFU petition - GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2020

38

It’s a sell out! - GTN Xtra - Issue 22 2020

39

Garden centres receive top awards at GCA conference - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2020

40

Dobbies close their centres this morning - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2020

41

Blue Diamond report £14.4m profit from 42% increased sales of £181.6m - GTN Xtra - Issue 24 2020

42

FREE E-commerce Web Site for Garden Centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2020

43

Dobbies’ Swansea reopened - GTN Xtra - Issue 19 2020

44

Edinburgh Woollen Mill and Peacocks up for sale - GTN Xtra - Issue 37 2020

45

“Stay Alert” - make sure your customers and staff have a safe and enjoyable garden centre experience - GTN Xtra - Issue 19 2020

46

Year on year sales deficit halved in four weeks - GTN Xtra - Issue 23 2020

47

Blue Diamond Awards Shine Brightly - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2020

48

"Every single thing we do is driven at the moment by trying to manage the risk to customers and staff" - GTN Xtra - Issue 47 2020

49

Celebrity joins fight to prevent garden centre closure - GTN Xtra - Issue 8 2020

50

Spring Fair to be replaced by "Spring Fair @Home" on the Spring Fair website - GTN Xtra - Issue 44 2020

51

It’s like Christmas, only bigger! - GTN Xtra - Issue 22 2020

52

British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham - GTN Xtra - Issue 43 2020

53

A Perfect Storm Hits the Garden Market - GTN Xtra - Issue 46 2020

54

Tackling the big garden industry issue: growing media and peat...what happens next? - GTN Xtra - Issue 9 2020

55

For sale - A long Established Garden Centre Business - GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2020

56

The lockdown gardeners – who are they and how do we keep them? - GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2020

57

Barton Grange and Fron Goch win top GCA Awards - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2020

58

Glee and Pawexpo 2020 at the NEC will not take place this year - GTN Xtra - Issue 25 2020

59

Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour - GTN Xtra - Issue 45 2020

60

Winnersh Garden Centre partly re-opens after floods - GTN Xtra - Issue 8 2020

61

Pughs cancel their award winning Christmas Grotto for 2020 - GTN Xtra - Issue 28 2020

62

We need centres re-opened, says Sun legend Peter Seabrook - GTN Xtra - Issue 18 2020

63

Dobbies sign up on new site that will be the biggest Dobbies in the South West - GTN Xtra - Issue 22 2020

64

Tributes for Ernest Wertheim, the original Garden Centre Guru - GTN Xtra - Issue 31 2020

65

Hayes Garden World announce sad passing of Elizabeth Hayes - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2020

66

Analogue survival for garden centres in a digital world - GTN Xtra - Issue 16 2020

67

Fire at Millbrook Gravesend destroys compost and furniture - GTN Xtra - Issue 22 2020

68

Neil and Nicci Gow to close Fresh @ Burcot Garden Centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 26 2020

69

Dobbies Christmas trading up by 44% - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2020

70

Container issues continue to escalate at UK ports - watch ITV News Video featuring Steven Potter at Glencrest  - GTN Xtra - Issue 48 2020

71

Alver Valley Garden Centre gets green light - GTN Xtra - Issue 48 2020

72

Garden Centre sales reach record levels 2 weeks after re-opening - GTN Xtra - Issue 21 2020

73

Royal visit sends garden centre media coverage into the stratosphere - GTN Xtra - Issue 24 2020

74

AMES has ambitious targets in 2020  - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2020

75

New Investors and re-structure at Fountasia - GTN Xtra - Issue 27 2020

76

Orderly queues form as garden centres in England re-open - GTN Xtra - Issue 19 2020

77

How lucky we are! - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2020

78

"New Gardeners", how are garden centres reacting to them, or not... - GTN Xtra - Issue 41 2020

79

John Lewis looks to expand into horticulture - GTN Xtra - Issue 31 2020

80

Great start to the New Year, reports GTN Bestsellers - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2020

81

Caulders buys Loch Lomond Homes & Gardens - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2020

82

Customers saddened by garden centre closure - GTN Xtra - Issue 33 2020

83

Sustainability - Doing nothing is dangerous - GTN Xtra - Issue 6 2020

84

Anything and everything being purchased for the garden - GTN Xtra - Issue 24 2020

85

Garden Centre Opportunities..from around the world - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2020

86

New benchmark for summer sales - GTN Xtra - Issue 30 2020

87

Perrywood plan for major re-development at Sudbury - GTN Xtra - Issue 36 2020

88

Is selling online the future for garden centres? - GTN Xtra - Issue 48 2020

89

Garden centre sales increase despite all other retail re-opening - GTN Xtra - Issue 24 2020

90

Rosebourne appoint Carol Paris as Chief Executive - GTN Xtra - Issue 17 2020

91

Best year on record for garden centre volume sales - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2020

92

Bird food company fined £50k over accident that led to finger amputations - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2020

93

When it rains... sales fall.  Garden centre business as normal... - GTN Xtra - Issue 40 2020

94

Face covers are bestsellers in advance of becoming compulsory - GTN Xtra - Issue 27 2020

95

Horticulture hits the national and local headlines - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2020

96

Lockdown 2 hits sales, but volumes still ahead of last year - GTN Xtra - Issue 44 2020

97

Garden centre and nursery faces uncertain future - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2020

98

Open For Business: Lessons Learned from Lockdown and The First Week of Trading. Watch the webinar replay now - GTN Xtra - Issue 21 2020

99

Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020 is a FUNdraising success - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2020

100

Plans to build 200 homes on garden centre site rejected - GTN Xtra - Issue 7 2020

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