In This Issue
Kelkay bought by US company for $56million
All hands to the pump at Gardman as backlog gets cleared
QD Group acquires The Barn Garden Centre in Peterborough
Major garden centre projects near completion
Squire's eyes investment opportunties after parting with Windsor centre
GTN's Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
New deal sees Posh Sheds available to garden centre customers for the first time
Glee at Spring Fair receives positive response
Glee at Spring Fair's New Product Award winner revealed
Klondyke Group holds Furniture and Outdoor Living Showcase
Wyevale Garden Centres celebrates £1.7m fundraising success for Marie Curie
Horticulture and agriculture students’ study trip to Spain
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Glee welcomes new team member to boost UK coverage
Buyers from Denmark, Finland, Latvia and the Netherlands seek new products at Gardenex event
Garden Living: the new consumer website from LOFA
New Burgon & Ball 'Buzz and Dotty' Kneelo kneelers for kids
Plant-athons planned at Klondyke garden centres on Garden Re-Leaf Day
Wildlife World celebrates 20 years in business
GROEN-Direkt’s 2018 Spring Fair: this was the news
Looking for Christmas Ideas for 2018?
The best of last week's
Bunnings owner could exit the UK by June, says newspaper report
Gardman acknowledges teething problems at new distribution centre...but says they're now fixed
Good growth reported for Blue Diamond Group
Top trends for 2018 are inspired by nature
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
GCA launches new Rising Star programme for catering staff
Custom Counters consultancy service from Fri-Jado UK
Afternoon tea award recognition for Haskins Ferndown
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Kelkay bought by US company for $56million

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2018-- Griffon Corporation (“Griffon” or the “Company”) (NYSE:GFF) announced that its subsidiary, The AMES Companies, Inc., (“AMES”) acquired Kelkay Limited (“Kelkay”), a United Kingdom manufacturer and distributor of decorative outdoor landscaping products sold to leading garden centers, retailers and grocers in the UK and Ireland. The purchase price for Kelkay is approximately $56 million, and is expected to contribute approximately $40 million in annualized revenue and be immediately accretive to Griffon’s earnings in its first full year of operations....

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All hands to the pump at Gardman as backlog gets cleared

"We've been picking day and night, it's all hands to the pump as we catch up during February..."

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QD Group acquires The Barn Garden Centre in Peterborough
Acquisition is the 11th garden centre in the Group

 

East Anglian discount retailer, QD Group, has acquired The Barn Garden & Aquatic Centre in Peterborough...

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Major garden centre projects near completion

 

At the end of this month three projects of Smiemans Projecten, the Dutch builder of all types of glass constructions, will reach completion. One of the two projects in England is the new restaurant for Groves Nurseries in Bridgeport. The other project is a new construction and renovation for Squire's Garden Centre in Woking.

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Squire's eyes investment opportunties after parting with Windsor centre
 

Squire’s Garden Centres is actively looking for further sites having taken the difficult decision to part with their Windsor centre, which will close in the autumn of 2018...

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GTN's Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed

GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards were revealed during a special breakfast event at Glee at Spring Fair on Tuesday. Gold award winners included Brookside Kent, Ruxley Manor, The Old Railway Line, Kirktown, Silverbirch and Whitehall Lacock.

 

 

From left to right: Trevor Pfeiffer, awards organiser; Kerry Freeman, Gardman; Mark Cleary, Old Railway Line; Chris Yeu, Summerhill; Louise Young, event director of Spring Fair; Matthew Mein, event director of Glee.

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New deal sees Posh Sheds available to garden centre customers for the first time
 

A new deal with Van Hage will see beautifully hand-crafted sheds from The Posh Shed Company available to garden centre customers. The partnership sees the company’s Tin Hat range becoming available in Van Hage’s Chenies branch in Buckinghamshire...

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Glee at Spring Fair receives positive response

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After five days of showcasing their new products in front of a wide-ranging audience at Glee at Spring Fair, exhibitors have been praising the 'new' addition to the garden industry calendar.

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Glee at Spring Fair's New Product Award winner revealed

 

The Glee at Spring Fair New Product Award, run in association with Garden Trade News, was won by Jardinopia Ltd, who scooped this year’s top prize with Potty Feet.

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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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GCA launches new Rising Star programme for catering staff

Following the on-going success of the Garden Centre Association’s Rising Stars initiative a new programme aimed at garden centre catering staff has been launched. The programme will be facilitated by Chris Brown (pictured) from Turpin Smale Catering Consultants.

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Custom Counters consultancy service from Fri-Jado UK

 

Uxbridge based foodservice and food retailing equipment provider, Fri-Jado UK Limited, has introduced a consultancy service for the design of Custom Counters. The free of charge service is available to end users, contractors, distributors and equipment concept specialists...

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Afternoon tea award recognition for Haskins Ferndown

Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown has been announced as a semi-finalist in the 2018 BAPTAs for the Afternoon Tea Award. These awards celebrate tourism across the BH postcodes...

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Klondyke Group holds Furniture and Outdoor Living Showcase

 

The Klondyke Group held its Garden Furniture and Outdoor Living Showcase event at High Legh Garden Centre at Knutsford, with the event showcasing the group's main themes for 2018 and display techniques, alongside core product lines...

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Wyevale Garden Centres celebrates £1.7m fundraising success for Marie Curie
 

Wyevale Garden Centres is celebrating reaching a phenomenal £1.7 million in fundraising for Marie Curie, the UK's leading charity for people living with terminal illness and their families...

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Horticulture and agriculture students’ study trip to Spain

 

Horticulture and agriculture students have learnt more about the commercial production and exportation of tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables during a study tour to Almeria in Spain,  home to over 30,000 hectares of protected cropping...

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