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Kelkay's Easy Fountain picking up on latest trends
Take a look at Westland's 'Lawn Man' TV ad
March sales hit a six-year high
Bedding Geraniums are the top-selling plant
Oh dear... it's GCA Inspectorexit II...
Vitax appoints new sales manager
£12m homes plan for former Dobbies garden centre
Aylings Garden Centre re-opens with original name
Zest 4 Leisure staff complete Manchester Marathon
Mayor opens Castle Gardens’ 30th anniversary celebrations
Communities get chance to win a Chelsea show garden
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Growing media sales continue to grow
Lawn care product sales take a boost
Cucumbers top Veg-2-Gro chart
Retailers urged to highlight benefits of feeding plants
Westland appoint new lawncare boffin
Japanese maples are HTA's Plant of the Moment
TV presenter and Johnsons of Whixley team up for RHS Cardiff Garden
Gardman's daffodil campaign aims to raise over £200,000 for Marie Curie
Lobbying success - plant nursery grounds to be exempt for business rates
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
London Coffee Festival serves cupfuls of inspiration
GCA Best Garden Centre Restaurant 2017 - Fron Goch or Squires Shepperton?
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Kelkay's Easy Fountain picking up on latest trends


Kelkay’s Easy Fountains have been updated and extended for 2017 to respond to changing customer demand...
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Take a look at Westland's 'Lawn Man' TV ad


Westland has significantly upped its TV spend, as early indications show SafeLawn is set to storm ahead of the competition this spring. The advert, featuring CGI created ‘Lawn Man’, will air on screens from Wednesday 12th April...
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March sales hit a six-year high


GTN Bestsellers' All Sales Volume total for March is a record for the past six years, up 2% on last year and 6% better than the average for the month over the previous six years.
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Bedding Geraniums are the top-selling plant
 
As bedding Geraniums (genus Pelargonium) become more widely available they have been snapped up straight away, leading to a sales increase of over 150% which makes them our most popular plant for the first time this year...
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Oh dear... it's GCA Inspectorexit II...





Brexit was followed by GCA Inspectorexit in 2016 – and now, after the triggering of Article 50, we have Inspectorexit II as one of the three new inspectors has had to pull out for this year...
 
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Vitax appoints new sales manager

Vitax has appointed Mark Butler as its new sales manager to help drive future sales and expand into new markets. Mark, who has almost 30 years’ industry experience, will be working alongside existing sales manager Colin Wetherley-Mein, who will be stepping down from his UK-wide role later this year to concentrate on Vitax’s key national accounts.



Pictured (left to right): Daniel Wilkinson - Vitax's managing director, Mark Butler - Vitax's new sales manager and Colin Wetherley-Mein - Vitax sales manager.

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£12m homes plan for former Dobbies garden centre
 
Plans have been submitted to Argyll and Bute Council for a new £12 million residential development on the site of a former Dobbies garden centre at Ardencaple, Helensburgh, which could see 76 new homes built in the town...
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Aylings Garden Centre re-opens with original name


Aylings Garden Centre on the A272 in West Sussex has re-opened the with new owners bringing back its original name...
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London Coffee Festival serves cupfuls of inspiration


Espresso Martinis, plant based milk alternatives, coconut crisps, bespoke coffee branding, bamboo coffee cups, a new barista range from Matthew Algie spotted at The London Coffee Festival.  Plus street food ideas from Spitalfields Market...
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GCA Best Garden Centre Restaurant 2017 - Fron Goch or Squires Shepperton?

Who actually won the GCA Best Garden Centre Restaurant for 2017?  Was it Fron Goch or Squires Shepperton...

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Zest 4 Leisure staff complete Manchester Marathon


Zest 4 Leisure has raised thousands of pounds after completing the Manchester Marathon in aid of Cancer Research UK. Managing Director Steve Morgan ran the 26-mile route with 24 other Zest employees and together they raised over £9,000.
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Mayor opens Castle Gardens’ 30th anniversary celebrations
The Mayor of Sherborne, Councillor David Birley, officially opened Castle Gardens’ 30th anniversary celebrations with a cake cutting ceremony, which was attended by customers old and new, local businesses and friends of the garden centre...



The May issue of GTN has a full interview with Mike Burks, managing director of The Gardens Group, pictured above second from the right.
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Communities get chance to win a Chelsea show garden



Gardening-minded communities across the UK have been given the chance to win a show garden from this year’s prestigious RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

Left: Cody Dock being 'greened up' by the RHS in 2015
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