In This Issue
Eureka! Solar Lightbulb takes major GIMA Award
Records broken for funds raised for Greenfingers
Alton, Blue Diamond, Hillview, Klondyke and Squires are GTN's Greatest Garden Centre fundraising teams
Gallery of pictures from the GIMA Awards
Eco Aggregate Ivory – one of Meadow View Stone's Top Ten sellers is back
First half down! Will Christmas get sales back into the black?
Pelargoniums are the UK’s bestselling plant
New greetings card range gives something back
How to tackle ‘scary’ plant retailing
Plantarium releases first glimpse of show's new plants
Matthew Wilson to tell Chelsea medal story at Tong GC
If it's July, it must be Christmas for Wyevale Garden Centres
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Deputy Manager / Plantarea Manager (Worcestershire)
Deputy Manager / Plantarea Manager (Bedfordshire)
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Animals feared to have died in garden centre blaze
Feeding plus pest and weed control help light up sales
Compost sales see upturn on the previous week
Notcutts double offer to train ten students at Thrive
Wolf trimmer earns Which? 'Best Buy'
Industry urged to adopt holistic approach to wine weevil threat
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Eureka! Solar Lightbulb takes major GIMA Award


The Eureka! Solar Lightbulb from Smart Garden Products has been awarded this year's highest new product accolade – the Sword of Excellence - at the GIMA Awards. The team behind the bestselling product received their award at a special awards evening at Celtic Manor Golf Resort in Wales on Thursday...
Full list of GIMA Awards winners and gallery of pictures
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Records broken for funds raised for Greenfingers
Suppliers, retailers and associates from the garden industry applauded the recent announcement that the fifth annual Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day in March was the most successful ever, raising an amazing £140,000...



Pictured above: Presentation of cheques to Greenfingers and Perennial from money raised at ther GIMA Golf Day.
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Alton, Blue Diamond, Hillview, Klondyke and Squires are GTN's Greatest Garden Centre fundraising teams
The Greatest Supplier Fundraising Team is Cadix


Alton, Blue Diamond, Hillview, Klondyke and Squires garden centres have been named as GTN's Greatest Garden Re-Leaf Day Fundraising teams for their Plantathons, and received their awards at the GIMA Awards. Cadix picked up the best supplier fundraising team award...
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Gallery of pictures from the GIMA Awards


The GIMA Awards was attended by more than 400 guests and as well as celebrating the excellence of companies within the garden industry it was a fantastic evening for everyone to network and have some fun, laughing at the jokes of comedian Tim Vine. Here's a gallery of pictures from the event...
Pictures from the GIMA Awards
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Eco Aggregate Ivory – one of Meadow View Stone's Top Ten sellers is back
 
Meadow View Stone are delighted to announce that this highly sought after chipping is now once again available to its stockist...
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First half down! Will Christmas get sales back into the black?


A wet June capped off an “interesting” first half of the year, according to the GTN Bestsellers data. Our index of All Sales ended down 2.8%, the Garden Products Top 50 volumes down 4.1%, and Veg-2-Gro Top 50 sales down 25%...
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Pelargoniums are the UK’s bestselling plant
Since April we’ve published a GTN Bestsellers Top 20 Garden Plants chart and every week so far the genus Pelargonium has been No 1...



Above: Fantastic Living Label “Geraniums” at Castle Gardens helped them win a prestigious award in GTN’s Greatest Plant Retailing Team Awards.
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New greetings card range gives something back


A new range of greetings cards has been launched to raise money for charities Perennial and Greenfingers...
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How to tackle ‘scary’ plant retailing
Scary was a keyword of the day at Plant Retailing – Fit for the Future, an HTA event which took place at Ball Colegrave in Banbury during its Summer Showcase...
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Plantarium releases first glimpse of show's new plants
 
The organisers of Plantarium 2016 (24-27 August, Boskoop, Netherlands) have released details of a number of new plants to be exhibited at the show...

Right: Berberis thunbergii 'Orange Sunrise', with its intense yellow edge.
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Matthew Wilson to tell Chelsea medal story at Tong GC
TV and radio gardening expert and award winning RHS Chelsea Flower Show designer, Matthew Wilson will revisit Tong Garden Centre this week  to share his experience of designing the show's biggest garden...

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If it's July, it must be Christmas for Wyevale Garden Centres
 

Wyevale Garden Centres revealed their 2016 Christmas range to the national media last week in Soho with a major emphasis on Christmas Food for this season...
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