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At a meeting of the HTA’s Ornamental Management Committee on Thursday 14 January 2021, members unanimously backed a resolution calling for the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) to be given the chance to reform to be fit for purpose for our sector, but is conditional on the provision of a further ballot being written in to the organisation’s remit...

Vitavia sends their Happy New Year wishes everyone! We hope you all managed to have a lovely festive break, albeit a little different this year...

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

After the first full week of operating during lockdown 3, several garden centre owners and directors have shared their views about being allowed to be open for business.

"With the classification as “Essential” I believe they are looking at the science and evidence of the mental and physical benefits that gardening brings..."

"Even in this cold weather you only have to spend an hour or two outside to know how much better it makes you feel..."

"Its ironic that centres were heaving before Christmas with the potential hazards and now we are empty some choose to close..."

"I felt more uneasy about staying open during the November lockdown when our focus was Christmas..."

“It would be a desperate shame to be open now, and then get shut down when we desperately need to be open..."

"This of all years, with the disruption to the supply chain, is not the year to delay deliveries..."

Following on from last weeks issue GTN Xtra received the following statement from Derek Bunker about the response to his COVID-19 update and his views on garden centres staying open during lockdown 3...

After working 32 years in the garden industry – including 21 of them at Gardman and six at Smart Garden Products – Sue Sharp is retiring...

HTA President, Boyd Douglas-Davies, has decided to give up chocolate and cake to raise money for Greenfinders charity...and he's already causing a stir with justgiving.com putting his effort into the top 10% of New Year fundraisers...

Haskins Garden Centre in Snowhill, Crawley, has opened its doors to customers following a 12-month refurbishment costing £15m...

Charles Stubbs, Lewis Fox and Nemanja Tintor, along with the rest of the BGC team, were proud as punch yesterday as their 58th centre at Thatcham in Berkshire opened...

In advance of the launch of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020, GTN's Northern Correspondent, Steve Myatt, paid a visit to Barton Grange to bring you this first GTN Xtra Christmas photo tour.

If you've missed one of our popular photo tours of garden centres then click on the links below:

• Aylett Nurseries
• Dobbies Edinburgh
• Groves of Bridport
• In-Excess Ringwood
• Kings Garden & Leisure, Sidmouth
• N1 Garden Centre
• Notcutts Norwich
• Perrywood
• Plymouth Garden Centre
• RHS Wisley
• Squires Badshot Lea
• St Johns Ashford
• St Johns Barnstaple
• Stewarts Christchurch
• Whitehall Lacock