In This Issue
Sad news - Alistair Lorimer dies
Bunnings UK No. 3 - Hemel Hempstead in pictures
Malus toringo Aros is best in show at New Plant Awards
Adenophora White Blaze wins Visitor Vote Award
Visitors vote for the best retail inspiration ideas
Picture round-up from the HTA National Plant Show
Sales heat up as temperatures soar
Conna gets set for wing-walk in aid of Greenfingers
Bookings up at GCA Plant Area Forum at Ball Colegrave
Steph McGovern to host HTA Garden Futures Conference
Klondyke Group donates to innovative neurological charity
Exclusively Shows deliver top quality visitors
Greenfingers Ambassadors meet at National Plant Show
Horticultural Plant Buyer
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
GIMA Awards 2017 – last few tickets remaining
Milano Cube breaking the mould for Kelkay
Garden product sales bounce back
Runner beans toppled by cucumbers
Further growth for growing media sales
Sales of Roses more than double in volume
Garden Plants of the Month for 2018 announced
Eden Halls Greenhouses renames as Juliana Group
FlowerTrials: 4 out of 5 exhibitors see rise in visitor numbers
Garden centre helps to train refugees
Plans to build new homes on garden centre site
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Bunnings UK No. 3 - Hemel Hempstead in pictures


Hot on the heels of the HTA National Plant Show, GTN Xtra called into the third Bunnings UK store at Hemel Hempstead which opened two weeks ago.  Steve Pitcher, ex Wyevale Garden Centres and B&Q, who was also at the plant show, has now joined the Bunnings Homebase team.

The "garden centre" at Hemel Hempstead is not as large as the one at St Albans Griffith Way and as a result garden products including ferts, chems and tools are inside in the main warehouse store.  The majority of the outside area is covered and when we visited plant stock levels were high with dutch trolleys packing the compost and hard product aisles.

The extensive range of BBQ's, BBQ accessories and garden furniture was clearly driving volume sales with several product shelves awaiting replenishment.

Cardboard box in-aisle product placenents also appeared to be well recieved by customers, prompting impulse pick ups during a store visit.

See our photo gallery of the Hemel Hempstead store below.

The next Bunnings UK opening will be at Milton Keynes where previously used warehouse space has been converted to make the old Homebase store even bigger for it's re-opening as Bunnings in a few weeks time.  Watch this sapce for another photo tour from GTN Xtra.
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