In This Issue
Rosebourne makes its first acquisition near Andover
A passion for catering, plants and Christmas are the cornerstones of a garden centre business
Ferndale’s Neil Grant wins Guardian Leader of the Year Award
Perfect plant retailing will be rewarded at The National Plant Show - last call for nominations
Haskins appoints new board members
Has your inspector called yet?
Fiskars and James Wong wow at Wyevale
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Retail Department Head - Garden Furniture - London
Area Sales Manager - Hertfordshire
Plant Area Supervisor - London - Boutique Garden Centre
Grower / Production Manager - Worcestershire
Poplar Tree Garden Centre appoints new General Manager
Garden activity lights up sales
Broad beans and peas join bestsellers
Irish Moss Peat is a top seller
It's been a great year for outdoor living sales, but which garden centre teams are The Greatest?
HTA National Plant show is the home for the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Rose launch
Squire's Garden Centre select winning flowerbed design
Squire’s charity bike ride raises £310 for Momentum
Hylands House to bloom with new floral show
And the winner of the #GardenSecrets competition is...
GIMA partner launches Travel Booking Service
Johnsons new Micro Snips a cut above for Microgreens
The LOFA office is moving to Waterlooville in Hampshire
Will you be one of The Greatest Plant Retailing Teams announced on June 23rd?
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Talking ‘real food’ on day two of the HTA Catering Conference
Great catering teams recognised in The Greatest Catering Awards
Special award for the F&B Wyevale Head Office team
Keeping ahead of the game - day one at the HTA Catering Conference
Coffee plants are a bestseller at Ayletts
Perrywood are The Greatest Afternoon Tea Experience Team
Timmermans Chef Team are The Greatest
lunch! 2015: Visitor registration opens for biggest ever show
Keeping ahead of the game at the HTA Catering Conference
The love flows with The Greatest Front of House team at Fron Goch
Casual Dining shortlisted for Best Trade Show Award
Local butchers are The Greatest Catering Suppliers
Situations Vacant
Retail Department Head - Garden Furniture - London
£20k -£25k per annum
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Area Sales Manager - Hertfordshire
£27k -£30k per annum
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Plant Area Supervisor - London - Boutique Garden Centre
£18k - £19k per annum
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Grower / Production Manager - Worcestershire
In the region of £35k + per annum
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Rosebourne makes its first acquisition near Andover


The Rosebourne company, which aims to develop freehold garden and food centres in affluent locations in the south of England, has completed the acquisition of its first greenfield site near Andover in Hampshire, on the site of the former Weyhill Nurseries...
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A passion for catering, plants and Christmas are the cornerstones of a garden centre business


A passion for plants, Christmas and catering. These are the three cornerstones of garden centre businesses, according to speakers at The HTA Catering Conference this week and the judging visits for The Greatest Catering Awards...
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Ferndale’s Neil Grant wins Guardian Leader of the Year Award
 
Managing director of Ferndale Garden Centre in Coal Aston, Sheffield’s Neil Grant was glad he had broken into a family holiday in Wales to join hundreds of business people from around the UK at a glittering awards ceremony in London for the Guardian Small Business Awards, when he was named Leader of the Year...
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Perfect plant retailing will be rewarded at The National Plant Show - last call for nominations
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Worlds End and Cleeve Nursery have been The Greatest Planteria Sales Team winners in previous years.  For 2015 we have more planteria sales categories.  Will your teams be one of The Greatest announced at The National Plant Show?  Nominations close at 4:30pm on Sunday 14th June...
Nominate your plant teams here
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Haskins appoints new board members


With further expansion in its sights, Haskins Garden Centres Ltd has added two more board members to the existing team...
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Has your inspector called yet?
 
Garden centres who have not yet had their Garden Centre Association (GCA) annual inspections will receive a visit soon (up to and including June 19, 2015) says the leading industry organisation...
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Fiskars and James Wong wow at Wyevale



Fiskars and James Wong have a mission to revolutionise gardening to show just how enjoyable, easy and fun gardening and growing can be.  
As part of this mission, Fiskars and James Wong recently visited Bicester Avenue, a Wyevale Garden Centre...

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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Talking ‘real food’ on day two of the HTA Catering Conference


Day two of the HTA Catering Conference, sponsored by Vision Commercial Kitchens, and held at The Belfry in West Midlands, was all about real food. Tracking food trends, staying local, gluten free and creating a sense of place were all on the menu...
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Great catering teams recognised in The Greatest Catering Awards
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The Greatest Catering Awards, which recognises great catering teams who excel in garden centres, were announced and presented at the HTA Catering Conference this week...
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Special award for the F&B Wyevale Head Office team
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A Special Gold Award was presented to the head office Food & Beverage team at Wyevale Garden Centres...
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Keeping ahead of the game - day one at the HTA Catering Conference
Be passionate about food and employ passionate people – two of the key points to come from the first day of the HTA Catering Conference...
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Coffee plants are a bestseller at Ayletts
One of the best ideas from The Greatest Catering Awards is this coffee plant as a table decoration and on sale in the Dahlia Coffee House at Ayletts in St Albans...
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Perrywood are The Greatest Afternoon Tea Experience Team
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They are better than the Ritz in deepest Essex at Perrywood...
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Timmermans Chef Team are The Greatest
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To win Gold in The Greatest Awards you have to be doing something really special – that’s just what we found with the Chef Team at Timmermans...
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lunch! 2015: Visitor registration opens for biggest ever show
Greggs’ CEO Roger Whiteside confirmed for exclusive Keynote Q&A
Top buyers from EAT, Tesco, Waitrose, Superdrug, British Airways, IKEA, Brakes, Elior, Baxterstorey, Sodexo, and Gate Retail Onboard, are among those who have already pre-registered to attend lunch! 2015, which returns to the Business Design Centre in London on 24-25 September...
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Keeping ahead of the game at the HTA Catering Conference


Be passionate about food and employ passionate people – two of the key points to come from the first day of the HTA Catering Conference, sponsored by Vision Commercial Kitchens, being held at The Belfry in West Midlands...
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The love flows with The Greatest Front of House team at Fron Goch
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The most smiley, most helpful Front of House team the judges met, they anticipate customers needs and all speak Welsh as well as English are at Fron Goch!
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Casual Dining shortlisted for Best Trade Show Award
Casual Dining has been nominated for ‘Best UK Tradeshow Exhibition under 2,000sq.m for a second time in its first two years of business...
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Local butchers are The Greatest Catering Suppliers
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While we visited all of the centres for The Greatest Catering Awards, the experts asked them “Who is your greatest catering supplier of this year?"
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HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
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Poplars, Groves and Barton Grange have all won Gold in The Greatest Awards.  Which garden centres will be leaving the HTA Futures Conference with Gold this year?
Nominate your Garden Centre Teams here
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