GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 32 2014

Westland Horticulture boss Edward Conroy has admitted that troubled company Solus Garden and Leisure would be sorely missed if a buyer for the company couldn't be found, and has suggested the industry should learn from the whole experience...

GTN Bestsellers says hard work is needed to keep sales high

Sales volumes in the GTN Bestsellers charts for the first part of the late May Bank Holiday weekend indicate that we may have to work very hard to keep the year-on-year increase momentum going...

GCA centres report mixed results for end of May

The Garden Centre Association’s members say May has ended with mixed results with weather affecting sales during the second Bank Holiday of the month...

Wet weather puts dampener on Bank Holiday sales

There has been a drop in garden product buying activity as cooler and wetter weather has put a dampener on sales, according to GTN Bestsellers data. Gardeners seem to have been driven indoors by the showers, as Fito Drip Feeder for Orchids is the highest climber in the Garden Products chart this week.

Garden centres pledge support for Cultivation Street campaign

Garden centres across the country are joining forces with TV gardener David Domoney and the Horticultural Trade Association to encourage communities to team up with their neighbours and spruce up their front gardens...

TGCG appoints CrowdControlHQ to manage its social media

The Garden Centre Group has appointed CrowdControlHQ, the leading social media risk management and compliance business, to manage its social media...

Glee welcomes a strong American presence at 2014 show

Glee is set to welcome one of the strongest influxes of American and North American companies for several years, making for an exciting showcase of garden products from ‘across the pond’...

Jobs boom as up to 150 jobs created by Bents expansion

Bents Garden and Home is dramatically increasing its workforce with the creation of up to 150 jobs ahead of the opening of its new business extension in October.

Gardman have bright ideas with Cole & Bright range

Gardman have launched some fantastic new products this year but they say their shining star has to be the Cole & Bright Solar Majestic Light...

Send us pictures of your World War One anniversary displays

Thurrock Garden Centre in Essex is just one of the many centres across the UK setting up special displays to commemorate the start of the First World War. Send us pictures of yours...

The rose is the HTA Flower of the Month for June

With the evenings getting longer and brighter, extra light and warmth encourages the garden put on a burst of growth. One plant that takes centre stage this month is the rose, which is why it has been selected as HTA’s Plant of the Month for June...

Trelawney@Wadebridge creates its own eco system

Cornish garden centre Trelawney@Wadebridge has installed a biomass boiler fuelled by wood chips from sawmills in the county to help with its carbon welly-print...

Awards showcase for new plants at HTA National Plant Show

The New Plant Awards, sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society, will once again be at the heart of the HTA National Plant Show 2014 and will showcase the best in new plant introductions from UK plant suppliers...

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GTN May 2014

Garden Trade News

Veg-2-Gro sales hit by the rain

Sales in the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart have been disappointing this week, with the dismal weather seemingly putting off gardeners...

Nippon Pest Smoke is one of Vitax’s most innovative products

Vitax is providing fast and effective products designed to help reduce and terminate the most common household pests...

Chipped bark proving popular

Scotts Levington Decorative Chipped Bark (60 litres) was one of the highlights in the Growing Media Chart this week, returning to the Top 50 after a strong selling performance...

GIMA Awards: You’ve Got To Be In It to Win It!

There’s less than three weeks before the deadline for entries to this year’s GIMA awards, so if you want your products to be considered then get your entries in now before it’s too late...

Blackbirds take up residence at Kershaws

A family of blackbirds has taken up residence in an unusual spot at Kershaws Garden Centre, in Brighouse...

Deco-Pak's Craig Hall gets ready for 'banger rally' challenge

Deco-Pak’s marketing manager Craig Hall is taking on the inaugural Forget Me Not 500 ‘banger rally’ challenge, which will see him drive from Huddersfield to Paris (and back!) in a £500 ‘old banger’, all in aid of the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice charity.

Sarah Raven's Kitchen Garden range complements successful flower collections

Encouraged by strong sales of gardening and cookery guru Sarah Raven's flower collections in the past two seasons, Johnsons has launched her Kitchen Garden range for the 2014/15 season in a similarly eye-catching livery which will appeal to imaginative cooks and to both experienced and new vegetable gardeners...

BOPP seminar to highlight latest British ornamental grower issues

All retailers, growers and suppliers are invited keep up to date on the newest legislation affecting ornamental growers at the British Ornamental Plant Producers (BOPP) AGM and Technical Seminar on Thursday 25 September 2014 at the Oak Tree in Stoneleigh Park, Coventry...

Plantsman and author Rice now writes fro Mr Fothergill's

Respected plantsman and horticultural author Graham Rice is now writing a regular blog for Mr Fothergill's.

Police launch investigation after Exeter garden centre theft

Police are appealing for information about the theft of seven sculptures and one box tree from a garden centre in Exeter...

New appointment at Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre

The Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre near Worthing has appointed Philip Relf as Assistant General Manager...

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