In This Issue
Rosebourne opens with "double budget" performance
Plans for new garden centre include 'iconic' building
October heads for record sales month
Records broken at Choice AGM Conference & Trade Show
Rising Stars UK finalists announced
Finalists in Irish Rising Stars programme also revealed
Tree planting ceremony at new HTA offices
Ruxley Rose judging reveals ‘recipe retailing’ at its best
HTA Marketing Forum - Maximising Your Potential
Save the Date: GIMA Day Conference - December 8
Barton Grange Christmas 2016 is a Festival of Flowers
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Simon Quinton Smith takes on Nepal trek for Greenfingers
Poppy-themed lighting product proving popular
GTN Bestsellers indicate boost in Christmas sales
Garden centres see magic sales for growing media
Pansies take over at top of Bestsellers Plants chart
Tried and tested works for Kent & Stowe
Wilkinson Sword aims to get children gardening
Pineapples are the new face of Halloween
Clothing shop reopens at Cadbury Garden Centre
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GTN's Greatest Awards 2016
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Gluten-free garden centre café up for national award
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Rosebourne opens with "double budget" performance


Rosebourne, the only new build garden centre to open this year, near Andover on the A303 opened this week and by Saturday was reporting "double the budget" takings...
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Plans for new garden centre include 'iconic' building
More garden centre growth planned in Aberdeenshire


Plans have been submitted to transform a derelict petrol station site between Aberdeen and Stonehaven into a garden centre, restaurant and shop...
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October heads for record sales month


Tulips, Pansies and Christmas were the drivers of sales last week, resulting in total sales volumes being up 8% on the same week last year. With half term and Halloween footfall drivers still to come, October could post record sales and close the gap on last year’s total sales which now sit at minus 2.4%...
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Records broken at Choice AGM Conference & Trade Show


Choice Marketing members were in buoyant mood at their Annual AGM Conference and Trade Show after it was announced that their supplier rebates for the last 12 months would exceed a record £1.3million...
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Rising Stars UK finalists announced


After a excellent round of final presentations, the names of the five finalists of the Westland Rising Stars and Garden Centre Association programme have been announced. Daniel Holden (Barton Grange), Rupert Sleight (Squires Cobham), Kathryn Crouch (Haskins West End), Hana Parker (Monkton Elm) and John Bradley (Stewarts) have all made it through to the GCA Conference at Fairmount, St Andrews in Scotland in January...
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Finalists in Irish Rising Stars programme also revealed


The finalists of the Westland Rising Stars in Ireland, a programme run in association and supported by Retail Excellence Ireland (REI) and Bord Bia have been announced. They are Emma Cooke (Springmount), Eoin Long (Arboretum) and Natalia Cvetic (Newlands)...
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Tree planting ceremony at new HTA offices


A tree planting ceremony to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the European Nursery Stock Association has taken place at the new HTA offices in Chilton, Berkshire...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Gluten-free garden centre café up for national award


The Olive Tree Café, based in Totties Garden Centre, West Yorkshire, has been nominated for a national award by the special dietary needs sector...
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Ruxley Rose judging reveals ‘recipe retailing’ at its best


The 21 finalists in the Garden Centre Association’s Ruxley Rose competition have recently been judged and the organisation has revealed some of its findings...
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HTA Marketing Forum - Maximising Your Potential
 
The HTA Marketing Forum, with a theme of ‘Maximising Your Potential’, takes place on 8 November 2016 at Whittlebury Hall, Northamptonshire...
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Save the Date: GIMA Day Conference - December 8


Bookings are now being taken for the next GIMA Day Conference, which will take place at Wilko head office in Worksop, Notts, on the 8th December...
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Barton Grange Christmas 2016 is a Festival of Flowers


It's a Christmas themed with Festive Flowers this year at Barton Grange...
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