In This Issue
Cowells and Barton Grange keep their grip on GCA top awards
Kirsty Clark from Perrywood is the Rising Star!
Cedar Associates win again
Armitages take Worrall Cup for best marketing campaign
Centres of Excellence
Glovies take the conference by storm for Garden ReLeaf Day
Economic optimism cheers up conference delegates
The secrets of leadership...by the Army's only female Brigadier
Don't take your eyes off the future
Believe it, inspire it, achieve it!
Special Award winners
Christmas judge applauds 'awe-inspiring' Christmas displays
Cowells win yet another planteria award
Delegates flock to Associates Night
£10,000 raised as Cabbages beat Pansies in 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup
Deputy Garden Centre Manager - Warwickshire
Assistant General Manager - West Sussex
Key Accounts Manager - Thetford, Norfolk
Garden Centre Manager - East Midlands
Plant Area Assistant – Hersham
Plant Area Department Head - Woking
Bedding Supervisor - West Horsley
Plant Area Assistant - Essex
Plant Area Department Head - Stanmore
Plant Area Supervisor - London
Conference fun raises an impressive £13k for Greenfingers charity
GCA chair says first year of tenure a success thanks to sharing
GCA Associates Exhibition pulls in the crowds
GCA online learning GROW-ing from strength to strength
Next IGCA in Denmark in August
Industry's biggest marketing campaign prepares for launch
Sinclair shoot TV commercials in South Africa
Martin Breddy leaves Scotts in company restructure
Taylors are flavour of the month
Jack’s magical domination continues
Vitax win in the orchid feed bestsellers stakes
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Cowells and Barton Grange keep their grip on GCA top awards


Cowells of Newcastle and Barton Grange Brock have retained their grip on the GCA’s Garden Centre of the Year Awards, announced last night by comedian host Justin Moorhouse...
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Kirsty Clark from Perrywood is the Rising Star!


Kirsty Clark from Essex garden centre Perrywood was voted the UK’s best young garden centre employee in the play-off of the GCA’s Rising Stars competition sponsored by Westland...
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Cedar Associates win again


The Cedar Associates consultancy won the Associate of the Year award for the second time...
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Armitages take Worrall Cup for best marketing campaign


Armitages won the Worrall Cup for the year's best marketing campaign or initiative, for their family-focused Wildlife Event.
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Centres of Excellence
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Glovies take the conference by storm for Garden ReLeaf Day


Glovies are the new selfies - and a great way of generating awareness for Garden ReLeaf Day...
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Economic optimism cheers up conference delegates
The economy is looking up and oil prices will stay low for up to three years, leading economist Roger Martin-Fagg told the GCA conference yesterday.

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The secrets of leadership...by the Army's only female Brigadier
Nicky Moffat,CBE, former director of HR and the highest ranking female officer during a 27-year career in the British Army, shared her secrets of good leadership with delegates in a compelling presentation...

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Don't take your eyes off the future
Retail “rescue” specialist Bill Grimsey – a former customer service director at Tesco and later CEO of Wickes – warned delegates not to ignore the way consumer shopping habits were changing...

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Believe it, inspire it, achieve it!

Kevin Gaskell, whoas CEO turned round the fortunes of Porsche, BMW and luxury boat builders Fairline, brought the conference to a finale with a stirring call  to “believe it, inspire it, achieve it”.



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Special Award winners
GCA audit inspection Special Awards

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The GCA audits inspection team handed out trophies to top-scoring centres in the 2014 inspections round at yesterday's conference session.

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Christmas judge applauds 'awe-inspiring' Christmas displays
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Brilliant…fantastic…awe-inspiring…these were some of the words of praise showered on garden centres by retail consultant Neville Stein at the GCA Conference in Chester yesterday for their Christmas displays.
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Cowells win yet another planteria award

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Cowells Garden Centre extended their impressive run of GCA awards with success in this year’s Ruxley Rose planteria competition, which this year rewarded the best autumn displays...

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Delegates flock to Associates Night
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Sheep, shepherds, badgers, foxes and plenty of tweeds were a selection of the costumes on display at the GCA Conference Industry Networking Night at the Carden Park Hotel near Chester yesterday...
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£10,000 raised as Cabbages beat Pansies in 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup

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Over £10,000 was raised on the eve of the Garden Centre Association Winter Conference at Carden Park in Cheshire when a team of garden centres (Pansies) took on a side made up of suppliers (Cabbages) in the 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup.

The event, made up of a series of fun events followed by a race night and was the curtain-raiser for the two-day conference, with all the proceeds going the industry's charity, Greenfingers.

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