In This Issue
Has Nicholas Marshall left Dobbies?
Scotts appoint Mark Portman as UK & Ireland General Manager as it's confirmed that Sheila Hill has left the company
Pennells acquires Four Seasons Garden Centre
Snow wreaks havoc for garden centre stores
Langlands donates food to Hull homeless
Staff take up curling at North Walsham, Bobsleigh at Lakeside Plant Centre and get Reindeer pulling sleighs at Richardsons Garden Centre
With Spring on hold make the most of Garden Re-Leaf Day
Last chance to sign up to Garden Re-Leaf Day!
Plant sales slow ahead of Big Freeze
New additions to successful GroZone range
Greenfingers and HTA collaborate on gifting initiatives
New look website for National Children’s Gardening Week
RHS ranking reveals pests and diseases rife in UK gardens
Tong's Orchid advice and MOT day hailed a success
Plant Show success for Klondyke
Snowy success for Garden Press Event
New HTA Chairman and Matthew Bent on BBC Radio 4 Consumer programme
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
David Domoney teams up with Kent & Stowe
Preparing for the Big Freeze
Young veg plants and herbs start to sell through but onion sets dominate
Will growing media momentum continue?
Wild Bird Care sales down by 30% but set to grow
Keukenhof - Meteorological spring has started
Looking for Christmas Ideas for 2018?
The best of last week's
"I will FIX this issue" Gardman CEO updates GTN Xtra on delivery issues
Wyevale unveils its first Garden Trends Report
Squire’s Garden Centre in Woking now open
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Casual Dining brings new innovations and attracts record crowds
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Has Nicholas Marshall left Dobbies?

GTN Xtra newshound received a tip off this week that Nicholas Marshall has left Dobbies and that Graeme Jenkins is now running the garden centre group...

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Scotts appoint Mark Portman as UK & Ireland General Manager as it's confirmed that Sheila Hill has left the company

Scotts UK have confirmed that Sheila Hill has left the business and Mark Portman has been appointed to replace her in the role of UK General Manager. Mark has been at Gardman for a short period of time as Group Sales Director.

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Pennells acquires Four Seasons Garden Centre

Pennells Garden Centres have acquired the Four Seasons Garden Centre at Sleaford as of March 1st 2018...

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Snow wreaks havoc for garden centre stores

The unique mix of "The Beast from the East" and Storm Emma wreaked havoc across UK garden centres this week with reports of many store closures, frozen pipes and heroic efforts to keep trading...

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Langlands donates food to Hull homeless

Langlands Garden Centre director James Ducker braved the treacherous driving conditions in East Yorkshire this week to deliver food to the Hull Food Bank...

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Staff take up curling at North Walsham, Bobsleigh at Lakeside Plant Centre and get Reindeer pulling sleighs at Richardsons Garden Centre

 

Staff at North Walsham Garden Centre (above) took inspiration from the recent Winter Olympics and tried their hand at a spot of curling during this week's wintry weather and the team at Lakeside Plant Centre in Telford (right) took the opportunity to start preparations for the 2022 Winter Olympics...

 

 

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With Spring on hold make the most of Garden Re-Leaf Day

 

As ‘the Beast from the East’ has caused garden centres to close across the country we’ve been looking back through the GTN Bestsellers data to when we last had a cold March in 2013. In that year, as you see in the graph above, there was a noticeable dip in sales at the start of March as we expect to see this year with this week’s snow and the freeze predicted to run into next week too. 

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Last chance to sign up to Garden Re-Leaf Day!
 

Garden Re-Leaf Day is fast approaching! With just under three weeks until the garden retail industry comes together to kickstart the season and raise much needed funds for Greenfingers, the event organisers are urging interested parties to sign up now and take part before it’s too late...

 

Pictured: Heidi Towse preparing for Garden Re-Leaf Day at Worlds End Garden Centre.

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Plant sales slow ahead of Big Freeze
 

Plant sales growth slowed during the two weeks leading up to the big freeze with young plants showing the biggest areas of increases. Pelargonium young plants were very popular as this Summer No 1 moved up to No 7.

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New additions to successful GroZone range

 

The success of Smart Garden’s GroZone last season has led to the introduction of several new products into the range, from the entry level Tomato GroZones to the Pro Tunnel GroZone Max...

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Greenfingers and HTA collaborate on gifting initiatives
 

HTA and Greenfingers Charity have cemented their partnership with the announcement of a number of initiatives at the Garden Press Event this week...

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Casual Dining brings new innovations and attracts record crowds

 

Casual Dining - the restaurant, pub and bar event of the year - was making headlines last week, with its biggest event yet securing another record turnout...

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New look website for National Children’s Gardening Week

 

To celebrate the fourth year of National Children’s Gardening week and its ‘adoption’ by the HTA, a new look website for National Children’s Gardening Week has been unveiled, along with a suite of free resources for the garden industry to get behind the initiative...

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RHS ranking reveals pests and diseases rife in UK gardens

Honey fungus and box tree caterpillar were the dominant plant health issues in 2017, according to analysis of Royal Horticultural Society gardener enquiries...

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Tong's Orchid advice and MOT day hailed a success

 

Tong Garden Centre held its third annual Orchid Day where lovers of the tropical species received free advice and health checks for their plants from expert Chris Channon, an award-winning orchid grower and RHS gold medallist for his orchid displays...

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Plant Show success for Klondyke
 

 

 

With a hall brimming with quality plants and awash with colour, the Klondyke Group's annual Plant Show took place at the Hallmark Hotel close to Wilmslow Garden Centre with over 20 suppliers exhibiting at the show...

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Snowy success for Garden Press Event

The snowy weather in London didn’t dampen spirits at the Garden Press Event which took place on 28 February 2018...

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New HTA Chairman and Matthew Bent on BBC Radio 4 Consumer programme

New HTA Chairman Chris Pateman and Matthew Bent were interviewed as part of BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme on Friday last week...

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