In This Issue
When will the For Sale sign go up at Wyevale GCs?
November starts with a bang for Ponsettias
Residents oppose housing plans for Klondyke Cheshire site
Garden centre customers update their wardrobes for new season
German buyers at ‘Meet the International Buyers’ event
SmartPlant app aims to lighten load on plant staff
Martin Stewart apologises over Santa tickets as 10,000 requests crash website
Vitax announces groundbreaking charity partnership
Kent & Stowe silent sales assistant builds Lawn spend
Bonnetts Garden Village opens for business
Holly and Mistletoe Auctions return to Burford Garden Store
Santa's grottos at Squires raise money for charity
Hillier celebrates the Magic of Christmas
Tong launches its biggest ever Christmas weekend event
Cheeky innuendo takes garden centre customers by surprise...
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Helen MacDonald appointed HTA Council representative for Scotland
Christmas plants lead November upturn
EU fails to resolve glyphosate issue yet again
Wonderful boost for vertical gardening
Haskins Garden Centres announces competition to celebrate National Tree Week
Poppy feeder sales up by 57%
Hortipak continues support for HTA National Plant Show
Angels increase lead at the top of Christmas chart
Turnover up at Wyevale-owned Woodcote Green
Agent for Briers in the South East leaves company
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"Garden Centre of the Future" planned for new outlet retail centre at Downtown Grantham
RHS licensing a stepping stone to success for Kelkay
Smart Garden Products expands export team
The Pied Piper of Melville - GTN's interview with Nicholas Marshall
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Bridport centre's curvaceous £1m restaurant takes shape
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When will the For Sale sign go up at Wyevale GCs?

 

Woof! Newshound here…back and straining at the leash. So what’s cooking? The boss says people who’ve have had their ears to the walls at Wyevale GCs HQ reckon there’s something interesting about to break...

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November starts with a bang for Ponsettias

 

Poinsettia are poised for bumper sales right through to Christmas. GTN Bestsellers has seen the homegrown crop at Aylett Nurseries (pictured above) that are looking their best ever according to the Ayletts growing team, and Wyevale Garden Centres have announced their J’Adore pink poinsettia that is outselling the traditional red varieties...

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Residents oppose housing plans for Klondyke Cheshire site

Residents at Great Sutton near Ellesmere Port in Cheshire have launched a campaign designed to prevent their local garden centre - the Klondyke Group’s Sycamore Park – from closing...

 

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Garden centre customers update their wardrobes for new season

 

The new autumn/winter season saw garden centre customers stocking up on warm clothing and accessories during September, according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report.

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German buyers at ‘Meet the International Buyers’ event
 

Buyers from a specialist German online retailer and mail order company that specialises in British products, as well as garden distributors from Germany and Romania (each with an online presence too) will be travelling to the UK on 30 November 2017 to meet with UK suppliers...

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SmartPlant app aims to lighten load on plant staff

London-based SmartPlant, whose digital app helps users to identify and care for their plants, has raised more than £200,000 in a crowd-funding campaign designed to help it further develop the technology - and is attracting interest from garden retailers...

 

 

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Martin Stewart apologises over Santa tickets as 10,000 requests crash website

The payment gateway at Stewarts Garden Centres crashed as 10,000 customers tried to book a visit to Santa – forcing chairman Martin Stewart to issue an apology in the local press...

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Bridport centre's curvaceous £1m restaurant takes shape

A new £1 million botanical-style restaurant at Groves Garden Centre at Bridport, Dorset in a designated AONB is now just a few months away from completion...

 

 

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Vitax announces groundbreaking charity partnership

 

Vitax has joined forces with a national charity to become a horticulture partner for 2018...

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Kent & Stowe silent sales assistant builds Lawn spend
 

The Kent & Stowe Lawn Care silent sales assistant display unit sited alongside fertilisers and seed provides clear pictorial guidance on selecting the right tools for the right job...

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Bonnetts Garden Village opens for business

Bonnetts Garden Village at Brentwood, Essex – the first bricks-and-mortar garden centre from the owner of online retailer Gardening Express – was due to open its main store this week-end (11 November).

 

 

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Holly and Mistletoe Auctions return to Burford Garden Store
 

A historic Christmas tradition is returning to Burford House Garden Store as they welcome back the UK’s largest and most popular Holly and Mistletoe Auctions for the third year...

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Santa's grottos at Squires raise money for charity

 

At Squire’s in Cobham, Hersham, Long Ditton, Reigate, Windsor and West Horsley entry to the grotto is free, and visitors can donate as much as they like to the local charities that Squire’s support...

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Hillier celebrates the Magic of Christmas
 

Hillier has announced the Christmas trading plans for its 12 garden centres, all themed around The Magic of Christmas...

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Tong launches its biggest ever Christmas weekend event

 

Tong Garden Centre will mark the opening of Santa's grotto and its new Christmas Cabin with a two-day event which begins on Saturday November 18...

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Cheeky innuendo takes garden centre customers by surprise...

 

 

 

A retired couple spotted a lorry with a seemingly suggestive slogan on its side as they shopped for Christmas trees at Wyevale’s Barnett Hill garden centre near Stourbridge....

 

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