In This Issue
April down 7% but year to date sales up 6% on 2021 with Jubilee Bank Holiday to come
Jubilee plant sales success and Peat Free clarity at Ayletts
Longacres on a Bank Holiday Sunday
Award-winning Harmony Gardens brand goes from strength to strength
April plant sales up 24% on 2019
Evergreen Garden Care gives update on slug pellets
Green Light Trust and Notcutts announce corporate partnership
Award-winning pet accessory firm set to exhibit at Glee
The horticultural industry’s tribute to Peter Seabrook – ‘In haste’
Pet treat company set to exhibit at Glee for first time
Rolawn raises £2.5k in support of Greenfingers
Focus on fundraisers: Evergreen Garden Care
Bridgemere Show Gardens – restored and reinvigorated by Blue Diamond Group
Eden buzzing with activity for May half-term full of fun
David Colegrave Foundation Scholarships Awards
Shaping a New Future at Coolings, New Products, Easter GTN Bestsellers and more in GTN's March/April issue on-line here
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Plant feed continues to dominate sales
Fifty new products announced by Garland Products
What a lot of veg!
Growing up, up, up!
Sundaville Flamingo Pink time has finally arrived
Are new gardeners missing out on Wild Bird Care?
RHS Chelsea Flower Show: A spotlight on MEDITE SMARTPLY MDF and OSB panels
The best of last week's
Easter records broken
Dobbies recruiting for roles at new store
Europe comes to Glee 2022
Largest garden centre of Iceland
The Pot Place Garden Centre - An Ambulance for Ukraine
Greenfingers opens new sensory garden at Tŷ Hafan Children’s Hospic
Meadow View Stone – new Garston site provides additional growth for the market leading landscaping products supplier
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April down 7% but year to date sales up 6% on 2021 with Jubilee Bank Holiday to come
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis

After a great Easter and a steady May Bank Holiday, garden centre sales are poised, at 6% up year on year to the end of April, ready for warmer weather and the celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with the four-day long Bank Holiday at the start of June...

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Jubilee plant sales success and Peat Free clarity at Ayletts

Jubilee plant sales were flying through the tills last weekend at Aylett Nurseries as GTN Xtra visited the centre to see how they have developed their peat vs peat free communications to customers...

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Longacres on a Bank Holiday Sunday

Longacres in Bagshot may not have had a record May Bank Holiday this year, but it was certainly busy with trolley loads of plants and products keeping all of the tills busy on Bank Holiday Sunday when GTN Xtra called in...

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Award-winning Harmony Gardens brand goes from strength to strength
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Southern Trident’s Harmony Gardens brand of growing media products was launched at Glee last year to glowing acclaim – Harmony Gardens Multipurpose Compost won the Best New Growing Media Product and the Glee Sustainability Award. Since then, it has been much loved by stockists and consumers alike...

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April plant sales up 24% on 2019

After a great Easter, plant sales tailed off slightly last week and as a result April plant sales volmes were 23% lower than last year but 24% higher than April 2019...

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Evergreen Garden Care gives update on slug pellets
 

Recently the story of slug pellets being banned in the UK has been doing the rounds. While there certainly is a story around slug pellets, it’s not quite so simple. In fact, there is only one specific ingredient that used to be quite common in slug pellets, known as metaldehyde, an active ingredient Evergreen Garden Care stopped using in 2015 which has been made illegal...

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Green Light Trust and Notcutts announce corporate partnership

East Anglian based charity, Green Light Trust (GLT), and Notcutts, the family-owned garden and horticulture business, are delighted to announce an on-going corporate partnership...

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Award-winning pet accessory firm set to exhibit at Glee
 

Award-winning Milton Keynes-based pet accessory business, Barking Bags is set to exhibit for the first time at Glee which takes place from the 28-30 June at the NEC...

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The horticultural industry’s tribute to Peter Seabrook – ‘In haste’

The whole horticultural industry owes gratitude to Peter Seabrook MBE, for the influence he had on our industry in over 70 years of his dedicated input. That industry which Peter supported with his whole heart is coming together at Gardeners World Live 2022 this June. The horticultural industry’s ‘thank you’ to Peter will be one of the main attractions in the Floral Marquee at the show at the NEC between the 16th and 19th June.

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Pet treat company set to exhibit at Glee for first time

Pet treat start-up company PARK LiFE is set to exhibit for the first time at the Glee, which takes place at the NEC Birmingham on June 28-30...

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Rolawn raises £2.5k in support of Greenfingers

Rolawn, has donated £2,500 to the charity Greenfingers, as part of the annual Garden Re-Leaf event.  The money was generated through an online initiative whereby Rolawn pledged to donate 5% of the value of all sales made through their website, Rolawn.co.uk, from Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th March...

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Focus on fundraisers: Evergreen Garden Care

Evergreen Garden Care has gone above and beyond to support the Greenfingers Charity and help bolster its annual fundraising total, including becoming a Platinum Partner within the charity’s Silver Anniversary Appeal...

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Bridgemere Show Gardens – restored and reinvigorated by Blue Diamond Group

Bridgemere Show Gardens, now owned by the Blue Diamond Group, are once again restored to their former glory following an extensive restoration and rejuvenation and are to be re-launched on May 20 at 1pm...

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Eden buzzing with activity for May half-term full of fun

The Eden Project in Cornwall will be all abuzz over May half-term with a joyous celebration of bees, nature and communities, culminating in The Big Jubilee Lunch on Sunday June 5...

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David Colegrave Foundation Scholarships Awards

Four further students have been named as recipients of scholarships through the David Colegrave Foundation. These are in addition to the winners of The Blue Diamond Scholarships announced in April, and bring the total of scholarship awards made so far this year to 11 to a value in excess of £25,000...

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Shaping a New Future at Coolings, New Products, Easter GTN Bestsellers and more in GTN's March/April issue on-line here

In the March/April 2022 issue of GTN:

  • Shaping a new future at Coolings
  • Blue Diamond Awards
  • Garden Centres Aid for Ukraine
  • Primeur – Ready for 2022
  • Latest trends and products from the Garden Press Event
  • LOFA’s Plant a Tree Campaign
  • Greetings from Woodmansterne – GTN meets the suppliers
  • Easter Trading records broken – GTN Bestsellers Exclusive
  • GTN Bestsellers – Subscribe Now!
  • YPHA member opens Dor’s Garden in Ross On Wye
  • Glee 2022 Update
  • Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022
  • LOFA Column – Working Together
  • HTA Column – Reasons to be Cheerful
  • GIMA Column – Sourcing New Products
Read the issue on-line here
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