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Wyevale 'set to buy big name garden centre business in north'
Will Scotland get its own National Garden?
Waitrose customers are into grow-your-own...
Want to sell your garden centre? Then call us, say Wyevale Garden Centres
£3.4m support for Gardman brands delivers 20pc sales boost
Will you be one of The Greatest Catering Teams announced on June 9th?
Highfield Garden World to expand...again
First National Children's Gardening Week proves a success
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Gardman tool brands on course for £5m first-year turnover
Homebase Garden Academy student makes RHS show debut
Rush to buy bench featured in gold medal Chelsea garden
Perfect plant retailing rewarded at The National Plant Show
Turn the Summer Bank Holiday into a business trip to Germany
Garden Shop Manager - Surrey
Sales Exec - Wiltshire
Horticulture Manager - Surrey
Grower Supervisor - Lincolnshire
Bumper May Beckons
Get the Briers 'Golfies' charity golf glove
Plant food, lights, baskets and slug products selling well
Ferndale Garden Centre flash-mobbed by musical theatre group
It's been a great year for outdoor living sales, but which garden centre teams are The Greatest?
Beans are running away with it
Town & Country’s see-through macs a runaway success at Chelsea
BBC Gardeners’ World Live - Show update
Tylers garden machinery distributor joins Godfreys
GrootGroen organisers promise 'inspiring' show
Scotts of Thrapston are guests at Haddonstone's open gardens day
Jekka joins forces with Johnson for new herb range
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Nominate your Catering Teams by 10:00am on Monday for entry into The Greatest Catering Awards 2015
The Apple Tree Restaurant at Brinsmore scoops catering award
Hot topics on the agenda at the HTA Catering Conference
Gluten-free market will continue to grow
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Wyevale 'set to buy big name garden centre business in north'


Wyevale Garden Centres is believed to be concluding a deal to buy a major destination garden centre business in the north of England...
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Will Scotland get its own National Garden?


HTA President Stan Green has called for a National Garden for Scotland to be created to show off an 'amazing horticultural heritage' north of the Border. His comments follow an HTA parliamentary reception at Holyrood to celebrate Scottish horticulture....
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Waitrose customers are into grow-your-own...
More Waitrose customers are getting into ‘grow your own’, according to a report in a leading retail trade journal...

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Want to sell your garden centre? Then call us, say Wyevale Garden Centres
If you are thinking about selling your garden centre then the Wyevale Garden Centres group want to hear from you. In a bid to add to their portfolio they've posted an advert of their website, urging would-be sellers to make contact...

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£3.4m support for Gardman brands delivers 20pc sales boost
Investment of more than £3m in display stands and high-profile consumer advertising has contributed to sales growth of 20% for Gardman's brands this spring...

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Will you be one of The Greatest Catering Teams announced on June 9th?


This summer The Greatest Awards are going ON TOUR to create more opportunities to reward the excellence of garden centre teams across more areas of garden centre businesses ...
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Highfield Garden World to expand...again


Highfield Garden World has won more planning permission to transform part of its A1 unrestricted retail space at its site in rural Gloucestershire...
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First National Children's Gardening Week proves a success
 
The brainchild behind National Children's Gardening Week says he's happy with the response to the campaign to encourage the gardeners of the future...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Nominate your Catering Teams by 10:00am on Monday for entry into The Greatest Catering Awards 2015
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Scotsdales, Chessington and Blackbrooks are among past winners of The Greatest Catering Team awards, will your teams be The Greatest for 2015?
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The Apple Tree Restaurant at Brinsmore scoops catering award


For the second year running, The Apple Tree Restaurant at Brimsmore Gardens in Yeovil has been awarded Gold in the Taste of the West Hospitality and Retail Awards 2015...
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Hot topics on the agenda at the HTA Catering Conference
Latest food trends, integrating catering into your garden centre offer, managing people and the growing gluten free market are just some of the key topics for discussion at Catering Matters – the HTA Catering Conference, dinner and exhibition. This popular event, sponsored by Vision Commercial Kitchens, takes place at The Belfry, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands on 9 and 10 June...

Jason Danciger (pictured), of Wyevale Garden Centres, is one of the guest speakers.
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Gluten-free market will continue to grow





Pastry products specialists Pidy say demand for gluten-free products is expected to grow further...
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HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
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Poplars, Groves and Barton Grange have all won Gold in The Greatest Awards.  Which garden centres will be leaving the HTA Futures Conference with Gold this year?
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Gardman tool brands on course for £5m first-year turnover
Gardman’s re-branded and improved garden tools are heading for turnover of £5m in their first year....

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Homebase Garden Academy student makes RHS show debut




Homebase Garden Academy student Nicola Oakey is about to build her first RHS Show garden at BBC Gardener’s World Live (11–14 June)...
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Rush to buy bench featured in gold medal Chelsea garden




Garden giftware company Fallen Fruits has seen a rush of trade orders for its Old Rectory bench after it was featured in Hilliers’ gold medal Chelsea garden....
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Perfect plant retailing rewarded at The National Plant Show
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Worlds End and Cleeve Nursery have been The Greatest Planteria Sales Team winners in previous years.  For 2015 we have more planteria sales categories.  Will your teams be one of The Greatest announced at The National Plant Show?
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Turn the Summer Bank Holiday into a business trip to Germany


If you’re having a great time selling garden furniture and BBQs this year then you’ll probably be looking for even more great ideas, inspiration and new products for 2016. That’s what the team at spoga + gafa 2015 in Cologne have on offer for you – eight halls of garden living, one hall of garden unique premium garden furniture and for the first time this year a complete hall full of BBQ and grill exhibitors...
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