In This Issue
Cupar GC in Fife makes it centre No.5 for Caulders
Briers helps young designer's Christmas wish come true
Award winning designer to speak at Hillier wholesale days
CBE for RHS's Sue Biggs in New Year honours list
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party will be a night of Func on the Rocks
Buy your Christmas Awards Party tickets now
The trophies and certificates are all prepared ready for presenting on Sunday night
TV gardener presents certificates to Birmingham youngsters
Pink dusters sales raise £10,200 for breast cancer charities
Neudorff doubles production of new seaweed extract
New Posh Bird Box has more room for feathered families
Duke plants cedar to celebrate ‘Capability’ Brown anniversary
Stihl wants to sell cordless range through garden centres
Record Christmas trading, reports GTN Bestsellers
Happy New Year from all at GTN, Garden Radio and The Greatest Awards
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Wholesale Nursery Growing Supervisor - Herefordshire
Despatch Packhouse Manager - Herefordshire
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Phil Burgoyne joins Garland Products/Worth Gardening
Groen-Direkt introduces houseplants for 2017
Students must get DCF scholarship applications in by 31 January
Stewart to put new planters under media spotlight
Sell out will lead to high order levels at Harrogate show
Growing media sales 7% up for the year
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
John Cook is new head chef at busy Stewarts restaurant
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Cupar GC in Fife makes it centre No.5 for Caulders
Caulders has made the first garden centre purchase of the New Year, buying Cupar Garden Centre, Fife, the group’s fifth outlet and its first in the east of Scotland...
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Briers helps young designer's Christmas wish come true




A Leicestershire boy’s Christmas will continue long into the New Year thanks to gardening lifestyle brand Briers...

Left: Aidan Parmar with Briers' designer Lewis Simper.
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Award winning designer to speak at Hillier wholesale days
Acclaimed Chelsea garden designer Sarah Eberle will be a guest speaker at Hillier Garden Centre and Nurseries'  wholesaler trade days next month...

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CBE for RHS's Sue Biggs in New Year honours list




RHS Director General Sue Biggs was appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List, for services to the environment and horticulture...
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GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party will be a night of Func on the Rocks
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The last few tickets are on sale for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Party where Func on the Rocks will provide the live music for dancing and celebrating the night away. Come and join us for the party of the year in Harrogate on Sunday 8th January 2017...
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Buy your Christmas Awards Party tickets now
 
GTN's Greatest Christmas Party takes place at The Majestic Hotel, Harrogate on Sunday 8th January 2017...
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The trophies and certificates are all prepared ready for presenting on Sunday night


On Sunday night we will be presenting Gold, Silver, Bronze or Regional Greatest Christmas Awards plus new for this year a sackful of Santa Special Team Awards to over 40 different garden centres...
See the full list of finalists
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TV gardener presents certificates to Birmingham youngsters


Young people on a Thrive gardening course are celebrating after receiving their qualification certificates from Warwickshire-based TV gardener David Domoney...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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John Cook is new head chef at busy Stewarts restaurant


Stewarts Garden Centre Restaurant and Coffee shop at Broomhill, near Wimborne has appointed John Cook as their new head chef.
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Pink dusters sales raise £10,200 for breast cancer charities
Housewares, DIY and garden products supplier Creative Products has raised more than £10,200 for the Pink Ribbon Foundation charity through sales of its pink dusters...
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Neudorff doubles production of new seaweed extract


Neudorff has doubled production of its Super Strength Seaweed Extract after the product beat sales targets following the trade launch last autumn...
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New Posh Bird Box has more room for feathered families



The Posh Shed Company has updated the designs of its popular hand-made Bird Boxes for 2017 to create more space for the occupants...
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Duke plants cedar to celebrate ‘Capability’ Brown anniversary
The 12th Duke of Marlborough has planted an iconic Cedar of Lebanon tree beside the lake at Blenheim Palace to mark the 300th anniversary of ‘Capability’ Brown...

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Stihl wants to sell cordless range through garden centres
Stihl aims to start selling cordless gardening products through garden centres and other non-specialist retailers later this year...

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Record Christmas trading, reports GTN Bestsellers


The final GTN Bestsellers data for the year revealed that the 12 weeks of Christmas trading in 2016 were a record – 5% up on 2015 and 10% higher than the average for the previous five years...
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Happy New Year from all at GTN, Garden Radio and The Greatest Awards
Happy New Year to all our readers, advertisers and garden centre customers.

We've really enjoyed bringing you all the news as it happens and more retail ideas than ever before during 2016 and we look forward to doing more of the same in 2017.

Here's hoping to see many of you at The Greatest Christmas Party in Harrogate on January 8th.  It is a great way to start the new year.  

See you on the dance floor!

Trevor, Neil, Mike, Mandy, Ben, Alan, Rebbecca, Harry and Karen.
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