In This Issue
It's all change in the Wild West...
Hotpants spices up bulb sales at garden centres
First for GTN Bestsellers – there’s a tie at the top
Bras in the car park...
We're 40% up say Garland Products
Core gardening at heart of Gardman's new drive
If you've been away this summer, here's the Top 20 most popular stories published in GTN Xtra over the past 6 weeks
Chelsea coverage to stay with BBC until 2017
Consumers are changing - and so are we, say M&M
Why Bar-Be-Quick is glowing with pride...
The UK's first collapsible watering can...
Kernock target awards for two new plants
Does your restaurant meet current customer demand for sustainability?
Destination centre's founder dies
Dobbies in the news - fine upheld - new store aerial picture
Ambitious Bord na Mona join BHETA
Garden centre owner John Toomer dies
Mixed bag in the Veg-2-Gro Bestsellers chart this week
Bark and top soil are the big growing media chart movers
HTA autumn gardening campaign under way
Glee panel topics announced
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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It's all change in the Wild West...
Rumours abound that a cluster of Westcountry garden centres will soon change hands
Lechlade and Cheddar Garden Centres and the Garden & Leisure Group are about to change hands, sources say...

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Hotpants spices up bulb sales at garden centres
 
Bulb of the Year, Tulip Hotpants, is spicing up bulb sales already according to GTN Bestsellers Epos data, reaching No 4 in the GTN Top 10, just behind last year’s Bulb of the Year, Daffodil Tamara...
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First for GTN Bestsellers – there’s a tie at the top
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There’s a tie at the top of the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart for the first time in its five-year history with Scotts Levington Tomorite and Fito Drip Feeder for Orchids selling exactly the same volumes this week...
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Bras in the car park...

Why did 1000 bras end up decorating a garden centre car park?...

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We're 40% up say Garland Products
 Garland Products, who launched Worth Gardening last year, have reported a 40% increase in business in 2013...
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Core gardening at heart of Gardman's new drive
Core gardening products are at the heart of Gardman’s new ‘Trust us to Deliver’ marketing strategy, to be rolled out at Glee...



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If you've been away this summer, here's the Top 20 most popular stories published in GTN Xtra over the past 6 weeks
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Chelsea coverage to stay with BBC until 2017
The BBC will retain rights to exclusive coverage of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show for the next your years...




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Consumers are changing - and so are we, say M&M
Garden timber specialist M&M are refining their range to suit the trend towards easy pick-up lines...
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Why Bar-Be-Quick is glowing with pride...
Instant barbecue pioneers Bar-Be-Quick are glowing with civic pride after their town was named the UK's most entrepreneurial area...

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The UK's first collapsible watering can...
The UK's first collapsible watering can is an ingenious reworking of the most traditional item in the tool shed...




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Kernock target awards for two new plants
Visitors to the Kernock Park Plants stand at Four Oaks will see some of 50 new plant introductions for 2013/14...

Left: Agastache 'Blue Boa', good on the bench and in the border.

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Does your restaurant meet current customer demand for sustainability?


Have you thought about restaurant sustainability...
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