In This Issue
Barton Grange's £6m leisure complex gets the go-ahead
Greenhouse at Loch Lomond GC to grow veg for foodbank
spoga+gafa promises to deliver top international innovation show
Stewarts set to expand following £11m in funding from Santander
Plant sales are the greatest for years
‘Must buy’ plants are key to success
Salvia Love & Wishes takes Best in Show title at New Plant Awards
Double success for Salvia Love & Wishes at HTA National Plant Show
TV presenter launches the ‘Time to Live’ Breast Cancer Now rose
Key Essentials take home Best ‘Plantie’
The Greatest Plant Retailing Teams are at Scotsdales, Cowells and The Old Railway Line
Hillier Nurseries voted The Greatest Plant Supplier of the Year
Coolings are the masters of linked sales in the planteria, closely followed by Percy Throwers Wyevale, Van Hage Great Amwell and Cowells
Bents are "Top of the Pots"
Fron Goch scoop The Greatest Plant Advice Team Gold
The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Garden Centre Manager - South London - Newly Developed Site
Plantarea Manager - Hertfordshire - Group Centre
Assistant Commercial E-Commerce Manager - Worcestershire
Landscape Project Manager - East of England
Next plans £6m home and garden store in Plymouth
Squire’s Garden Centres grow their own
Director to face trial over garden centre deaths
New Glee website provides 365 resource
Rufus Hound to host GIMA Awards
Slugs and snails products on the move
Veg-2-Gro chart reveals variety of bestsellers
Farmyard manure is still a top seller
Crest Garden delivers autumn value
Orchids raise £1,000 for students
Drive up sales: ‘Grow to Show’ with Baby Bio Vitality
New seeds in a tin from Johnsons
Wyevale Nurseries win Best Plant Display Award at HTA National Plant Show
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Catering Design Group helps Raemoir with restaurant makeover
Nordic Organic Food Fair opens visitor registration for 2015
Northampton garden centre opens Garden Kitchen restaurant
Top 10 do’s & don’ts to optimise catering in a garden retail environment
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Barton Grange's £6m leisure complex gets the go-ahead


Plans for a £6 million multi-purpose leisure complex called 'Flower Bowl' at the award-winning Barton Grange Garden Centre has been given the greenlight by local councillors. Managing director Guy Topping (right) said: "We’re delighted that the project has been given the go-ahead. Now the hard work really begins..."
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Greenhouse at Loch Lomond GC to grow veg for foodbank


Loch Lomond Homes and Gardens has had a great response to its offer of using a large greenhouse free of charge to anyone who fancies planting and nurturing fresh produce to help those in need...
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spoga+gafa promises to deliver top international innovation show
 
Around 2,000 exhibitors from over 60 countries will present their new products at spoga+gafa 2015 exhibition from 30 August to 1 September and offer trade visitors from all over the world a top international level innovation show...
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Stewarts set to expand following £11m in funding from Santander
Banbury-based Stewart Group, the British manufacturer and distributor of gardening products, catering supplies, homewares and bespoke technical solutions, is now set for significant expansion and growth following a £11 million funding deal with Santander Corporate & Commercial...



Above: Stewart's state-of-the art Banbury manufacturing facility.
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Plant sales are the greatest for years


Plant sales are the main driver to sales volumes being up on both of the last two weeks as we reach the half year, according to GTN Bestsellers...
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‘Must buy’ plants are key to success
 
Bargain plants at the garden centre entrance are one of the keys to plant sales success for the Gold Award winning team at Scotsdales, Cambridge...
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Salvia Love & Wishes takes Best in Show title at New Plant Awards


Salvia Love & Wishes from Darby Nursery Stock & Kernock Park Plants has been crowned best in show at the New Plant Awards at The HTA National Plant Show...
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Double success for Salvia Love & Wishes at HTA National Plant Show
 

Salvia Love & Wishes from Darby Nursery Stock & Kernock Park Plants has been voted the Best New Plant by visitors to the HTA National Plant Show. Salvia Love & Wishes also took the best in show title...

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TV presenter launches the ‘Time to Live’ Breast Cancer Now rose


This year’s HTA National Plant Show hosted the launch of the Breast Cancer Now ‘Time to Live’ rose by TV present Nicki Chapman...
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Key Essentials take home Best ‘Plantie’
 
Key Essentials took home the award for the best ‘Plantie’ at this year’s HTA National Plant Show...
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Catering Design Group helps Raemoir with restaurant makeover


Catering Design Group (CDG), the award winning restaurant and commercial kitchen design company for the hospitality industry, has completed the first phase of a partnership with Raemoir Garden Centre, one of Scotland’s leading independently managed garden centres...
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Nordic Organic Food Fair opens visitor registration for 2015
Sunday 1 November marks the return of Nordic Organic Food Fair to Malmö, Sweden. With its focus on new innovations from across the organic food and drink sector, this popular two-day event is an essential calendar date for thousands of retailers and foodservice professionals from across Scandinavia...
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Northampton garden centre opens Garden Kitchen restaurant


A new Garden Kitchen restaurant, which concentrates in-season ingredients sourced locally, has been opened at Northampton, a Wyevale Garden Centre...
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Top 10 do’s & don’ts to optimise catering in a garden retail environment
Great advice from Glee Food & Catering Zone partners Catering Design Group
Catering Design Group, exclusive partner of Glee’s Food & Catering Zone for 2015, shares its top 10 do’s and don’ts for garden centres to consider when running a catering operation...
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The Greatest Plant Retailing Teams are at Scotsdales, Cowells and The Old Railway Line


Scotsdales, Cowells and The Old Railway Line were Gold Award winners in The Greatest Plant Retailing Awards presented at The HTA National Plant Show yesterday...
Full results and nominated team pictures
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Hillier Nurseries voted The Greatest Plant Supplier of the Year
 
Three plant suppliers stood out from the crowd in the voting for The Greatest Plant Supplier of the Year.  The plant supplier with the most votes and Gold Award winner was Hillier Nurseries...
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Coolings are the masters of linked sales in the planteria, closely followed by Percy Throwers Wyevale, Van Hage Great Amwell and Cowells
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Bents are "Top of the Pots"
 
Bents have taken over from Brechin Castle Garden Centre as "Top of the Pots".  They are The Greatest Pot and Plant Retailing Team...
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Fron Goch scoop The Greatest Plant Advice Team Gold
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The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
 
Five gold winners of The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales Awards will have the added prize of receiving their prizes at this year's spoga+gafa exhibition in Cologne, Germany. One person from each of the five winners will be treated to travel to and from Cologne plus one night's accommodation as The Greatest Awards really celebrate going on tour this year.
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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?
Nominate your Garden Centre Teams here
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