In This Issue
Wyevale Garden Centres rumoured to have made £175m bid for Dobbies ahead of tomorrow's deadline
Who will buy Dobbies from Tesco? Newshound checks out runners and riders
Blue Diamond get set to buy Harlow Garden Centre
Scope for stockists to increase sales via up-selling with Meadow View Stones NEW POS
GIMA announces new Council at AGM
Happiness is just a few weeks of warmer weather away
Revealed: The Top 20 Bestselling Plants of the Week
Buyers flock to Groen-Direkt’s Spring Days
Woodborough and Honiton are ‘Pimp up’ winners
Town & Country go national with kids' glove design contest
Chichester College garden wins top award
How to win space on garden centre shelves
Soft Landscaping Contracts Manager
Junior Buyer: Garden Care
Garden Centre Assistant Manager (Hampshire)
Grounds Maintenance / Contracts Manager (North & Midlands)
Garden Centre Assistant Manager (East Sussex)
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Blue Diamond’s Stuart Whalley is promoted to Head of Product Development
Eureka! Solar Light Bulb is a bestseller
Cucumbers, beans and courgettes lead the way
Multipurpose compost keeps sales on a high
Wildlife World returns to major US exhibition
Flopro launches huge consumer media campaign
HTA National Plant Show – supporting Home Grown Plants
Inside the April issue of Garden Trade News
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Squire's Long Ditton centre gets a makeover
Matthew Algie launches Espresso Warehouse catalogue
Award-winning ice cream producer's new-look packaging
Situations Vacant
Soft Landscaping Contracts Manager
Salary: Circa £30,000
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Garden Centre Assistant Manager (Hampshire)
Salary: £30,000 - £31,000
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Grounds Maintenance / Contracts Manager (North & Midlands)
Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
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Garden Centre Assistant Manager (East Sussex)
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Happiness is just a few weeks of warmer weather away


The rest of April and all of May needs to be good garden centre trading weather to make sure we stay ahead of last year’s sales levels.

The graph above illustrates clearly the benefit of Easter last year spanning weeks 15 and 16 (the ideal time for Easter according to our GTN Bestsellers analysis published last week).

The intent for people to spend time (and therefore money) in the garden is there as growing media sales continue to run at a high level and people are picking up new impulse lines such as the Smart Solar Eureka! Light Bulb in good volumes.  So it must just need a few weeks of warmer drier weather and everyone will be happy.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - up 23%
  • Veg-2-Gro - down 10%
  • Growing Media - up 44%
  • All Items Index - up 13%
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