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Wyevale Garden Centres acquires Trelawney Ashford Garden Centre
Five Rising Stars battle for the ultimate prize
Sales at garden centres boosted by lighting products
Garden lighting is outselling Christmas lighting
The lumberjacks are coming!
Notcutts wins home design award for its state-of-the-art garden centre in Tunbridge Wells
Giant mistletoe auction takes place at Gloucestershire garden centre
Wyevale's Meet The Buyer success leads to promise of two per year
If catering and food are your growth areas our new Food Xtra will help you
The Quest for Christmas Greatness - Buy Your Tickets for The Greatest Christmas Party Here
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Wyevale Garden Centres acquires Trelawney Ashford Garden Centre


Wyevale Garden Centres has announced it has acquired Trelawney Ashford Garden Centre from David Danning and David Symons. GTN Xtra revealed at the weekend that the sale was due to go through today (Tuesday)...
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Five Rising Stars battle for the ultimate prize
 

It started with 28...now there are five battling it out for the winner's prize. The finalists of the Garden Centre Association Rising Stars Programme, sponsored by Westland Horticulture, have been announced – Kirsty Clark (Perrywood GC), Matthew Fay (Stewarts Garden-Lands, Christchurch), Lisa Waim (Haskins Snowhill), Hannah Mason (Chessington) and Cerys Williams (Perrywood)...

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Sales at garden centres boosted by lighting products


Lighting products are the star performers in the GTN Bestsellers garden centre EPoS data this week...
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Garden lighting is outselling Christmas lighting
 
Seven out of the Top 10 products in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart are lighting lines this week, and 14 in all of the Top 50. Smart Solar’s Ceramic Bird Wind Chime Light in red is the highest new entry...
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The lumberjacks are coming!


There's a new category for The Greatest Christmas Awards 2014 and the team of Greatest Awards experts will be adding “Lumberjack” status to their judging visits in the search for The Greatest Winter Woodland Display of Artificial Trees...
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Notcutts wins home design award for its state-of-the-art garden centre in Tunbridge Wells
 
Notcutts is celebrating success after scooping the title of Best Large Format Store in the annual Retail Week Interior Awards. The prestigious accolade was awarded to its new, state-of-the-art Tunbridge Wells centre, beating large retail chains such as Next, Homebase and Primark to the post...
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Giant mistletoe auction takes place at Gloucestershire garden centre
 
One of the biggest auctions of holly and mistletoe will take place at Burford House Garden Centre in Tenbury Wells, Gloucestershire, over the coming three weeks.
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Wyevale's Meet The Buyer success leads to promise of two per year
Members of The British Home Enhancement Trade Association (BHETA) covering garden, DIY and housewares sectors enjoyed face to face time with leading garden industry retailer, Wyevale at the latest BHETA ‘Meet The Buyer’ event, this time held in conjunction with GIMA...
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The Quest for Christmas Greatness - Buy Your Tickets for The Greatest Christmas Party Here
 
The quest for The Greatest Christmas teams is on.  The expert team of judges are now out and about visiting all of the teams nominated in this years The Greatest Christmas Awards.  You’ll find out who are The Greatest at Christmas this year by joining us at the first awards event of 2015, The Greatest Christmas Awards Christmas Party...

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