In This Issue
On course for a record January
RocketGro to supply all Notcutts stores in 2022
Peter Seabrook "This Week In The Garden" - Memorial Podcast
Plant sales brighten up cloudy days
More details revealed ahead of GIMA Day Conference
Get ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022
The Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk & Cycle Challenge returns
Big changes at MorePeople
Glee 2022 – where growth happens
Harrogate reports resounding success
New Year, fresh start! Vitavia looks towards strong growth
Discover the new Gold Medal winners
Catering returns to top spot in GCA BoT report
SBM invests in marketing activity to bolster iconic Baby Bio and Phostrogen brands
That was the year that was... 2021
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Hands-on winter gardening on the up
Grow your own off to a fast start
No slow down for core growing activity
Jimmy Doherty named next Chancellor of Writtle University College
RHS Malvern Spring Festival launches show season with greenest show
The best of last week's
Four Oaks announces sad passing of Richard Harding
New garden centre opens near Lincoln
A tribute to Peter Seabrook from Colin Squire
New head of sales and team expansion at Hartman
Tong trebles space devoted to food preparation
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On course for a record January
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis

January garden centre sales are heading for a new record volume level for the month, according to Epos data analysed weekly by GTN Bestsellers. Sales are not only up on 2021 levels, when we were in Lockdown #3, but to date, after three weeks of the month, are 15% ahead of 2019 levels, the previous best start to January recorded by GTN Bestsellers...

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RocketGro to supply all Notcutts stores in 2022
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RocketGro continues to grow out its presence in the UK Peat-Free Compost market, keeping their prices down to £2.90 a bag delivered for their premium product range...

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Peter Seabrook "This Week In The Garden" - Memorial Podcast

Listen to the last episode of Peter Seabrooks podcast, This Week In The Garden, a memorial edition...

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Plant sales brighten up cloudy days

Plant sales grew week on week as gardeners clamoured for winter colour to brighten the grey cloudy days we’ve been having...

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More details revealed ahead of GIMA Day Conference
 

Ahead of its first Day Conference of 2022, GIMA has revealed more details about what attendees can expect to learn during the one-day event focused on Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations (EPR)...

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Get ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022

The Greenfingers charity, organiser of Garden Re-Leaf Day, is calling on every garden centre and industry supplier in the UK to take part in the annual FUNdraising event on Friday 18th March 2022, to help raise vital funds for the charity whilst also kickstarting the garden retailing season.

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The Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk & Cycle Challenge returns
 

The much-loved Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk and Cycle Challenge is making its return this March 18th. Having last taken place in 2020 just before the pandemic took hold, the return of the ever-popular challenge will be music to the ears of those Garden Re-Leaf supporters that have made the event an essential part of their annual FUNdraising plans..

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Big changes at MorePeople

Twenty-one-years after co-founding MorePeople with Guy Moreton, Peter Hunt has retired from the business. Guy and fellow shareholder Andy Fitzmaurice have purchased Peter’s shares and now begin the exciting next chapter for MorePeople...

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Glee 2022 – where growth happens

 

Echoing the incredible growth that is shaping the garden retail sector, Glee 2022 – taking part in late June (28th-30th, NEC Birmingham) – is enjoying pre-pandemic levels of activity, helping the exhibition to fill 80% of its exhibition space with just five months to go until the doors open on this year’s edition of the leading garden retail event...

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Harrogate reports resounding success

After two years and a lot of uncertainty in the months running up to the show due to the Covid pandemic, Harrogate Christmas & Gift finally took place – and what an absolute resounding success it was for everyone involved.

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New Year, fresh start! Vitavia looks towards strong growth

Leading greenhouse company Vitavia is looking forward to 2022 and a year of strong growth as gardeners spend more time and money on their plots...

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Discover the new Gold Medal winners

Fleuroselect is proud to present the 2023 Gold Medal winners. Each one of these breeding breakthroughs obtained an outstanding score on innovation, beauty and garden performance, convincing our judges to award the coveted Gold Medal. Watch out for these winners...

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Catering returns to top spot in GCA BoT report

Catering saw a significant boost during December according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report published this month. Sales were up 182.55% compared to the same month the previous year (2020).

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SBM invests in marketing activity to bolster iconic Baby Bio and Phostrogen brands

SBM Life Science, the group behind the iconic fertiliser brands, Baby Bio and Phostrogen, has announced significant investment into its marketing strategy ahead of the key spring season this year, to support its new product launches and network of retailers in 2022...

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That was the year that was... 2021

 

Happy New Year to you all.  We hope you all had a good and safe festive period and are now looking forward to an exciting 2022.

 

Since New Year the GTN gnomes have been beavering away to compile the Top 100 stories read in GTN Xtra last year as our review of 2021.

 

During 2021 we published in excess of 2,500 stories in GTN Xtra which was opened 390,397 times by 34,334 unique readers who viewed 856,595 pages.  Added to that are the pages of GTN magazines published through the year which have been read on line almost 33,000 times (you can catch up with any you may have missed using the links on the bottom right hand side of this GTN Xtra edition) as well as the many thousands of readers of the printed copies.

 

We've thoroughly enjoyed bringing you all the news, views and ideas during 2021 and we hope you found them useful and informative.  Here's to an even greater 2022!

Top 100 most read stories in GTN Xtra during 2021...
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