In This Issue
Pleydell Smithyman celebrate 25 years working with garden centres
Heavy rain dampens sales at garden centres
Face masks from Global Journey are a garden centre bestseller
Cowell’s embraces back-to-school photo opportunity
Taking face mask fashion to a new level
Introducing Glee Gathering, 15-16 Sept 2020
Glee New Product Awards hosted by GTN
Plant sales up by 40% despite the rain
Lawn seed sales up five-fold this summer
Customers saddened by garden centre closure
HTA AGM 2020 goes virtual
Register for online plants industry event of the year
Gardenex produces updated A-Z Guide to Exporting
The UK’s £3.7 billion garden glow up
Never fear, Glee Daily News is here
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Garden products back to 9% down on volume
83% average weekly increase since re-opening for growing media
Tong Garden Centre invests in e-learning for team development
Feeders, hedgehogs and mealworms...big movers in Wild Bird Care sales chart
AIPH announces Virtual International Horticultural Expo Conference
The best of last week's
Plants just keep on selling
Pop up showroom in Edinburgh for garden centre buyers
Garden centre extension plans approved
Tong marks five years of ownership with further changes
Garden centre re-opens after suspected arson attack
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
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Natural Instinct unveils new packaging
Laughing Dog launches 100% vegan dog treat
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83% average weekly increase since re-opening for growing media

While the heavy rain and thunderstorms put some people off going to garden centres, those that did were still invested in buying growing media. As a result sales for last week were up 93% on the same week last year.

 

After 14 weeks since re-opening with growing media sales up by an average of 83% each week, we only need to see an average weekly increase of 40% between now and Christmas to end the year at parity vs 2019 sales.

 

Highlights of the week were:

  • Westland Cacti & Succulent Potting Mix was the highest climber of the week moving up to No 21, reflecting increased interest in houseplants.
  • Melcourt SylvaGrow Peat Free Multipurpose 50 litres moved 19 places up the chart, one of nine peat free compost lines in the GTN Top 50.
  • Westland Gro-Sure Easy Container Compost 50 litres saw the biggest increase of the Top 5 lines, up by 58% to be the No 4 Bestselling line of the week.

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