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Bents and The Old Railway Line win top awards at GCA Conference
Pictures from GCA Conference themed-party night
Top awards for garden centres at GCA conference
'Orse Racin' gets GCA Conference off to a head start
With Wyevale Garden Centres CEO and trading director set to depart, the plot thickens…
Azpects launch consumer range retailers have asked for
Happy start to the New Year, says GTN Bestsellers
What were the bestselling garden products of 2018?
Hilliers burlgars caught on CCTV
Nursery's printed blue pots resolve kerbside recycling issue.
Hare Hatch Sheeplands owner’s delight over court decision
Zest 4 Leisure smashes charity fundraising target
LOFAssured achieves 100% success rate
Karen awarded BEM for services to Cub Scouts
Contractors appointed for Tong GC's £4m development
What to expect at Glee at Spring Fair 2019
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
GIMA-LOFA seminar will bring you up to speed on working with agents
Garden lighting sales sparkle at start of the year
Early Bird gardeners get growing
Know your bestselling onions
Chirpy start for Wild Bird Care
Flying start to the year for plant sales
The best of last week's
Roger Mclaughlan set to leave as Wyevale GC announces management changes
Noma celebrate 80 years in glitzy style
GTN Bestsellers reveal the Top 100 Christmas products for 2018
Work begins on transformation of Notcutts Ditchling
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What were the bestselling garden products of 2018?
 

Whilst plant sales soared when the gardening season eventually got going last year, garden product sales didn’t follow in the same way. The sales volumes of the GTN Bestsellers Garden products Top 50 for the whole year sees a 19% drop year on year.


Some of that drop could be linked to the fire at Gardman, who only have three lines in our Top 50 for 2018 against 10 of the Top 50 in 2017.


Winners in the overall garden products chart for 2018 are pots.  Woodlodge Heritage Pots Stackable 27cm soared into the Top 50 at No 9, Elho’s Corsica Single Easy Hanger entered at No 18 and Woodlodge Small Pot Feet saw an 11% increase in sales to move up to No 3.


At the top of the chart, Tomorite and Fito Orchid Drip feeders swapped the No 1 and No 2 positions. Both dropped sales volumes in 2018 but Tomorite dropped less to be No 1.


Best performing general plant food of the year was Scotts, now Evergreen Garden Care, Miracle-Gro Slow Release Plant Food 1kg Plus 30% Free with a 40% sales increase to move up to No 5.


Premier Decorations had the bestselling garden lighting product of the year. Their Coloured Led Pull Light & Bulb increased sales by 18% to move up from No 10 to No 4.


What do you think will be the Garden Product Bestsellers of 2019? Will it be the year of garden decoration or will there be a resurgence of plant foods and pest controls?  For sure garden lighting, which has already got off to a flying start, will be among the front runners.  And will Gardman, now owned by Westland, get back to its pre-fire and sale position?

 

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