In This Issue
MEP's vote to ban glyphosate completely by 2022
Bunnings to test smaller format stores in urban areas
Bents open Winter Food Market in Open Skies
Xylella fastidiosa: UK secures added EU protections
New £1 million garden centre creates 25 jobs
Garden King to open 'Granny Grotto' supporting Alzheimer's Society
Hot October dents gardening but Christmas sales grow
Industry backs Glee at Spring Fair 2018
Breaking new ground at Allensmore Nurseries
Cultivation Street announces new sponsor for 2018
DLF Seeds Ltd confirms exclusive deal to distribute MossOff Chemical Free in UK
Haskins in Roundstone supports sensory room project
HRFC Colts are in the pink thanks to Outback
Thrive gardeners visit Notcutts Oxford and create a haven for wildlife
Dobbies name two Christmas Charities for the first time
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Fordingbridge chairman Edward Way retires
Suki Angels and Snowmen lead the way
Pumpkin twins’ giant beats their own record!
Gardening in pots drives garden product sales
Dare to be different! Programme update for HTA Marketing Forum
Preparing for next year
GARDENA unveils new route to market with sales agents
Orchid sales up by 70%
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Gardman reports £1.5m loss - but earnings soar by 50%
Xylella fastidiosa: how Italy has tackled the problem
Yobs smash up community garden centre
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MEP's vote to ban glyphosate completely by 2022


The European Commission has dropped its proposal for a 10 year license extension for glyphosate after the European Parliament called today for the weedkiller to be phased out in the next five years...
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Bunnings to test smaller format stores in urban areas
 
Property Week has reported Bunnings UK MD, PJ Davis as saying: "We will be opening Bunnings stores before Christmas to test how that smaller format will work in the UK...”
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Bents open Winter Food Market in Open Skies


Already the biggest UK retailer in terms of catering covers, Bents have added more food options for their increasing customer base for Winter and Christmas 2017 by turning a part of Open Skies into a Bavarian Style Food Market...
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Xylella fastidiosa: UK secures added EU protections
 
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As increased protections against Xylella have been approved, former HTA President Adam Wigglesworth tells GTN Xtra: "The Industry working together will not guarantee that this disease does not arrive in the UK, but it will help reduce the risk of its occurrence and the subsequent effect..."
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New £1 million garden centre creates 25 jobs


Hillmount Ards has opened its doors following a £1 million investment in transforming the site of the original Thriving Life Church into a 10,000sq ft lifestyle garden centre with the creation of 25 jobs for Newtownards in Northern Ireland...
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Garden King to open 'Granny Grotto' supporting Alzheimer's Society
 
Garden King Garden Centre in Park Road, Newhall (near Swadlincote & Burton upon Trent) is set to open the doors to its grotto and welcome young at heart locals for their chance to meet Santa Claus...
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Hot October dents gardening but Christmas sales grow


The unseasonally warm weekend at the start of October could have been a great driver for autumn gardening but in reality it seems most people took advantage of the weather outside to entertain, and when they did visit centres they bought more Christmas products than the previous week...
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Industry backs Glee at Spring Fair 2018
 
In early 2017, Glee, the UK’s leading annual exhibition for the garden retail industry, announced it will be become a biannual event with the opening of a Glee concession show at Spring Fair 2018 (February, NEC Birmingham). Since this announcement, the garden retail industry has been quick to show its support of this new chapter for Glee...
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Breaking new ground at Allensmore Nurseries
 
Work has started on the development of a further 9 acres of outdoor production at Herefordshire-based Allensmore Nurseries’ Madley site...
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Cultivation Street announces new sponsor for 2018


Cultivation Street, the UK’s community and school gardening campaign pioneered by TV gardener David Domoney, announces Syngenta and their Calliope brand as the new sponsor to take the campaign into 2018...
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DLF Seeds Ltd confirms exclusive deal to distribute MossOff Chemical Free in UK
 
DLF Seeds Ltd has announced a new partnership with VivaGreen Group which will see the company provide even more innovative gardening solutions to the garden centre market...
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CEO of Jamie's Italian confirmed for headline keynote at Casual Dining
Jon Knight, the new CEO of Jamie Oliver Restaurant Group, is the first big name Keynote speaker to be announced for Casual Dining 2018. The multi-award winning trade event for the UK's restaurant and pub operators returns to the Business Design Centre in London, next year, on 21-22 February...
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Haskins in Roundstone supports sensory room project


Staff working at Haskins Garden Centre in Roundstone are supporting a local project to build a sensory room at St Andrew's High School C.E. for boys...
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HRFC Colts are in the pink thanks to Outback


Hereford Rugby Club Colts team will be carrying the colours of Hereford’s Breast Cancer Haven charity this season with shirts sponsored by Outback...
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Thrive gardeners visit Notcutts Oxford and create a haven for wildlife


A group of gardeners from Thrive in Berkshire had a brilliant time at Notcutts Garden Centre near Oxford recently. Notcutts have supported Thrive for more than a year now, funding a bursary to train people to become horticultural therapists and more recently donating the proceeds from their evening talks on flower arranging...
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Dobbies name two Christmas Charities for the first time


For the first time ever, Dobbies have chosen not one, but two National Charity Partners for the Christmas season. WellChild and Action for Children both touch the lives of countless families in the UK today and Dobbies endeavours to raise as much money as possible...
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