In This Issue
Hatton makes it a hat-trick for British Garden Centres - Group grows to 61 centres
Horticultural April Fools create smiles and thousands of social media views
The Real Soil Company launches all-new 100% natural and organic Vegetable & Fruit Topsoil
Hollybush GC implements @WinRetail system
All stand space sold out at SOLEX 2022
Garden centre harvests rainwater through walled kitchen garden Victorian plumbing system
Armitage, Eades and Powles launch Mulch. Ltd
LAVA-LITE shortlisted for StartUp Awards National Series
MP Michael Gove hears of challenges for horticulture on visit to North Hill Nurseries
Perrywood Garden Centre 'PLANT HOPE'!
Dobbies Garden Centre partners with The Tree Council
Return of spoga+gafa on new date creates huge interest
First UKAS accreditations under Compost Certification Scheme
Eden Project apprentices send recycling message
HTA Ornamental Technical Committee meets to plan new 'Nursery Network'
Largest garden centre of Iceland will be built by Smiemans
36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness - GTN Jan-Feb Issue On-line now
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
GIMA Buyer Connect: Stax Trade Centres
John W Herbert to receive global DIY-lifetime award
The INDX Toys & Nursery Show opens next week
King opens Floriade Expo 2022 in Amsterdam
Eye-catching with Seedball's Grab Bags
RHS Flower shows help Cancer Research UK bloom through pandemic
Garden retailer reveals expansion plans following funding
The best of last week's
Squire’s Garden Centres report a strong rebound
New faces in Azpects’ sales team
‘Angel’ Helen picks her favourite Christmas theme for 2022
Spear and Jackson announces partnership with leading influencer
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
ACW Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Allbrighton - British Garden Centres - Christmas 2021
Alton Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Aylett Nurseries - Christmas 202
Barton Grange Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Baytree Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Bents Garden & Home - Christmas 2021
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Hatton makes it a hat-trick for British Garden Centres - Group grows to 61 centres

British Garden Centres, the family-owned, Lincolnshire based garden centre business has made it a hat-trick of three new centres this year with their taking over of Hatton Garden Centre in Warwickshire this week. The move will lead to more than 30 new roles being created...

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Horticultural April Fools create smiles and thousands of social media views

The horticulture industry played its part in raising a smile on April 1st 2022 with a number of well executed April Fools which certainly garnered plenty of publicity...

See April Fool videos and stories from Pengelly Garden Centre, Lakeside Plant Centre, Mr Plant Geek (Michael Perry), the YPHA and British Garden Centres
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The Real Soil Company launches all-new 100% natural and organic Vegetable & Fruit Topsoil
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Nurturing homegrown vegetables and fruit and giving them the best possible start is set to be easier than ever with the launch of the all-new 100% organic and natural Vegetable & Fruit Topsoil – a rich blend of topsoil and soil improver - from the experts at The Real Soil Company...

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Hollybush GC implements @WinRetail system
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Corby + Fellas have announced that Hollybush Garden Centre in Cannock has implemented their comprehensive and powerful WinRetail Stock Control and Retail Management System...

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All stand space sold out at SOLEX 2022

LOFA has announced that after a two-year covid induced absence SOLEX (The Summer Outdoor Living Exhibition) space has sold out, and there is already an exhibitor waiting list for 2023...

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Garden centre harvests rainwater through walled kitchen garden Victorian plumbing system
 

Castle Gardens in Sherborne, Dorset has put plans in place to dramatically reduce its mains water consumption, connecting a brand new 50,000-litre rainwater harvesting tank to an underground Victorian brick-lined well and plumbing system...

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Armitage, Eades and Powles launch Mulch. Ltd

Will Armitage, Jackie Eades and Conna Powles have launched Mulch. Ltd, a company formed to carefully curate a range of high quality, performance led and sensibly sourced gardening products...

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LAVA-LITE shortlisted for StartUp Awards National Series

Nottingham-based Lava-Lite has been named one of the most exciting new businesses in the region after being shortlisted as part of a new awards programme...

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MP Michael Gove hears of challenges for horticulture on visit to North Hill Nurseries

North Hill Nurseries in Chobham hosted their local MP and Secretary of State for Levelling Up and Housing and Communities, Michael Gove, this week for a visit that brought to life a range of current issues being faced by horticultural businesses across the country...

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Perrywood Garden Centre 'PLANT HOPE'!

Perrywood Garden Centre chose 'Plant Hope' as their in store theme this year. They recognise that we are all becoming much more conscious of the importance of protecting our environment, and aim to help customers find little ways to shop and garden more sustainably to help change for a better future...

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Dobbies Garden Centre partners with The Tree Council

Dobbies will be planting 500 trees and 100 metres of hedgerows across the UK, as part of its partnership with The Tree Council, formed in celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee...

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Return of spoga+gafa on new date creates huge interest

The return of spoga+gafa in Cologne on its new dates of 19-21 June, when sustainability will be a key theme, is producing a high level of interest internationally from both exhibitors and visitors...

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First UKAS accreditations under Compost Certification Scheme
 

The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) has awarded the first accreditations under Renewable Energy Assurance Ltd (REAL)’s Compost Certification Scheme (CCS)...

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Eden Project apprentices send recycling message

The Eden Project is once again at the Cornwall Garden Society’s annual Spring Flower Show, taking place at the Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, this weekend after a two-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic...

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HTA Ornamental Technical Committee meets to plan new 'Nursery Network'

 

The HTA Ornamentals Technical Committee (OTC) met for the first time this week at Horticulture House. An intensive agenda and active participation by committee members generated immediate gains...

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Largest garden centre of Iceland will be built by Smiemans

This year Smiemans will build a 7,250 mgarden centre in Reykjavík. The international architectural firm PK Arkitektar has designed this mega project. The large shop windows, the green roof, the vertical wooden blinds and the architectural facade with continuous canopies give the garden centre the biophilic look that suits the company...

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36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness - GTN Jan-Feb Issue On-line now

GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Special Issue - 36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness.

 

In this issue:

  • Peter Seabrook “Mr Gardening”.
  • A record year for Choice Marketing.
  • Thinking outside of the box 4 – Pughs Garden Kitchen.
  • GCA Awards for 2021. Cultivation Street 2022.
  • GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards. 
    Christmas at: Altons, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Bents, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Cherry Lane Podington, Downtown, Fron Goch, Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Hillmount Cheshire, Little Dobbies Richmond, Millbrook Gravesend, Newquay Garden Centre, Pengelly, Planters, Pughs, Rosebourne, Sapcote Garden Centre, Silverbirch, Squires Badshot Lea, The Old Railway Line, Webbs of Wychbold, Woodlands, Kent.
  • The Greatest Christmas Awards judges and sponsors.
  • BBQ Gourmet – LOFA Member Profile.
  • HTA Column – Christmas is here to stay.
  • Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022-What are your plans for the Big Day?
Read the issue on-line here
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