In This Issue
Remember to bring some floral cheer to the nation on #floralfriday tomorrow - Good Friday
FREE E-commerce Web Site for Garden Centres
The HTA launches ‘Plants Near Me’
Helping hands to combat coronavirus
Greenfingers Charity and friends bring a little social media cheer on #floralfriday - How will you join in on Good Friday?
Johnsons of Boston Food Hall open today despite major fire in garden centre yesterday
Horticulture hits the national and local headlines
Florainbow and Floral message of Hope
For sale - A long Established Garden Centre Business
Garden Centre Opportunities..from around the world
Bheta intervenes as big retailers threaten suppliers with extended trading terms
GTN Xtra - Send to all
Lofa members seek help with container charges at ports
Hillier announces five new plants for 2020
Gardening is deemed ‘critically important’ to physical and mental health during #stayathome
GTN Bestsellers Garden Re-Leaf Subscription Offer
LifestyleGarden® vow to support retailers during lockdown
Petindex postponed until 2021
More companies, including one from China, sign up for PATS Telford
Vitax donation helps rehabilitate lives of servicemen and women through horticulture
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Fiskars Wins Prestigious ‘Best Buy’ Award
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch results show milder winter helps small garden birds
Garden Radio charges on hold
David Domoney takes on role of Patron for Greenfingers Charity
Growing Media Europe welcomes four new members
The best of last week's
Exeter garden centre stays open but cannot sell plants - Cherry Lane close all centres
Calling all businesses in garden retailing to sign HTA/RHS/NFU petition
Horticultural Sector Worth £1.4 Billion Could Be Wiped Out By Coronavirus Shut Down In Just Weeks
Glee at home
40th Annual GIMA Awards Cancelled
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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LifestyleGarden® vow to support retailers during lockdown

LifestyleGarden®, the pioneer of the ground breaking DuraOcean® chair and stunning outdoor furniture ranges backed by an environmental and sustainable business agenda, has taken steps to ensure that extensive stock of its leading product portfolio is readily available to its customers including those set-up with transactional webstores, in a bid to meet consumer demand during the nationwide lockdown.

 

Since the Government ordered all non-essential retailers, including garden centres, to close their doors just weeks before the peak Easter sales period, LifestyleGarden® has vowed to support its retail customers as much as possible, and has worked tirelessly to ensure that all the containers entering the UK have been allocated or are safely warehoused ahead of the long-awaited post-Corona sales peak.

 

To support retailers at this difficult time, LifestyleGarden® is also driving consumers to its dedicated stockist page at www.lifestylegarden.com so those isolating at home could safely obtain its products for home delivery during the Coronavirus crisis. The company will also be supporting its retailers with a wide-reaching consumer campaign to further engage and build awareness around its products; products that are ready and waiting to be sold once the doors open at garden centres post-lockdown.

 

“For much of the population the garden is their preferred retreat, as it provides a place to escape from the unprecedented restrictions that have been imposed on everyday life as the Government attempts to slow the spread of Covid-19,” said Paul Cohen, Sales Director at LifestyleGarden®.

 

Paul added: “Consumers are certainly looking for a pick-me-up at this time, and the garden is bearing witness to this. With a staycation likely to be the flavour of the month, it makes sense that the nation is looking to improve their garden spaces, with the furniture taking centre stage. What’s even better, with our DuraOcean® chairs playing its part in removing harmful plastic waste from the world’s oceans, purchasers can benefit from an extra dose of feel good endorphins.”

 

Paul concluded by offering a few words of reassurance. He said: “Press reports have suggested that sales of outdoor furniture and leisure products are going through the roof as the nation looks to improve their garden spaces, and our customers are echoing this. We’re hearing from many with online capabilities, that furniture is flying off the virtual shelves, and we’re only too happy to assist them – and all our retailers - in ensuring stock levels continue to meet this demand and will continue to do both now and long into the future. The team and I continue to be available to all our customers, so please reach out if there is anything we can assist with.”

 

If you want to find out more about LifestyleGarden® and the company’s market leading outdoor furniture collections, please visit www.lifestylegarden.com or follow the team on Facebook and Instagram.

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