In This Issue
Langlands Nurseries acquire new 14-acre dedicated growing site in Yorkshire
When is the best time for the Easter Bank Holiday?
Stunning £1m refurbishment at Trentham Home & Garden
Grab a dose of Greatness to boost your team
Glee 2016 well on the way to being a sell-out!
Gardman’s commitment to stock gets the green light
Tong's playground nominated for Child Friendly award
T&M launch gin and tonic tree...on April Fool's Day!
Blue Diamond celebrate success at 6th Annual Awards
Pets Corner buys competitor PamPurredPets for £6 million
David Colegrave Foundation hands out £12,500 in student scholarships
Garden Décor range of metal birds is a soaraway success
Japanese Maple is HTA April Plant of the Moment
£1.3m project to transform care home gardens
Garden Sundries Retail Manager (Devon)
Junior Buyer: Garden Care
Garden Sundries Retail Manager (Hertfordshire)
National Sales Manager Amenity and Landscaping Sector
Horticultural/Plantarea Manager (Gloucester)
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Gardeners make the switch to hanging light bulbs
Shirley and Moneymaker are tomato bestsellers
Growing media sales still performing well
Bosmere extend range of modular PVC-free covers
Grange launches revolutionary Ultimate Panel
AFC Chimalin provides sales boost
Nationwide distribution deal for Frozzys
Experts say bird-loving households have boosted numbers of some species
Man jailed after attacking woman in Fermoy's car park
New bat box designed with the Vincent Wildlife Trust
Designer Ann-Marie Powell to help develop London's new flower show
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Matthew Algie returns to London Coffee Festival
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Garden Sundries Retail Manager (Devon)
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Langlands Nurseries acquire new 14-acre dedicated growing site in Yorkshire


As part of their continuing and successful expansion, Langlands Nurseries have acquired a new 14-acre dedicated growing site at Holme Upon Spalding Moor (HOSM) in Yorkshire...
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When is the best time for the Easter Bank Holiday?


We’ve just been through another early Easter where the weather, in the form of Storm Katie, had a big say in the sales of garden centre products and footfall. The data for GTN Bestsellers shows sales up 1.4 % on the same week last year even including no trading on Easter Monday, but everyone was expecting more...
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Stunning £1m refurbishment at Trentham Home & Garden


Trentham Home & Garden at Stoke-on-Trent, part of the Blue Diamond Group, has undergone a £1 million refurbishment and is now looking stunning. Take a tour of the new-look garden centre with our comprehensive picture gallery...
Picture gallery from Trentham
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Grab a dose of Greatness to boost your team
 
After the unprecedented success of GTN’s Greatest Awards ON TOUR in 2015, by popular demand we’re adding more dates and more categories in 2016 to truly reflect all the areas of excellent team work that goes into making a successful garden centre...
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Glee 2016 well on the way to being a sell-out!


The organisers of Glee, i2i Events, have announced that 84% of exhibitor stands at September's three-day show have already been sold with maximum capacity forecasted to be reached as early as June...
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Gardman’s commitment to stock gets the green light
 
Following major investment in Gardman’s stock, the company have guaranteed availability across their best performing lines and continue to report that their service levels are running at an all-time high...
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Tong's playground nominated for Child Friendly award


Staff at Grass Hoppers Adventure Playground at Tong Garden Centre are jumping for joy after learning of their nomination in the Child Friendly Leeds (CFL) Awards.
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T&M launch gin and tonic tree...on April Fool's Day!
 
The team at Thompson & Morgan had a bit of fun on April Fool's Day on Friday when they announced the launch of the gin and tonic tree...
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Blue Diamond celebrate success at 6th Annual Awards


Blue Diamond rolled out the red carpet at Trentham Garden Centre in Stoke-on-Trent, when they held hosting their 6th Annual Blue Diamond Awards...
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Pets Corner buys competitor PamPurredPets for £6 million


Pets Corner have bought the entire shareholding of competitor business PamPurredPets for £6 million as they seek to continue to expand their number of stores across the country...
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Matthew Algie returns to London Coffee Festival


Leading independent coffee roaster, Matthew Algie, will return to London Coffee Festival (7-10 April 2016) – taking prime position (Stand G15) at one of the UK’s largest speciality coffee and artisan food festivals.
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David Colegrave Foundation hands out £12,500 in student scholarships

More than £12,500 of scholarships has been awarded by the (DCF) to nine students studying horticulture...

      
Left to right: Connor Deacon, James Crawford, James Jones 

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Garden Décor range of metal birds is a soaraway success
 
Supa Ltd are celebrating winning the first-ever Best Giftware Product category in the PATS Sandown 2016 New Product Awards with their Garden Décor range of metal birds...
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Japanese Maple is HTA April Plant of the Moment
The Japanese maple is. the Horticultural Trades Association’s ‘Plant of the Moment’ for April – a perfect choice of tree for any compact or courtyard garden.

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£1.3m project to transform care home gardens
 
National charity Thrive is part of a pioneering project which will make gardens and outdoor space at dementia care settings across the UK more accessible, stimulating and to promote meaningful activity...
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