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What next for Wyevale Garden Centres?
“Focussed, adrenalin pumping,” that’s Stewarts Rising Star
Gardening celebs get ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz
Garden lighting sales still shining brightly
Sisters launch pop-up café at Bolton garden centre
27 Days to Christmas - Are you The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team?
Deco-Pak celebrate successful year and look forward to more growth
Fragrant sarcococca is HTA Plant of the Month
Darlac pruner earns Which? Gardening Best Buy
Sponsor Carol Paris & Friends (Two and Four Legged) as they get running for Greenfingers this Christmas
Wyevale group will sell six poinsettias every minute…
The Quest for Christmas Greatness - Buy Your Tickets for The Greatest Christmas Party Here
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Restaurant Chef - Guernsey
Landscape Manager (Domestic) - West Midlands
Hard & Soft Landscaper - Kent
World record holder to speak at GCA Conference
Bosch report record year for mower sales
Christmas sales start to pick up in garden centres
Compost sales holding firm
Choice Marketing continues to grow its membership
New wildlife products aimed at city life to be showcased at Spring Fair 2015
Re-usable shopping bags are a hit for Town & Country
Growing Opportunities is the focus of Contact 2015 conference
Outdoor categories stole the show in Oct at GCA centres
London Flower Show set to open next year
New era dawns for International Shopfitting Organisation
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What next for Wyevale Garden Centres?
Which store will Wyevale Garden Centres buy next? How deep are the pockets of the financial backers behind the industry's largest garden centre owner? When will it all end?
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“Focussed, adrenalin pumping,” that’s Stewarts Rising Star



Stewarts Rising Star is “a great guy and this is doing him a lot of good.”  That’s the verdict from Stewarts Garden Centres MD, Martin Stewart on Matthew Fay one of five finalists in the Garden Centre Association Rising Stars Programme, sponsored by Westland Horticulture...

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Gardening celebs get ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz

Horticultural celebrities from TV and radio are busy recording questions for the 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day Quiz at the moment, and garden centres who sign up to take part in what is set to be the biggest and best quiz yet can take advantage of the ‘early bird’ entry fee of just £50 - if they sign up before 1st January 2015...
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Garden lighting sales still shining brightly


Outdoor lighting is still proving to be popular in garden centres with sales holding up strongly. Gardman Ice Orb Solar Light has taken over top spot in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart while the Gardman Wood Effect Marker Light moves up to second place.
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Sisters launch pop-up café at Bolton garden centre
Three sisters inspired by a love of good food and good company have set up a pop-up café at Heaton Fold Garden Centre near Bolton...

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27 Days to Christmas - Are you The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team?
Voting for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team is underway!


It's the most sought after Christmas award in the industry, The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team, as it's the only award voted for by the people who matter most, your customers...
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Deco-Pak celebrate successful year and look forward to more growth



Deco-Pak may be busy getting stock ready for the inevitable early spring demand, but the team still has time to celebrate what has been another hugely successful year. General manager Rod Slater (pictured) said: “We have focused on delivering unrivalled service levels, as well as the highest quality product ranges, backed by optimum stock availability."  

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Fragrant sarcococca is HTA Plant of the Month

The fragrant evergreen shrub Sarcococca – a favourite of former Chanel model Mak Gilchirst (left) – has been named HTA Plant of the Month for December...

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Darlac pruner earns Which? Gardening Best Buy



Darlac have been awarded a BEST BUY for secateurs on test in this month’s Which? Gardening magazine – and another Darlac model scooped second place...

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Sponsor Carol Paris & Friends (Two and Four Legged) as they get running for Greenfingers this Christmas

Greenfingers trustee and HTA CEO Carol Paris is leading the Christmas charge for Greenfingers this year by taking part in the London Santa Run on Sunday 7th December and will be taking along her two spaniels Max and Murphy...although they don't seem too keen at the moment!

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Wyevale group will sell six poinsettias every minute…


Wyevale Garden Centres have predicted that six poinsettias a minute will be sold in their 143 stores across the country in the run-up to Christmas...
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The Quest for Christmas Greatness - Buy Your Tickets for The Greatest Christmas Party Here
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The quest for The Greatest Christmas teams is on.  The expert team of judges are now out and about visiting all of the teams nominated in this years The Greatest Christmas Awards.  You’ll find out who are The Greatest at Christmas this year by joining us at the first awards event of 2015, The Greatest Christmas Awards Christmas Party...

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