In This Issue
Garden lights are the new summer cash generator
Footfall at garden centres through August is best for three years
GIMA warn members of latest garden product scam
Garden centre weddings. Your next event?
Summer gardening hits all time high
HTA looks for ideas on apprenticeships
Proposed closure of Lancashire garden centre angers residents
The train arriving at Euston's new garden platform
Weeds for sale...and they're proving popular
Grass is greener at Harrogate Flower Show
Aster is the star of September
Looking for solutions to cafe queing problems?
Invite to the Besp-Oak Autumn Show for GTN Xtra Readers
HTA Garden Futures 2013 means business
Glee catalogue produced by Garden Trade News is the one that matters...it's Official!
Grow Your Own steady at 10% up
Host a garden party to help raise funds for Greenfingers
New Year Planning Bonus from GTN - Offer closes at end of August
Under 35s are the biggest spenders
Writtle College governor takes on a challenge with a difference
Great Taste Deli opens at Speciality & Fine Food Fair
Furniture and BBQs fly off GCA garden centres’ shelves
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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Garden lights are the new summer cash generator

Garden lights are once again the star performers in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart.  Up 54% up on the same week last year and 27% up on last week, helping keep turnover from garden product sales up at a time when they traditionally dip away until September...

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Footfall at garden centres through August is best for three years

Garden Centre footfall and total volumes sales as indicated by the GTN Bestsellers weekly Epos data analysis, continue through August to be well ahead of last year, and higher than the summer of 2011.
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GIMA warn members of latest garden product scam
GIMA are warning gardening firms to beware of fraudsters after the latest scam involving one of their members, who received a bogus order for products...
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Garden centre weddings. Your next event?


Thanks to hortidaily.com for alerting us to what could be a great new diversification for garden centres – wedding ceremonies...
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Summer gardening hits all time high
 
If growing media sales are a key barometer of real gardening activity, the GTN Bestsellers Charts can now confirm that this years gloroius summer has been the best yet...
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HTA looks for ideas on apprenticeships


The HTA has teamed up with Pershire College to define how the organisation can support its members in encouraging apprenticeship recruitment...
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Proposed closure of Lancashire garden centre angers residents


Local residents have expressed their 'horror' at a proposal to close Hansons Garden Centre near Clitheroe in Lancashire to make way for a housing development...
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The train arriving at Euston's new garden platform
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Weeds for sale...and they're proving popular


An online garden centre has become the first in the UK to offer weeds for sale thanks to a new craze for wildflowers...
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Grass is greener at Harrogate Flower Show
 
Paxman Landscapes, a member of the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL), will be launching the latest innovation in artificial turf at Harrogate Flower Show next month...
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Aster is the star of September



Aster is one of the late stars of summer and has been nominated as the HTA’s Plant of the Month for September...

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Looking for solutions to cafe queing problems?

Leading catering consultants Catering Design Group have come up with valuable advice to help garden centres resolve the problem of restaurant queues...
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Invite to the Besp-Oak Autumn Show for GTN Xtra Readers
Free Overnight Accommodation during Autumn Fair
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