In This Issue
Coolings buys Potted Garden Nursery at Maidstone
Supplier rebates to exceed £1.5m for Choice members
New Xylella e-learning module available from HTA
"Xylella is the most serious situation I have come across in 32 years in the industry"
Selby site is No.2 for Whitby garden centre family
Plants and Christmas boost September sales
Perrywood, Castle Gardens, Aylett Nurseries and Fron Goch win GTN's Greatest Garden Centre Awards
Hillview CEO 'shocked' to win HTA Pearson Medal award
Smart Garden wins 'Greatest Supplier' award again
Embracing change for the future of garden retail
Syngenta takes over Cultivation Street sponsorship
On the trail of berried treasure
Garden centre walkers smash target for charity
Haskins donates a host of golden daffodils
Seedsmen explore urban gardening trend at Paris event
Countdown begins for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2018
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Scotts fail with claim that Westland Safelawn advertising was misleading
It’s an orchid feed bonanza
Welcome to Thermidrome
Growing Media stays up 4% as bulb planting swells sales
Pansies rule supreme through September
Decorations get personal and Santa loo roll sales are up
Feeding for winter energy
23 Zest 4 Leisure employees take on marathon
Klass opens fashion concession at Longacres Ashford centre
Consumers more likely to buy from a name they recognise
Zapper app is the rewarding way to pay by phone
New role for Rachel
Get the balance right with Flopro
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards 2018: entries now open
Another strong year for specialist coffee roaster Matthew Algie
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Coolings buys Potted Garden Nursery at Maidstone



Coolings Nurseries of Sevenoaks, have agreed to purchase the well-respected retail business known as The Potted Garden Nursery, near Leeds Castle in Kent...

 

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Supplier rebates to exceed £1.5m for Choice members


Choice Marketing has announced that supplier rebates to members for the 2016/17 are forecast to exceed £1.5 million. The announcement was made by Choice CEO Michelle de Lavis-Trafford at the buying group’s Annual Conference and Trade Show...
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New Xylella e-learning module available from HTA


The HTA has launched an e-learning module on Xylella fastidiosa providing plantarea and garden retail staff with the latest information about this plant disease that presents a huge threat to the industry...
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"Xylella is the most serious situation I have come across in 32 years in the industry"


The potentially catastrophic consequences for the UK’s horticultural industry of an outbreak of the bacterial plant disease Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) were spelled out in a stark warning to growers and retailers at last week’s HTA Futures Conference...
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Selby site is No.2 for Whitby garden centre family
Selby Garden Centre in North Yorkshire has been acquired by the Noble family, owners of Victoria Farm Garden Centre & Café at Whitby...

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Plants and Christmas boost September sales


September closed up 4% year on year and 7% above the average for the previous six years as a result of increased plant sales and an early surge on Christmas, according to GTN Bestsellers...
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Perrywood, Castle Gardens, Aylett Nurseries and Fron Goch win GTN's Greatest Garden Centre Awards


GTN presented their Greatest Garden Centre Awards after dinner at the HTA Garden Futures conference last week. Gold Awards went to Perrywood, Castle Gardens, Aylett Nurseries, Fron Goch, Smart Garden Products, and GCA Grow training sheme.
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Hillview CEO 'shocked' to win HTA Pearson Medal award
 
Boyd Douglas-Davies, CEO of Hillview Garden Centres, was awarded the HTA Pearson Memorial Medal at the HTA Garden Futures dinner. Boyd was presented with the accolade by HTA President, Adam Taylor...

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Smart Garden wins 'Greatest Supplier' award again


Year-round product range wins Smart Garden Greatest Supplier Award for second year running...
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Embracing change for the future of garden retail


The garden industry came together on 4 October for HTA Garden Futures Conference, sponsored by Hozelock, which took place at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. This year’s strategic event, with the theme of ‘Garden Retail – the great escape’, was hosted by Cathy Newman, journalist and presenter of Channel 4 News. Cathy shared her own passion for gardening and spoke about how she uses her garden as an escape from stresses of everyday life.
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Syngenta takes over Cultivation Street sponsorship
 
Cultivation Street, the community and school gardening campaign pioneered by TV gardener David Domoney,  has announced Syngenta and its Calliope brand as a new sponsor...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards 2018: entries now open
The Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards, organised by Diversified Communications UK, is now accepting entries for 2018...
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Another strong year for specialist coffee roaster Matthew Algie
Increased demand for quality coffee from restaurants, hotels, coffee shops and universities has helped one of the UK and Ireland’s leading coffee roasters grind out another year of strong growth. Managing director Nick Snow (pictured) said: “Increasingly, coffee drinkers consider themselves coffee connoisseurs, so it is crucial coffee shops offer something that goes above and beyond."
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On the trail of berried treasure
 
Berry-bearing trees and shrubs come into their own in autumn, creating colourful displays that last well into winter, which is why they have been chosen as the HTA Plant of the Moment for October...
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Garden centre walkers smash target for charity
Fourteen members of staff staff at Tong Garden Centre near Bradford have raised almost £4,000 on an 18km (11-miles) walk to raise funds for a Shipley mental health charity...




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Haskins donates a host of golden daffodils
 
Haskins Snowhill has donated presented £100 worth of daffodil bulbs to the local Lions Club for planting in as hospice grden to mark the centenary of Lion's Club International...
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Seedsmen explore urban gardening trend at Paris event
Urban gardening was the theme of Fleuroselect’s eighth Home Garden Conference in Paris, when about 75 seed breeders and distributors from 10 different countries, including the UK, enjoyed a programme of professional visits and speakers...

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Countdown begins for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2018


With only 158 days until Garden Re-Leaf Day 2018, Greenfingers charity ambassadors met after conference at HTA Futures to start the planning process for the Great Garden Re-Leaf Day sponsored walk...
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