In This Issue
Wyevale sells Worthing Ferring Garden Centre to Cobbins Nursery
Hayes delighted with Corby & Fellas WinRetail system
Solabiol Top Lawn is flying off the shelves
Garden centre sales drop back to "average" after wet and cold start to May
Vitavia encourages more gardeners to get a greenhouse
Plant sales opportunities from the Greenfingers Charity’s RHS Chelsea garden
Bestselling plants keep on increasing sales
TV gardener to open new look garden at Tong GC
GIMA members smash records during a bumper spring
Plastic bags turn into cash for Greenfingers Charity
Return of Haskins' bloomin’ popular Rose Festival
Glendoick Garden Centre wins prestigious award
Evergreen Garden Care’s Mark Portman to take to the skies for Greenfingers
Bents helps reunite Billy the cat with his owners
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Pot feet rise up out of the rain
Growing Media sales up on 2017 & 2018
Veg plant sales see increase
Wild Bird Care still below 2017
HTA appoints Director of Policy and Communications
The best of last week's
Cold winds shrink trade involvement in World Naked Gardening Day
April ends on a high but it's still an average sales month
“Let’s tell Defra how to do it. Let’s make sure the gardeners of the future are coming to us"
Water feature displays pay dividends for garden centre
Garden Centre Tour - Mahoney Garden Centre, Boston, USA
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Notcutts Norwich
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Blue Diamond Bicester Avenue
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Hillier Botley
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Baytree of Hilgay
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Forest Lodge
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Wyevale sells Worthing Ferring Garden Centre to Cobbins Nursery

 

Wyevale Garden Centres today announced the sale of Worthing Ferring to Cobbins Nursery Ltd, who will continue to run the site as a garden centre...

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Hayes delighted with Corby & Fellas WinRetail system
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In 2018 the management team at Hayes Garden World in the Lake District decided to upgrade their current EPoS and Retail management software. They evaluated several systems before choosing Corby & Fellas’ WinRetail system. Since its installation in early 2019 the team have been delighted with WinRetail’s performance...

 

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Solabiol Top Lawn is flying off the shelves
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The new lawn fertiliser from SBM Life Science, Solabiol Top Lawn, is fling off the shelves. With a selection of strong point of sale materials, and bold packaging, Solabiol Top Lawn is catching the consumers eye, with garden centres already having to re-order stock early in the season, making sure that they are well stocked, in anticipation of high demand this year.

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Garden centre sales drop back to "average" after wet and cold start to May

As expected the start of May 2019 was down on 2018, but mainly due to the wet and cold weather. Up to Sunday before the Bank Holiday volume sales were 9.4% down on the same week last year, but year to date they are up by 11% and less than 1% down on 2017...

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Vitavia encourages more gardeners to get a greenhouse
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With the growing season now well underway Vitavia is encouraging more gardeners to add a greenhouse to their plot, and has come up with a list of tips on which type to buy...

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Plant sales opportunities from the Greenfingers Charity’s RHS Chelsea garden

As the garden retail industry’s most beloved charity, Greenfingers’ inaugural presence at the forthcoming RHS Chelsea Flower Show is something we can all take great pride in. Here the charity reveals further details about its proposed planting scheme, something the charity is encouraging retailers to offer in-store to help consumers recreate the ‘Chelsea look’ within their own garden spaces...

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Bestselling plants keep on increasing sales
 

Despite the first week of May being down week on week and vs last year for plant sales, half of the Top 10 Bestselling plant genus increased their sales. Heuchera were the highest chart climber of the week...

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TV gardener to open new look garden at Tong GC

 

Popular TV gardener Katie Rushworth returns to Tong Garden Centre later this month to open her new look garden and outdoor living space...

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GIMA members smash records during a bumper spring
 

Members of the Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association are celebrating a spring sales bonanza, with suppliers fighting against the clock to meet demand from retailers. GIMA Director, Vicky Nuttall, said: “Manufacturers, suppliers and retailers have enjoyed an incredible spring."

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Customers looking for ‘Naughty’ and ‘Nice’ options from garden centre cafes

Garden centres cafes and restaurants continue to be a draw on a year-round basis contributing on average 15-20% of a garden centre’s turnover. Consumer trends are shaping menu’s though with customers looking for ‘naughty’ treats along with ‘nice’ healthy options...

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Plastic bags turn into cash for Greenfingers Charity

 

Squire’s Garden Centres has donated £3,929 to Greenfingers Charity –  £3,347 was raised from the proceeds of the government 5p carrier bag tax, and £582 from Squire’s 'Create & Grow' planting event for children over the Mother's Day weekend...

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Return of Haskins' bloomin’ popular Rose Festival

 

Leading garden centre group, Haskins Garden Centres, has announced the return of its Rose Festival at all four of its centres, from Thursday May 16 to Thursday July 25...

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Glendoick Garden Centre wins prestigious award

 

Glendoick Garden Centre has won the Retail Business of the Year Award at The Scottish SME Business Awards 2019. The awards ceremony welcomed over 200 guests to the Marriott Hotel Glasgow, on Wednesday, May 8 to reward thriving SME businesses and business owners that operate successfully in Scotland...

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Evergreen Garden Care’s Mark Portman to take to the skies for Greenfingers
 

“Funnily enough I am neither a fan of heights nor roller coasters, so to face these fears I figured wing walking would be the perfect solution! There is no doubt that the wing walk is a terrifying prospect, but I am keen to face it head on to challenge myself and to get outside of my comfort zone...

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Bents helps reunite Billy the cat with his owners

 

Colleagues at Bents Garden & Home are celebrating the safe return of Billy the cat, who has been reunited with his owners after almost 12 months missing from home...

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