In This Issue
Shaw trust buy two centres from Hillview
Green Magic POS display products still bestsellers
Plant sales lead the way – up 456% compared to last year
Plant buyers in positive mood at Classiflora
Chief Executive sought for Brechin Garden Centre
Jane Lawler joins GCA’s team of inspectors
Vitax marches on with charity partnership
Date set for funeral of Michael Cooling
Scottish centre offers GYO Brexit Survival Kit!
Tree violet wins international accolade for Groves
Action needed to avoid costly bio-security breakdown
The Plant Pyramid returns to BBC Gardeners’ World Live
Trixie joins Pets at Glee 2019
CJ Wildlife launch organic seeds for gardeners
How this year's Garden Re-Leaf Day funds will be used
Challenges galore in another action-packed year for Greenfingers
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Garden product sales volumes up by 197%
Growing media growth matches plants
Wild Bird Care suffers because of lack of snow
Veg-2-Gro sales grow without The Beast
Bumper March start for young plant sales
Last chance to book your place at international trade event
Major new incentive for plant health research students
Furniture brand parent firm shortlisted for Sedex award
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Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of two garden centres - Barnett Hill and Seven Hills
February sets new sales records for garden centres
Newspan starts work on major Tong GC development
Wyevale Nurseries phases in recyclable plant pots
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Plant sales lead the way – up 456% compared to last year

 

Plant sales led the way as garden centres experienced huge swings for the first week of March compared to last year. Remember the snow from The Beast from the East saw GTN Bestsellers recording the worst ever weekly sales for garden centres this time last year.


Now we can report increases of over 450% for plant sales and growing media with the overall sales increase for All Products exceeded 200%.


Comparisons just with last year, whilst spectacular are not the best to use for real sales indications, but if we compare the first week of March over the previous eight years then 2019 is within 2% of the highest week we have recorded, which was in 2012.


Without Storm Freya, which hit Sunday sales across the country, then 2019 would probably have been the best ever which is a good omen.

 

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year (week 9):

  • Garden Products – up 197%
  • Growing Media – up 457%
  • Wild Bird Care – down 27%
  • Veg-2-Gro – up 213%
  • All Plants index – up 459%
  • All Items index – up 202%

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