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Smart Garden to buy Chapelwood from Scotts
No wild claims from Smart, just looking after existing customers and aiming to re-capture the affection for Chapelwood
Sale of Bayer Garden to French firm completes on Tuesday
Flopro's ‘Shop within Shop’ is a real success
Autumn activity in the garden drives up sales
New Broadway Lean-To Greenhouse adds to Eden’s Zero Threshold™ success
Managing Director wanted at Glendale Horticulture
Two new perennial plant brands launched in drive for market growth
Johnsons Lawn Seed gets recharged at Glee 2016
Impact of Brexit, the shopper journey and the future of retail all on the agenda at HTA Garden Futures Conference
Klondyke's new delivery vehicles get new design
Simon King venture is a winner for Wildlife World
Two New Training Initiatives to Help Managers Develop Themselves and Their Skills
Wyevale looks to sell Windlesham centre for housing
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Houseplant care & lighting dominate as we move into the Autumn Lawncare season
Onions and fruit hold off green winter veg sales
Garden changes fuel top soil sales
Top 50 plant sales continue to grow
Team of 19 horticulturists have raised over £30,000 for Perennial
Garden centres battle against 'unfair business rates'
Kent & Stowe – Know Your Soil – excels at Glee
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Smart Garden to buy Chapelwood from Scotts
Rumours circulating at GLEE that Smart Garden were in the running to buy the Scotts Chapelwood business have been vindicated as the companies this week announced that they have agreed terms. The purchase price has not been disclosed.



Paris Natar (pictured right with Jonathan Stobart and the Smart Garden team after winning the GIMA Sword of Excellence) said: “At last, we have found absolutely the right opportunity to enter this exciting category."
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No wild claims from Smart, just looking after existing customers and aiming to re-capture the affection for Chapelwood


Smart Garden Products MD, Jonathan Stobart with Xavier Faure, Director European Sales, at spoga+gafa 2016 just before renewed contact with Scotts resulted in their acquisition of the Chapelwood wild bird care brand...
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Sale of Bayer Garden to French firm completes on Tuesday
 
The sale of Bayer Garden to French firm SBM Développement (SBM) will be completed this October 4, meaning that the product range and all 250 positions in Europe and North America will transfer to SBM at the start of the month...
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Flopro's ‘Shop within Shop’ is a real success


Flopro was the outright winner of the Best Point of Sale category in the 2016 GIMA Awards for their innovative Flopro Gun display with the judges commenting “There is no other watering brand displaying their products in this way."
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Autumn activity in the garden drives up sales
 
Autumn planting activity is as strong as ever as we head towards October. Sales of Tete a Tete bulbs hold on at the top of the GTN All Garden Products Top 20 Chart and sales of Cyclamen, Pansies and Violas accounted for 36% of all plant sales according to EPoS data supplied for GTN Bestsellers...
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New Broadway Lean-To Greenhouse adds to Eden’s Zero Threshold™ success


The success of Eden Halls Greenhouses’ revolutionary Eden Zero Threshold™ range in its first season is being followed up with an addition to the range – the Eden Broadway Lean-to...
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Managing Director wanted at Glendale Horticulture


Glendale Horticulture, based in Gloucestershire, is on the search for a new Managing Director. The role at the company, which provides over 18 million plants per annum into the UK market, is being advertised by recruitment specialists MorePeople...
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Two new perennial plant brands launched in drive for market growth


Responding to the need for an effective, fully integrated approach to marketing perennials, Perennial Plant Products has announced the launch of a new, two-brand marketing strategy being developed for their European & US markets...
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Johnsons Lawn Seed gets recharged at Glee 2016


In an exciting move Johnsons Lawn Seed launched its recharged branding at Glee 2016. Waving goodbye to its old packaging design which has graced the shelves of retailers for the last decade, the new look Johnsons Lawn Seed marks a new era for the UK’s favourite consumer lawn seed provider...
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Impact of Brexit, the shopper journey and the future of retail all on the agenda at HTA Garden Futures Conference
 
Those businesses that stay agile and ahead of the game are in a better place to succeed. With the theme of ‘Business Agility in a Disruptive World’ the HTA Garden Futures conference and dinner will examine some of the key business disruptors facing the garden industry that challenge agility...
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Klondyke's new delivery vehicles get new design


A blooming lovely design has been showcased on all new delivery vehicles for the Klondyke Group...
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Simon King venture is a winner for Wildlife World

Wildlife World’s new venture with Simon King was not only the focus of the company’s stand at Glee 2016, but also won them an award for the best new wildlife and pet product...
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Two New Training Initiatives to Help Managers Develop Themselves and Their Skills
 

Ian Boardman is to be one of the first to facilitate Training Masterclasses at HTA’s Horticulture House, Chilton near Oxford...
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Wyevale looks to sell Windlesham centre for housing
 
Wyevale Garden Centres have notified local residents of their plans to re-develop the Windlesham site for housing...
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