In This Issue
The Greatest Plant Retailing Teams are at Scotsdales, Cowells and The Old Railway Line
Gardman has new owners with £5m to invest in brands, stock and moving forward
Hillier Nurseries voted The Greatest Plant Supplier of the Year
Coolings are the masters of linked sales in the planteria, closely followed by Percy Throwers Wyevale, Van Hage Great Amwell and Cowells
Fron Goch scoop The Greatest Plant Advice Team Gold
Bents are "Top of the Pots"
Salvia Love & Wishes takes Best in Show title at New Plant Awards
The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
GTN Bestsellers date predicts June sales boost
Glee’s Green Heart grows in 2015
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Plant Area Manager - Destination Garden Centre - Large Group
Horticulture Manager - Essex - Established Centre
Landscape Project Manager - East of England
Contracts Manager - Soft Landscape Construction - South
Wyevale Nurseries win Best Plant Display Award at HTA National Plant Show
Lighting product sales still shining brightly
Tomato plants are biggest veg sales movers
Farmyard manure is a top seller
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Catering Tip of the Week: Braille Menu
Window of opportunity for bird care sales
Situations Vacant
Plant Area Manager - Destination Garden Centre - Large Group
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Horticulture Manager - Essex - Established Centre
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Landscape Project Manager - East of England
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Contracts Manager - Soft Landscape Construction - South
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Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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The Greatest Plant Retailing Teams are at Scotsdales, Cowells and The Old Railway Line


Scotsdales, Cowells and The Old Railway Line were Gold Award winners in The Greatest Plant Retailing Awards presented at The HTA National Plant Show yesterday...
Full results and nominated team pictures
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Gardman has new owners with £5m to invest in brands, stock and moving forward
The management team at Gardman, led by Chairman Jonathan Halford have completed a management buy out of the business, backed by Rutland Partners.  Sales Director, Steve Harper, told GTN Xtra this morning; "It's awesome.  Gardman is now on a really strong footing going forward  This is really, really positive."
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Hillier Nurseries voted The Greatest Plant Supplier of the Year


Three plant suppliers stood out from the crowd in the voting for The Greatest Plant Supplier of the Year.  The plant supplier with the most votes and Gold Award winner was Hillier Nurseries...
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Coolings are the masters of linked sales in the planteria, closely followed by Percy Throwers Wyevale, Van Hage Great Amwell and Cowells
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Fron Goch scoop The Greatest Plant Advice Team Gold
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Bents are "Top of the Pots"


Bents have taken over from Brechin Castle Garden Centre as "Top of the Pots".  They are The Greatest Pot and Plant Retailing Team...
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Salvia Love & Wishes takes Best in Show title at New Plant Awards


Salvia Love & Wishes from Darby Nursery Stock & Kernock Park Plants has been crowned best in show at the New Plant Awards at The HTA National Plant Show...
See the full New Plant Awards Results
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The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
 
Five gold winners of The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales Awards will have the added prize of receiving their prizes at this year's spoga+gafa exhibition in Cologne, Germany. One person from each of the five winners will be treated to travel to and from Cologne plus one night's accommodation as The Greatest Awards really celebrate going on tour this year.
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Catering Tip of the Week: Braille Menu
There are almost two million in people in the UK who are suffering sight loss. Or to put it another way, there are almost two million potential garden centre customers who are suffering sight loss. Are those two million people welcome in your café? asks Garden Centre and Catering Consultant Doug Stewart...
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Window of opportunity for bird care sales
Chris Brown, of Turpin Smale, highlighted bird watching as an area of interest for cafés and restuarants to focus on for attracting customers in his presentation at the HTA Catering Conference...
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GTN Bestsellers date predicts June sales boost


Halfway through June and volume sales continue to run up on last year – 13% up to date according to EPoS data supplied by garden centres for GTN Bestsellers. Last week’s sales even surpassed volumes in the same week of 2013 when we had the previous record June sales after that really dismal April and May of that year.
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Glee’s Green Heart grows in 2015


Introduced in 2014 to help bring plants back to the centre of Glee, the Green Heart brought together some of the biggest and most respected UK growers to showcase 2015 plant ranges. Incredibly well received the area has undergone some exciting changes ahead of the 2015 show...
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HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
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Poplars, Groves and Barton Grange have all won Gold in The Greatest Awards.  Which garden centres will be leaving the HTA Futures Conference with Gold this year?
Nominate your Garden Centre Teams here
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