In This Issue
Wyevale Garden Centres launches compost range
January is a bonanza for early bird compost sales
Kent garden centre business for sale
Rosebourne construction gathers pace as next key appointment is made
Essex garden centre closes suddenly
Three lbs lost, £85 gained for Greenfingers
Make hedging fun and sexy, says Rising Stars finalist
Two new initiatives at Grow Your Own Profits Roadshow
French company to buy Bayer Garden
Notcutts sign up to Cultivation Street Ambassador Programme
Children's gardening book to raise cash for Greenfingers
On your marks for the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day walk on March 18
Love the Plot You've Got Masterclasses get under way for 2016
Garden centres shortlisted in Family Business Awards
Thompson & Morgan promises best year on the veg patch with host of innovative growing concepts for 2016
£14,109 donation from Stewarts Garden Centres
Message from Linda Petrons, Head of Fundraising at Greenfingers about Garden Re-Leaf Day
Love birds with Webbs in National Nest Box Week
Join GTN Xtra on the HTA Netherlands Retail Study Tour 17-19 February 2016
The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Sundries Retail Manager \ Berkshire
Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Centre General Manager / Dorset
Horticulture Manager / Somerset
Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Centre/Horticulture Manager/Plantarea Manager
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
European partnership strengthens Brundle’s position in UK market
Deco-Pak to create a ‘buzz’ at Spring Fair
Orchid drip feeders rescue garden products sales
Onion sets, garlic bulbs and shallots sales hot up
Jack's Magic and Arthur Bowers lead the way
Still time to sign up for nurseries’ joint Open Day
Barrie King is appointed as Kelkay’s logistics manager
Impulse buys are key for G Plants’ new seeds and bulb displays
GIMA Awards return to Celtic Manor Resort
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
Brookside Garden Centre
Haskins West End
Hillmount Garden Centre
Mains of Drum
Premier Decorations
Bents and Le Friquet
The Greatest Christmas Display winners
Silverbirch (Small Garden Centre Gold)
Old Railway Line (Mid-sized Garden Centre Gold)
Barton Grange (Large Garden Centre Gold)
Le Friquet (Group Garden Centre Gold)
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
The Edible Garden Show proves life-changing
Situations Vacant
Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
Read more»
Garden Sundries Retail Manager \ Berkshire
Salary: £20,000 - £22,000
Read more»
Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
Read more»
Garden Centre General Manager / Dorset
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000
Read more»
Horticulture Manager / Somerset
Salary: To attract the best
Read more»
Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Twickenham TW2 5PA
 
Read more»
Garden Centre/Horticulture Manager/Plantarea Manager
Salary: £18,000 - £24,000
Read more»
GTN Bestsellers
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Every week GTN receives and analyses epos data from a number of UK garden centres to produce the GTN Bestsellers charts...
Read more»
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
 
Buy your GTN Bestsellers Subscription here
Send us your news and great ideas
Contact us with your news. 

Email neil.pope@tgcmc.co.uk, or trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk or call the GTN News team on 01733 775700
Wyevale Garden Centres launches compost range


Wyevale Garden Centres has launched a new range of own brand compost, which is now on sale in its stores nationwide. The group has partnered with Bord na Móna UK to supply a range of 19 varieties of growing media and soil improvers, with prices starting from £4.99...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
 
January is a bonanza for early bird compost sales
Overall garden centre sales of January may be down year on year (-9.2%) but sales of growing media have raced ahead at impressive rates as hardy garden centre customers take advantage of keen early bird offers. The GTN Bestsellers Growing Media Top 50 index is currently up 65% on last January and 74% up on January 2014.
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Kent garden centre business for sale
 
Gilbert Evans is handling the sale of a Kent garden centre business....
Click here to find out more
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Rosebourne construction gathers pace as next key appointment is made


Construction on Rosebourne, the purpose-built garden centre that will replace the former Weyhill Nursery near Thruxton, has gathered apace since work started in November last year. The build coincides with the announcement of Rosebourne’s next key senior appointment and the launch of a recruitment drive to fill the 80 new job openings...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Essex garden centre closes suddenly
 
Ingatestone Garden Centre, located between Chelmsford and Brentwood in Essex, has closed suddenly. A note on the door of the centre in Roman Road reads: "Customer notice. The garden centre is now closed."
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Three lbs lost, £85 gained for Greenfingers
Pounds 4 Greenfingers update from Trevor Pfeiffer
    

Here's a great way to raise £'s for Greenfingers and get your self into shape for the rest of the year by loosing weight between now and Garden Re-Leaf Day.  Join GTN Xtra's Trevor Pfeiffer and Greenfingers Linda Petrons and Debs Skillicorn in Pounds 4 Greenfingers...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Make hedging fun and sexy, says Rising Stars finalist


Rising Stars finalist Will Clark, from Barton Grange Garden Centre, has proved that by making hedging fun, sexy and appealing you can acheive sales increases of up to 140%...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Two new initiatives at Grow Your Own Profits Roadshow

Delegates on the Grow your Own Profits Roadshow will have the opportunity to be the first to take part in two new initiatives with the common aims of broadening the appeal of core gardening and increasing sales of plants and products...

Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
French company to buy Bayer Garden
 
Bayer Garden in Europe and the USA is being bought by French company SBM Developpments...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Notcutts sign up to Cultivation Street Ambassador Programme


Notcutts has signed up to be the first Garden Centre Group to support the Cultivation Street Ambassador Programme. Cultivation Street, headed by David Domoney, is a national community gardening campaign supporting gardening projects in communities and schools...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Children's gardening book to raise cash for Greenfingers
 
A share of the royalties of ‘The Children’s Garden’, a new book written by Matthew Appleby, will go to the Greenfingers charity...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
On your marks for the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day walk on March 18


The organisers of the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day walk are hoping to beat the £9,000-plus raised last year when the walk takes place on March 18. The walk covers approximately 20 miles, starting and finishing at the HTA’s offices in Theale, West Berkshire...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Love the Plot You've Got Masterclasses get under way for 2016


The First Love the Plot You’ve Got Masterclass of 2016 gets under way with Aylett Nurseries hosting the first of the 2016 season...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
The Edible Garden Show proves life-changing


A visit to The Edible Garden Show in 2013 proved so inspirational for Michael Price that he’s ditched the rat race to create an award-winning business producing artisan preserves, sauces and chutneys...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Garden centres shortlisted in Family Business Awards


Three garden centre businesses have been shortlisted in the The Family Business of the Year Awards...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Thompson & Morgan promises best year on the veg patch with host of innovative growing concepts for 2016
 
New product developments from the specialists at Thompson & Morgan are paving the way for the easiest ever route to fresh home grown produce...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
£14,109 donation from Stewarts Garden Centres


Staff and fundraisers have celebrated a record breaking donation of £14,109.19p at the Stewarts Garden Centres in Christchurch and Broomhill near Wimborne...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Message from Linda Petrons, Head of Fundraising at Greenfingers about Garden Re-Leaf Day
Official start of the gardening season – March 18th
 
It’s official! Spring has sprung and the gardening season is about to start with a nationwide bonanza of special offers, money-saving ideas, inspirational displays and exciting FUNdraising events...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Love birds with Webbs in National Nest Box Week
 
Youngsters will be encouraging wild birds to thrive thanks to nest box decorating events at Webbs garden centres in Wychbold and West Hagley during half term week...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Join GTN Xtra on the HTA Netherlands Retail Study Tour 17-19 February 2016
Limited availability, book now...



Following our visit to the Tuinzaken Garden Retail Experience event last year the Horticultural Trades Association has arranged an inspirational Study Tour to the Netherlands in February 2016 to take in the 2016 event and there is still some limited availability for for you to join us on the trip...

Book you place on the trip here
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
 
After the resounding success of The Greatest Awards ON TOUR in 2015, we are pleased to announce that in 2016 The Greatest Awards ON TOUR will be bigger and better than ever...
Read more»
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg
Newsletter Marketing Powered by Newsweaver