In This Issue
Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of eight of its largest garden centres to Blue Diamond
Cowells, Fron Goch, Tong and Bents are the top centres in the North East & North West GCA regions
Squires Shepperton and Perrywood are best in North Thames GCA
Haskins Roundstone and Squires Hersham are Centres of the Year in GCA South Thames
Glee Buyers Power List 2018: the shortlist
Deco-Pak to launch ‘never before seen’ paving products at Glee
Increase in sales for the 12th consecutive week
Plant sales up by 40% in the middle of July
The market leading global gardening business you may never have heard of!
British garden and leisure product exhibitors choose Spoga+gafa to launch latest innovations
GCA membership blossoms and grows
Children & Charlie grow their own chips at Squire’s!
RHS announces new on-trend licensing artwork – from the 1600s!
Spectacular display garden celebrates Notcutts’ history in Woodbridge
Hat trick of RHS Golds for Cooks Garden Centre
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More time in the garden equals increased sales
“Becoming a game changer” Evening Seminars by John Stanley
Autumn veg crops on hold
Drought drives up bark sales
Bird Care sales heat up at last
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Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of eight of its largest garden centres to Blue Diamond

Wyevale Garden Centres, the UK’s biggest garden centre operator, today announces the sale of a portfolio of eight garden centres to Blue Diamond. The centres comprise Bicester, Cadbury, Cardiff, Endsleigh, Melbicks, Percy Throwers, Sanders and Weybridge...

 

 

Melbicks is no longer a Wyevale Garden Centre...it now belongs to Blue Diamond.

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Cowells, Fron Goch, Tong and Bents are the top centres in the North East & North West GCA regions

GCA NE & NW at Barton Grange 190718_Fron Goch.jpg

Cowells (above left), Fron Goch (above right), Tong (below left) and Bents (below right) won the Centres of the Year awards at the GCA North East and North West Awards presentation held at Barton Grange last week...

GCA NE & NW at Barton Grange 190718_Tong.jpg  GCA NE & NW at Barton Grange 190718_Bents.jpg

GCA North East & North West full results and pictures
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Squires Shepperton and Perrywood are best in North Thames GCA

North Thames Squires Shepperton 18.07.2018 099.jpg  North Thames Perrywood 18.07.2018 079.jpg

Squires Shepperton (left) and Perrywood (right) scooped the top honours at the GCA North Thames area awards presentations last week...

GCA North Thames full results and pictures
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Haskins Roundstone and Squires Hersham are Centres of the Year in GCA South Thames

  

GCA South Thames Centres of the Year winners, announced this week at Squires Badshot Lea this week were; Haskins Garden Centre - Roundstone (left) and Squires Hersham (right)...

GCA South Thames full results and pictures
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Glee Buyers Power List 2018: the shortlist

The Glee Buyers Power List has been set-up to recognise the individual buyers and buying teams who have gone above and beyond to make a difference within the garden retail industry this year. Voting has been open since early summer, with nominations flooding in from all corners of the market. Now, details of those shortlisted have been confirmed...

 

Buyers Power List winners from last year.

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Deco-Pak to launch ‘never before seen’ paving products at Glee

 

Seasoned Glee exhibitor Deco-Pak is aiming to launch the next big thing in decorative landscaping at this year’s Glee exhibition, by introducing two entirely unique paving options for 2019...

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Increase in sales for the 12th consecutive week

 

Has there ever been a crazier season for plant sales? After seven weeks of misery in March and April we’ve now seen 12 conscutive weeks where sales have been up on 2017 to put the year to date GTN Bestsellers Volume Plant Sales index at 9.5% up...

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Plant sales up by 40% in the middle of July

 

When will plant sales tail off this summer?  We’re now into the middle of July, it’s hotter and drier than ever and GTN’s Bestsellers Plant Sales Volume Index is showing sales up by almost 40% on the same week last year...

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The market leading global gardening business you may never have heard of!
 

AMES, established in 1774, has a group turnover exceeding $550million and owns market leading brands in USA, Canada and Australasia. They operate in ten distinct product categories all focussed on home garden consumers and manufacture their product in dedicated facilities in USA, Canada, China and Australia. (Pictured is Simon Hupfeld, AMES CEO)

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British garden and leisure product exhibitors choose Spoga+gafa to launch latest innovations
 

spoga+gafa 2018 has been chosen as the launch pad for an exciting array of innovative British products covering many sectors of the garden and leisure industry. Buyers need look no further than the British pavilion and other UK stands at the show to find the latest designs in garden machinery and tools, garden care, grow your own, outdoor living, solar energy products, wildlife care, irrigation equipment, garden buildings, home and garden gifts and garden pest control.

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GCA membership blossoms and grows
 

The Garden Centre Association has seen a surge in membership enquiries this year and has just recruited nine new members. They include three from the Notcutts chain, two additional Squires centres and a new Stewarts’ site as well as a handful of other independent garden centres that are new to the organisation. Iain Wylie, Chief Executive of the GCA, said: “This is great news."

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Children & Charlie grow their own chips at Squire’s!

 

Hundreds of children from schools across the South East have been visiting Squire’s Garden Centres to see how many potatoes they have grown in Squire’s “Grow Your Own Chips” competition...

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RHS announces new on-trend licensing artwork – from the 1600s!
 

The Royal Horticultural Society has unveiled brand-new artwork to support the continuing expansion of its licensing campaign and offer licensees new, on-trend options. This new extension to the highly successful RHS Licensing Style Guide is called the RHS Licensing Geometric Style Guide 2018...

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Spectacular display garden celebrates Notcutts’ history in Woodbridge

 

A special ribbon cutting event has been held at Notcutts Garden Centre in Woodbridge to celebrate the opening of a new display garden, designed to inspire local gardeners with creative planting ideas...

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Hat trick of RHS Golds for Cooks Garden Centre

RHS Tatton Flower Show 190718_GTN014.jpg Cooks Garden Centre rounded off a brilliant RHS Flower Show season with their third Gold Medal of the Year at Tatton Park Flower Show...

See GTN Xtra's gallery of pictures from RHS Hampton Court and Tatton Park Flower Shows
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