In This Issue
“Following my visit to Solex I'm excited about outdoor living sales for 2016.”
Whitehall consults with community over plans to treble size of Lacock centre
Record-breaking SOLEX hailed a great success
GCA regional award meetings announced
Move towards Sunday Trading level playing field pleases HTA
Great year for outdoor furniture and barbecue sales
Kelkay go the extra mile to replace a pensioner's stolen bird bath
Liz steps down from GCA’s inspector role
Research shows £5bn garden market grew by 8% last year
The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Johnsons Seeds get a makeover for 2016 season
Reward for Squires, Briers, Kinder, Garland, Bramblecrest and others at Hampton Court
Horticultural Buyer – Full time
Restaurant Manager - Lincolnshire
Garden Centre Manager - South London - Newly Developed Site
Plant Area Supervisor - Hertfordshire - Boutique Garden Centre
Horticultural Buyer - Wiltshire
Assistant Propagator - West Sussex
Final call for Garden Re-Leaf cash - Who will be The Greatest Garden Re-Leaf Day Retail Fundraising Team?
Tomorite is the No 1 garden product bestseller
Spring sales boom for organic Sluggo say Neudorff
Veg sales have ‘bean’ and gone
T&M plant breeder honoured in naming of ‘revolutionary’ foxglove
Bark sales grow in hotter weather
Wyevale Nurseries set to recruit more management trainees
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: Can your food offer tell your story?
Get a pizza the barbecue and grill action
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“Following my visit to Solex I'm excited about outdoor living sales for 2016.”
Garden Centre feedback from SOLEX at the NEC


During three days at the NEC for SOLEX GTN Xtra collected the views on the market and SOLEX 2015 from a number of garden centres including Haskins, Squires, Chessington, Bosworths, Monkton Elm’ Caulders and Fresh@Burcot...
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Final call for Garden Re-Leaf Day fundraising monies to be sent in, follow this link




Whitehall consults with community over plans to treble size of Lacock centre
Whitehall Garden Centre at Lacock is consulting the local community about plans that would see the centre triple in size and create 150 new jobs in a bid to become a regional tourist attraction.



Above: Peter Self (right) and his buying team at SOLEX this week.
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Record-breaking SOLEX hailed a great success


SOLEX has been a record-breaking success with record numbers of exhibitors and visitors attending the three-day outdoor leisure trade exhibition at the NEC this week...
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GCA regional award meetings announced



Members of the Garden Centre Association will find out how they have fared in this year’s annual inspections at regional award meetings taking place across the country this month. The meetings will take place on July 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24...

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Move towards Sunday Trading level playing field pleases HTA

Following the chancellor’s budget statement, the HTA said they were delighted to hear that that there were moves afoot to relax the Sunday Trading Laws to allow all retail businesses, including garden centres, to trade on a level playing field...
See pictures of Sky News at SOLEX reporting on the possible Sunday Trading changes
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Great year for outdoor furniture and barbecue sales


It has been a busy week at SOLEX in Hall 5 of the NEC as outdoor living buyers take stock of new ranges and new products to order for next year after a record-breaking year for furniture and barbecue sales...
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Kelkay go the extra mile to replace a pensioner's stolen bird bath
Kelkay has earned a thumbs-up for customer service by replacing a much-loved Henri stone bird bath stolen from a pensioner’s home...

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Liz steps down from GCA’s inspector role
GCA inspector Liz Hutson is standing down from her role this year – with her final official engagement for the industry body at its annual conference next year...
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Research shows £5bn garden market grew by 8% last year





 The UK domestic garden products market, currently valued at around £5bn, grew by an estimated 8% in 2014 and is expected to grow steadily over the next four years, according to a new report from AMA Research...


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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Catering Tip of the Week: Can your food offer tell your story?
The one thing that every independent garden centre has is its own story. A story that is as unique as the centre. And a story that is worth telling...
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Get a pizza the barbecue and grill action


An underlying trend from the barbecue and grill exhibitors at SOLEX this week was the increasing number of Al Fresco Pizza baking options...
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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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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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Johnsons Seeds get a makeover for 2016 season






 Johnsons Seeds, one of the UK's longest established and best known brands with a history dating to 1820, has re-launched its retail seed range for the 2016 season...
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Reward for Squires, Briers, Kinder, Garland, Bramblecrest and others at Hampton Court
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Squires Garden Centres, Briers, Kinder Plants, Garland and Bramblecrest were among the exhibitors who tasted success at an extremely busy RHS Hampton Court Flower Show last week...
See GTN Xtra's picture gallery from RHS Hampton Court Flower Show
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