In This Issue
Sad news - Alistair Lorimer dies
Bunnings UK No. 3 - Hemel Hempstead in pictures
Malus toringo Aros is best in show at New Plant Awards
Adenophora White Blaze wins Visitor Vote Award
Visitors vote for the best retail inspiration ideas
Picture round-up from the HTA National Plant Show
Sales heat up as temperatures soar
Conna gets set for wing-walk in aid of Greenfingers
Bookings up at GCA Plant Area Forum at Ball Colegrave
Steph McGovern to host HTA Garden Futures Conference
Klondyke Group donates to innovative neurological charity
Exclusively Shows deliver top quality visitors
Greenfingers Ambassadors meet at National Plant Show
Horticultural Plant Buyer
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GIMA Awards 2017 – last few tickets remaining
Milano Cube breaking the mould for Kelkay
Garden product sales bounce back
Runner beans toppled by cucumbers
Further growth for growing media sales
Sales of Roses more than double in volume
Garden Plants of the Month for 2018 announced
Eden Halls Greenhouses renames as Juliana Group
FlowerTrials: 4 out of 5 exhibitors see rise in visitor numbers
Garden centre helps to train refugees
Plans to build new homes on garden centre site
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Sad news - Alistair Lorimer dies



Sad news has reached the GTN Xtra office of the death of Alistair Lorimer last week after a long battle with cancer...
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Bunnings UK No. 3 - Hemel Hempstead in pictures


Hot on the heels of the HTA National Plant Show, GTNXtra called into the third Bunnings UK store at Hemel Hempstead which opened two weeks ago.  Steve Pitcher, ex Wyevale Garden Centres and B&Q, was also at the plant show with the Bunnings Homebase team... 


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Malus toringo Aros is best in show at New Plant Awards



Malus toringo Aros from Frank P Matthews has been crowned this year as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards on the opening morning of the HTA National Plant Show, sponsored by Hortipak, at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry...
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Adenophora White Blaze wins Visitor Vote Award

Visitors to the HTA National Plant Show, sponsored by Hortipak, have voted Adenophora White Blaze from Darby Nursery Stock and Fairweather’s Nursery as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards...
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Visitors vote for the best retail inspiration ideas
Visitors to the HTA National Plant Show, sponsored by Hortipak, and Nursery Supply Show, which took place this week at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire, voted for their most inspiring retail stands and concepts at the events.



Allensmore Nurseries came second in the Planting the Seed Award category for their bright and breezy nautical themed display.
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Picture round-up from the HTA National Plant Show


Here's our colourful round-up from this week's HTA Plant Show....
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Sales heat up as temperatures soar


After the sales crash of the ‘election week’, garden centre sales volumes bounced back to be ahead of last year despite a heat wave that could easily have seen more people disappearing to the beach rather than visiting garden centres...
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Conna gets set for wing-walk in aid of Greenfingers


Haskins buying director Conna Powles is hoping to raise £4,000 for Greenfingers when she takes part in a daring wing walk on a bi-plane...
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Bookings up at GCA Plant Area Forum at Ball Colegrave


The GCA is hosting its second annual GCA Plant Area Forum for plant area managers and plant buyers at Ball Colegrave on July 20...
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Steph McGovern to host HTA Garden Futures Conference
 
Garden retail – the great escape – is the theme for this year’s HTA Garden Futures Conference and Dinner, which takes place on Wednesday 4 October at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire. This year’s event will be hosted by award winning broadcaster Steph McGovern from Breakfast News...
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Klondyke Group donates to innovative neurological charity


The Klondyke Group have made a donation of £420.81 to the innovative work of Funding Neuro. This money was raised through a series of Dress Down days and raffles enjoyed by the staff at The Klondyke Group’s head office in Polmont...
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Exclusively Shows deliver top quality visitors

The unique ‘invited buyer’ format of the Exclusively Shows has delivered a strong visitor profile for exhibitors once again, confirmed show organiser, Brooke House Exhibitions...
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Greenfingers Ambassadors meet at National Plant Show


Greenfingers Ambassadors met up at the HTA National Plant Show last week...
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