In This Issue
Home & Garden Group of nine garden centres goes into administration
Gardman reactivates King's Lynn site and re-employs ex-staff in the aftermath of Daventry fire
'Redfields Plus' wows customers in Nottingham
Garden Pride takes on new range of hanging baskets
Beast from the East MkII delivers trading blow
Wyevale Nurseries has the highest sales week in history
Resolva Pro TV Ad - sneek preview
Two more Bunnings Warehouse stores open despite ongoing fears that owners Wesfarmers will quit UK
Plant sales halve during cold snap
Wyevale offer £5 voucher to spend in store this weekend
Green-fingered gardeners at Squire's raise money for Greenfingers
Deco-Pak gets creative with sales support
Kelkay is recognised as one of Yorkshire’s fastest growing businesses
Early signs of success for VivaGreen MossOff and Johnsons Lawn Seed
Horticultural Action Plan launched in Scotland
Pets gets its own dedicated sector at Glee
What do elephants, cyclists, golfers and horses have in common?
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Chris Patemen quits as HTA Chairman
Garden product sales go back into hibernation
Mulch ado about nothing for growing media sales
Onion Sets Red Baron flies back to the top
Cold weather doesn’t help Wild Bird Care sales
Bord Na Móna Horticulture announces new Head of Horticulture – Mark Higgins
Coming Soon! GIMA Knowledge Exchange Workshops
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Gardman plan first deliveries after the fire for week commencing 26th March
Garden Re-Leaf Day provides FUNdraising and sales opportunities before the snow
Garden Pride takes on new range of hanging baskets
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Home & Garden Group of nine garden centres goes into administration

GTN Xtra has learned today that the Home & Garden Group, which own nine garden centres, has gone into administration. The news came from several sources...

 

 

Rutland Garden Centre is part of the Home & Garden Group.

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Gardman reactivates King's Lynn site and re-employs ex-staff in the aftermath of Daventry fire

 

Gardman is reactivating its site at King's Lynn and 25 former staff are being re-employed as the company recovers from the devastating fire at its new distribution centre in Daventry on March 12...

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'Redfields Plus' wows customers in Nottingham

Blue Diamond opened their 20th garden centre on Thursday 22nd March at East Bridgford, Nottingham.  The design, described by MD Alan Roper as "Redfields Plus" was an instant hit with customers resulting in packed car parks, busy cafe, thousands of Diamond Club sign ups and plenty of full trolleys going through the tills...

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Garden Pride takes on new range of hanging baskets
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Following the success of the relaunch in September 2017, Garden Pride have taken on several new lines of hanging baskets, coco liners, jute liners and pre lined troughs...

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Beast from the East MkII delivers trading blow

 

Just when we thought gardeners would be getting active the ‘Beast from the East 2’ delivered another cruel blow to garden centres by arriving right at the weekend...

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Wyevale Nurseries has the highest sales week in history

 

Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford has announced its highest sales week (March 12 until 18, 2018) in the company’s history, beating its previous record breaking sales week, which was in 2008 by 17%...

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Resolva Pro TV Ad - sneek preview

Westland's new TV Ad for Resolva Pro goes on air from 23rd April to 30th May and GTN Xtra has been behind the scenes to see how the ad was created...

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Two more Bunnings Warehouse stores open despite ongoing fears that owners Wesfarmers will quit UK

 

Home improvement and garden retailer Bunnings Warehouse has opened two more stores – Walton-on-Thames and Norwich Sprowston –  amid ongoing fears that its Australian owners Wesfarmers will pull the plug on the UK operation...

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Plant sales halve during cold snap

 

Plantaria managers and growers did not need the second blast of cold weather last week. With sales down vs last year for the fifth successive week, and last week they were down by 53% to the level as at the end of February, plant benches are crammed with stock that needs to be moved on...

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Wyevale offer £5 voucher to spend in store this weekend
 

Wyevale Garden Centres have come up with a money-saving way of enticing customers back into their stores after the recent cold snap…a £5 voucher to spend this weekend...

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Green-fingered gardeners at Squire's raise money for Greenfingers

 

Squire’s Garden Centres took part in a 12-hour 'Plantathon' on Garden Re-Leaf Day to raise money for Greenfingers...

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Deco-Pak gets creative with sales support

 

Leading decorative aggregates, landscaping and birdbox supplier Deco-Pak has announced three new additions to its creative team to aid both sales support and new product development...

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Kelkay is recognised as one of Yorkshire’s fastest growing businesses

Kelkay Ltd has been selected as one of Yorkshire’s fastest growing companies at a business awards event organised by leading law firm, Ward Hadaway...

 

 

Pictured: Antony Harker, Chief Executive, and Bob Hewitt, Non-Executive Director of Kelkay Ltd.

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Early signs of success for VivaGreen MossOff and Johnsons Lawn Seed
 

The UK’s leading grass seed brand, Johnsons Lawn Seed has seen an encouraging start to 2018, thanks to the increasing sales of VivaGreen MossOff - added to the company’s distribution portfolio in late 2017...

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Horticultural Action Plan launched in Scotland

 

A Scottish Horticultural Action Plan, highlighting the contribution of parks and gardens to the wider Scottish economy, has been launched...

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Pets gets its own dedicated sector at Glee

The organisers of Glee have confirmed that 2018 is set to mark an exciting year of development for pet products at the show, with several exciting enhancements being added to a dedicated pet sector – ‘Pets at Glee’.

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What do elephants, cyclists, golfers and horses have in common?

 

Elephants, cyclists, golfers and even prancing Ferrari horses all feature in Allensmore Nurseries 2018 topiary range...

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