In This Issue
Longacres grow to five and Maidenhead Aquatics add another garden centre as Wyevale sell 2 more
Monkton Elm and Old Railway Line win GCA's top Wales and West honours
B&M planning garden centre at former Ipswich Homebase?
Smart appoints head for new Zöon pet brand
Growing media category is ripe for growth as suppliers get ready to unveil latest eco-friendly compost formulations
Notcutts unveils spectacular show gardens in Yorkshire and Manchester
Irish grower targets UK garden centre sales after expanding production
Elite's adds colourful Edge to greenhouse market
Zest 4 Leisure's new photo studio boosts garden centres support service
ITV presenter to give £15 masterclass at Tong GC
Let them grow chips...and eat them
'Added value' novelties on show at Groën-Direkt fair
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Wyevale Nurseries appoints new commercial sales director
Garden Centre Photo Tour - RHS Wisley New Plant Centre
Glee presence will help us build on strong demand says ecofective
Garden Centre Photo Tours
The best of last week's
Blue Diamond buy 6 more centres from Wyevale
Blue Diamond chief reveals dramatic July trading uplift at former Wyevales
Rising Stars 2019 - From Twenty to Ten for Conference
Increased footfall drives garden centre sales
Perrywood and Squires Shepperton triumph in GCA North Thames region
Tong and Cowell's take GCA awards in North East while Barton Grange and Fron Goch triumph in North West
Stewarts Christchurch and Squires Hersham pick up GCA awards in South Thames region
Blue Diamond East Bridgford and Fairways pick up top honours in GCA Midlands region
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
Caffè Nero CEO heads up lunch!'s new Coffee Shop Keynote Theatre
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






Irish grower targets UK garden centre sales after expanding production

SAP Nurseries, one of Ireland's oldest and largest nurseries, has extended its production facilities by 5,600 sq.m. of polytunnels and greenhouse production.

 

Historically well-known in the Irish and UK markets for its large trees, The company has in recent years focused production on plants for the garden retail market, enabling SAP to become a premier supplier of garden centre plants to multiple retailers throughout Ireland.

 

With increased production capacity, the nursery is now looking to supply garden centres in the UK and in conjunction with UK sales agent Bob Haward has developed a range of small pot grown trees for garden centre sales.

 

MD John Flanagan, who has been running SAP Nurseries for 15 years said: “Typically ornamental trees for sale on a garden centre are difficult for customers to transport home and this can be a barrier to purchasing a tree. Our new and exciting range of trees grown in a 5-litre pot are easy to carry home, simple to manage and the retail price point makes them affordable for a wider range of consumers.”

 

 The SAP concept of Easy Fit, Carry Home and Plant Today trees was tested and trialled by Haward in the UK market in 2018. Haward says: “Many of my retail customers have been asking me where they could buy a small, carry-home type tree that would easily fit into a normal car and be retailed at a sensible price point and so I am delighted now to be able to work with SAP to help fill this demand.”

 

 As a result of early interest from selected customers, the range of Easy Fit trees, which currently includes 25 top-selling varieties, will be broadened significantly for 2020. The three-year old trees will range in height from 1.20m to  1.75m and will include full colour labels and bar codes.  Recognising that there is still demand amongst the public for a mid-sized tree, Flanagan has also pre-selected a range of best-selling ornamental trees in a 10-litre pot including ornamental half standards and fruit trees for the UK market. 

 

Flanagan who has been a long time exporter of garden plants to the UK market, said: “We are very confident that both our 5-litre Easy Fit trees and our 10-litre trees are just what the market needs as I have seen this gap in the market for many years. As a result of our confidence in the UK market we will also be introducing a range of HOT Spot displays of promotional shrubs and herbaceous in 2020.”

 

 Commenting on the nurdsery’s recent success at the HTA National Plant Show, Haward said: “We had fantastic interest at the show from garden retailers with orders being placed… and so I amm confident this this range really will fill a gap on plant areas.”

 

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg | Comment (0)
Comment
Name:*

Email Address:*

Comment:*