Or will the rest of May send sales soaring into summer? For the first time in two months garden centre total sales volumes have dropped seriously below last year’s levels, according to Epos data analysed by GTN Bestsellers...
The 'Alan Titchmarsh effect' is giving the Chelsea Flower Show a massive boost, and according to national newspaper reports, tickets for world-famous event starting on May 20 are now being sold on the black market for over £550...
Pictured right: Alan takes a 'selfie' as he prepares for Chelsea, and posts it on twitter.
The chance of winning an entire display of Resolva 24H by snapping garden centre staff wearing the Resolva facemask found inside the April issue of Garden Trade News, has created huge interest with entries flooding in. But there's still a chance to get your picture taken before the deadline of May 18...
Pictured above: Fun and games with the Dandy Weed facemask at Stephen H Smith's Garden Centre.
Doff Slug Killer (800g + 200g free) is the star performer in this week’s GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart as sales volumes take a disappointing dip on the previous week. It’s the highest new entry at No 8. Vitax Slug Gone also figures highly at No 12 with Bayer Bio Slug and Snail Killer at No 25...
Hillview Garden Centres have acquired the Little Heath Garden & Aquatics Centre business in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire – making it the ninth store in the group. The garden centre employs 30 staff and is located just off junction 1 of the M42...
A major focus on patio containers will be a central feature of this year’s Summer Showcase, the popular Ball Colegrave open days at the grower’s Oxfordshire trial grounds...
All but one of the Top 50 products in the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart are items from Quantil and Suttons. Quantil have 33 entries, including including courgette at No 1, and Suttons 16...
Volume sales in the Growing Media chart are down 12% on the previous week and down 35% on the same week last year. The encouraging sign is that gardeners are still buying compost to plant up containers...
The HTA is broadly supportive of the Defra National Pollinator Strategy for bees and other pollinators in England, which sets out proposals to safeguard these important insects...
Mr Fothergill's has teamed up with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to offer a retail range of seeds for the 2014-15 season to boost the charity's 'Give Nature a Home' campaign...
Cook's Garden Centre of Stourport on Severn was awarded a gold medal for its exhibit at RHS Malvern Spring Festival, producing the largest ever display in the event's 28 year history and centred around a stunning collection of hydrangeas...
Haskins have acknowledged 30 years service of staff member Colin Brickell, who rose from being a plantman with the company to a buyer in charge of a £3.5m budget...
Staff at Trelawney Garden Centre in Cornwall have sown 40,000 Flanders poppy seeds to commemorate the WW1 100th anniversary...
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