In This Issue
Andy Bunker on Wake up to Money: "Still booming because of the weather!"
Nicholas Marshall gives "The Big Interview" in The Scotsman
Second Bunnings Warehouse store opens in the UK
Brothers sell £15m Yarnton Nurseries business
Good spring weather boosts sales in garden centres
Flowers for the Pope depart from Keukenhof
Plant sales up by 39% year on year
Van Hage opens Elho ambassador ‘store within a store'
Rexmartins satisfies appetites of outdoor living enthusiasts
Impressive extension to MacKenzie & Cruickshank
Bents donates £30k to Epilepsy Action
Gardman reports 36% growth in wild bird care products
Something for everyone at GIMA Golf & Activity Day
TV gardening expert to unveil new people's garden at Tong
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Vertical gardening increases in popularity
Love Your Plot 2017 campaign launched by GIMB
Tumbling Tom leads the way for veg plant sales
Luke Murphy appointed as Glee’s new Senior Marketing Executive
Making the most of growing media record sales
Elho joins HTA National Plant Show line up
Gardening Express introduces the sensational Raspberry Groovy
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Masterchef 2016 winner Jane Devonshire to speak at HTA Catering Conference Dinner
Commercial Kitchen show announces its first speakers
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Andy Bunker on Wake up to Money: "Still booming because of the weather!"
And Alan Roper speaks on 5 Live Breakfast




Independent garden centres got some great publicity on BBC Radio 5 Live early this morning when Andy Bunker of Alton Garden Centre was interviewed for the Wake Up To Money programme...
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Nicholas Marshall gives "The Big Interview" in The Scotsman
"The season has started early and that’s always a good sign.” Nicholas Marshall, has been interviewed for The Scotsman this weekend...
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Second Bunnings Warehouse store opens in the UK


A second Bunnings Warehouse store opened its doors to customers on Wednesday (April 12) on Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire...
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Brothers sell £15m Yarnton Nurseries business

The sale of Yarnton Nurseries near Oxford to investors Newcore Capital Management, announced last Thursday, comes just a year before its owners, twin brothers Richard and Nigel Wallbridge (left), were due to celebrate the family business’s 50th anniversary. The business, with its plethora of its concessions generates turnover of £15m...
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Good spring weather boosts sales in garden centres


While high street stores and supermarkets were gearing up for their gardening season to start at Easter, garden centres across the country have been making hay while the sun shines with sales in every area up year on year...
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Flowers for the Pope depart from Keukenhof


After months of preparations, the transportation of the floral consignment – 'Flowers for St. Peter's Square in Rome' – left Keukenhof, this week...
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Plant sales up by 39% year on year
 
The first week of April 2017 sees plant sales up by 39% on the same week last year, according to GTN Bestsellers data. Osteospermum are the big winners this week increasing sales by 350%...
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Van Hage opens Elho ambassador ‘store within a store'


Van Hage has opened its Elho branded store concepts within its main Great Amwell garden centre and experienced strong sales in the first week...
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Rexmartins satisfies appetites of outdoor living enthusiasts
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Rexmartins’ luxury RMB outdoor living range of modular kitchens provides an impressive way for customers to take garden entertaining to the next level...
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Impressive extension to MacKenzie & Cruickshank


Smiemans Projecten have recently completed the extension for MacKenzie & Cruickshank Garden Centre in Scotland and owner Peter Wilson says he is "very content" with the new look.
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Masterchef 2016 winner Jane Devonshire to speak at HTA Catering Conference Dinner
Reigning Masterchef champion Jane Devonshire will be the speaker at this year’s HTA Catering Conference dinner which takes at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield in June...
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Commercial Kitchen show announces its first speakers


Commercial Kitchen, the UK’s only dedicated trade show for the catering equipment industry, has announced its first speakers and new panel sessions for 2017  and they include world-renowned pastry chef Claire Clark MBE...
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Bents donates £30k to Epilepsy Action


Bents Garden & Home has raised £30,000 for Epilepsy Action – its charity of the year 2016. The figure breaks all fundraising totals since the centre launched its Charity of the Year initiative in 2005...
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Gardman reports 36% growth in wild bird care products

Sales of Gardman wild bird care products have enjoyed growth of 36% since the launch of last year's catalogue featuring '4 Big Ideas' designed to change the market..
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Something for everyone at GIMA Golf & Activity Day
 
Running alongside GIMA’s annual Charity Golf Day on June 8, will be the inaugural GIMA Kwik Cricket and Laser Clay Shooting Challenge...
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TV gardening expert to unveil new people's garden at Tong


Further to the recent announcement of her year-long partnership with Tong Garden Centre, Leeds-based garden designer and TV presenter Katie Rushworth will unveil her inspirational people's garden at the Tong Lane business next month...
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