In This Issue
The Scotts Company (UK) Ltd announces new company name...Evergreen Garden Care UK Ltd
Wyevale Marlow closed after field fire
June up 14% on last year as plants and growing media star
Smart Garden Products win Supplier of the Year in France
In the pink as Rose Festivals continue
GIMA Awards decided: find out who won on July 12
Businessman rescues two garden centres facing closure
Homebase to cut over 300 head office jobs and reports emerge of 40 store closures
Greenfingers Charity bags cash from Squire’s
Hot weather helps sales bloom for garden centres in May
Interest in SOLEX up by 35% for 2018
National Survey shows we’re wild about wildlife in our gardens!
Meet GES – the Retail Lab @ Glee stand contractors
Gift wrap goes green at The Gardens Group
Klondyke Rose Festival in full blooom
Nursery offers solution to help staff beat the heat
Six staff members clock up 195 years of service
Brookside celebrate 50 years in style
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Growing garden centre business appoints Commercial Director
Huge rises for plant feeds
Fryer’s Roses to Launch Two New Roses at RHS Hampton Court 2018
Salad days for veg sales
Osteospermum Purple Sun wins FleuroStar Award
Bumper Summer sales boost for growing media
Steve Millington joins Tom Chambers
Gardman back on track with wild bird care sales
Firefighters tackle blaze at garden centre
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The bids are in for 145 Wyevale Garden Centres
Seven Homebase stores to close
Roses lead the way as plant sales grow to 6% up on last year
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Klondyke Rose Festival in full blooom

Over the last few weeks, The Klondyke Group’s Rose Festival has been running in full bloom.  

Launched on the 8th June with a VIP Evening for their Grow Rewards club members, the centres have been transformed into a sea of roses, with the sight and smell of the nation’s favourite blooms a beauty to behold.

 

All 22 garden centres have worked hard to create a rose journey from the front entrance through to the plant area and restaurants, with colour, quality and scent being the key words.

 

The VIP evenings took place in glorious sunshine, with Grow Rewards members having exclusive access to the Rose Festival, accompanied by live classical music, prosecco and canapes.

 

An Afternoon Tea and Rose Talk has been another highlight of the event. The talks were presented by both David Austin Roses and Klondyke’s own rose experts. The Groups rose experts had spent a full day training at the David Austin nursery in May.

 

Through the festival period, rose sales for the group have increased by over 130%, with rose related products, feeds and pest control also seeing a marked uplift.

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