In This Issue
Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of four more garden centres
RockinColour to launch over 20 new colour finishes at Glee
Pretty in Pink...that's Durston Garden Products
Bank holiday a damp squib for garden centres
Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of five more garden centres
Over 95% of Homebase creditors vote in favour of CVA
AMES UK on the road to further expansion
Wyevale Nurseries to introduce recyclable plant pots
Boyd Douglas-Davies to join HTA Board as Vice-President
Great expectations for Glee 2018
Needlefresh back Greenfingers Charity with Christmas Tree initiative
RHS London show tempts uban gardeners
Bulb planting gives growing media sales a boost
Staff at Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown prepare for Bournemouth Half Marathon in aid of Autism Wessex
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Stevenson Agencies wins Garland/Worth Gardening ‘Sales Agent of the Year’ award
Garden decoration leads a mini sales upturn
Tom Sharples retires from Suttons
Splashes of colour shine through
HTA Plants of the Moment: late perennials and on-trend terrariums
The best of last week's
Blue Diamond start recruiting 8 chefs for new centres
Gardman move away from the pallet network and return to dedicated fleet via Robsons of Spalding
Christmas opens at Summerhill Garden Centre in Essex
Glee confirm new 2019 opening days
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Coffee shop bosses complete lunch!’s Keynote line-up
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Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of four more garden centres

Wyevale Garden Centres has today announced the sale of four garden centres to individual buyers. The centres are: World of Pets and Leisure; Codicote; Sudbury and Oxford.  Sudbury and Oxford have been sold to operators who are expected to continue to run them as garden centres... 

 

 

Sudbury has been sold to Perrywood Garden Centre.

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RockinColour to launch over 20 new colour finishes at Glee
GTN Xtra Promotion

 

RockinColour has announced the launch of four new ranges which will consist of over 20 new colour coated stone, gravel and sand colour finishes...

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Pretty in Pink...that's Durston Garden Products
GTN Xtra Promotion
 

Wow, wow and more wow..... Whoever would have believed that a compost bag could look quite so amazing, yet here in a tailor-made outfit, our
‘Pretty in Pink’ lady will be strutting her stuff at this years GLEE to promote recycling on behalf of UK supplier and compost manufacturer Durston Garden Products...

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Bank holiday a damp squib for garden centres
But the forecast warm September will help to restore balance

Unlike bank holidays earlier in the year, August Bank Holiday was a damp squib for garden centres, as measured by GTN Bestsellers volume sales figures...

 

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Wyevale Garden Centres agrees sale of five more garden centres
One more to Blue Diamond and one to Homeleigh

Wyevale Garden Centres, the UK’s biggest garden centre operator, last week announced the sale of Brooks; Nailsworth; Aldridge; Keynsham and Shirley garden centres to individual buyers.  Nailsworth has been purchased by Blue Diamond and Brooks by Homeleigh Garden Centre...

 

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Over 95% of Homebase creditors vote in favour of CVA

Homebase's creditors voted in favour of a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), with 95.92% of creditors backing the plan...

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AMES UK on the road to further expansion
 

The AMES UK group of companies, which includes La Hacienda, Kelkay and Anchorfast, will be exhibiting as a group for the first time at next month’s Glee exhibition at the NEC. It’s been a very busy year for AMES UK Managing Director, Antony Harker, who has coordinated the acquisition and integration of their latest project to bring Anchorfast into the group.

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Wyevale Nurseries to introduce recyclable plant pots

 

Wyevale Nurseries is introducing recyclable plant pots for all its retail plants so that they can be recycled kerbside by consumers. It will be replacing its black plastic pots for taupe coloured pots, which will be supplied by Aeroplas in the West Midlands, to fight the war on plastic...

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Boyd Douglas-Davies to join HTA Board as Vice-President
 

The Horticultural Trades Association has announced that Boyd Douglas-Davies, CEO of Hillview Garden Centres, is to join the HTA Board as Vice-President...

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Great expectations for Glee 2018
Countdown continues: 7 days to go before big event begins

The expectations of visitors and retailers are already running high for Glee 2018. The first preview issue of Glee Daily News has been opened 78% more frequently than last year – and by 42% more readers. With a new layout across Halls 6, 7, 8, 19 and 20, the refreshed event has the potential to re-energise the industry as this year of extremes continues.

 

GTN’s Trevor Pfeiffer asked garden centre retailers and exhibitors about their hopes for Glee 2018...

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Coffee shop bosses complete lunch!’s Keynote line-up

 

Big names from Costa, Caffè Nero, Taylor St Baristas, Boston Tea Party, Daisy Green, Kaffeine, Abuelo, Small Batch & The Gentleman Baristas speaking at their industry show next month...

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Needlefresh back Greenfingers Charity with Christmas Tree initiative

 

Needlefresh, the real Christmas tree supplier, has announced a charity partnership with Greenfingers which will be launched at Glee in September...

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RHS London show tempts uban gardeners

City dwellers will be invited to experience the cutting-edge techniques of urban gardening at the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) Urban Garden Show (Westminster, 27-28 October)...

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Bulb planting gives growing media sales a boost

 

 

The past two weeks have seen a steady increase in growing media sales in the GTN Bestsellers charts as gardeners get going with their autumn gardening, especially preparations for bulb planting...

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Staff at Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown prepare for Bournemouth Half Marathon in aid of Autism Wessex

 

Four employees working at Haskins Garden Centre in Ferndown are training for the Bournemouth Half Marathon in aid of Autism Wessex...

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