In This Issue
Delegates flock to Associates Night
Glovies take the conference by storm for Garden ReLeaf Day
For the Rising Stars, Monday was the final challenge
Special Award winners
The secrets of a good memory...including how to recite the value of Pi to 22,500 decimal places...
Christmas judge applauds 'awe-inspiring' Christmas displays
Cowells win yet another planteria award
£10,000 raised as Cabbages beat Pansies in 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup
Honours shared in the first event...Hadrian's Fort Building
Scores still level after next two events...Chariot Racing and Road Building
The teams still can't be split after two throwing events
Cabbages 11 - Pansies 11...a high scoring football match
Cabbages prove too powerful in the Tug o War
Nero's numbers prove too XXIIV for Pansies
Race Night with Guy "McCririck" Topping wins by a length
Deputy Garden Centre Manager - Warwickshire
Assistant Garden Centre Manager - Washington, West Sussex
Assistant General Manager - West Sussex
Key Accounts Manager - Thetford, Norfolk
Garden Centre Manager - East Midlands
Plant Area Assistant – Hersham
Plant Area Department Head - Woking
Bedding Supervisor - West Horsley
Plant Area Assistant - Essex
Plant Area Department Head - Stanmore
Plant Area Supervisor - London
Sinclair shoot TV commercials in South Africa
Martin Breddy leaves Scotts in company restructure
Taylors are flavour of the month
Jack’s magical domination continues
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Delegates flock to Associates Night
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Sheep, shepherds, badgers, foxes and plenty of tweeds were a selection of the costumes on display at the GCA Conference Industry Networking Night at the Carden Park Hotel near Chester yesterday...
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Glovies take the conference by storm for Garden ReLeaf Day
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Glovies are the new selfies - and a great way of generating awareness for Garden ReLeaf Day...
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For the Rising Stars, Monday was the final challenge
After eight months of hard graft, the five finalists in the Garden Centre Association’s Rising Stars programme, sponsored by Westland, made their presentations to GCA Conference delegates yesterday and then enjoyed a relaxing evening at the Industry Networking Night...

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Special Award winners
GCA audit inspection Special Awards

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The GCA audits inspection team handed out trophies to top-scoring centres in the 2014 inspections round at yesterday's conference session.

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The secrets of a good memory...including how to recite the value of Pi to 22,500 decimal places...
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David Thomas, known as the Memory Man for his astonishing feats of memory – which include reciting the value of Pi to 22,500 digits – shared with delegates some of the secrets of his success...
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Christmas judge applauds 'awe-inspiring' Christmas displays
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Brilliant…fantastic…awe-inspiring…these were some of the words of praise showered on garden centres by retail consultant Neville Stein at the GCA Conference in Chester yesterday for their Christmas displays.
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Cowells win yet another planteria award

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Cowells Garden Centre extended their impressive run of GCA awards with success in this year’s Ruxley Rose planteria competition, which this year rewarded the best autumn displays...

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£10,000 raised as Cabbages beat Pansies in 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup

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Over £10,000 was raised on the eve of the Garden Centre Association Winter Conference at Carden Park in Cheshire when a team of garden centres (Pansies) took on a side made up of suppliers (Cabbages) in the 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup.

The event, made up of a series of fun events followed by a race night and was the curtain-raiser for the two-day conference, with all the proceeds going the industry's charity, Greenfingers.

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Honours shared in the first event...Hadrian's Fort Building
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After Caesar's Opening Parade, the first event was Hardian's Fort Building, where both sets of teams had to build a fort from bags of compost. Points were awarded for creativity, stability and teamwork...
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Scores still level after next two events...Chariot Racing and Road Building
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There were plenty of spills and thrills in the Chariot Racing, won by the Cabbages team, and a little more finesse and less brute strength in the Road Building, won by Pansies...
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The teams still can't be split after two throwing events
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The next two events were throwing disciplines – Cocoanut Shy and Sling Shot - had the teams throwing fatballs at a series of objects, and there was a victory for each side.
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Cabbages 11 - Pansies 11...a high scoring football match
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One of the most hotly contest events was the football match, and it proved to be a high scoring affair at 11 goals each...
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Cabbages prove too powerful in the Tug o War
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The Cabbages proved too strong for Pansies in the final outdoor event, winning the Tug o War by two successful pulls to one...
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Nero's numbers prove too XXIIV for Pansies
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The quiz with a Roman difference was won by the Cabbages giving them their first outright win of The Greenfingers Challenge since the rugby match 5 years ago.
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Race Night with Guy "McCririck" Topping wins by a length
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The fundraising event on the eve of the GCA Conference continued in the evening with a race night hosted by Guy "McCririck" Topping...
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