In This Issue
Centres stock up on plants and growing media pre-Brexit and Easter
Are you ready for a bumper March?
Chief Executive sought for Brechin Garden Centre
Indoor and outdoor furniture collections by Daro
Primeur launch new display stands for their recycled rubber stepping stones in Blue Diamond
Still time to get involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day campaign
Mr Fothergill’s target £10,000 barrier for Garden Re-Leaf
New farm shop and garden centre planned for Chudleigh
Horticultural Rising Stars have until Friday 1st March to enter
Sarah Squire takes over from dad as chairman
Locals split over plans to modernise mid-Devon garden centre
New Horizon BIO3 composts arrive in garden centres
Garden centre lends support to cat rescue centre
CJ Wildlife website adds live streaming from nesting boxes
Happy Plants teams with SmartPlant on digital care info
Pugh's sell-out Christmas grotto raises £12k for charity
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Primula sales doubled prior to half term
New chair for Growing Media Association
Growing media sales at the double
Chris Gladwin becomes new Decco Chesham Manager
Core gardening gets a lift
Wild Bird Care sales up by 22%
HTA to stage one-day sustainability forum
Common Sense Gardening group signs long-term PR deal
The best of last week's
Sell-off cash is critical to WGC's survival
Klondyke brings outdoor living to life at showcase event
Treadstone Products enjoys success at GCA conference
Choice appoints Terry Maywood as non-executive chairman
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Centres stock up on plants and growing media pre-Brexit and Easter

Garden Centres have been busy stocking up on plants and compost in the run up to Brexit, a late Easter and the hope of a bumper March...

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Are you ready for a bumper March?

 

This time last year we had the first blast of the Beast from the East and the start of the worst February, March and April weeks for sales ever.  What a difference we have right now – blue skies, sunshine and balmy temperatures that are sure to tempt people out into their gardens and garden centres too.

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Chief Executive sought for Brechin Garden Centre
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Brechin Castle Garden Centre is seeking a Chief Executive to take full day to day responsibility for running the family-owned two unit catering/retail/ destination business – the garden centre and Peggy Scotts Restaurant, which jointly turns over in excess of £3m and employs 90 full and part time staff...

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Indoor and outdoor furniture collections by Daro
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It’s not too late to give your customers fabric choice with the 2019 Indoor and Outdoor Collections by Daro...

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Primeur launch new display stands for their recycled rubber stepping stones in Blue Diamond
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Primeur have unveiled their new display stands for the recycled rubber garden range, with a solution to display garden borders, stepping stones, or even both together...

 

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Still time to get involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day campaign
 

 

With just a few weeks to go, the organisers of Garden Re-Leaf Day (22 March) – the garden industry’s biggest annual fundraiser – have confirmed that there is still time to get involved...

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Mr Fothergill’s target £10,000 barrier for Garden Re-Leaf

 

Mr Fothergill’s aim to crash through a total of £10,000 raised for Greenfingers during this year’s Garden Re-leaf activity. Over £8,500 has been raised by the Suffolk seedsman over the years through participation in the annual walk and cycle ride plus sales of dedicated sweet peas and they aim to push through the psychological barrier in 2019!

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New farm shop and garden centre planned for Chudleigh

A new farm shop, boutique garden centre and café could be built off the A38 if the local authority approves a Devon businessman’s plans.

 

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Horticultural Rising Stars have until Friday 1st March to enter

The deadline to find the 2019 Westland Rising Stars has been extended...

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Sarah Squire takes over from dad as chairman
 

 

 

Squire’s Garden Centres announced the appointment of Sarah Squire as chairman last week...

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Locals split over plans to modernise mid-Devon garden centre

 

 

Major plans for the expansion of Crediton Garden Centre in mid-Devon have been announced by the Broad family, who also operate Homeleigh Garden Centres at Bude and Launceston. The proposals are said to have split the local community...

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Casual Dining’s drinks menu set to refresh the nation

 

Menus across the UK are set to get a refresh next week, as thousands of restaurant, pub and bar buyers head to the Casual Dining trade show (at London ExCeL on 27-28 February) for their annual tasting extravaganza...

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New Horizon BIO3 composts arrive in garden centres

First deliveries of New Horizon’s BIO3 peat-free compost launched by Westland at Glee have started appearing in garden centres...

 

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Garden centre lends support to cat rescue centre

 

Capital Gardens, London’s leading independent gardening company, holds a commitment to community at its heart, and has extended this to its latest acquisition, Studley Green Garden Centre with the announcement of the centre’s first official charity partner for 2019...

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CJ Wildlife website adds live streaming from nesting boxes

CJ Wildbird Foods Ltd have introduced live streaming this spring from 11 nesting webcams on the CJ Wildlife website...

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Happy Plants teams with SmartPlant on digital care info

Happy Plants is the latest grower to partner with SmartPlant to make the latter’s plant care information system available on carry packs...

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Pugh's sell-out Christmas grotto raises £12k for charity

Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre Wales a have received a donation of £12,000 from Pugh’s Garden Village, thanks to the success of their ‘Magic of Christmas’ experience, which saw its key dates sell out within an hour of coming on sale...

 

 

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