In This Issue
Easter Fortnight 2019 is best since 2015
The Davies's buy back Raglan from Wyevale
Become a GARDENA ambassador store and watch sales grow
Was the Easter gardening rush the antidote to Brexit?
Sallyanne leads Taylors Bulbs team to show triumph
Thomas Hardy theme for David Austin Chelsea launches
A look ahead to Glee 2019
Charles Taylor breaks records post-Easter
Raglan bought back from Wyevale by previous owner
Wyevale Nurseries renews its 'UK sown and grown' credentials
Squire's add floristry at Badshot Lea
Perennial Legacy Garden scoops Premier Gold at Harrogate
Cordless push at Dobbies with Greenworks brand
Slugs really are hardened boozers....
LifestyleGarden setting new standards for sustainability
Planteria Retail Assistant/Manager
Category Manager for Horticulture
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Pot feet, garden lights and hose connectors grow Easter sales
Frankie is Hambrooks Gardening Hero
Bedding Geraniums double to go to No 1
New head of retail at RHS Wisley
Veg growers making up for last year
Late Easter spells subdued growth for online retail in March
Easter growing media sales see double
Sally takes over Neudorff office admin
Warm Easter for Wild Bird Care
The best of last week's
Easter records broken at garden centres across the country
Sales up 72% YOY at Primeur following GIMA and Glee award wins
Matthew three-wheels around Bents
Wyevale Garden Centres announces changes to Loyalty Scheme
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Blue Diamond Bicester Avenue
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Baytree of Hilgay
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Hillier Botley
Garden Centre Photo Tour - Forest Lodge
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Garden Centre Photo Tour - Notcutts Norwich
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Easter Fortnight 2019 is best since 2015

Storm Hannah may have taken the gloss off the Easter Fortnight 2019 but it was still the best Easter, for total volume sales, since 2015 and...

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The Davies's buy back Raglan from Wyevale
The restaurant will be our number one change, says boss
 

Having bought back the business he sold to Wyevale Garden Centres four years ago, Martin Davies was holding a ‘Getting to re-know you’ session at Raglan Garden Centre when GTN Xtra spoke to him on Friday as he contemplated the transition from corporate branch to family business...

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Become a GARDENA ambassador store and watch sales grow
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Following the successful launch of GARDENA’s ambassador store programme in 2017 across six garden centres more are set to join the programme in 2019 and 2020...

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Was the Easter gardening rush the antidote to Brexit?

 

The GTN Bestsellers All Products sales index of items sold in garden centres recorded that highest level for the first Easter week since 2015.  Could it be that as a nation we are using gardening and garden leisure time as an antidote to Brexit?

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Sallyanne leads Taylors Bulbs team to show triumph

Taylors Bulbs was awarded a Premier Gold Award at Harrogate Spring Flower Show for its display of more than 1500 individual daffodil blooms across 50 different cultivars...

 

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Thomas Hardy theme for David Austin Chelsea launches

David Austin Roses showcasing two new personalities from its English Rose collection at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show next month...

 

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A look ahead to Glee 2019

 

As the leading trade show for the garden and outdoor leisure sector, Glee is a key date in the calendar. With just five months to go until the doors open on the 2019 event (September 10-12, NEC Birmingham), the show’s organisers confirm that this year’s exhibition will be a bigger and more vibrant showcase of the best the industry has to offer...

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Charles Taylor breaks records post-Easter
 

Charles Taylor has broken records with goods despatched and orders taken post Easter weekend....

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Raglan bought back from Wyevale by previous owner

 

Wyevale Garden Centres has confirmed that Raglan Garden Centre has been sold to Coldbrook Ventures Ltd, who will continue to operate it as a garden centre.

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Garden Centre Photo Tour - Notcutts Norwich

GTN Xtra had the pleasure of visiting Notcutts Norwich last week...

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Wyevale Nurseries renews its 'UK sown and grown' credentials

Having had its UK Sourced & Grown Assurance Scheme (UKSG) application renewed, Wyevale Nurseries believes an increasing demand for UK provenance will result in reduced imports and cut the risk from foreign pests and diseases...

 

Above: Ray Jenkins, transplants division director, with British sown and grown Crataegus monogyna.

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Squire's add floristry at Badshot Lea

Customers at Squire’s Garden Centre in Badshot Lea will be able to pick up a bouquet of cut flowers with their usual garden shopping...

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Perennial Legacy Garden scoops Premier Gold at Harrogate

The Perennial ‘Legacy Garden’ has won Best in Show and a Premier Gold Award at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show, which closes today (Sunday 28 April)...

 

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Cordless push at Dobbies with Greenworks brand
 

Handy Distribution have announced the roll-out of a new range of Greenworks 24v and 40v cordless garden-machinery across all Dobbies chain of garden centres...

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Slugs really are hardened boozers....

 

 

A nationwide experiment has revealed that the old myth of slugs being attracted to beer is in fact true, with lager and bitter proving to be the most effective drinks for successfully trapping them...

 

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LifestyleGarden setting new standards for sustainability

Garden furniture supplier LifestyleGarden (parent comnpany: ScanCom) is raising the bar in all its business practices when it comes to sustainability...

 

 

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