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Retailer survey pays off for Meadow View
You will be dy(e)ing to stock this product!
GTN Bestsellers charts reveal upsurge in buying activity
Industry Chelsea garden gathers momentum
Adam Frost to design Greenfingers garden at Luton
GrowQuip 2016 – the major new international conference, dinner and exhibition - gets positive reaction
Hewitt, Bunker and Lawler to speak at GIMA conference
High profile display drives up sales of pots at Squires
Taking the garden industry forward with technology
Thompson & Morgan tomato trials reveal sweet secret
Deco-Pak’s Heritage Wildlife Collection proves to be big hit
Johnsons introduces tomorrow’s lawn seed, today
Getting ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day...March 18
Three weeks to go, only 6 pounds still to loose, but many more £'s to raise
Klondyke's CEO in 24-hour Plant-athon for Greenfingers
46 sign up for Garden Re-Leaf Day walk
Junior Buyer: Garden Care
Garden Centre Supervisor
Assistant Shop Manager
Garden Centre Manager/General Manager (Prestigious Site)
Customer Service Assistant
Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Commercial Sales Executive (Berkshire)
Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Assistant Garden Centre Manager
Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Horticultural Content Team Lead - Picture Library & Copywriting
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Charlie Dimmock set to launch gardening range in Poundland
Police chase after caravans stolen from Planters Garden Centre
Squire's HQ staff raised £850 for Farnham charity
Stewart sign up 100 schools to GYO campaign
Monitor box moth with pheromone traps, urge Agralan
Innovative Buttacup wins Runner-Up Award at The Garden Press Event
Seed sowing product sales on the rise
Onion sets, seed potatoes and packs of seed are strong sellers
Demand for growing media keeps growing
Plantarium expands
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
Christmas at Munro's Nurseries
Jackson's Boutique Christmas Picture Tour
Burleydam Christmas 2015
Castle Gardens Christmas 2015 Photo Gallery
Photos of Perrywood's Christmas 2015
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards 2016 winners
Baby flown to hospital after incident at garden centre
Cheeky Monkey makes a big impact at Ice Cream Expo
Situations Vacant
Junior Buyer: Garden Care
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Garden Centre Supervisor
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Assistant Shop Manager
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Garden Centre Manager/General Manager (Prestigious Site)
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Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
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Commercial Sales Executive (Berkshire)
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Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
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Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
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Horticultural Content Team Lead - Picture Library & Copywriting
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Retailer survey pays off for Meadow View


Meadow View Stone, quality suppliers to the UK’s garden centres for over 20 years, have undertaken a survey to their customer base to ascertain “what was working and what was needed” to progress the sales of decorative aggregates, paving and associated products within garden centres...
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You will be dy(e)ing to stock this product!
 
A new product for all gardeners was launched at the Garden Press Event last week. Every garden centre will be more than keen to stock the Indigo Garden Spray Dye™ that makes garden spray visible!
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GTN Bestsellers charts reveal upsurge in buying activity
It feels that the season has officially started with the sun shining on plant buyers galore at the Europlants Open Days this week. The GTN Bestsellers charts certainly indicate that activity is really under way with plenty of growing from seed products being sold...



Europlants were celebrating 25 years in business and guests paid tribute to Renato and his team while also celebrating the life of Brigitte Canale who sadly died earlier this year.
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Industry Chelsea garden gathers momentum
Plans for a horticultural industry garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2016 are gathering momentum with nearly 60 companies signing up to contribute to what will be an industry first.

An artist’s impression of the GCA Hanging Basket Garden, one of four gardens that will make up The Sun Flower Square at RHS Chelsea 2016.
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Adam Frost to design Greenfingers garden at Luton
 
Award-winning garden designer Adam Frost, with support from the Homebase Academy, is to design and produce a courtyard garden for Keech Hospice Care in Luton...
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GrowQuip 2016 – the major new international conference, dinner and exhibition - gets positive reaction

The Commercial Horticultural Association has had an extremely positive reaction to the launch of GrowQuip, its new international conference and exhibition for the entire commercial horticultural industry...
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Hewitt, Bunker and Lawler to speak at GIMA conference

   

Retiring Klondye Group CE Bob Hewitt and Alton Garden Centre owner Derek Bunker have been named as speakers at the next GIMA Day Conference in April. Joining the line up of speakers is Jane Lawler, new Associate member of GIMA and founder of Lawler Associates...


  

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High profile display drives up sales of pots at Squires


Increasing sales of plastic pots and hanging garden products were the spectacular outcomes of the Rising Stars project undertaken by Squires Garden Centre finalist Matt Tanner.

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Taking the garden industry forward with technology


From apps, lighting and security to stock control, customer loyalty and EPoS – technology impacts on garden industry business in many different ways. These topics and more were on the agenda for the HTA Technology Conference, which took place in Solihull on Wednesday...
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Thompson & Morgan tomato trials reveal sweet secret
Fertiliser choice the key factor in improving sweetness and flavour


When Thompson & Morgan assessed over 140 tomato varieties at its Suffolk trial grounds last summer, the aim was to gauge the plants against indoor and outdoor growing conditions. What they weren’t expecting was to hit on a simple way of vastly boosting the sweetness and flavour of home-grown tomatoes...
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Deco-Pak’s Heritage Wildlife Collection proves to be big hit
 
Deco-Pak’s first foray into handmade homes and feeders for birds has been a renowned success, with retailers and consumers clamouring to get their hands on the architecturally inspired range...
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Johnsons introduces tomorrow’s lawn seed, today

Innovation and evolution may not be two words you would normally associate with lawn seed, but Johnsons Lawn Seed – the UK’s leading consumer lawn seed brand – is on a mission to change that...
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Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards 2016 winners


The UK’s best casual dining operators were revealed last night at the launch of the first Casual Dining Restaurant & Pub Awards 2016, organised by Diversified Communications UK...
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Baby flown to hospital after incident at garden centre
A baby boy was flown to hospital on Monday after being scalded by water from a teapot at Wimborne, a Wyevale Garden Centre.
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Cheeky Monkey makes a big impact at Ice Cream Expo


The annual Ice Cream Expo held in Harrogate by the Ice Cream Alliance (ICA) was particularly exciting this year for cone manufacturers Antonelli. Launching their new children’s cone ‘Cheeky Monkey’, Antonelli found that the new product was received with great enthusiasm by wholesalers, retailers and indeed the ICA...
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Getting ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day...March 18


The gardening season starts officially on Garden Re-Leaf Day – Friday, March 18 – according to Greenfingers charity, whose supporters are staging events and promotions around the country to encourage British gardeners to visit garden centres, buy plants and generally get gardening...
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Three weeks to go, only 6 pounds still to loose, but many more £'s to raise
Pounds 4 Greenfingers update from Trevor Pfeiffer
    

GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer is over half way in his quest to acheive a weight loss target by Garden Re-Leaf Day on March 18th...
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Klondyke's CEO in 24-hour Plant-athon for Greenfingers


Bob Hewitt, CEO of Klondyke Garden Centres, is taking part in a 24-hour Plant-athon to raise money for the Greenfingers charity on March 18-19. The Plant-athon will take place with the help of staff at Byrkley Park Garden Centre near Burton-Upon-Trent...
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46 sign up for Garden Re-Leaf Day walk


A total of 46 people have signed up for the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day walk, and organisers are hoping to beat the £9,000-plus raised last year when the walk takes place on March 18. The walk covers approximately 20 miles, starting and finishing at the HTA’s offices in Theale, West Berkshire...
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