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50 years of Glee: Vote now for your half-century champions!
As the Glee exhibition gets set to celebrate half a century at the heart of the garden retail sector, the organising team is looking for your input. In the past 50 years, Glee has seen thousands of exhibitors pass through its doors, with hundreds of thousands of new products launched since the show’s humble beginnings in 1974. To celebrate the newness and passion that have shaped Glee and the broader garden centre market during this time, the hunt is now on to find the people and product that have driven the most change over the past five decades...
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GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest Spring 2024 - read on-line here
 New Products for the UK Garden Trade for 2024 from GIMA Members: AMES Apta, AMES Home Delivery, AMES Tools, Auto Pot Global, Azpects, Bulldog Tools, CJS Display, Coir Products, Durstons, Edelman, elho, Evergreen Garden Care, Fargro, Forest Garden, Gardena, Handy Distribution, Glee, Hortiwool, Hozelock, Johnsons Lawn Seeds, Leon Boots, Museums & Galleries, PlantWorks, Primeur, Pot Mate, SharkNinja, The Solar Centre, Treadstone, UK Greetings, Vitavia, Westland Horticulture, Witt UK & Ireland, Woodmansterne, Zest Outdoor Living & GIMA Member Directory.
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Dobbies appoints Strategy and Business Development Director
Dobbies has added to its senior leadership team with the appointment of Rajesh Gupta as Strategy and Business Development Director...
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Terracotta pots direct from the Artevasi factory
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Founded in 2006, Artevasi has become the world's leading manufacturer of environmentally friendly, sustainable pots made from recycled plastic. They now export to over 50 countries on 5 continents, with offices worldwide...
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Dobbies appoint Steve Pitcher in consultancy role
Dobbies has appointed Stephen Pitcher in a consultancy role, working closely with the gardening and horticultural teams...
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Dobbies respond to question about stock availability over the Easter period
Last week after a visit to Dobbies Peterborough over the Easter weekend GTN Xtra asked Dobbies for feedback in their stock situation.
"[We] are working hard to ensure shelves are stocked but we also have to be responsive to the weather - with wet and windy conditions over the weekend, we had to consider what was on the shop floor..."
Read Dobbies full response here
Dobbies trial 'quiet shopping hours'
Dobbies is trialling ‘quiet shopping hours’ to support customers with sensory sensitivities or hidden disabilities, such as autism. Dobbies quiet shopping hours are being trialled from Monday to Thursday, from 9am to 10am...
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Dobbies joins One4all's retailer offering
Leading multi-store gift card provider, One4all Gift Cards, has announced a partnership with Dobbies Garden Centres...
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Dobbies Horticulture Director Marcus Eyles departs after seven years
Marcus Eyles has decided to move on from his role as Horticulture Director at Dobbies to pursue a new chapter in his illustrious 40-year career...
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Horticulture will be hit by cost hike, says HTA
Commenting on the Common User Charge announcement, James Barnes, HTA Chairman, said: “Whilst it is welcome that it has at last been published, the Common User Charge (CUC) announcement at the 11th hour confirms our fears that in just one month, UK horticulture’s competitiveness will be again hit by a cost hike for no material gain..."
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Haskins Garden Centres celebrates Barista of the Year success
Haskins Snowhill Garden Centre, Crawley, is celebrating the success of restaurant supervisor, Adam Kelly, who recently won the regional heats of Costa Coffee UK’s Barista of the Year competition to progress to the UK and Ireland final...
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40 Yorkshire horticulturists pledge to walk 100 miles each during April for Kidney Research UK
A team from York-based Johnsons Nurseries, one of the UK’s largest commercial nurseries, has pledged to walk 100 miles each during April to raise money for Kidney Research UK during Move More April, an annual celebration that encourages individuals to move more and sit less in their daily lives...
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SOLEX Exhibition to kick off festivities with Awards Ceremony and Afterparty
SOLEX Afterparty | Tuesday 9 July | 1830 -2230 | Hilton Metropole | NEC, Birmingham
 
SOLEX Exhibition, the premier event that gathers the best and brightest of the outdoor leisure industry, has announced an Awards Ceremony & Afterparty to kick off the excitement of the summer event on the Tuesday 9 July. Marking its 16th year, SOLEX Exhibition has curated a night of celebration, networking, and a thrilling football-themed evening to coincide with the highly anticipated UEFA Euro 2024 semi-finals...
Read more and add your name to the guest list here
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St John’s Garden Centre under new ownership
St John’s Garden Centre in North Devon has changed hands after being acquired by two long-standing employees...
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Annual awards highlight team success at Notcutts
The family-owned garden centre group, Notcutts, gathered at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Kenilworth to celebrate the successes of its colleagues across all 19 garden centres nationwide. The event, attended by over 140 colleagues, Notcutt family members and sponsors, marked the culmination of a year of hard work and dedication...
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Cramer UK subsidiary set to go LIVE
After successfully introducing the Cramer brand of professional battery-powered tools to the UK through Handy since 2021, Cramer is now ready to launch its own subsidiary, scheduled to go live on 8th April...
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GIMA Charity Golf Day – Now open for bookings
The 2024 GIMA Charity Golf Day will be returning to Belton Woods Hotel and Golf Course on Thursday, 6th June to play the Woods Course. The annual event is always a great way to spend time with colleagues, customers and friends rounded off with a BBQ outside (weather permitting)...
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Group Commitment, GTN Interview with Caroline Owen, Chair of the Tillington Group in GTN March 2024 Issue
GTN March 2024 read on-line here. In this issue:
 Gift Packaging from Woodmansterne- Group Commitment – GTN Interview with Caroline Owen, Chair of the Tillington Group
- New retail solutions from Artevesi
- What’s Hot in 2024 – New products launched at the Garden Press Event
- Maximising seed sales at Mr Fothergills
- 25 years of Greenfingers FUNdraising
- Garden Re-Leaf Day 2024
- Strictly Blue Diamond – Exclusive Awards coverage
- New at Solex for 2024
- Products to delight from Spring Fair
- Be the best plant specialists – GTN Planteria special report
- A brighter shade of green – LOFA Column
- Three days of PATS in September 2024
- Celebrating 125 years – HTA Column
- The start is everything – GIMA Column
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Dutch Spring Trials take place in week 18
During week 18, eight breeders in North-Holland will show their new assortment developments to growers, retailers and industry colleagues. These so-called pack trials have been a strong tradition for years and offer the perfect opportunity to view the latest pot and bedding plants on the greenhouse benches while discussing business possibilities on a one-to-one basis...
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RHS and Wildlife and Birdcare Nature Recovery Project
The Wildlife and Birdcare Nature Recovery Project (WBC), a specialist British designer and manufacturer of wildlife habitats, feeders and food, has been licensed by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to produce a wooden habitat home collection for a variety of garden wildlife...
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BHETA’S age verification campaign leads to Royal Mail climbdown
A two-month campaign by BHETA on postal services’ age verification policies reference the delivery of bladed items has led to a climbdown by Royal Mail on its original proposal to cease such services...
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spoga+gafa – garden creation & care
From 16 to 18 June 2024, the largest garden and BBQ trade fair in the world will present the theme "garden creation & care".
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RHS awards the highest honours in horticulture
The highest honours in horticulture, the Victoria Medal of Honour and the Elizabeth Medal of Honour have been awarded to six worthy recipients by the Royal Horticultural Society...
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AIPH announces jury for World Green City Awards
AIPH presents the 18 members of the world-renowned jury who will vote to select the winners of the AIPH World Green City Awards 2024...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
New peat-free seed compost launched by Mr Fothergill's
This season sees the launch of Mr Fothergill’s Enriched Seed Compost, formulated to ensure success when growing from seed with displays designed to locate the compost alongside seed stands in garden retail stores, promoting linked and impulse sales...
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GCA announces Chairman Elect for 2024/2025
Ben Harrison, who is Operations Director of Haskins Garden Centres, is stepping into the role and will become Chairman at the GCA’s annual conference in January 2026...
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Dobbies appoint new Chief Marketing Officer
Phil Thomas has joined Dobbies, as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Phil joins from Costa Coffee, where he has been CMO for the last 3 years...
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Hozelock unveils groundbreaking automatic hose system
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The demands of modern gardening have evolved as consumers search for more convenient and efficient methods for an array of tasks, from planting and pruning to garden watering...
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Corby + Fellas announces another WinRetail implementation
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Corby + Fellas has announced another two garden centres have joined its growing customer portfolio – Bradley Fold and Summerseat Garden Centres...
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Award success for RocketGro at Klondyke Plant Show
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Leading British peat-free growing media manufacturer, RocketGro, was presented with an award for Supplier Innovation at the Klondyke Plant Show and was praised for developing “genuine innovation in our industry.”
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