In This Issue
June 2020 sets new garden centre trading records
Record June for plants but still 37% down year to date
Neil and Nicci Gow to close Fresh @ Burcot Garden Centre
SOLEX - The show goes on, virtually of course!
Please Help To Make #FloralFriday A Celebration Of Outdoor Leisure!
spoga+gafa suspends for 2020, changing to new date: 30 May to 1 June 2021
Fund for Westland accident victims family reaches £2,405
Three new board members at the HTA
Duchess gets Britain blooming
Darlac Sees Records Tumble!
The rose show must go on
Kindwood looking to partner with UK garden retailers for this summer’s hotly anticipated bestseller
DJ Turfcare supports retailers with five-day delivery & RHS endorsed organic ranges
PetQuip team organises comprehensive exhibitor support package for UK suppliers at Interzoo 2021
Merchandiser/ Area representative
Plant Area Manager, Goonhavern Garden Centre, Cornwall.
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Pots and growing products drive sales to 44% up on last year for June
Wow, what a catch up for Veg growing!
Keter Group to manufacture high-quality face shields at their factory in Cornwall
Growing media all time high for June
Furniture and barbecue sales soar after garden centres re-open in May
Wild Bird Care sales grow too
The best of last week's
Mixed plans for garden centre catering re-openings - UPDATED
Glee and Pawexpo 2020 at the NEC will not take place this year
Fund created for Westland accident victims family has raised £1,645 so far
Flaming June – phew what a scorcher!
June is a record for growing media – even with a week to go!
The Duchess of Cambridge creates more gardening media coverage with visit to Childrens Hospice
#FloralFriday for Greenfingers supports Children's Hospice Week
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Situations Vacant
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M4 Corridor Oxford/Buckinghamshire/Berkshire, Full-time, £21k pa
 
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Please Help To Make #FloralFriday A Celebration Of Outdoor Leisure!

Thank you to all those who once again joined the fun of #FloralFriday last week. A wonderful array of flowers, plants, bulbs, gardening products and floral shirts filled social media platforms, all helping to highlight the valuable work of Greenfingers Charity.

 

 

Our thoughts for this week’s #FloralFriday turn to our friends at LOFA, and of course SOLEX which should have been taking place this week.

 

Due to COVID-19, the team at Greenfingers Charity know only too well how it feels to cancel or postpone events that so many look forward to. And which for the charity, help to create a million precious outdoor memories for life-limited children and their families.  

 

The news that some of our favourite industry events won’t take place this year have been met with great support and understanding but also with huge disappointment. The value of face to face meetings, networking and sales or indeed fundraising opportunities will be felt by so many of us, as well as those friends who do the hard work organising our much loved exhibitions, Award dinners and conferences.   

 

As a thank you to, and in support of our friends at LOFA and those retailers who will not be making the journey to Birmingham, this week Greenfingers Charity would love your help to fill social media with your favourite outdoor leisure photos. From furniture to barbecues, in-store displays or photos of you, your friends and family enjoying time in your outdoor space, let’s hold our very own exhibition, showcasing the very best reasons to be outside this summer.

 

Taking part in #FlroalFriday is so easy. Here’s what you have to do…

  • Post a an outdoor leisure photo on social media
  • Use the hashtags #FloralFriday #HortIndustry
  • Tag @GreenfingersCharity  
  • If you can, make a donation to support the work of Greenfingers Charity by texting FLORALFRIDAYTEN to 70085 to donate £10.
  • Nominate a friend(s) to do the same

As well as supporting the gardening industry, by joining the fun of #FloralFriday you will be supporting the work of Greenfingers Charity. 

 

With plans to start building three more gardens later this summer/autumn, your help will ensure precious outdoor memories can be created by hundreds of families facing insurmountable odds. 

 

To find out more about Greenfingers gardens in the planning stages and other ways you can help the charity, please visit www.greenfingerscharity.org.uk or contact Director of Fundraising and Communications Linda Petrons by emailing Linda@greenfingerscharity.org.uk or calling 07908 221240. 

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