In This Issue
25% more gardening sets new April record
Phenomenal year of sales for Natural Grower
Ergrownomics - The future of raised planters and beds
Plant sales continue to flourish
Catering Design Group strengthens team with key appointments
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 raises over £75,000
ecofective launches ‘greener’ packaging solutions
Team from RHS Garden Wisley pick-up more donated Mangaves from Wyevale Nurseries
Ignite sales this summer with Honey & Wild garden décor
Unprecedented Demand - Record Easter garden centre sales lead to stock shortages - Read GTN's April issue on-line now
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Dobbies teams up with Butterfly Conservation in latest podcast episode
Lights, action, lets get growing
Grow Your Own matches April high
Growing media sales are 43% above average for April
The best of last week's
Dobbies No 71 opens in Boston, Lincolnshire
Tong’s new garden centre plans deferred
RocketGro introduces a new range of 100% peat free, organic soil improver and chemical free fertilisers
spoga+gafa cancelled for 2021
Webbs wins UK Best Workplace™ 2021 award
Perrywood get growing for Hampton Court Garden Festival
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
Monkton Elm Pet Centre stops the sale of rabbits
New Wildlife Barley Straw Bugs offer alternative to unsightly bales
CSJ’s new bags pay tribute to popular dog sports
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25% more gardening sets new April record
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers analysis

April 2021 garden centre trading was an all-time record for volume sales, even topping the previous high for the month set back in 2011...

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Phenomenal year of sales for Natural Grower
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Natural Grower are having another phenomenal year of sales in 2021 with their organic and vegan approved natural fertiliser products. When shutdown happened in 2020 their online sales went through the roof.

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Ergrownomics - The future of raised planters and beds
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Ergrownomics was begun by a father-and son team in rural Herefordshire, with one goal in mind: to break the mould, and manufacture a sustainable, high-quality raised planter, in the UK.

 

"We’re on a mission to do things differently, and to offer consumers a real opportunity to reduce their carbon footprint and plastic waste..."

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Plant sales continue to flourish
 

April 2021 plant sales set a new record for the month, not far behind the all-time high recorded in GTN Bestsellers of May 2018. When this cold weaher breaks and it warms up, who knows we could be looking to break that record too!

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Catering Design Group strengthens team with key appointments

Daventry based Catering Design Group has strengthened its team with a number of key appointments following 2020’s acquisition of the business by Interefurb Ltd...

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Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 raises over £75,000
 

Despite being apart, this year’s Garden Re-Leaf Day saw the charity’s supporters come together like never before as it has been confirmed that the 2021 event has now raised in excess of £75,000...

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ecofective launches ‘greener’ packaging solutions

Sipcam Home & Garden has further enhanced its ecofective range of products by offering eco-friendly packaging solutions across the full range. The positive move will help eco-conscious gardeners make better choices regarding the products they use by embracing safer chemical alternatives and reducing waste...

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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Monkton Elm Pet Centre stops the sale of rabbits

A pet centre has urged other retailers to follow its lead in banning the sale of rabbits in a bid to cut the number of animals ending up in rescue centres. Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre in Taunton, Somerset, hopes its stance will help to raise awareness of rabbit welfare.

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New Wildlife Barley Straw Bugs offer alternative to unsightly bales

A leading UK pond specialist has created a new barley straw formula for treating ponds with green water, algae and blanketweed problems, that provides an alternative to unsightly bales...

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CSJ’s new bags pay tribute to popular dog sports

 

The innovative new bag design for CSJ Specialist Canine Feeds illustrates the masses of dog sports whose competitors use their products...

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Team from RHS Garden Wisley pick-up more donated Mangaves from Wyevale Nurseries

A Royal Horticultural Society team from RHS Garden Wisley has this month picked-up a new collection of Mangave succulents from Wyevale Nurseries in Herefordshire donated in partnership with Plantipp B.V.

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Ignite sales this summer with Honey & Wild garden décor
 

With the garden décor category booming and consumers decorating their gardens with the same care as their interior rooms, Woodlodge’s Honey & Wild range is set to take outdoor decoration to the next level with its inspirational portfolio of products, designed to refresh exterior living this summer...

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Unprecedented Demand - Record Easter garden centre sales lead to stock shortages - Read GTN's April issue on-line now

In GTN's April issue of news and information for garden centre professionals:

  • Back to the NEC for Glee!
  • Life – Norfolk Leisure Style
  • 1000 years and growing at Coolings
  • Investment is back on the agenda for garden centres
  • Pictures of a Record Easter from Aylett Nurseries, Burston Garden Centre and Scotsdales
  • Unprecedented demand leads to stock shortages
  • Enhancing our understanding of New Gardeners
  • GIMA Charity Golf Day returns this summer
  • B-bag takes Extreme Lounging to new places
    LOFA Update – Are we over the worst of the shortages?
  • HTA Column – Success Brings Stress

 

Read GTN's April 2021 Issue on-line here
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