In This Issue
Sales bounce back up with plants leading the way
Unprecedented Demand - Record Easter garden centre sales lead to stock shortages - Read GTN's April issue on-line now
Iglu 360 is the perfect outdoor dining experience for garden centres
Woodlodge win GCA Supplier of the Year Award
Bents receives Covid-secure recognitions as it opens up alfresco dining
Greenfingers says thank you to LOFA
Swedish success story for Highfield Garden World protégé
Frosty effect on plant sales
'Frosty' Spring fails to halt sales to UK
How The Real Soil Company is driving sales in store with informative packaging and PoS
Hofats win two German Design Awards
BaltCap sells EKJU to AMATA
Door knockers make good first impression
No bubble burst yet for garden centre sales volumes
Dobbies hosts great pizza virtual event with Ooni Pizza Ovens
Horticulture students get financial boost for futures
RHS Gardens welcome two new National Collections
Gardena searches for UK's most passionate gardener
Have your say on the future of Glee - Survey closes on Monday 26th April
Drought-proofing lawns with Johnsons Lawn Seed
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
AMES UK demonstrate their commitment to people
Gardening demand at an all time high
It's official: the UK is a nation of gardeners
Gardeners delight for Grow Your Own
GIMA confirms Scarlet Opus to return for new series of virtual webinars
30% more growing going on
Promotion for Haskins Garden Centre’s Catering Manager
RHS & Biscuiteers collection launched by renowned British hand-iced biscuit company
Gardena honoured with Red Dot Design Awards
AIPH World Green City Awards launched to champion ‘Living Green’
Hotter and RHS announce new spring/summer canvas shoe range
The best of last week's
David Isaac says farewell to Johnsons of Boston
Dobbies acquires Johnsons Garden Centre
Honeyfield’s, the gift that keeps on giving
Time to stock up for spring!
Allensmore receive Klondyke’s Plant Supplier of the Year Award
Seventh generation Durston joins family business
Squire’s Garden Centre Reigate receives GCA GROW training award
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to the GTN Bestsellers printed weekly newsletter
All the latest news from the world of pet products
It’s not just furry animals that have been popular in lockdown
Eezy Peezy! for lawns – it helps to prevent burn marks
Wild bird feeders from Henry Bell boast unique design
GTN Bestsellers
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Sales bounce back up with plants leading the way

After the dip reported last week, this weeks GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis shows sales bouncing back to levels even higher than seen over Easter...

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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

 

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Iglu 360 is the perfect outdoor dining experience for garden centres
GTN Xtra Promotion

More popular than ever, the Iglu360 is the must have for the latest contemporary look to upgrade your garden centre restaurant...

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Woodlodge win GCA Supplier of the Year Award
‘Highly Commended’ awards to Gisela Graham, Melcourt, Smart, Farplants & Allensmore

The team at Woodlodge Products are celebrating this week after being presented with the GCA’s 2020 Associate of the Year Award...

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Bents receives Covid-secure recognitions as it opens up alfresco dining

Bents Garden & Home has received recognition of its high standards of customer care, having been presented with two Covid secure accreditations which it hopes will further help visitors to feel safe and welcome at the family owned and run centre...

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Greenfingers says thank you to LOFA
Trade association donates £10,000 to support the work of charity
 

The Greenfingers Charity is offering its thanks to The Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association (LOFA) following the trade association’s kind donation of £10,000...

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Swedish success story for Highfield Garden World protégé

 

The team at Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire is toasting the success of former member of staff Alcwyn Davies having heard the news that he has beaten 1,700 others to win a coveted award in his adopted home country of Sweden...

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Frosty effect on plant sales

The continued cold wind and threat of frosts has definitely slowed the sales of plants, with volumes down 10% week on week and 8% down on the same week in 2019...

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'Frosty' Spring fails to halt sales to UK

Despite experiencing frost this Spring, Tuscany Growers are reporting increased sales and delivery to the UK. There is strong demand for Bamboo (phyllostachis), Rhyncopspermum, Photonias and Pleached Trees...

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How The Real Soil Company is driving sales in store with informative packaging and PoS

Creating stand-out PoS in an increasingly saturated retail environment was a key consideration when the team at The Real Soil Company created the packaging for its new peat-free, organic and veganic topsoil, SuperSoil...

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Hofats win two German Design Awards

Hofats has won two German Design Awards for its Bowl (Firepit & BBQ) and Spin (Tabletop Fire Lantern)...

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BaltCap sells EKJU to AMATA

Garden furniture specialists, EKJU, have followed a record year in 2020 with more exciting news for the future of the company. A deal has been agreed for a change of ownership which sees previous owners including BaltCap, exit the business and sell to a new holding company, AMATA, which will be run by the existing management team who will continue operations at their manufacturing site in Latvia...

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Door knockers make good first impression

 

Dreamair have developed a range of door knockers trademarked Casas Door Furniture to suit and fit onto traditional wooden as well as composite doors...

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No bubble burst yet for garden centre sales volumes

Sales may have dipped last week to below or just matching previous years’ levels for the first week since mid-February but the consensus is that the bubble has not burst for garden centres’ increased sales volumes...

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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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It’s not just furry animals that have been popular in lockdown

Squire's Garden Centres has experienced an upsurge in interested in people buying fish and aquariums since the start of the covid-19 pandemic...

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Eezy Peezy! for lawns – it helps to prevent burn marks

 

At a time when lawns are coming under siege from dry weather CSJ has a herbal product on hand to help…their 'Eezy Peezy!' has been specifically formulated to optimise urinary health and help prevent burn marks on lawns caused by pet urine. 

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Wild bird feeders from Henry Bell boast unique design

Leading quality pet, wild bird food and accessories producer Henry Bell has a unique design on their collection of wild bird feeders: a forward-facing perch which enables garden birds to gather as much food as they need and in a safer environment.

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Dobbies hosts great pizza virtual event with Ooni Pizza Ovens

Dobbies has announced a free, exclusive virtual event with Ooni Pizza Ovens, to share top tips on making great pizza with keen cooks across the UK...

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Horticulture students get financial boost for futures
 

The David Colegrave Foundation has selected its scholarship winners for the 2020-21 season. Receiving over £11,000 between them, nine students have had a boost to their future studies in sustainability, ethnobotany, biodiversity, commercial horticulture and plant breeding...

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RHS Gardens welcome two new National Collections

The five Royal Horticultural Society gardens are to become custodians of one of the UK’s biggest National Collections of plants thanks to a generous donation from current collection holder Fibrex Nurseries. The National Collection of Pelargonium is the largest of its kind in the world, numbering more than 1,400 accessions which will be divided by group between RHS Gardens Bridgewater, Harlow Carr, Hyde Hall, Rosemoor and Wisley...

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Gardena searches for UK's most passionate gardener

Gardena has launched a search to find 'The UK’s most passionate gardener, during National Gardening Week...

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Have your say on the future of Glee - Survey closes on Monday 26th April

Glee Event Director Matthew Mein would like you to tell him how his team can improve Glee: "As we prepare for the return of Glee on 14th – 16th September, I look forward to welcoming you back to the show and hope you will join us as we reunite the community for 2021...

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Drought-proofing lawns with Johnsons Lawn Seed

The global king of lawn seed has been investigating how to help drought-ridden lawns survive the summer with super-strength, deep rooting grass varieties...

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