In This Issue
Garden Re-Leaf Day blossoms into a buzzing week
Don’t be a fool – make sure April is a bumper event...
Garden Organic joins call for glyphosate ban
Easter deal on the the UK’s bestselling growbag sundry
Westland proud to support Irish GroMór Campaign 2016
Wyevale Garden Centres completes charity project
5th Fiskars Spring campaign launched this bank holiday
Squire's staff member takes part in 'fire walk'
Zen Botanics, the new collection of Hum Flowerpots
Merchandiser/Area Representative
New Business Manager, Glee
Junior Buyer: Garden Care
Garden Centre Supervisor
Assistant Shop Manager
National Sales Manager Amenity and Landscaping Sector
Customer Service Assistant
Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Centre Assistant Manager
Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Grounds Maintenance Team Leader / Supervisor
Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Area Sales Manager / Garden Centre & DIY
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Has the market for solar lights finally peaked?
Rosemary and strawberries lead the way
Growing media sales shift to outdoor products
Talking growing media, new plants, dahlias and more
Darlac launches new Eco-Friendly Mini Tool Kit
Fallen Fruits launches new pet-themed umbrellas
Grange marketing department spearheads progress and development
Next BHETA/GIMA 'Meet The Buyer' event with Wyevale announced
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
Last call: Submission period for unique youngstar ends on 1 April
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
HTA Catering Conference builds on last year's success
Modern decor gives a new look and feel to the Baytree Restaurant
Situations Vacant
Merchandiser/Area Representative
Salary: £20,000 per year
 
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New Business Manager, Glee
 
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Junior Buyer: Garden Care
Competitive salary
 
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Garden Centre Supervisor
Competitive salary
 
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Assistant Shop Manager
Competitive salary
 
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National Sales Manager Amenity and Landscaping Sector
Salary: Excellent
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Customer Service Assistant
Langlands Garden Centre - Leeds
 
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Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
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Garden Centre Assistant Manager
Salary: £18,000 - £21,000
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Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
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Grounds Maintenance Team Leader / Supervisor
Salary: £16,000 - £18,000 - dependent on experience
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Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Twickenham TW2 5PA
 
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Area Sales Manager / Garden Centre & DIY
Salary: Attractive
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Don’t be a fool – make sure April is a bumper event...


A combination of Garden Re-Leaf Day and better weather saw a good upturn in customer numbers and overall items sold last week, according to EPoS data supplied for the GTN Bestsellers charts.

Easter weekend should see sales leap ahead of last year, but an unsettled weather forecast may see this early Bank Holiday not hit the heights of 2014 or 2015.

What events have you got planned during April to make up for not having an Easter weekend during the key month for gardening sales?

At Barton Grange, April is Italian Food Month. What a great way to promote sales in their restaurants, cook shop, planteria, farm shop and even Italian gifts.

April also sees National Gardening Week, from 11th to 17th April. Organised by the RHS the week is sure to gain plenty of publicity and, as with Garden Re-Leaf Day, is a great opportunity to create events for local media coverage as well as generating footfall.

We know several garden centres are already planning to get involved with National Gardening Week but as this issue of GTN Bestsellers goes to press there are not any garden centre events listed on the nationalgardeningweek.org.uk website.
 
There’s no cost to get involved and there are colour posters, logos and flag images you can download from the website. Sounds like a no-brainer to us, especially
as we will need all the help we can get to push up those April sales.

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes
compared to the same week last year...
  • Garden Products - down 2%
  • Veg-2-Gro - up 4%
  • Growing Media - up 10%
  • All Items Index - down 4%
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