GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 21 2017

Independent garden centres got some great publicity on BBC Radio 5 Live early this morning when Andy Bunker of Alton Garden Centre was interviewed for the Wake Up To Money programme...

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Nicholas Marshall gives "The Big Interview" in The Scotsman

"The season has started early and that’s always a good sign.” Nicholas Marshall, has been interviewed for The Scotsman this weekend...

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Second Bunnings Warehouse store opens in the UK

A second Bunnings Warehouse store opened its doors to customers on Wednesday (April 12) on Hatfield Road, St. Albans, Hertfordshire...

Brothers sell £15m Yarnton Nurseries business

The sale of Yarnton Nurseries near Oxford to investors Newcore Capital Management, announced last Thursday, comes just a year before its owners, twin brothers Richard and Nigel Wallbridge (left), were due to celebrate the family business’s 50^th anniversary. The business, with its plethora of its concessions generates turnover of £15m...

Good spring weather boosts sales in garden centres

While high street stores and supermarkets were gearing up for their gardening season to start at Easter, garden centres across the country have been making hay while the sun shines with sales in every area up year on year...

Flowers for the Pope depart from Keukenhof

After months of preparations, the transportation of the floral consignment – 'Flowers for St. Peter's Square in Rome' – left Keukenhof, this week...

Plant sales up by 39% year on year

The first week of April 2017 sees plant sales up by 39% on the same week last year, according to GTN Bestsellers data. Osteospermum are the big winners this week increasing sales by 350%...

Van Hage opens Elho ambassador ‘store within a store'

Van Hage has opened its Elho branded store concepts within its main Great Amwell garden centre and experienced strong sales in the first week...

Rexmartins satisfies appetites of outdoor living enthusiasts
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Rexmartins’ luxury RMB outdoor living range of modular kitchens provides an impressive way for customers to take garden entertaining to the next level...

Impressive extension to MacKenzie & Cruickshank

Smiemans Projecten have recently completed the extension for MacKenzie & Cruickshank Garden Centre in Scotland and owner Peter Wilson says he is "very content" with the new look.

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Masterchef 2016 winner Jane Devonshire to speak at HTA Catering Conference Dinner

Reigning Masterchef champion Jane Devonshire will be the speaker at this year’s HTA Catering Conference dinner which takes at The Belfry in Sutton Coldfield in June...

Commercial Kitchen show announces its first speakers

Commercial Kitchen, the UK’s only dedicated trade show for the catering equipment industry, has announced its first speakers and new panel sessions for 2017 and they include world-renowned pastry chef Claire Clark MBE...

Bents donates £30k to Epilepsy Action

Bents Garden & Home has raised £30,000 for Epilepsy Action – its charity of the year 2016. The figure breaks all fundraising totals since the centre launched its Charity of the Year initiative in 2005...

Gardman reports 36% growth in wild bird care products

Sales of Gardman wild bird care products have enjoyed growth of 36% since the launch of last year's catalogue featuring '4 Big Ideas' designed to change the market..

Something for everyone at GIMA Golf & Activity Day

Running alongside GIMA’s annual Charity Golf Day on June 8, will be the inaugural GIMA Kwik Cricket and Laser Clay Shooting Challenge...

TV gardening expert to unveil new people's garden at Tong

Further to the recent announcement of her year-long partnership with Tong Garden Centre, Leeds-based garden designer and TV presenter Katie Rushworth will unveil her inspirational people's garden at the Tong Lane business next month...

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Vertical gardening increases in popularity

In a week where increased footfall led to increased sales of most types of garden products a vertical gardening product makes its debut in the GTN Bestseller Garden products chart...

Love Your Plot 2017 campaign launched by GIMB

The 2017 Love Your Plot industry campaign is being launched with a new consumer-facing website and the announcement of three campaign sponsors...

Tumbling Tom leads the way for veg plant sales

Tomato plants move back to the top of the GTN Bestsellers Veg-2-Gro chart as gardeners prepare to hit supermarket veg sales during the summer by growing their own bumper crop..

Luke Murphy appointed as Glee’s new Senior Marketing Executive

Luke Murphy, a familiar face amongst Glee’s marketing team, has reason to celebrate as he becomes the show’s new permanent Senior Marketing Executive...

Making the most of growing media record sales

Growing bags, hanging baskets and potting on seedlings were the activities that drove the highest percentage growths in growing media last week. Scotts Levington Organic Choice Top Soil also re-entered the GTN Bestsellers Top 50.

Elho joins HTA National Plant Show line up

The Horticultural Trades Association is launching a new award at the HTA National Plant Show for the Best Plant Concept for Retail, sponsored by Elho...

Gardening Express introduces the sensational Raspberry Groovy

The new Raspberry Groovy – a fantastic new concept for growing raspberries on the patio or in the garden when you have limited space – is now exclusively online available at Gardening Express.

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