In This Issue
Dobbies launches new Spring campaign
Special hotel rates for SOLEX Visitors - limited availability - book now, offer closes today 30th April
Garden Centres of the Year - GTN April 2024 Issue - Read on-line here
Meadow View Stone strengthens Customer Service Team
New pet accessory business has story to tell
Michael Gove joins Evergreen Garden Care in support of standardisation across the growing media category
Boost back on TV this Spring
David Domoney does it again with live garden transformation on ITV’s This Morning
Hillmount owner ceceives honour at Hillsborough Castle
Kate’s 366 running Challenge for Greenfingers Charity - April Blog update
Squire's Garden Centres charts a steady course
Notcutts collaborate with The Cloud Gardener to inspire urban renters at RHS show
GROW e-Learning platform runner-up in Totara Awards
Haskins West End continues support for Friends of PICU
Westland launch The Westland Garden Newspaper
Spear & Jackson return to Glee 2024
HTA welcomes local MP David Johnston to Horticulture House
Biggest RHS Shows innovations for a generation to reach new audiences and inspire more people to get gardening
Webb Supreme Lawnmowers now with 4-swing tip blades for added efficiency & robustness
Alitex sets new standard for employee wellbeing
Join Mr Fothergill's & Darlac in The ‘Chelsea Chop’
Sofas & Stuff creates its third superb RHS fabric collection
Milwaukee Tool is just getting started
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
Brand New CIoH GROW Careers Day North Event, Harewood House
Autumn Fair launches 'New Business Pavilion'
Bradford garden centre group wins Yorkshire sustainability award
Haskins Snowhill announces 2024 charity of the year
PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt keeps on growing
The best of last week's
Dobbies appoints Robert Cook as board advisor for its restaurant business  
Gro-ments initiative part of £1 million peat-free campaign
Rising Stars focus on sustainability and regeneration
The Greenfingers Charity Dragon Boat Race – everything you need to know!
Successful launch of Yorkshire Garden Centre Group's Green Card Loyalty App
SOLEX Exhibition to kick off festivities with Awards Ceremony and Afterparty
Whisk out your tongs: SOLEX's Fire Food & Outdoor Living Evening returns for its second sizzling year
Send us your news and great ideas

Contact us with your news.

Email trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk or call the GTN News team on 07973 504214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The Greenfingers Charity Dragon Boat Race – everything you need to know!

As the Greenfingers Dragon Boat Race fast approaches, the team has revealed more about what paddlers – and spectators – can expect from this adrenaline fuelled day!

 

When: Join in the fun on Sunday 23rd June 2024, with the first race earmarked to start at 10:30am

 

Where: Grendon Lakes, Northamptonshire.

 

Set in 150 acres of stunning Northamptonshire countryside, Grendon Lakes features 12 lakes, two of which are devoted to watersports with the remaining 10 making up some of the finest fishing water in the area. The complex is also home to ‘Hostile Fire’ - the Midlands' premier paintball site. The on-site Alpine clubhouse overlooks the main watersports lake and houses a fully licensed bar, café, toilets, showers and changing rooms, making it the perfect location for friends and families to join in the fun on the day. 

 

Team info: The Greenfingers Dragon Boat Race can accommodate up to 14 teams, each made up of 10 paddlers and one drummer.

 

To date, the YPHA, the AMES Companies, Evergreen, Westland, British Garden Centres, Deco-Pak alongside GIMA, and Woodlodge have signed up to battle it out on the water.

 

Don’t worry if you have a smaller team or want to enter as an individual, subject to numbers there may be the option to create mixed teams to ensure everyone can join in the fun!

 

Cost: Team entry is priced at £900, with the Greenfingers Charity asking each team member to raise a minimum of £100.

 

Linda Petrons, Director of Fundraising and Communications at the Greenfingers Charity, said: “The Greenfingers Dragon Boat Race is just one of the events we will be running to celebrate our forthcoming 25th anniversary, so we hope that supporters will come together to make it yet another superb occasion. The response has, so far, been great, with teams already ramping up the sense of competition! As always, interested parties are urged to book their place now to avoid disappointment, and for those already signed up – we’ll see you on the water very soon.”

 

Anyone wanting to secure a spot at the Greenfingers Charity Dragon Boat Race is invited to register by emailing Linda Petrons via linda@greenfingerscharity.org.uk

 

In the meantime, you can follow all the latest updates from Greenfingers on social media - @Greenfingerscharity on Instagram and LinkedIn, https://www.facebook.com/Greenfingerscharity/ and @GreenfingersCha on Twitter.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Del.icio.us Digg | Comment (0)
Comment
Name:*

Email Address:*

Comment:*