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GTN Interviews: Steve Morgan, Zest - Nick Rubins, Cherry Lane Garden Centres
GTN May 2022 Issue available to read on-line here
In the May 2022 issue of GTN magazine:
- Coming of age for Cherry Lane
- Garden centre ambulance for Ukraine
- Make your own vinok - aid ideas from Ukraine
- Glee Buyers Power List Nomination Form
- Get ready for a summer of trade shows
- GTN meets the suppliers – Zest
- Greenfingers Ty Hafan garden opens
- LOFA Column – Excited for SOLEX 2022
- HTA Column – Veg led revolution
- GIMA Column – The great juggling act of 2022.
Read on-line here
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Encouraging customers to make the switch to peat free gardening
GTN's Sustainability Directory 2022 available to read on-line here
 GTN’s Guide to Sustainability Innovations for Garden Centre Retailing.
- Encouraging customers to make the switch to peat free gardening - comment from RHS, Millbrook, Buckingham, The Gardens Group, Hillier, Cherry Lane, Pughs, Alton's, Groves, St Peters, Monkton Elm, Lakeside Plant Centre, Planters, Notcutts, Green Pastures, Summerseat & Bradley Fold Garden Centres.
- Taking Charge – Garden Centre EV Charging.
- LOFA members Improving green credentials.
- Get ready for new EPR regulations.
- Green commitment at Highfield Garden World.
- Small steps, big difference at The Gardens Group.
- Plant Hope at Perrywood.
- New Sustainable Products.
- Sustainability Directory 2022.
Read on-line here
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Garden accessories help with mobility issues
GTN Xtra Promotion
Gardening accessories brand fenceBUDDY was created by Kim O'Brien who designed products for her own plot despite struggling with mobility issues...
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EKJU’s on-trend furniture is ready for all retailers
GTN Xtra Promotion
Timber garden furniture experts, EKJU, have been responsible for developing many popular furniture sets since they were established in 1992. In the last 30 years the company have developed a reputation for not only quality products but innovative designs...
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Treadstone’s Recycled Pots more sustainable than ever
GTN Xtra Promotion
Reducing single-use plastic has been a key driver for Treadstone’s Recycled Pot range. Now in its second year, the ranges’ popularity is growing and growing and so is the product offering...
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Hillmount's Alan Mercer wins family business award
It really was a family affair in the true sense of the word at the first Business Eye Family Business Awards, as Alan Mercer of Hillmount attended the glittering awards ceremony accompanied by his three month old daughter...
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Boughton expands operations with Hinckley depot
Leading landscaping products supplier, Boughton has celebrated the opening of its new depot in Hinckley, South-West Leicestershire...
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April showers affect core garden centre sales
Poor weather in April affected sales in core categories at garden centres across the country according to the latest Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report. Clothing sales were up at 12.73%...
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Hundreds of guests celebrate relaunch of Bridgemere
The formal relaunch of Bridgemere Show Gardens, located within the grounds of Bridgemere Garden Centre, attracted hundreds of guests and VIPs, as well as the original founder of the gardens, John Ravenscroft...
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National Plant Show’s New Plant Awards
Sponsor says sustainability may be at forefront
Judges from the horticultural industry will evaluate entrants for the New Plant Awards the day before the Horticultural Trades Association’s National Plant Show (June 20, 2022) and one sponsor says sustainability may be prominent this year...
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Top 10 bestselling bedding plant changes
As we reach peak bedding season, a look back on past years’ Plants of the Week shows us that the Top 4 plant bestsellers have been the same since 2019 with Zonal Geraniums dominating sales ahead of Petunias and then Begonias only just outselling Tomato plants.
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Growing media stays way ahead of pre-pandemic levels
A slight tailing off of Top 50 Growing Media sales volumes week on week hides the fact that sales were up on 2021 levels for the same week, only just below sales levels wehen we first re-opened in 2020 and most importantly they were 17% ahead of the weeks average in the six years pre-pandemic...
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UK companies excited to launch new products at spoga+gafa
The UK exhibitor group at this year’s Gardenex-organised British pavilion within spoga+gafa is offering buyers from across the world a multitude of new product launches at the show...
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Cheers for thriving veg plant sales
Veg-2-Gro sales continue to thrive with sales last week up 11% on 2021 and up 17% on the average for the same week over the six pre-pandemic years...
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Plant care dominates sales
Plant care is the name of the game at the moment with core plant care products dominating the GTN Garden Products chart...
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Wild Bird Care spending down
Wild Bird Care sales almost held their own week on week but still remain down versus pre-pandemic levels. Is this an area of discretionary spend that we are seeing pinched by the economic situation?
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
A right royal boost for sales at garden centres
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis
As we near the Jubilee Bank Holiday, garden centres saw boost in sales of Jubilee related products. Union Jack garden windmills topped the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart, Royal Hydrangeas and bedding packs sold in high volumes, with napkins, bunting, tea towels, breakfast tea and shortbread also among the garden centre Jubilee bestsellers...
See the GTN Bestsellers Jubilee Top Ten
Who are the best buyers in the garden market?
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Glee Buyers Power List Awards, the winners will be celebrated at Glee in June
When the industry gets together at the NEC in June this year Glee will once again be celebrating the best buyers of garden, leisure and pet products in the Glee Buyers Power List...
Make your Buyers Power List nominations here
Experience a new chapter for AMES UK at Glee 2022
Think you know AMES UK, then get ready to think again as at this year’s Glee, (28th-30th June, NEC Birmingham, stand 6C40-F41), the outdoor living experts behind the leading Kelkay, La Hacienda and Apta brands are ready to showcase a whole new chapter for the company; a chapter that is designed to offer garden retailers more value than ever...
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Jenny Douthwaite of Primeur elected GIMA President
GIMA has announced the election of Jenny Douthwaite of Primeur as GIMA President, supported by Kate Ebbens of Capi Europe as Vice President following its AGM held virtually on Friday (May 20)...
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Influential judging panel for 2022 GIMA Awards
GIMA, who are urging suppliers to enter the 2022 GIMA Awards before the June 1 deadline, have revealed that all entries will be judged by a panel of leading industry experts on July 13 at Warwick Racecourse...
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A Chelsea tribute to Peter Seabrook MBE
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 would have been the 70th year Peter Seabrook was involved in creating a display at the world’s most prestigious flower show...
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Treadstone’s innovative Pot Trellis is turning heads
GTN Xtra Promotion
Treadstone Products, who are known for innovative gardening brands, have achieved a promising sales performance this year for their award-winning Pot Trellis from the Good Life gardening range. This has resulted in hundreds of garden retailers selling the product in 2022, with solid repeat orders occurring every week...
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