In This Issue
Shaping a New Future at Coolings, New Products, Easter GTN Bestsellers and more in GTN's March/April issue on-line here
Family announces sad passing of Longacres founder
Meadow View Stone – new Garston site provides additional growth for the market leading landscaping products supplier
Defenders range designed to appeal to all gardeners
Tomato plant sales up by 56%
Don't miss Four Oaks as it celebrates 50 years
Easter sees sales bounce back to above 2019 levels
Doors Open, at Dor’s Garden
Bents donates over £44.5k to Solving Kids Cancer
Garden centre catering performs well in March
New Handy display introduced across Dobbies centres
Johnsons Lawn Seed issues rallying call to industry
Bradford garden centre invests in new warehousing
GIMA innovators’ award helps to shape Pot-mate’s business
Countdown on to BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair
First RHS Garden Flower Show of the year
Husqvarna Group invests in Moleaer Inc
36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness - GTN Jan-Feb Issue On-line now
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
Plant food gets a Boost
Cheers for Easter veg sales – up by 20%
Growing media bounces back – up by 42%
Wild Bird Care not up to Easter expectations
Retailers urged to stock up on hedgehog food
BHETA and GIMA to hold Meet The Buyer with Stax
The best of last week's
Growing at home fuels growth
Coolings Chairman drives van full of aid to Poland for Ukrainians in Kyiv area
Display at BBC Gardeners' World Live in tribute to Peter Seabrook
Touchscreen helps plug garden centres’ skills shortages
Westland Boost TV Advert goes live for Easter
Evergreen Garden Care launches ‘keep growing’ campaign to modernise gardening
Glee 2022 on track for maximum capacity
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
ACW Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Allbrighton - British Garden Centres - Christmas 2021
Alton Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Aylett Nurseries - Christmas 202
Barton Grange Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Baytree Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Bents Garden & Home - Christmas 2021
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Shaping a New Future at Coolings, New Products, Easter GTN Bestsellers and more in GTN's March/April issue on-line here

In the March/April 2022 issue of GTN:

  • Shaping a new future at Coolings
  • Blue Diamond Awards
  • Garden Centres Aid for Ukraine
  • Primeur – Ready for 2022
  • Latest trends and products from the Garden Press Event
  • LOFA’s Plant a Tree Campaign
  • Greetings from Woodmansterne – GTN meets the suppliers
  • Easter Trading records broken – GTN Bestsellers Exclusive
  • GTN Bestsellers – Subscribe Now!
  • YPHA member opens Dor’s Garden in Ross On Wye
  • Glee 2022 Update
  • Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022
  • LOFA Column – Working Together
  • HTA Column – Reasons to be Cheerful
  • GIMA Column – Sourcing New Products
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Family announces sad passing of Longacres founder

It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Long, founder of Longacres Garden Centre, have announced his passing on Friday, April 15.

His funeral will take place at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Lower Church Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire GU47 8HN at 4.30pm on Friday (April 29)...

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Meadow View Stone – new Garston site provides additional growth for the market leading landscaping products supplier
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The first of three phases at Garston Docks, Liverpool, has recently been completed to increase Meadow View Stone’s washing and pre-pack production by 60,000 tonnes/annum...

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Defenders range designed to appeal to all gardeners
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The new Defenders range of spreaders and sprayers is designed to appeal to all gardeners, especially those novices who need simple, easy to use products...

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Tomato plant sales up by 56%
 

Whilst overall plant sales were slightly down on 2021 volumes for the same week, tomato plant sales were a massive 56% up on last year...

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Don't miss Four Oaks as it celebrates 50 years
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The Four Oaks Trade Show will celebrate its 50th anniversary on 6 & 7 September 2022 and is keenly anticipated by the horticulture industry after a two-year Covid enforced gap...

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Easter sees sales bounce back to above 2019 levels

Sales during the first Easter week of 2022 bounced back to above 2019 levels, up by 26% on the same week, and were the highest volume sales for the first Easter week since 2015 with the exception of last year...

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Doors Open, at Dor’s Garden

A new store on the high street for gardeners. That is the vision of owner Stacey Gibson who now has the first weeks trading from her outlet in Ross on Wye, Herefordshire up and running...

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Bents donates over £44.5k to Solving Kids Cancer

Bents Garden & Home has presented Solving Kids Cancer with a cheque for £44,597.00...

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Garden centre catering performs well in March
 

Catering sales at garden centres across the country have performed well in March according to the latest Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report...

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New Handy display introduced across Dobbies centres

British garden equipment manufacturer Handy has unveiled a new display concept which is being introduced across 67 Dobbies Garden Centres this Spring...

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Johnsons Lawn Seed issues rallying call to industry
 

Leading UK lawn seed supplier, Johnsons Lawn Seed, has issued a rallying call to the garden retail sector to shed new light on what some suppliers are placing in their lawn seed box, the contents of which have the potential to dent consumer confidence...

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Bradford garden centre invests in new warehousing

The team at Tong Garden Centre in West Yorkshire has invested over £280,000 to treble the capacity of an existing warehouse...

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GIMA innovators’ award helps to shape Pot-mate’s business

For the past seven years, the GIMA Innovators’ Seed Corn Fund has helped emerging brands break into the UK garden retail market, with the most recent winners, Pot-mate, scooping the award in September 2021...

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Countdown on to BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair
At Beaulieu, Friday 29th April to Sunday 1st May
 

Following a sell-out event in 2021, the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair returns to Beaulieu in Hampshire from 29 April to 1 May with a glorious gardening day out...

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First RHS Garden Flower Show of the year

RHS Harlow Carr Flower Show returns this summer (Thurs 23 – Sun 26 June 2022), marking the start of the flower show season at RHS gardens...

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Husqvarna Group invests in Moleaer Inc

Husqvarna Group's has invested USD 7.5m of venture capital into Moleaer, a global leader in advancing nanobubble technology, delivering improvements in sustainable food production, chemical free water treatment and the recovery of natural resources.

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36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness - GTN Jan-Feb Issue On-line now

GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Special Issue - 36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness.

 

In this issue:

  • Peter Seabrook “Mr Gardening”.
  • A record year for Choice Marketing.
  • Thinking outside of the box 4 – Pughs Garden Kitchen.
  • GCA Awards for 2021. Cultivation Street 2022.
  • GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards. 
    Christmas at: Altons, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Bents, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Cherry Lane Podington, Downtown, Fron Goch, Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Hillmount Cheshire, Little Dobbies Richmond, Millbrook Gravesend, Newquay Garden Centre, Pengelly, Planters, Pughs, Rosebourne, Sapcote Garden Centre, Silverbirch, Squires Badshot Lea, The Old Railway Line, Webbs of Wychbold, Woodlands, Kent.
  • The Greatest Christmas Awards judges and sponsors.
  • BBQ Gourmet – LOFA Member Profile.
  • HTA Column – Christmas is here to stay.
  • Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022-What are your plans for the Big Day?
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