In This Issue
Garden Centres Easter TV and Radio Spectacular
Good Friday - how was it for you?
Temperatures down 20% Sales down 40%
Wild bird care a welcome sales bright spot
Summer Colour TV slot lifts the gloom
Drip feeders are the only sales increase year on year
Record showcase of new products at The Natural Food Show
Garden centres rely on pent-up demand to revive sales after late spring
Up for the cup!
Briercliffe leaves HTA for new international role
Colour your Life campaign wins backing from Flower Council of Holland
Top 10 selling items in garden centres
Tee off for the GIMA Golf Day and raise money for charity
Lighten up...it could be worse!
Keeping it in the family
Peppa the Pig raises a smile
Stock up on the award winning Roundup Gel
Hillier take a 'risk' at Chelsea
Darlac celebrate 50th anniversary
Notcutts re-launch e-commerce site
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 

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Garden Centres Easter TV and Radio Spectacular


Garden centres benefitted from a surge of TV and Radio coverage in the run up to Easter.  Bents, Barton Grange, Scotsdales and...
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Good Friday - how was it for you?
 
GTN Xtra asked garden centre owners how they had faired on Good Friday 2013, one of the coldest on record.  Read on for the thoughts of Martin Stewart, Jonathan Read, James Ducker, Neil Gow, Brian Archibald and Boyd Douglas-Davies...
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Temperatures down 20% Sales down 40%


The headline says it all...it’s tough out there, both from a weather and business point of view. No matter how you look at the current set of figures in the GTN Bestsellers data, sales volumes make difficult reading. And until the temperatures start to rise again it’s going to be a challenging period for garden centre retailers and suppliers.
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Wild bird care a welcome sales bright spot
 
Wild bird sales are have soared in the current cold snap...
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Summer Colour TV slot lifts the gloom
Good Friday’s BBC Gardeners' World screening of a visit to Ball Colegrave’s trial grounds  was a huge PR antidote to the current  gloom and doom.

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Drip feeders are the only sales increase year on year
 
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The GTN Bestsellers charts this week reflect that most people stayed indoors last weekend and tried their best to keep warm...yet one product is still selling well – Fito Orchid Drip Feeders!
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Record showcase of new products at The Natural Food Show


Professional food and drink buyers visiting next month’s Natural Food trade Show will be treated to a record number of new natural, organic, biodynamic, Fairtrade, free-from and special diet products for 2013, says organiser Diversified Business Communications UK...
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Garden centres rely on pent-up demand to revive sales after late spring

Above: Garden centre planterias have been quiet for the time of year in the recent cold snap.

With winter refusing to loosen its grip, the garden industry is relying on the release of pent-up demand to put sales back on track...


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Up for the cup!

Which garden centre and local nurseries are hoping for great things at Wembley next weekend?
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Briercliffe leaves HTA for new international role
 
Tim Briercliffe is leaving the HTA after eight years to run the International Association of Horticultural Producers...
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Colour your Life campaign wins backing from Flower Council of Holland
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Top 10 selling items in garden centres
Because... it’s Easter, it’s very, very cold, and customers may be burning candles to save fuel. But at least they are feeding the birds! Here are the GTN Bestsellers Top 10 selling items...

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Tee off for the GIMA Golf Day and raise money for charity


GIMA are inviting members of the gardening trade to take part in their golf day at Staverton Park in Daventry, Northants, on June 6 and raise money for great causes...
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