In This Issue
"New Gardeners", how are garden centres reacting to them, or not...
Back to the ‘New Normal’
Garden Pride are fully stocked and ready for Christmas
Paul Sykes departs Apta after a decade of growth
Autumn plant sales stay way ahead
Two-thirds more gardening this Autumn
Gardening grows green shoots of optimism
Greenfingers completes 59th and 60th garden projects
The lockdown gardeners – who are they and how do we keep them?
Dobbies and the HTA urge people to #KeepBritainGrowing
Gardenex, PetQuip and the CHA welcome rises in membership
Top selling tools from Darlac after lockdown
Burgon & Ball launches new designs for RHS Gifts for Gardeners range
Garden centre creates 24 jobs at new restaurant
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair moves to February
Smart welcomes new National Accounts Manager
Gardeners get active again and sales jump
RHS and Scholastic to launch new activity books for children
Christmas not growing as fast as last year
Digital edition of GrootGroenPlus 2020 hailed a success
From Liverpool to Cornwall - rich harvest for national wildflower centre
The best of last week's
When it rains... sales fall. Garden centre business as normal...
Rosebourne sign up Whalley and Ormrod
Tong applies for planning permission for a second site
Pet and garden store chain commits to the high street
Fire & water - Woodlodge adds to product line-up
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
Pets Choice buys pet accessory business The Animate Company
Luxury dog accessory range launched
PATS Telford Best in Show revealed
GTN Bestsellers
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"New Gardeners", how are garden centres reacting to them, or not...

In the October edition of GTN, which will be arriving in the post early this week, we've published a compilation of research and analysis about the "New Gardener" phenomenon. We also asked garden centres what how they are reacting to the changing market dynamic or not...  

Read comment from Derek Bunker, Alan Roper, Will Blake, Sam Bosworth, Kevin Turley, Roger Crookes & Nicola Pugh, Dobbies Garden Centres, Boyd Douglas-Davies, Simon Bourne, Martin Cowell & Lynsey Crofts and Julian Winfield
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Back to the ‘New Normal’
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis

After the winds and rain of Storm Alice, garden centre sales jumped back to the ‘New Normal’ levels we’ve seen since re-opening, with volume sales up by 16% on the same week last year...

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Garden Pride are fully stocked and ready for Christmas
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With Christmas sales already soaring – live trees along with stand sales are set to be at an all time high! Garden Pride are pleased to say that they have good stock of all plastic and metal stand ranges (standard, premium and sparkly) along with ample netting and accessories.

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Paul Sykes departs Apta after a decade of growth

Paul Sykes, Managing Director of Apta, has left the company. Apta was acquired  by Ames in November 2019, prior to which Paul was the company’s owner. He led Apta since 2009 and has overseen the company’s transformation which saw sales triple over the period, entirely  through organic growth...

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Autumn plant sales stay way ahead

Plant sales volumes for the past six weeks are now 41% on average up on last year...

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Two-thirds more gardening this Autumn
 

 

As an indicator of core gardening activity, the sales of growing media as monitored by GTN Bestsellers mean our customers have been doing two-thirds as much gardening over the past six weeks than last year. Volume sales are up over that period by an average of 64%...

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Gardening grows green shoots of optimism
HTA Market Update

The UK garden industry is well placed to be an engine of ‘green economic growth’ says the Horticultural Trades Association...

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Greenfingers completes 59th and 60th garden projects

New garden spaces for Little Harbour Children’s Hospice in Cornwall and Rainbows Hospice for Children and Young People in the East Midlands...

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The lockdown gardeners – who are they and how do we keep them?
Eleven pages of current consumer research in GTN's October issue
 

GTN's October issue, which will be arriving in the post early next week, includes a compilation of all the consumer research we could access related to the "New Gardeners" that have become active during lockdown and during this summer.

 

There's research and analysis from: HTA, You Gov, American Express, LV Insurance, RHS, Squires Garden Centres, Westland Horticulture, Evergreen Garden Care, Suttons, Flymo, National Gardens Scheme and GTN Bestsellers.

 

Plus comment on the "New Gardener" phenomenon from: Derek Bunker, Alan Roper, Will Blake, Sam Bosworth, Kevin Turley, Roger Crookes & Nicola Pugh, Dobbies Garden Centres, Boyd Douglas-Davies, Simon Bourne, Martin Cowell & Lynsey Crofts...

Read GTN's October 2020 issue here
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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Pets Choice buys pet accessory business The Animate Company

Pets Choice Ltd has purchased the assets and goodwill of pet accessory business, The Animate Company Ltd, with the deal being completed at the end of October...

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Luxury dog accessory range launched

Luxury British dog accessories brand Teddy Maximus has launched its new Strawberry Thief Collection...

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PATS Telford Best in Show revealed

Earth Animal’s No Hide The Feast Limited Edition Chew has been voted Best In Show at the PATS Telford 2020 New Product Awards. The Best in Show title was awarded to the new product receiving the most votes from an online poll of UK pet retailers. 

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Dobbies and the HTA urge people to #KeepBritainGrowing

Dobbies has welcomed the Horticultural Trades Association’s horticulture manager, Pippa Greenwood, as the latest guest on its podcast as the retail chain supports #KeepBritainGrowing...

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Gardenex, PetQuip and the CHA welcome rises in membership
 

The Federation of Garden and Leisure Manufacturers Ltd has seen an increase in new memberships as more UK businesses call on the wide-ranging services provided by its associations – Gardenex, PetQuip and the Commercial Horticultural Association...

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Top selling tools from Darlac after lockdown

Darlac, the cutting tools expert, has announced its top 10 sellers over the summer months as sales rebounded after the lockdown...

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Burgon & Ball launches new designs for RHS Gifts for Gardeners range
 

The Royal Horticultural Society has announced the launch of new designs for the popular RHS Gifts for Gardeners range from Burgon & Ball, the UK’s longest-established manufacturer of garden tools...

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Garden centre creates 24 jobs at new restaurant

The opening of Tong Garden Centre's new restaurant brings the head count at its Tong Lane site to over 200 local people...

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