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€12m turnover for new garden centre with no outside planteria
Ex-Waitrose executive in charge of the UK's biggest gardening club
Work starts on £2 million garden centre
New products are a hit as sales double
Provado Lawn Grub Killer may be withdrawn following EU ruling
Blueberry plants are this week's bestselling GYO product
New Close-Focus Wildlife Camera enhances Bushnell’s Largest Line-Up for the British Outdoors in 2013
Tee off for the GIMA Golf Day and raise money for charity
Growing media sales...Up 142% on 2012! Down 42% on 2011!
A very busy April for WoodBlocX
Giving people a reason to visit is key
Making up for lost time
Petunia named Plant of the Month for May
Forum on developing business strategies
Great news for Squire's employees
GCA Trust helps horticultural students to continue studying
Cookshop now open at Poundbury Gardens
School competition gets a head start thanks to Durstons
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 

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€12m turnover for new garden centre with no outside planteria
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The Intratuin garden centre at Zevenhuizen has already reached €12 million turnover - and all that with no outside sales area at all...
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Ex-Waitrose executive in charge of the UK's biggest gardening club
 
Ex-Waitrose executive Sarah Fuller has been put in charge of the country's biggest gardening club, and tasked with the job of increasing the current membership of 2.5 million...
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Work starts on £2 million garden centre


A family gardening centre business is behind the building of a new store in Ballymena in Northern Ireland that could create 60 jobs...
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New products are a hit as sales double
There is a much more positive look to the GTN Bestsellers charts this week with sales on the increase and new products setting a high standard...
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Provado Lawn Grub Killer may be withdrawn following EU ruling
 
Bayer Garden have this week admitted that one of their products – Provado Lawn Grub Killer – could be withdrawn from sale following an EU ruling.
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Blueberry plants are this week's bestselling GYO product


Blueberry plants were the bestselling fruit and veg items at garden centres this week...and Van Hage Peterborough took no time in letting its customers know, as our picture shows.
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New Close-Focus Wildlife Camera enhances Bushnell’s Largest Line-Up for the British Outdoors in 2013
 
Bushnell Outdoor Products, the worldwide leader in sports optics and outdoor accessories for over 60 years, has reinforced its offering with their widest compliment of products for 2013 aimed at the British Outdoor sector, including a full HD wildlife camera with close-focus lenses for birdwatching...
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Tee off for the GIMA Golf Day and raise money for charity


Members of the gardening trade are working on their swings for the GIMA golf day at Staverton Park in Daventry, Northants, on June 6...and there's still time to enter a team and raise money for great causes...
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Growing media sales...Up 142% on 2012! Down 42% on 2011!
 
Impressive sales of growing media this week, as revealed by the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 chart, but there is still room for improvement bearing in mind we’re way behind figures from 2011...
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A very busy April for WoodBlocX


Online sales for WoodBlocX innovative Lego-like block system for building raised beds and other garden structures have peaked to an all-time high in April.
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Giving people a reason to visit is key
 
Animal petting sessions are helping to drive footfall at garden centres
Animal petting sessions are helping to drive footfall at garden centres
With such a challenging start to the season UK garden centres are using a raft of innovative ideas and activities to attract customers, according to the HTA...
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