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Give customers what they really want with elho
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The b.for collection from elho has a vast range of popular indoor pots and planters in all shapes, sizes and colours. From the stylish matt textures and muted tones of the b.for soft to the geometric angles and bright colour pops of the b.for rock, there’s something to suit any interior décor scheme...
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Mike Withers sells Trebaron to Newbank
Trebaron Garden Centre at Newton-Le-Willows near Warrington has been sold for an undisclosed sum to Newbank Garden Centres...
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Santorini Swing is another top design from Zest 4 Leisure
GTN Xtra Promotion
Zest 4 Leisure’s in-house design team has worked hard to create a range of new products based upon current and future market trends, and in response to customer feedback for 2020.
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Wyevale Elm Court gets to continue as a garden centre
Wyevale Garden Centres have secured the future of Elm Court as a garden centre as Elm Court Garden Centre Limited will take over the operations and all colleagues at the site will transfer over...
Read more and see the list of last Wyevale Garden Centre trading dates
Glee goes Floral Thursday for Greenfingers
Glee went Floral Thursday in support of Greenfingers Charity's special 20th anniversary year, The event, supported by Garden Trade News, saw exhibitors and visitors to Glee joining in the fun by wearing an array of floral clothing throughout the day. Over £1,400 was raised for Greenfingers...
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Glee New Product Awards 2019 - Winners revealed
Ground-breaking new garden products have been confirmed as the winners of the coveted Glee New Product Awards 2019, run in association with GTN...
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Glee New Products 2019 – Shortlisted Products
Exhibitors face the judges after Glee New Products shortlist is revealed
Read the Glee New Product Showcase shortlist
Glee Buyers Power List Winners Revealed
The winners of the Glee Buyers Power List were revealed at the show. They included Ayletts Nurseries, who won Best Single Site Independent Garden Centre...
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New Product Awards for Pets@Glee revealed
Seven pet product suppliers are celebrating winning New Product Awards at Pets@Glee with the honours being presented at the end of day two of the show...
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Boyd Douglas-Davies appointed as HTA President
The Annual General Meeting of the Horticultural Trades Association, which took place at Glee this week saw the appointment of Boyd Douglas-Davies as HTA President...
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PATS Telford is the BEST place for garden centres to source new pet products
PATS Telford, the UK’s number one pet industry exhibition, is the best place to source new products, according to a growing number of garden centres attending the Autumn showpiece. Visitors to PATS Telford on 22-23 September 2019 will be presented with thousands of products from more than 200 UK and international brands, making the exhibition essential to retailers seeking next year’s bestsellers...
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Best Green Heart Display winners confirmed
The Green Heart – Glee’s horticultural hub - has crowned Darby Nursery Stock as winner of its 2019 Best Green Heart Display award. The award was a hotly contested one, with many stands catching the judge’s eyes. However, it was Darby Nursery Stock that took home the title for 2019.
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GMA sets out road map timelines towards sustainable growing media
The Growing Media Association (GMA), a group of manufacturers and suppliers producing over 90% of growing media used in UK domestic and commercial sectors, continue to make progress with the industry road map. Timelines for two initiatives are announced today demonstrating the action and commitment towards achieving sustainable bagged growing media for the consumer market in a manageable timescale.
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Travel with the Ball Colegrave Sponsored Scholarship
Where could experience in the commercial bedding plant industry take you? Bedding plant enthusiasts are invited to find out by applying for the £1,500 Ball Colegrave Sponsored Travel Scholarship...
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HRH Princess Alexandra will attend 180th Festival Dinner as guest of honour
Perennial’s Patron, HRH Princess Alexandra, and President, Alan Titchmarsh VMH, will attend a glittering 180th Anniversary Festival Dinner on 11 October 2019...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Wyevale Garden Centres announces sale of all remaining centres to British Garden Centres
Wyevale Garden Centres (“WGC”) today announces that it has sold its remaining trading business to British Garden Centres (“BGC”). This includes the sale of 20 centres today plus a further two centres expected to be sold shortly...
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Wyevale Garden Centres sells remaining trading business
Since the sale process began in May 2018, WGC have sold 145 garden centres in 57 separate transactions, with over 90% continuing to trade as garden centres and over 95% of garden centres colleagues continuing to work in a sector that they love..
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Westland commit to £1.5m TV campaign for peat free growing media
Westland will become the first to promote the sale of peat free growing media on main stream TV with a £1.5m campaign in 2020...
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SBM switches to sole distribution deal with Stax
SBM has appointed Stax as its exclusive distributor to the garden centre and nursery trade from October...
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Essex centre's August Christmas launch 'went bananas'
Essex garden centre Summerhill says its Christmas launch over the August Bank Holiday weekend – an annual ritual for them – went “a bit bananas!”...
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spoga+gafa 2019 - GTN Xtra photo tour
Sleeker and lower furniture lines, urban gardening, re-use of plastic, masses of garden decoration lines and loads of BBQ's were the headlines at spoga+gafa in Koln...
See our photo tour here
IGCA 2019 - 250 delegates from across the world visit UK garden centres
IGCA members from across the world were in London and the South of England last week taking part in the annual IGCA Congress - Windsor...
See GTN Xtras photos from the IGCA visits to Millbrook and Ruxley Manor
Garden Centre Photo Tours
If you've missed one of our popular photo tours of garden centres then click on the links below:
Garden Centre Photo Tour - RHS Wisley New Plant Centre
Read the full interview with Damien Powell in the August issue of GTN out this week
RHS Retail Director, Damian Powell, took GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer on a guided tour of the new plant centre and retail areas at RHS Wisley last month...
See our photo tour here
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