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HTA to hold Scottish Parliamentary Reception
Following a successful event at Gardening Scotland last year, the HTA are holding a reception event in the Scottish Parliament later this month, which will also include tours of the parliamentary garden at Holyrood.
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New Head of Retail Brand Marketing appointed to Retail Division at i2i
Saul Leese has been appointed as Head of Retail Brand Marketing at i2i Events Group, to work across the portfolio of retail exhibitions, which includes Pure London, Spring and Autumn Fair and Glee...
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11 new members join GIMA
The Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association has attracted 11 new members since the beginning of the new year. The increase in numbers comes after a successful end to 2014, which saw over 20 companies join the thriving trade association.
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GIMA Buying Group confirmed for members
The new GIMA Buying Group – created in association with Buying Support Agency (BSA) - offers unique new benefits for members of the thriving trade association, helping to bring better access to vital services and business purchases...
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Lighting product sales continue to power ahead
Garden lighting sales have powered ahead of the rest of lines in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Product charts. With 10 lines in the Top 50 this week, lights make up 35% of the total chart volume as opposed to 29% in 2014...
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Runner Bean White Emergo is top of the crops
Runner Bean White Emergo is top of the crop again for the second week running and for the second year in the first week of May...
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Veg planting drives sales of compost
Veg planting is helping to drive up growing media sales with three very specific veg growing media products featuring in the Top 10. Scotts Levington Gro-bags, the Levington Tomorite planter and Westland’s Gro-sure vegetable compost have all had good sales weeks...
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Twitter Q&A with Charlie Dimmock
Westland Horticulture are holding a Twitter Q&A with Charlie Dimmock on Thursday, May 21, from 7-9pm...
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DCF launches new orchid collection to support student growers
The David Colegrave Foundation (DCF), the charity for people studying horticulture, is launching a new fundraising collection of Phalaenopsis Orchid...
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Jessica Evans is Young Horticulturist of the Year 2015!
Jessica Evans, Head Gardener at Tintinhull Gardens, National Trust, won the much sought after and nationally acclaimed Chartered Institute of Horticulture’s 2015 Young Horticulturist of the Year competition...
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Host of new products in Mr Fothergill's 2016 retail offer
Mr Fothergill's has launched its 2016 retail offer with a host of new products and seed varieties aimed at boosting its stockists' turnover and profit...
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DIY chain sued over hot tub Legionnaires deaths
The relatives of three men who died after catching Legionnaires' disease following an outbreak from a dirty hot tub on display in a DIY chain’s garden centre are suing the retailer...
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One of the more democratic features of the 2015 RHS Chelsea Flower Show (which opens to the press on Monday and RHS members on Tuesday) is the Main Avenue built by the winner of BBC2’s Great Chelsea Garden Challenge. He is amateur garden designer Sean Murray (51) from Northumberland...
Food-service refrigeration specialist, Adande has linked up with equipment provider Gamble Retail Solutions to offer a range of hot food workstations.
All good garden centres sell fruit juice and fruit drinks and all good garden centres sell fruit trees and fruit plants. But how many merchandise them together? At the Tuinzaken Garden Retail Experience earlier this year there were several examples of linking the plants to the food products.
