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Dobbies records its best trading performance
Dobbies, the UK’s largest garden centre group, has increased its total sales by 36% to £304m to record its best trading performance...
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Dobbies records its best trading performance
Dobbies, the UK’s largest garden centre group, has increased its total sales by 36% to £304m to record its best trading performance...
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New Leaf Plants teams up with Joy of Plants
A Worcestershire wholesale nursery has teamed up with a plant information company to share its range of Clematis and climbing plants as part of its ‘PlantShare’ library...
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Catering takes the top sales spot in October
Catering sales took over the top spot as the bestselling department at garden centres across the country during October, according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report...
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Greenfingers celebrates another superb fundraising dinner
Friends and supporters of Greenfingers Charity came together to enjoy the return of the charity’s annual fundraising dinner, where an incredible £31,000 was raised...
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Greenfingers celebrates another superb fundraising dinner
Friends and supporters of Greenfingers Charity came together to enjoy the return of the charity’s annual fundraising dinner, where an incredible £31,000 was raised...
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How to make Christmas displays for better sales
Top tips from Stars for Europe for florists and garden centres to create in-store displays and inspire customers...
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MD celebrates his 50th birthday by donating 50 Christmas trees to foodbank and soup kitchen
Steve Potter, Managing Director of Katie Blake Furniture Glencrest Seatex, celebrated his 50th Birthday recently and marked the occasion by donating 50 luxury Christmas trees to The One Love Project Soup Kitchen & Foodbank...
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Defra letting down country over ‘plastic grass’ debate, claims Lawn Association
The Lawn Association has claimed that Defra is letting down the country when it comes to addressing the ‘plastic grass’ debate...
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Two Worcestershire nurseries collaborate to host retail focused event
Plant Retailing, a Sustainable Future
Evesham-based New Leaf Plants and Worcester’s Bransford Webbs Plant Company are working together to host a retail focused event at Bransford across two days in February 2023...
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Retailers urged to make better choices on World Soil Day
The Real Soil Company has called on retailers to take time to review their growing media offer and consider whether they are actively providing customers with sustainable solutions that will significantly improve soil health and promote biodiversity in their gardens and allotments...
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Discover latest lighting trends shaping Christmas 2023
Christmas is starting early, with over 180 new products being added to the NOMA Christmas range that will shape the lighting trends for Christmas 2023...
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Electric vehicle owners offered 10% off real trees at Dobbies
Dobbies is offering all electric and hybrid vehicle owners 10% off their real Christmas tree when purchased in store before Friday (9 December)...
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The Young People in Horticulture Association announces David Austin Roses as final Key Partner
The Young People in Horticulture Association has announced David Austin Roses as its final YPHA key partner for the 2023-2024 term, joining Floramedia, Boningale, ICL and the RHS at the forefront of advocating for young people in our industry...
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Lampton Services planting thousands of trees across Hounslow
Lampton Services is supporting Hounslow Council’s commitment to plant 7,500 trees this year with 9,000 whips and 250 standard trees to be planted across over 30 parks throughout the borough...
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Azpects’ EASYTileAlign gets a new look for 2023
The popular tile levelling system is getting a new look with bright, attractive new colours. The new system is manufactured exclusively in the UK, and components, including the packaging, can be fully recycled...
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British Garden Centres’ Christmas in numbers
British Garden Centres aim to deliver a memorable yet affordable shopping experience for all households and the ultimate in-store experience. Each of the teams at 62 stores has joined together to give you the biggest BGC Christmas ever...
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Time to sparkle as Jewellery & Watch returns to NEC
With over 100 exhibitors, Jewellery & Watch (J&W) is the biggest returning jewellery showcase in the UK bringing together the best in fine jewellery, silver jewellery, fashion jewellery, and jewellery designers. J&W will be located in Moda at Spring Fair from the 5-8 February 2023...
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British Garden Centres welcomes Group Buying Director
The team at British Garden Centres has welcomed Scott McCabe as their Group Buying Director...
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British Garden Centres welcomes Group Buying Director
The team at British Garden Centres has welcomed Scott McCabe as their Group Buying Director...
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AIPH announces finalists for Young International Grower of the Year Award
The International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) announces the three young horticultural professionals who have been selected as finalists for the second Young International Grower of the Year Award...
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RHS Harlow Carr announces plans for historic Harrogate Arms
The Royal Horticultural Society has filed a planning application to re-establish the historic landscape connection between RHS Garden Harlow Carr and the former Harrogate Arms, bringing the beautiful Grade II listed building back into use for the first time in a decade...
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Eden buzzing with bees, plant-friendly flies and freaky flowerings
Very mild weather as autumn turns to winter is seeing an unseasonal abundance of flowers and the buzz of pollinators in the outdoor gardens at the Eden Project in Cornwall...
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HTA welcomes National Tree Week
HTA welcomes National Tree Week and focus on value of trees outside woodlands...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Peter Burks takes over as GCA Chief Executive
The Garden Centre Association has appointed its new Chief Executive Officer. Peter Burks, who has a wealth of horticultural industry experience, having spent nearly 40 years working in the sector, and was a previous GCA Chairman, has taken over from Iain Wylie.
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Garden centre owners announce plans for new site
The directors at a Bradford Garden Centre group have announced plans for one of the sites that it acquired earlier in the year. YGC Group, the parent company of Tong and Tingley Garden Centres, bought the two Stephen H Smith's garden centres in Otley and Harden, near Bingley and will start work on the Otley site in January 2023.
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Get ready for the most JUMPERFUL time of the Year
Following on from British Garden Centres’ Boyd Douglas-Davies’ valiant effort in 2021, it has been announced that this year’s Most Jumperful participant is Abigail Stocker!
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Garden centre sales in October down by 8% compared to previous year
Despite half-term holidays falling in the last week of October with above average sunshine, this did little to increase garden centre sales. According to the HTA’s latest market update, overall sales were down -8% on October 2021...
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What a great year it has been for Lava-Lite
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As 2022 draws to a close Lava-Lite thought you should know how well the Lava-Lite collection is doing...
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