In This Issue
That was the year that was... 2021
Large Fire at Longacres Shepperton - UPDATED
Tributes for Eddie Topping MBE, Founder, Pioneer, Dad
An Open Letter on the use of peat
We're Here For You
Blue Diamond to open the largest Home and Garden Centre in the UK
Altons BBQ World, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Baytree, Busy Bee, Groves, Pengelly, Pughs, The Old Railway Line and Squires Badshot Lea are the winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards for 2020
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
£31m loss reported by Dobbies Garden Centre Group
Garden centre owners share their thoughts on being open during Lockdown 3
British Garden Centres announce 58th centre, in Harrogate, will open in April
Antony Harker to launch Altico at Glee - Read GTN's August issue on-line now
Nicholas Marshall returns... again
Four Oaks trade show director Pat Coutts sadly dies
Garden centres report busiest ever day as gardens are the focus for family re-unions this week - More comments added
Nicholas Marshalls Country House Group pulls out of Windlesham
Suez Canal blockage causes further delays for garden furniture
Joules acquires digitally led retailer Garden Trading
Easter thank you to growers, manufacturers & distributors from British Garden Centres
Elho takes top prize as GIMA Award winners announced
Sustainable decking brand invests in technology to aid its stockist partners
Bill Bickerdike, one of "the gang", has died
Westland call for reality to be brought to the peat debate
Picture Special of the glitzy GIMA Awards evening
Dobbies buy Johnsons of Boston
Government publishes plan to ban peat sales by 2024
Signs of growth for after lockdown
Has the sales volume bubble burst?
Dobbies No 71 opens in Boston, Lincolnshire
Nicholas Marshall interview and Solex On-Line Preview in GTN July 2021 Issue, live on-line now
£1.8m reward for Choice Marketing members
Smart, Kaemingk and Allensmore are Choice Marketing Suppliers of the Year
Alton's praised for tough stance on facemasks
Former LOFA secretary Phil Gibbs receives prison sentence for fraud
Blue Diamond acquires Mere Park Garden Centre
UK’s largest garden centre should get green light, say planning officers
GIMA Golf Day Photo Exclusive
Cherry Lane acquires Langford Garden Centre
Who have been the best buyers of the past eighteen months?
Industry prepares for a peat-less future
Derek Bunker adds his thanks to suppliers for "their efforts throughout this amazing period in garden centre history"
Shed prices set to soar
David Isaac says farewell to Johnsons of Boston
Europlants founder Renato Canale dies, aged 78
East Yorkshire garden centre sells for £1.5m
Petition to get Garden Centres in Scotland and Wales open again as soon as possible gains momentum, but they still need our help
BGC's Harrogate centre opens - Exclusive photo tour
Tong gets go-ahead to build £14m garden centre
57 garden centres vie for Christmas Greatness in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 FUNdraising goes past £35k and is still growing...
With eight weeks to go until Glee 2021, show organisers unveil a new date for next year’s event
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Online petition launched to get Welsh garden centres re-opened – sign it NOW!
Farewell to the Eddie Topping, the Preston pioneer - UPDATED
GCA Christmas competition winners announced
Martin Stewart leads industry tributes at Memorial Service for Eddie Topping
Joe Swift opens The Plant Room by Camden Garden Centre in Richmond
GIMA Charity Golf Day welcomes the industry back with a day of sunshine and friendly competition
Christmas Future Trends and GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards Winners to be announced during Glee's on-line Festive Focus Day
Alan Roper wins Director of the Year Award
After a fantastic three days at the NEC, the return to Glee "has been really special"
Boyd's 100km in a day and AMES Amble add to the Garden Re-Leaf Day FUNdraising for Greenfingers
Online garden products retailer sold to private equity firm
little dobbies opens its doors in Bristol
AMES UK invest more than £1m in infrastructure and people in response to increasing market demand
Garden Centres re-open in Scotland... and it snows!
Sue Allen and Tammy Woodhouse to Brave the Shave on Garden Re-Leaf Day
Little Dobbies brings Garden Centre Christmas and houseplants to Richmond High Street
Eddie Topping retires
LOFA reports increased freight rates and container crisis
Excited to be back at Glee - GTN September, Glee Preview Issue, on-line here
Private equity group acquires leading garden product firm
Pearson Memorial medal awarded to Adam Wigglesworth of Aylett Nurseries
Turbo charged gardening as February breaks all records
Record end to a record year, up 28% on 2020, up 17% on 2019
Industry taskforce to produce roadmap for a peat-free future
AMES UK reports record revenues in 2020
Wildlife Trusts call for immediate end to peat sales
Hillmount boss warns of disarray for gardeners in Northern Ireland as spring approaches
Christmas Future Trends at Glee's Festive Focus Day
Future proofing your garden centre for maximum flexibility and profitability
No bubble burst yet for garden centre sales volumes
Garden Kitchen by Pugh's is a unique concept
Dobbies strengthens leadership team
Hetland Garden Centre sold to Caulders
Immediate ban on peat use unrealistic, says HTA
The COVID year in numbers
Fordingbridge undertakes major work at Norfolk centre
Lull in sales before mid-Summer
New brands confirmed for Glee 2021
The new revolutionary smokeless fire pit
Pershore School Horticultural Unit, Pershore High School, Worcestershire has unwanted visitors.
Choice Marketing readies ‘Meet the Furniture Buyer’ event
The BBQ game changer!
Sales up by 49% compared to previous nine years, despite being closed for Easter Sunday
Monkton Elm and Old Railway Line scoop top Wales & West honours in GCA Awards
Expansion for family-owned garden lifestyle business
Moving on up… slowly
One good week and gardening sales get going
Glee to return in September 2021
Ho, Ho, Ho! GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards are back…for real!
Dobbies reports 51% increase in sales
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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12 page GIMA Awards Special in GTN November/December 2021 Issue available on-line
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That was the year that was... 2021

The top 100 most read stories in GTN Xtra during 2021 were:

 

1.  Large Fire at Longacres Shepperton - UPDATED - GTN Xtra – Issue 15 2021

2.  Tributes for Eddie Topping MBE, Founder, Pioneer, Dad - GTN Xtra – Issue 36 2021

3.  An Open Letter on the use of peat - GTN Xtra - Issue 51 2021

4.  We're Here For You - GTN Xtra - Issue 1 2021

5.  Blue Diamond to open the largest Home and Garden Centre in the UK  - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2021

6.  Altons BBQ World, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Baytree, Busy Bee, Groves, Pengelly, Pughs, The Old Railway Line and Squires Badshot Lea are the winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2021

7.  Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour - GTN Xtra – Issue 19 2021

8.  £31m loss reported by Dobbies Garden Centre Group - GTN Xtra - Issue 49 2021

9.  Garden centre owners share their thoughts on being open during Lockdown 3 - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2021

10.  British Garden Centres announce 58th centre, in Harrogate, will open in April - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2021

11.  Antony Harker to launch Altico at Glee - Read GTN's August issue on-line now - GTN Xtra – Issue 33 2021

12.  Nicholas Marshall returns... again - GTN Xtra – Issue 15 2021

13.  Four Oaks trade show director Pat Coutts sadly dies - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2021

14.  Garden centres report busiest ever day as gardens are the focus for family re-unions this week - More comments added - GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2021

15.  Nicholas Marshalls Country House Group pulls out of Windlesham - GTN Xtra - Issue 49 2021

16.  Suez Canal blockage causes further delays for garden furniture - GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2021

17.  Joules acquires digitally led retailer Garden Trading - GTN Xtra – Issue 6 2021

18.  Easter thank you to growers, manufacturers & distributors from British Garden Centres - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2021

19.  Elho takes top prize as GIMA Award winners announced - GTN Xtra – Issue 46 2021

20.  Sustainable decking brand invests in technology to aid its stockist partners - GTN Xtra - Issue 26 2021

21.  Bill Bickerdike, one of "the gang", has died - GTN Xtra – Issue 33 2021

22.  Westland call for reality to be brought to the peat debate - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2021

23.  Picture Special of the glitzy GIMA Awards evening - GTN Xtra – Issue 46 2021

24.  Dobbies buy Johnsons of Boston - GTN Xtra – Issue 15 2021

25.  Government publishes plan to ban peat sales by 2024 - GTN Xtra - Issue 20 2021

26.  Signs of growth for after lockdown - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2021

27.  Has the sales volume bubble burst? - GTN Xtra – Issue 16 2021

28.  Dobbies No 71 opens in Boston, Lincolnshire - GTN Xtra - Issue 18 2021

29.  Nicholas Marshall interview and Solex On-Line Preview in GTN July 2021 Issue, live on-line now - GTN Xtra – Issue 27 2021

30.  £1.8m reward for Choice Marketing members - GTN Xtra - Issue 26 2021

31.  Smart, Kaemingk and Allensmore are Choice Marketing Suppliers of the Year - GTN Xtra – Issue 41 2021

32.  Alton's praised for tough stance on facemasks - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2021

33.  Former LOFA secretary Phil Gibbs receives prison sentence for fraud - GTN Xtra – Issue 42 2021

34.  Blue Diamond acquires Mere Park Garden Centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 43 2021

35.  UK’s largest garden centre should get green light, say planning officers - GTN Xtra - Issue 26 2021

36.  GIMA Golf Day Photo Exclusive - GTN Xtra – Issue 24 2021

37.  Cherry Lane acquires Langford Garden Centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2021

38.  Who have been the best buyers of the past eighteen months? - GTN Xtra – Issue 28 2021

39.  Industry prepares for a peat-less future - GTN Xtra - Issue 20 2021

40.  Derek Bunker adds his thanks to suppliers for "their efforts throughout this amazing period in garden centre history" - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2021

41.  Shed prices set to soar - GTN Xtra – Issue 23 2021

42.  David Isaac says farewell to Johnsons of Boston - GTN Xtra – Issue 16 2021

43.  Europlants founder Renato Canale dies, aged 78 - GTN Xtra – Issue 21 2021

44.  East Yorkshire garden centre sells for £1.5m  - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2021

45.  Petition to get Garden Centres in Scotland and Wales open again as soon as possible gains momentum, but they still need our help - GTN Xtra – Issue 6 2021

46.  BGC's Harrogate centre opens - Exclusive photo tour - GTN Xtra - Issue 22 2021

47.  Tong gets go-ahead to build £14m garden centre - GTN Xtra – Issue 23 2021

48.  57 garden centres vie for Christmas Greatness in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards - GTN Xtra – Issue 48 2021

49.  Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 FUNdraising goes past £35k and is still growing... - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2021

50.  With eight weeks to go until Glee 2021, show organisers unveil a new date for next year’s event - GTN Xtra – Issue 28 2021

51.  Online petition launched to get Welsh garden centres re-opened – sign it NOW! - GTN Xtra – Issue 5 2021

52.  Farewell to the Eddie Topping, the Preston pioneer - UPDATED - GTN Xtra - Issue 37 2021

53.  GCA Christmas competition winners announced - GTN Xtra - Issue 49 2021

54.  Martin Stewart leads industry tributes at Memorial Service for Eddie Topping - GTN Xtra – Issue 40 2021

55.  Joe Swift opens The Plant Room by Camden Garden Centre in Richmond - GTN Xtra – Issue 45 2021

56.  GIMA Charity Golf Day welcomes the industry back with a day of sunshine and friendly competition - GTN Xtra – Issue 24 2021

57.  Christmas Future Trends and GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards Winners to be announced during Glee's on-line Festive Focus Day - GTN Xtra - Issue 2 2021

58.  Alan Roper wins Director of the Year Award - GTN Xtra – Issue 42 2021

59.  After a fantastic three days at the NEC, the return to Glee "has been really special" - GTN Xtra – Issue 38 2021

60.  Boyd's 100km in a day and AMES Amble add to the Garden Re-Leaf Day FUNdraising for Greenfingers - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2021

61.  Online garden products retailer sold to private equity firm - GTN Xtra – Issue 7 2021

62.  little dobbies opens its doors in Bristol - GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2021

63.  AMES UK invest more than £1m in infrastructure and people in response to increasing market demand - GTN Xtra – Issue 6 2021

64.  Garden Centres re-open in Scotland... and it snows! - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2021

65.  Sue Allen and Tammy Woodhouse to Brave the Shave on Garden Re-Leaf Day - GTN Xtra – Issue 8 2021

66.  Little Dobbies brings Garden Centre Christmas and houseplants to Richmond High Street - GTN Xtra – Issue 45 2021

67.  Eddie Topping retires - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2021

68.  LOFA reports increased freight rates and container crisis - GTN Xtra - Issue 25 2021

69.  Excited to be back at Glee - GTN September, Glee Preview Issue, on-line here - GTN Xtra – Issue 36 2021

70.  Private equity group acquires leading garden product firm - GTN Xtra – Issue 23 2021

71.  Pearson Memorial medal awarded to Adam Wigglesworth of Aylett Nurseries - GTN Xtra – Issue 6 2021

72.  Turbo charged gardening as February breaks all records - GTN Xtra - Issue 10 2021

73.  Record end to a record year, up 28% on 2020, up 17% on 2019 - GTN Xtra – Issue 50 2021

74.  Industry taskforce to produce roadmap for a peat-free future - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2021

75.  AMES UK reports record revenues in 2020 - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2021

76.  Wildlife Trusts call for immediate end to peat sales - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2021

77.  Hillmount boss warns of disarray for gardeners in Northern Ireland as spring approaches - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2021

78.  Christmas Future Trends at Glee's Festive Focus Day - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2021

79.  Future proofing your garden centre for maximum flexibility and profitability - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2021

80.  No bubble burst yet for garden centre sales volumes - GTN Xtra - Issue 17 2021

81.  Garden Kitchen by Pugh's is a unique concept - GTN Xtra – Issue 36 2021

82.  Dobbies strengthens leadership team - GTN Xtra – Issue 46 2021

83.  Hetland Garden Centre sold to Caulders - GTN Xtra – Issue 38 2021

84.  Immediate ban on peat use unrealistic, says HTA - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2021

85.  The COVID year in numbers - GTN Xtra - Issue 1 2021

86.  Fordingbridge undertakes major work at Norfolk centre - GTN Xtra - Issue 4 2021

87.  Lull in sales before mid-Summer - GTN Xtra - Issue 20 2021

88.  New brands confirmed for Glee 2021 - GTN Xtra - Issue 30 2021

89.  The new revolutionary smokeless fire pit - GTN Xtra – Issue 42 2021

90.  Pershore School Horticultural Unit, Pershore High School, Worcestershire has unwanted visitors. - GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2021

91.  Choice Marketing readies ‘Meet the Furniture Buyer’ event - GTN Xtra - Issue 25 2021

92.  The BBQ game changer! - GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2021

93.  Sales up by 49% compared to previous nine years, despite being closed for Easter Sunday - GTN Xtra - Issue 14 2021

94.  Monkton Elm and Old Railway Line scoop top Wales & West honours in GCA Awards - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2021

95.  Expansion for family-owned garden lifestyle business - GTN Xtra - Issue 35 2021

96.  Moving on up… slowly - GTN Xtra – Issue 5 2021

97.  One good week and gardening sales get going - GTN Xtra – Issue 7 2021

98.  Glee to return in September 2021 - GTN Xtra – Issue 16 2021

99.  Ho, Ho, Ho! GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards are back…for real! - GTN Xtra – Issue 44 2021

100.  Dobbies reports 51% increase in sales - GTN Xtra - Issue 9 2021

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