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Scotts Solus Brands announcement
Guy Hands on Dobbies, golds for Hilliers, Taylors and Javado, Town & Country cheque for Greenfingers - GTN's Chelsea highlights
Taylors Bulbs Johnny Walkers makes it 22 consecutive gold medals at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Hillier win their 70th consecutive RHS Chelsea Gold
Put on a Chelsea Planteria Display...and win a bottle of champagne. Homebase already have Chelsea POS on display
Golden Wonder! Chelsea win for the humble spud
Homebase Urban Retreat Garden wins Gold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Allensmore Nurseries launch new Blooms Of Bressingham plant range
Everything not so rosy in the ‘Front’ Garden warns RHS
New variety of rose in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support launched at Chelsea
Schoolchildren show off Healthy Living Plant at Chelsea
Thompson & Morgan scours Europe to ensure a Chelsea centre piece fit for a Queen
Monkton Elm tops sales of Juliana greenhouses
May Day! Solar lights and GYO are on fire
Plant Buyer - Romsey
Amenity Sales Person - Norfolk
Amenity Sales Executive - Leicestershire
Garden Retail Manager - East Midlands
Claire Austin wins Chelsea Gold!
Crowders reveal plan for 500 new houses and a bigger garden centre
Planning row garden centre 'in crisis'
Lighting product sales continue to power ahead
Runner Bean White Emergo is top of the crops
Veg planting drives sales of compost
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Garden centre’s restaurant expansion is the final link in a local food chain
Catering tip of the week: Make your message personal
Glee Food & Catering Zone sign up Catering Design Group
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Scotts Solus Brands announcement


Scotts Miracle-Gro has completed the integration of Scotts Solus Brands into the core business...
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Guy Hands on Dobbies, golds for Hilliers, Taylors and Javado, Town & Country cheque for Greenfingers - GTN's Chelsea highlights
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It may have been a really damp and dreary start for members of the gardening industry at Chelsea yesterday but by the time the press and VIPS were asked to leave in advance of the Royal visit the sun was shining and there were smiles all round...

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Taylors Bulbs Johnny Walkers makes it 22 consecutive gold medals at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
 
The specialist daffodil collection of Taylors Bulbs have worked their way through yet another nerve racking and tense build-up to strike gold again with a display of daffodil flowers at the Chelsea Flower Show...
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Hillier win their 70th consecutive RHS Chelsea Gold


Hillier Nurseries and Garden Centres have clinched a record 70th Gold medal at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, securing the nursery’s status as the most successful exhibitor in the history of the 102-year-old show...
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Put on a Chelsea Planteria Display...and win a bottle of champagne. Homebase already have Chelsea POS on display
 
With all the media coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show this week, make sure you have a plant sales display that links into the prestigious event. And the best display could win a bottle of champagne courtesy of GTN Xtra...
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Golden Wonder! Chelsea win for the humble spud


The Potato Story, sponsored by Thompson & Morgan, a Great Pavilion exhibit without a single decorative bloom on show has charmed judges into awarding a Chelsea Gold Medal...
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Homebase Urban Retreat Garden wins Gold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show


The Homebase Urban Retreat Garden has been awarded a Gold Medal at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show...
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Allensmore Nurseries launch new Blooms Of Bressingham plant range

Allensmore Nurseries have developed a partnership with Blooms of Bressingham Plants to launch a superb range of high quality perennial plants to garden centres...
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Garden centre’s restaurant expansion is the final link in a local food chain


A Norfolk garden centre has undergone a £500,000 expansion to complete its position as the hub of a local food chain – now incorporating the growing, selling and cooking of home-grown produce...
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Catering tip of the week: Make your message personal
Top advice from garden centre and catering consultant Doug Stewart

Garden Centre and Catering Consultant Doug Stewart argues that the phrase “locally produced food” is just plain boring. He says it's much better to make your message more personal...

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Glee Food & Catering Zone sign up Catering Design Group


The Food & Catering Zone has become a ‘must-see’ feature at Glee, and to drive further content and catering inspiration this year Catering Design Group has signed up as exclusive partners of the popular feature...
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Everything not so rosy in the ‘Front’ Garden warns RHS


The Royal Horticultural Society is calling on the nation to get Greening Grey Britain as it launched a new report at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show highlighting an alarming trend of the UK paving over its front gardens and not growing any plants in them.
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New variety of rose in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support launched at Chelsea
 
Leading garden center retailer Homebase and Harkness Roses were joined by Macmillan ambassador and classical crossover singer Camilla Kerslake, to launch a brand new variety of rose in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support...
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Schoolchildren show off Healthy Living Plant at Chelsea


Healthy Living and the need for tasty vegetables, fruit and edible flowers in the diet of school children are this year’s themes for the Miracle-Gro’wers Learning Journey stand GPJ/9 at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show...
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Thompson & Morgan scours Europe to ensure a Chelsea centre piece fit for a Queen
 
Thompson & Morgan stepped in to help Fernando Gonzalez Garden Design when UK stocks of Digitalis ‘Illumination Apricot’ failed to flower in time for display in the Pure Land Foundation Garden at Chelsea. They tracked down plants in perfect bloom at the Plantinova nursery outside Barcelona, Spain, more than 1,500km from their Ipswich HQ...
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Monkton Elm tops sales of Juliana greenhouses


Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre near Taunton has been named as the top selling site for Eden Halls’ Juliana branded greenhouses in the UK...
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May Day! Solar lights and GYO are on fire


The May Day Bank Holiday proved to be a second bumper Bank Holiday Monday for 2015, according to EPoS data supplied by garden centres for GTN Bestsellers...
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