Cowells (above left), Langlands Shiptonthorpe (above right), Burleydam (below left) and Barton Grange (below right) took top honours in the Garden Centre Association's North East and North West regional awards, announced last night...
Are garden centres taking back market share from the sheds and high street retailers? It certainly seems that way as the season keeps on going well into July and way beyond when the ‘seasonal’ gardening retailers have stopped selling plants.
Andy Bunker (right), from Alton Garden Centre, told GTN Xtra at the GCA Regional Awards this week: “I feel it’s a ‘shift from the sheds’ factor because of how more professional and interesting we are all getting."
Haskins Garden Centres scooped an amazing treble at the GCA South Thames Awards on Wednesday, winning the top three places in the Best Destination Centre for the region..
Poplars Garden Centre (above) won the Best Destination Centre Garden Products Retailer and Thurrock (below) collected the award for Best Garden Centre Restaurant in the GCA North Thames Regional Awards on Monday...
Squires Garden Centre – Hersham (above) took home the title of Best Garden Centre and Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre (below) was presented with the award for Best Destination Garden Centre at the Garden Centre Association’s South Thames regional awards...
Sunshine Garden Centre (above) picked up the Best Garden Centre and Burston Rose & Garden Centre (below) clinched the Best Destination Garden Centre at the GCA North Thames Regional Awards on Monday. The presentations took place at Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries...
Planters Garden Centre – Bretby (above) was awarded Best Garden Centre and Webbs of Wychbold (right) scooped Best Destination Garden Centre at the GCA Midlands region awards presentation hosted by Stratford Garden Centre on Tuesday...
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre (above) scooped seven awards including Best Garden Centre (GC) while Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre (below) collected Best Destination Garden Centre (DGC) at the Wales and West GCA Regional Awards on Thursday...
The humble sandwich has been transformed. Clever presentation and a bundling of salad and fries have lifted the price point as this is now a main meal replacement...
Five gold winners of The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales Awards will have the added prize of receiving their prizes at this year's spoga+gafa exhibition in Cologne, Germany. One person from each of the five winners will be treated to travel to and from Cologne plus one night's accommodation as The Greatest Awards really celebrate going on tour this year.
Poplars, Groves and Barton Grange have all won Gold in The Greatest Awards. Which garden centres will be leaving the HTA Futures Conference with Gold this year?
The Golden Glove was a surprise award at the GIMAs last week, an award especially given to recognise all Briers’ effort in creating the hugely successful #glovie campaign - raising both awareness of and much needed funds for the wonderful charity Greenfingers...
Homebase Managing Director Echo Lu has joined the line-up for the HTA Garden Futures Conference which takes place on 30 September at Heythrop Park in Oxfordshire...
Growing activity is really keeping going throughout July this year. Usually by now sales of bark tend to dominate the GTN Bestsellers Growing Media chart but this week it’s the multipurpose with John Innes and other composts really targeted at growing plants that have seen the biggest sales increases...
Pots and pot feet are amongst the winners in the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart this week as gardeners keep adding plants and pots to their gardens, patios and balconies...
A new range of powerful 56volt battery-powered garden products will help redress the imbalance in profits that has been caused to garden centres by the major multiple retail sheds forcing retail prices down...
GTN’s Greatest Awards ON TOUR for 2015 made their third appearance of the year at the GIMA’s last week to present The Greatest Garden Re-Leaf Day Retail Fundraising Awards...
Planters Garden Centre – Bretby (above) was awarded Best Garden Centre and Webbs of Wychbold (right) scooped Best Destination Garden Centre at the GCA Midlands region awards presentation hosted by Stratford Garden Centre on Tuesday...
