In This Issue
Ready….set…we have lift-off!
All tied up at Endsleigh
Marathon charity walk by Fermoy's staff
Squire’s “Create & Grow” activities for Mother’s Day
Gary the Gardener is star attraction at Langlands
'Wheelbarrow Of Fortune' at The Old Railway Line
Perrywood's Alan Bourne is the new boy for the day
Raglan chefs bake Greenfingers cup cakes
Cycle challenge gets everyone pedalling at Scotsdales
Guess how many balloons in a car at Huntingdon G&L
Peace Man - Altons go all Flower Power
It's a Garden ReLeaf at Clifton, Studley, Melbicks and Cadbury
Aylett create a special Garden Re-Leaf T-shirt for staff
Steady growth propagates an upside on previous years
Report forecasts 15% market growth by 2016
‘Relax Easter Sunday trading ban’ urges GCA chairman
Make your catering different, garden centres urged
It's take-off time for farmyard manure
Seed sowing products in great demand
Onion sets drive GYO sales
Wallflower success helps to train student
Westland’s Robinson takes GMA chair
Grower wage rises outpace retail sector
Steve Harper takes on Bord Na Mona in UK
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 

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Ready….set…we have lift-off!
The starting gun for the 2013 gardening season was officially fired yesterday as garden centres across the UK launched their Garden Re-Leaf Day activities...


Garden Re-Leaf co-founders Boyd Douglas-Davies and Greenfingers founder Richard Jackson.
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All tied up at Endsleigh


Staff at Ensleigh Garden & Leisure bound and gagged...
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Marathon charity walk by Fermoy's staff
 
Staff at Fermoy's Garden Centre in South Devon joined forces with their colleagues at the company's three Value House Stores to complete a marathon walk in aid of Garden Re-Leaf...
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Squire’s “Create & Grow” activities for Mother’s Day


As part of their new “Create & Grow” programme of activities for Children, Squire’s Garden Centres gave children the chance to put together their own colourful container creation for Mother's Day.
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Gary the Gardener is star attraction at Langlands
 
Langlands at Shiptonthorpe employed the services of Gary the Gardener to entertain customers during an activity-packed Garden Re-Leaf weekend...
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'Wheelbarrow Of Fortune' at The Old Railway Line


The Old Railway Line Garden Centre near Brecon, Powys, used a 'Wheelbarrow of Fortune' to raise money for Greenfingers on Garden Re-Leaf Day...
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Perrywood's Alan Bourne is the new boy for the day
 
Perrywood Garden Centre and Nurseries owner Alan Bourne created his own bit of fun for Garden Re-Leaf as he greeted customers...
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Raglan chefs bake Greenfingers cup cakes
 
The chefs at Raglan Garden Centre in Monmouthshire have been busy baking cupcakes and shortbread hands, both of which will be decorated in the Greenfingers theme...
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Cycle challenge gets everyone pedalling at Scotsdales


Scotsdales' managing director Caroline Owen joined staff in the saddle for a fundraising cycle challenge on Garden Re-Leaf Day...
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Guess how many balloons in a car at Huntingdon G&L
 
A local car company donated a VW vehicle for a 'Guess how many baloons in a car' competition during a whole weekend of Garden Re-Leaf activites at Huntingdon Garden & Leisure...
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Peace Man - Altons go all Flower Power
 
The team at Alton Garden Centre went baking mad and all Austin Powers for Garden ReLeaf Day 2013...
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It's a Garden ReLeaf at Clifton, Studley, Melbicks and Cadbury
 
Childrens activities, raffles, home baking, trolley dashes and cycling to John O Groats are more fun fundraising activities to feature this year...
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Aylett create a special Garden Re-Leaf T-shirt for staff


Aylett Nurseries held a staff competition to create a T-shirt for the whole team to wear on Garden Re-Leaf Day...
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Steady growth propagates an upside on previous years


Contrary to pessimistic reports of disappointing garden centre sales circulating elsewhere in the trade media, the GTN Bestsellers Epos data reveals encouraging news for retailers throughout the country...
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Report forecasts 15% market growth by 2016
 
The garden products market will grow by 15 per cent over the next three years, according to a new report...
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‘Relax Easter Sunday trading ban’ urges GCA chairman
 
The Garden Centre Association has renewed calls for the Easter trading laws to be relaxed...
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Make your catering different, garden centres urged
 
The key ingredient to creating a successful destination garden centre restaurant is have a point of difference...
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