In This Issue
How lucky we are!
British Garden Centres make it 58 with acquisition of Thatcham
Woodlodge brings Glee to its Gloucestershire showroom
Garland continues its new product launch policy by adding 54 items for next season
It could take a decade for British nurseries to recover from Covid-19 lockdown
READYBLAZE … Safer, Greener and Ready to Burn
New style of gardening just keeps on growing
Garden centre urges public to name and shame fly-tipper
Traeger – the original wood pellet grill
Garden centre and nursery faces uncertain future
Global Journey Christmas Face Masks coming soon
Project Regeneration launched at Burford House and Gardens
Glee New Product Awards 2020 - Entries continue to flood in
Good demand for garden plants at Autumn Showroom
First consignment of DJ Turfcare’s new Autumn Lawn Treatment sells out
People’s Choice Award winners announced for the 2020 Farwest Show New Varieties Showcase
Scholarship season open for horticulture students
Never fear, Glee Daily News is here
Apta looks to strengthen merchandising team
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Record August for garden products
Glee New Product Awards 2019 - The Winners
Now is the time to: Review - Re-plan - Rebuild … your business.
August doubles up for growing media
Houseplant sales bloom in July
Plant sales up 30%
EU Exit - No plant inspections at borders until July welcome, but key changes still needed says HTA
Wild Bird Care continues to fall during the summer
The best of last week's
Record Growing Media volumes continue to keep all garden centre sales at all time summer high
Covid-19 incidents at Dobbies in Ayr and British Garden Centres at East Durham
Customers saddened by garden centre closure
The Greener Gardening Company works around the clock to meet exceptional demand for growing media 
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to the GTN Bestsellers printed weekly newsletter
All the latest news from the world of pet products
Heavyweight multimedia campaign takes Peckish bird brand to new heights
Private equity firm sells its share of pet food firm
Pet treats boom as Brits bid to beat lockdown blues
Situations Vacant
Apta looks to strengthen merchandising team
Four Product Merchandiser vacancies
 

Apta, the leading supplier of quality flowerpots and accessories to the UK garden trade, is looking to strengthen its merchandising team with the recruitment of motivated and ambitious Product Merchandisers...

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GTN Bestsellers
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 

Every week GTN receives and analyses epos data from a number of UK garden centres to produce the GTN Bestsellers charts...

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How lucky we are!
Comment from GTN's September issue, out this week

 

A common strand of conversations across the industry during August has been “How lucky we are to be working in the garden retailing industry!”  And indeed, we have all been in the fortunate position of seeing sales run at record summer levels and catch up on the deficit caused by the lock-down closures of March, April and early May...

 

 

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British Garden Centres make it 58 with acquisition of Thatcham

British Garden Centres (BGC) announced today that they have acquired the ex-Wyevale centre at Thatcham, taking the group to 58 centres...

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Woodlodge brings Glee to its Gloucestershire showroom
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With exhibitions off the agenda this year, garden trade suppliers are looking for alternative ways to showcase their latest product introductions ahead of the new gardening season. Not wanting its retail customers to miss out, Woodlodge, the UK’s leading brand for pots, containers and garden décor, has confirmed that it will be launching new showroom tours in what is being dubbed as ‘Glee @ Woodlodge’...

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Garland continues its new product launch policy by adding 54 items for next season
GTN Xtra Promotion

New product development has been the key to the success of Garland/Worth Gardening with many new product ideas being driven by feedback and input from customers. Already this year the company has achieved growth of around £1miillion, and the launch of 54 new products for the 2021 season will help to consolidate future growth for the company and its customers...

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It could take a decade for British nurseries to recover from Covid-19 lockdown
 

A leading British nursery has revealed it could take the UK growing industry at least 10 years to recover the financial losses incurred when garden centres were forced to close during the Covid-19 lockdown. But “If the public supports the industry by continuing to invest in their gardens and buy British at the same time, then UK nurseries do stand a chance," says Natalie Porter of Porters Fuchsias/Happy Plants...

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READYBLAZE … Safer, Greener and Ready to Burn
GTN Xtra Promotion
 

Winter fuel experts Dizmezs Ltd are launching READYBLAZE, a new firewood brand for the UK Garden Centre market. The brand marries superior performance with environmentally friendly features. Every piece of timber in their firewood products is kiln dried to under 20% moisture content level, leading to cleaner, hotter burning and less harmful emissions...

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New style of gardening just keeps on growing

The GTN Bestsellers All Products Sales Index shows August garden centre volumes to be a massive 20% up on last year and even higher than May sales were in 2019...

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Garden centre urges public to name and shame fly-tipper
 

The owner of a Norfolk garden centre has urged the public to ‘name and shame’ a fly-tipper who dumped bags of insulation material on his land...

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Traeger – the original wood pellet grill
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Grilling experts Traeger, have been revolutionising BBQ grilling and outdoor cooking for 30 years, using 100% natural hardwood fuel to infuse food with unparalleled flavourful smoke, making food taste absolutely delicious. Today, Traeger continue to lead and revolutionise the industry, as the world’s #1 selling wood-fired grill, perfected by decades of mastering the craft of wood-fired cooking...

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Garden centre and nursery faces uncertain future
 

A garden centre and nursery in Ipswich is facing an uncertain future after plans to build a 76-bed three storey care home on its site were revealed...

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Global Journey Christmas Face Masks coming soon
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On the back of the success of their trendy face masks Global Journey are thrilled to announce the launch of a new Christmas range...

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Project Regeneration launched at Burford House and Gardens

Since British Garden Centres acquired Hillview Garden Centres at the end of 2019, they haven’t let the grass grow under their feet. Particularly at Burford House and Gardens...

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Glee New Product Awards 2020 - Entries continue to flood in
Deadline for entries extended until Midnight on Wednesday 9th September to allow for even more products to be included

Who will be the winners in the Glee New Product Awards, in association with GTN, for 2020? 

 

Despite Glee not taking place for real at the NEC the teams at Glee and Garden Trade News are pulling out all the stops with Gee Gathering "exhibitors" to create a virtual showcase of New Products for 2021...

 

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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Heavyweight multimedia campaign takes Peckish bird brand to new heights

Westland is making its biggest ever media investment into the Peckish bird care brand for Autumn / Winter 2020, as it soars onto the airwaves with a TV campaign that celebrates the joy of inviting birds into the garden...

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Private equity firm sells its share of pet food firm

Piper, a leading UK private equity firm specialising in consumer brands with strong growth potential, has exited its investment in natural dog food brand Forthglade to IK Investment Partners. The terms of the transaction were not disclosed...

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Pet treats boom as Brits bid to beat lockdown blues

Britain’s cats and dogs have emerged from lockdown licking their lips as pet treats sales boom, the first annual petcare market report, released by market leader Mars Petcare, reveals...

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Good demand for garden plants at Autumn Showroom

Instead of its usual Autumn Fair, GROEN-Direkt organised an attractive Autumn Showroom on 24, 25 and 26 August: a single-sample presentation that conformed to all the COVID-19 guidelines and was accessible by appointment only. 

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First consignment of DJ Turfcare’s new Autumn Lawn Treatment sells out
 

With a proven track record of bringing to market bestselling ranges, DJ Turfcare looks set to replicate this success with its all-new Autumn Lawn Treatment. The first consignment of this innovative autumn essential has already sold out, with retailers quick to snap up stock.  However, those retailers that are yet to place their order need not worry as more product will be reaching UK shores shortly...

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People’s Choice Award winners announced for the 2020 Farwest Show New Varieties Showcase

Three plants and four runners-up were chosen as People’s Choice Award winners this year for the 2020 New Varieties Showcase, presented by the Oregon Association of Nurseries and the Farwest Show, and sponsored by Hip Labels...

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Scholarship season open for horticulture students
 

Five scholarships are available from the David Colegrave Foundation (DCF). Students can get up to £2,500 to put towards their studies...

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Never fear, Glee Daily News is here

While we can't all meet up at the NEC in September, the team at GTN will still be bringing you the Glee Daily News to keep you in the Glee mood...

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