In This Issue
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
Retailers flock in their thousands to Spring Fair
Hansa Creation retail launch by Hamac Trading at Spring Fair
Heaven Sends launch New Christmas 2022 range at their new Showrooms
Doors open to Spring Fair today (Sunday)
Plastic Free Gardening range now available at Wildlife World
January garden centre sales cause for celebration
Great news for plant sales
Just one place left to show your support for Greenfingers at 2022 London Landmarks Half Marathon
Neudorff invests to ignite sales of organic liquid fertilisers
Wyevale Nurseries helps charity with tree planting
Bid to continue Peter Seabrook's legacy
The Big Reveal: GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards to be announced at Spring Fair
Spring Fair places charity at heart of show
HTA Responds to the Government’s publication of it’s ‘Levelling up’ White Paper
Hillier raises more than £24,000 for Maggie’s
Durstons' investment offers improved production levels
New Webb Supreme range of lawnmowers
That was the year that was... 2021
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January sales benefit garden products
GCA to host first elements of annual conference virtually
January sales bode well for growing media
Flying start for wild bird care
Key personnel changes at the HTA
SBM expands UK marketing team
Three new senior appointments at turf and topsoil producer
The best of last week's
RocketGro to supply all Notcutts stores in 2022
On course for a record January
Harrogate reports resounding success
Peter Seabrook "This Week In The Garden" - Memorial Podcast
Big changes at MorePeople
The Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk & Cycle Challenge returns
Get ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022
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GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
Gold awards for Altons, Ayletts, Barton Grange, Bents, Brigg, Burford House, Gates, Kaemingk, Pengelly, Perrywood, Planters, Pughs, Sapcote, Silverbirch, Squires, The Old Railway Line & Webbs

Burford House (BGC), Brigg (BGC), Squire Badshot Lea, Silverbirch, The Old Railway Line and Bents have picked up Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Team golds in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards, presented at Spring Fair on Monday. Kaemingk walked away with The Greatest Christmas Supplier gold...

See the full list of winners and photos from the awards presentations LIVE at Spring Fair
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Retailers flock in their thousands to Spring Fair

Thousands of retail buyers, and owners of independent stores from across the UK flocked to Spring Fair at the NEC Birmingham as it opened its doors for the first time in two years...

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Hansa Creation retail launch by Hamac Trading at Spring Fair
Visit Hall 5 Stand: 5G40-H41

Hamac Trading are delighted to announce they are officially launching Hansa Creation Plush Retail Products at the Spring Fair 2022...

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Heaven Sends launch New Christmas 2022 range at their new Showrooms
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After a challenging but incredibly successful Christmas season in 2021, Heaven Sends continue to present a fantastic variety of seasonal home decorations & giftware...

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Doors open to Spring Fair today (Sunday)

The doors to Spring Fair, the UK’s largest and longest running wholesale marketplace encompassing the best in home, gift and fashion, open today (Sunday) until Wednesday, welcoming thousands of buyers and showcasing tens of thousands of new products and innovations...

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Plastic Free Gardening range now available at Wildlife World

Wildlife World again flexes its sustainable credentials with the Plastic Free Gardening range of Natural Rubber Seed Cell Trays. Bringing ethically sourced, Fairly Traded, sustainable, long-lasting garden products to the market...

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January garden centre sales cause for celebration
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis

January garden centre sales have been a cause for celebration, of course up significantly on last year when we were still in Lockdown #3, but most importantly up on January pre-pandemic 2020 by 11% and January 2019 by 22%...

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Great news for plant sales

What great news for our industry – plant sales in January were up by a third on the pre-pandemic levels of 2019...

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Just one place left to show your support for Greenfingers at 2022 London Landmarks Half Marathon
 

With the London Landmarks Half Marathon fast approaching (April 3rd), don’t be surprised to see several members of the garden retail sector getting their practice in, as 11 people have already signed up to fundraising for the Greenfingers charity at this most unusual road race. But don’t worry if you think you’ve missed out as there is still one place to be filled!

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Neudorff invests to ignite sales of organic liquid fertilisers
 

Neudorff, pioneer of natural gardening since 1854, is investing in online content to nurture the next generation of consumers, in a move that will help garden centre retailers to attract a younger demographic with phenomenal spending power...

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Wyevale Nurseries helps charity with tree planting

 

Wyevale Nurseries in Herefordshire is helping a charity in the county with its fundraising efforts by donating trees for a planting initiative...

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Bid to continue Peter Seabrook's legacy

A fundraising bid aiming to secure the future of 'Floral Fantasia' at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, has been launched today by an industry group who hope to continue and evolve the popular bedding display, developed in recent years by the late Peter Seabrook...

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Hamac Trading are delighted to announce the launch of New Exciting Brands & Product at the Spring fair 2022

See the new ranges of products from Hamac at Spring Fair, visit Hall 5 Stand: 5G40-H41...

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The Big Reveal: GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards to be announced at Spring Fair

GTN's Greatest Awards will be revealed at Spring Fair tomorrow (Monday) and the winners will receive their honours on the Inspiring Retail stage in Hall 6 at 5pm.

GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are sponsored by:

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Spring Fair places charity at heart of show

Spring Fair, the UK's most diverse, vibrant, and exciting wholesale marketplace for home, gift, and fashion which opens its doors this Sunday, is pleased to announce two incredible charity initiatives with the Retail Trust and the Greetings Card Association (GCA), which launch at the show.

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HTA Responds to the Government’s publication of it’s ‘Levelling up’ White Paper
 

Commenting on the Government’s publication of it’s ‘Levelling up’ White Paper, James Clark, Director of Policy & Communications at the Horticultural Trades Association said: “The horticulture industry has a vital role to play in reducing imbalances between areas and social groups in this country..."

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Hillier raises more than £24,000 for Maggie’s

Hillier has announced that a staggering total of £24,041 has been donated to Maggie’s, the company’s charity partner of the last three years...

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Durstons' investment offers improved production levels
 

Following a period of continued growth, Durston Garden Products has taken steps to ensure the ongoing longevity of its growing media offering with two significant investments in machinery...

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New Webb Supreme range of lawnmowers

New for 2022 from British garden equipment manufacturer Handy is the Webb Supreme range of hand pushed lawnmowers, which come with a host of features and resilient design at an excellent price point...

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That was the year that was... 2021

 

Happy New Year to you all.  We hope you all had a good and safe festive period and are now looking forward to an exciting 2022.

 

Since New Year the GTN gnomes have been beavering away to compile the Top 100 stories read in GTN Xtra last year as our review of 2021.

 

During 2021 we published in excess of 2,500 stories in GTN Xtra which was opened 390,397 times by 34,334 unique readers who viewed 856,595 pages.  Added to that are the pages of GTN magazines published through the year which have been read on line almost 33,000 times (you can catch up with any you may have missed using the links on the bottom right hand side of this GTN Xtra edition) as well as the many thousands of readers of the printed copies.

 

We've thoroughly enjoyed bringing you all the news, views and ideas during 2021 and we hope you found them useful and informative.  Here's to an even greater 2022!

Top 100 most read stories in GTN Xtra during 2021...
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