GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 8 2019

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Centres stock up on plants and growing media pre-Brexit and Easter

Are you ready for a bumper March?

Chief Executive sought for Brechin Garden Centre

Indoor and outdoor furniture collections by Daro

Primeur launch new display stands for their recycled rubber stepping stones in Blue Diamond

Still time to get involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day campaign

Mr Fothergill’s target £10,000 barrier for Garden Re-Leaf

New farm shop and garden centre planned for Chudleigh

Horticultural Rising Stars have until Friday 1st March to enter

Sarah Squire takes over from dad as chairman

Locals split over plans to modernise mid-Devon garden centre

New Horizon BIO3 composts arrive in garden centres

Garden centre lends support to cat rescue centre

CJ Wildlife website adds live streaming from nesting boxes

Happy Plants teams with SmartPlant on digital care info

Pugh's sell-out Christmas grotto raises £12k for charity

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Primula sales doubled prior to half term

New chair for Growing Media Association

Growing media sales at the double

Chris Gladwin becomes new Decco Chesham Manager

Core gardening gets a lift

Wild Bird Care sales up by 22%

HTA to stage one-day sustainability forum

Common Sense Gardening group signs long-term PR deal

The best of last week's

Sell-off cash is critical to WGC's survival

Klondyke brings outdoor living to life at showcase event

Treadstone Products enjoys success at GCA conference

Choice appoints Terry Maywood as non-executive chairman

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Casual Dining’s drinks menu set to refresh the nation

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Centres stock up on plants and growing media pre-Brexit and Easter

Garden Centres have been busy stocking up on plants and compost in the run up to Brexit, a late Easter and the hope of a bumper March...

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Are you ready for a bumper March?

This time last year we had the first blast of the Beast from the East and the start of the worst February, March and April weeks for sales ever. What a difference we have right now – blue skies, sunshine and balmy temperatures that are sure to tempt people out into their gardens and garden centres too.

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Chief Executive sought for Brechin Garden Centre
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Brechin Castle Garden Centre is seeking a Chief Executive to take full day to day responsibility for running the family-owned two unit catering/retail/ destination business – the garden centre and Peggy Scotts Restaurant, which jointly turns over in excess of £3m and employs 90 full and part time staff...

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Indoor and outdoor furniture collections by Daro
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It’s not too late to give your customers fabric choice with the 2019 Indoor and Outdoor Collections by Daro...

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Primeur launch new display stands for their recycled rubber stepping stones in Blue Diamond
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Primeur have unveiled their new display stands for the recycled rubber garden range, with a solution to display garden borders, stepping stones, or even both together...

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Still time to get involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day campaign

With just a few weeks to go, the organisers of Garden Re-Leaf Day (22 March) – the garden industry’s biggest annual fundraiser – have confirmed that there is still time to get involved...

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Mr Fothergill’s target £10,000 barrier for Garden Re-Leaf

Mr Fothergill’s aim to crash through a total of £10,000 raised for Greenfingers during this year’s Garden Re-leaf activity. Over £8,500 has been raised by the Suffolk seedsman over the years through participation in the annual walk and cycle ride plus sales of dedicated sweet peas and they aim to push through the psychological barrier in 2019!

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New farm shop and garden centre planned for Chudleigh

A new farm shop, boutique garden centre and café could be built off the A38 if the local authority approves a Devon businessman’s plans.

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Horticultural Rising Stars have until Friday 1st March to enter

The deadline to find the 2019 Westland Rising Stars has been extended...

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Sarah Squire takes over from dad as chairman

Squire’s Garden Centres announced the appointment of Sarah Squire as chairman last week...

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Locals split over plans to modernise mid-Devon garden centre

Major plans for the expansion of Crediton Garden Centre in mid-Devon have been announced by the Broad family, who also operate Homeleigh Garden Centres at Bude and Launceston. The proposals are said to have split the local community...

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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering

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Casual Dining’s drinks menu set to refresh the nation

Menus across the UK are set to get a refresh next week, as thousands of restaurant, pub and bar buyers head to the Casual Dining trade show (at London ExCeL on 27-28 February) for their annual tasting extravaganza...

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New Horizon BIO3 composts arrive in garden centres

First deliveries of New Horizon’s BIO3 peat-free compost launched by Westland at Glee have started appearing in garden centres...

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Garden centre lends support to cat rescue centre

Capital Gardens, London’s leading independent gardening company, holds a commitment to community at its heart, and has extended this to its latest acquisition, Studley Green Garden Centre with the announcement of the centre’s first official charity partner for 2019...

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CJ Wildlife website adds live streaming from nesting boxes

CJ Wildbird Foods Ltd have introduced live streaming this spring from 11 nesting webcams on the CJ Wildlife website...

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Happy Plants teams with SmartPlant on digital care info

Happy Plants is the latest grower to partner with SmartPlant to make the latter’s plant care information system available on carry packs...

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Pugh's sell-out Christmas grotto raises £12k for charity

Bobath Children’s Therapy Centre Wales a have received a donation of £12,000 from Pugh’s Garden Village, thanks to the success of their ‘Magic of Christmas’ experience, which saw its key dates sell out within an hour of coming on sale...

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Primula sales doubled prior to half term

Another good week of plant sales and we’ll be back into positive territory by the end of the month....

New chair for Growing Media Association

Neil Bragg from Bulrush Horticulture is the new chairman of the Growing Media Association (GMA) with Ben Malin from Godwins taking on the role of vice-chairman...

Growing media sales at the double

Growing Media sales doubled week on week as gardeners are taking advantage of the good weather and getting on with their growing...

Chris Gladwin becomes new Decco Chesham Manager

Leading home improvement and garden wholesaler, Decco has appointed Chris Gladwin as Manager for Decco Chesham...

Core gardening gets a lift

Last week saw a big change in the mix of garden products in the GTN Bestsellers chart...

Wild Bird Care sales up by 22%

Another good week for Wild Bird Care sales sees volumes year to date sit at 22% up on last year...

HTA to stage one-day sustainability forum

The HTA has announced a one-day event ‘Sustainability Matters’ event at Horticulture House, Oxfordshire, on Tuesday 30 April to explore topical issues for the garden industry, including plastics, recycling, responsible sourcing, environmental policies and promoting local...

Common Sense Gardening group signs long-term PR deal

Wiltshire-based redheadPR has confirmed a long-term campaign with the Common Sense Gardening initiative to dispel consumer myths about garden care products...

The best of last week's

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

Sell-off cash is critical to WGC's survival
GTN Newshound sticks his nose into the latest accounts

Woof woof! GTN Newshound here, with insights gleaned from the latest Wyevale Garden Centres accounts. Looks like they're relying on more cash from the sell-offs to keep them afloat...

Klondyke brings outdoor living to life at showcase event

A vision for luxurious outdoor living came to life at the Klondyke Group’s recent Garden Furniture and Outdoor Living Showcase event, which took place at Houghton Hall Garden Centre at Carlisle.

Treadstone Products enjoys success at GCA conference

2018 was a successful year for Wrexham-based Treadstone products, with double digit sales growth in its Good Life garden sundries range, high demand for its Peter Rabbit children's garden range (no doubt boosted by the motion picture release) and the launch of its new garden glove range, ClipGlove, at Glee...

Choice appoints Terry Maywood as non-executive chairman

Terry Maywood, a Director with 30 years’ experience, across a wide variety of retail companies has recently been appointed to the Board of Choice Marketing Ltd as Non-Executive Chairman...