In This Issue
Buttacup - A Gardener’s Christmas Gift, Stocking Filler or Secret Santa
Mental health provider takes over garden centre
Rising Stars present their projects at St Peters
Heighley Gate relaunch after 11-week makeover
Footfall increase as Christmas gets going
Jingle Sticks and Loo Rolls are new bestsellers as Christmas sales volumes match last year
'Love the Plot' promo proves its value for Halloween
Plant collector Tom Mitchell sells nursery...and sets off in search of snowdrops
Notcutts in new planning row over Bagshot Waitrose site
Which garden centre has the prettiest men's loos?
Alexander Mackie announce sale of Evolution Plants
Thousands turn out for Bents Christmas opening
AQUA 2015 sets new record for visitor attendance
Floating Fish Dome wins New Product Award
Plant Buyer - Plant Area Manager - Destination Centre
Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
Grower - Wholesale Nursery Stock - UK Specialist
Indoor Supervisor - Destination Centre - Hampshire
Junior Sales Manager - Office Sales Manager - Wholesale Nursery
Garden product volumes down as shoppers catch festive mood
GIMB to recruit new ambassador for Love the Plot You've Got campaign
Growing media sales slow as gardeners wait for frosts
HTA forum offers ideas to make marketing budgets go further
Wyevale Garden Centres climb the Top 250 rankings
New manager for Squire's at Woking
Piles of perfect pumpkins ready for spooky youngsters at Webbs
Phostrogen Patio Plant Food launched
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
September sees sales of food soar, say the GCA
National Honey Week is the perfect promotion for cafes, planterias and bulb displays
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Buttacup - A Gardener’s Christmas Gift, Stocking Filler or Secret Santa


Contemporary, decorative and sustainable, Buttacup planters are a new and stylish way to create a haven for all types of flora in any outside space and a perfect gift idea for any gardener...
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Mental health provider takes over garden centre


Mental health service provider Navigo has set its sights on growth after taking over the Grimsby Garden Centre...
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Rising Stars present their projects at St Peters


Ten hopefuls in the GCA Westland Rising Stars attended the last Masterclass of the year at St Peters Garden Centre in Worcester last week...
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Heighley Gate relaunch after 11-week makeover
Wyevale Garden Centres re-launched its Heighley Gate destination garden centre near Morpeth on Friday, following an 11-week first-phase redevelopment...

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Footfall increase as Christmas gets going
Christmas is finally under way and great garden centre displays are driving increased footfall year on year, as seen from EPoS data supplied for GTN Bestsellers. Volume sales are up 6% on the same week last year...
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Jingle Sticks and Loo Rolls are new bestsellers as Christmas sales volumes match last year
   

Christmas sales volumes are keeping pace with last year and are comfortably up on the same point in 2013 with Jingle Sticks and Loo Rolls as two of the new season Bestsellers...
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'Love the Plot' promo proves its value for Halloween












The ‘Love the plot you've got’ award Silver winners in GTN's The Greatest Awards –  St Peter’s Garden Centre at Worcester – are making the most of their ‘Love the plot you've got’ displays by theming them for Halloween to drive seasonal sales for half term week...
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Plant collector Tom Mitchell sells nursery...and sets off in search of snowdrops
Wiltshire plant collector Tom Mitchell has sold his specialist nursery so that he can devote more time to the exploration of exotic plants…

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Notcutts in new planning row over Bagshot Waitrose site

The Notcutts group is embroiled in a row with Surrey planners over new plans for the development it was once due to share with a Waitrose superstore on its former nursery site at Bagshot...

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Which garden centre has the prettiest men's loos?


The Daily Mail has uploaded a video on to their website with the title: Men's loos in garden centre culd be the prettiest. But where are they?
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Alexander Mackie announce sale of Evolution Plants
 
Alexander Mackie Associates Ltd. acted for the vendor Tom Mitchell in the sale of Evolution Plants in Wiltshire...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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September sees sales of food soar, say the GCA
Garden centres saw good sales in food hall/farm shops during September, according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade results. Food sales were up 14.5% compared to the same month in 2014...



September has been a tough trading month but sales in their food hall have helped the award-winning Old Railway Line to keep on track.
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National Honey Week is the perfect promotion for cafes, planterias and bulb displays
Running from the 25th – 31st October National Honey Week is perfect opportunity to marry the offer from the café with the plantaria....
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Thousands turn out for Bents Christmas opening
More than 4,600 customers converged on Bents Garden & Home this week for the centre’s official Christmas opening...



Above:Santa joins the Mayor and Mayoress of Warrington and Matthew Bent for the Christmas opening.

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AQUA 2015 sets new record for visitor attendance



AQUA 2015 has broken all records for visitor attendance, exhibitor stands and the number of new products being showcased. A total of 1,711 visitors attended the show at Telford International Centre, a 9% increase on 2013...

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Floating Fish Dome wins New Product Award


The Floating Fish Dome from Dutch company Velda BV has picked up a New Product Award at AQUA 2015...
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