Despite a very slow start to the month, August total sales volumes at garden centres were up on 2016 levels by 1.3% and above the average for the previous six years.
As plants, bulbs and garden decoration products fly off the shelves in the last week of August, signs are promising that an Indian summer may deliver good sales levels during September.
We all now look forward to Glee next Monday, 11 September, to see all the new products vying for the Glee New Product Awards, in association with GTN. How many of them will be in our Bestsellers charts next year?
