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Highgrove and Oaklands break into garden trade
Elho unveils ‘store within a store’ concept at Bents
Homebase sales up as Aussie owners ramp up makeover
GTN Bestsellers asks: Where have all the pests gone?
Poppy selfie wall raises more funds for The Royal British Legion at Lakeside centre in Telford
Owner's accident forces Glee exhibitor to cancel
Taylors increase loading capacity with £1m investment
Peckish sales up £2m in a year
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Plant sales raise £5,700 for scholarship students
Summer Evening Garden Party to celebrate Squire’s 80th
Garland's top agent notches up 22% increase
Deadline looms for Glee New Products Showcase entries
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Dobbies appoints Andrew Bracey as Chairman
Sales of lighting lines fills the pest gap
Autumn planting seed potatoes up by 33%
Quiet week for growing media sales
Drop off in plant sales during mid-August
Briers joins BHETA
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Highgrove and Oaklands break into garden trade

A new consolidated supply chain service tailored to the needs of garden centres and garden retail suppliers has been launched by a partnership including product sourcing specialist Highgrove and supply chain infrastructure provider Oakland International...
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Elho unveils ‘store within a store’ concept at Bents


Award-winning lifestyle destination, Bents Home & Garden has unveiled a new ‘store within a store’ concept with Dutch design company Elho...
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Homebase sales up as Aussie owners ramp up makeover
Full-year results from Australian group Wesfarmers, the new owners of Homebase, show that despite “disruption” caused by the acquisition and its preparation for re-branding under the Bunnings umbrella, sales at the UK DIY chain grew by 7.5% in the first four months after the takeover...
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GTN Bestsellers asks: Where have all the pests gone?


It has been a funny old summer gardening season and this week’s GTN Bestsellers Charts highlight an area of gardening sales that are conspicuous by their absence – pest controls...
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Poppy selfie wall raises more funds for The Royal British Legion at Lakeside centre in Telford


Lakeside Plant and Garden Centre have created a massive display of Poppies to get behind Gardman’s Poppy appeal and on top of Gardman's donation of 50p they are adding a further £1.50 to the local Legion group to then go into the national funds...

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Owner's accident forces Glee exhibitor to cancel
 
Natural stone products supplier Powys & Marches Stone has pulled out of Glee after its owner (right) was involved in a major road accident...
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Taylors increase loading capacity with £1m investment

Taylors Bulbs, the fourth generation family bulb business based in Holbeach, Lincolnshire, has invested £1m in a new development to increase loading capacity in its peak seasons...
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Peckish sales up £2m in a year
 

Peckish, Westland’s birdcare brand, has increased sales by £2m, the company says...
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The team from GTN are proud once again to be the official media partners for Glee producing the Glee Planner, the Glee Show Catalogue and the Glee Daily News.
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Plant sales raise £5,700 for scholarship students





Plant sales have raised £5,700 for students supported by scholarships from the David Colegrave Foundation (DCF)...
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Summer Evening Garden Party to celebrate Squire’s 80th


To celebrate their 80th anniversary, Squire’s Garden Centre in Badshot Lea (in Farnham) held a fantastic Summer Evening Garden Party for their customers last week...
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Garland's top agent notches up 22% increase





Joe Lydon (right) has been voted the Garland/Worth Gardening Sales Agent of the Year’ after achieving a 22% increase in sales for territory in Scotland...
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Deadline looms for Glee New Products Showcase entries


The Glee New Products Showcase is building up to be the biggest for years as the deadline for entries looms...
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