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Growing trend for centres to de-stock outdoor plants in winter
Customers wouldn't be happy if there weren't any plants on display in winter, say garden centres
Wyevale Garden Centres appoint B&Q and M&S executives
Now agency appointed to handle Wyevale's rebrand
Garden centre prepares to close as National Trust indicates takeover
Sinclair merge professional and retail sales forces
Lighting products boost sales in garden centres
'Meet the international buyer' meetings will be new Glee feature
Ball Colegrave celebrate colour at their open days
Supplier aims to educate public about benefits of uPVC garden buildings
Cannova Bronze Scarlet F1 wins Fleurostar
£10,000 sensory garden unveiled in Birmingham
Katie Melua champions Hydrangeas in August
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Seminar to tackle ornamentals sector issues
Weber revved up for Cook-A-Long at CarFest
South West Growers confirm Exeter venue for October show
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Growing trend for centres to de-stock outdoor plants in winter
Garden centres are now de-stocking their shrub benches in the winter preferring to order plants in early spring, according to Wyevale Nurseries...



Empty benches - is this what the outdoor areas of garden centres will look like in winter? 
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Customers wouldn't be happy if there weren't any plants on display in winter, say garden centres
Garden centres have a duty to display plants during the winter even if it means moving them to an undercover area. That's the view of award-winning stores like Altons and Groves, who believe it would be a mistake to de-stock completely...
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Wyevale Garden Centres appoint B&Q and M&S executives
 
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Wyevale Garden Centres has strengthened its trading division with the addition of Martin Bitmead (pictured) as Head of Store Format and Design and Patrick O’Connor as Head of Visual Merchandising. Bitmead joins from B&Q while O'Connor moves from Marks & Spencer...
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Now agency appointed to handle Wyevale's rebrand
Wyevale Garden Centres has appointed London advertising agency Now to handle its national rebrand following its decision to change names from The Garden Centre Group...
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Garden centre prepares to close as National Trust indicates takeover
Capital Gardens are holding a grand closing down sale at Morden Hall Garden Centre in anticipation of the store being taken over by the National Trust...

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The sale is being advertised on the Capital Gardens website.

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Sinclair merge professional and retail sales forces
 
Sinclair have merged their retail and professional sales teams to create a single sales force they claim will bring service and logistics benefits...

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Lighting products boost sales in garden centres
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Garden lighting products are on the verge of outselling all other garden products, according to the GTN Bestsellers chart...
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'Meet the international buyer' meetings will be new Glee feature
Gardenex will be hosting a two-hour session of 'Meet the International Buyer' meetings on the first two days of Glee.  This will allow UK suppliers to apply for short introductory meetings with a few selected international buyers at the International Buyers’ Centre.
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Ball Colegrave celebrate colour at their open days
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Celebrating colour has been the theme of the Ball Colegrave open days during the past three weeks with containing planting also at the forefront of their displays...
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Supplier aims to educate public about benefits of uPVC garden buildings
 
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Nordic Garden Buildings, whose products include the nation’s first ever uPVC double glazed greenhouse, has launched a consumer facing campaign to educate the UK about the benefits of uPVC double glazed garden buildings...


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Cannova Bronze Scarlet F1 wins Fleurostar
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Fleuroselect, the international organisation for the ornamental plants industry, has announced that the FleuroStar Award 2014/15 goes to Canna generalis Cannova Bronze Scarlet F1, created by Takii...
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£10,000 sensory garden unveiled in Birmingham


A new sensory garden in Birmingham’s Perry Hall Park has received the mayoral seal of approval following a £10,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fund...
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Katie Melua champions Hydrangeas in August
 
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The hydrangea has been named as HTA’s Plant of the Month for August and these big, long lasting summer blooms are being championed by one of Britain’s most successful recording artists, Katie Melua...
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