In This Issue
Tong gets go-ahead to build £14m garden centre
Work on new centre set to start in mid-July
Has Summer come at last?
Shed prices set to soar
Private equity group acquires leading garden product firm
Lockdown Startup BOOTPAC celebrates first sales
HTA Virtual New Plant Awards – back for its second year
Bumper first half in sight for plants
Garden centre team's cycle challenge raises over £6,500
Sunflowers bring cheer and cash to local charities
Dobbies announces second Northern Ireland store
Introducing Pelargonium for Europe – helping to increase sales and educate consumers
Unprecedented Demand - Record Easter garden centre sales lead to stock shortages - Read GTN's April issue on-line now
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Man arrested after burglary at garden centre
Core gardening feeds sales increases
Dramatic increases in gardening activity
Will Springwatch boost sales?
New chairman of Nursery Trade Fair Foundation
How cities benefit from taking an extra-dimensional approach to city greening
Award-winning designer seeks gold medal hat-trick
The best of last week's
BGC's Harrogate centre opens - Exclusive photo tour
Plantable children’s book wins Dragons’ Den offer
Something exciting is on its way...
Klass opens in Bourne Valley Garden Centre
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
Major companies exhibiting at AQUA 2021 in October
New dog hydration product launches
PetQuip supports and promotes the British exhibitor group at ‘in person’ Zoomark International show
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Tong gets go-ahead to build £14m garden centre

Tong’s new £14m garden centre on the edge of Wakefield was given the green light today (Thursday), as council planning chiefs approved plans for the site of a former golf course. The company now has permission to build the new garden centre and soft play area at the former Acanthus Golf Club off Thorpe Lane in Tingley, which is expected to provide up to 250 jobs.

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Work on new centre set to start in mid-July

Building work on Tingley Garden Centre is set to start in mid-July with the owners hoping to open the store to the public next Summer...

 

Pictured: Members of the team viewing the plans for Tingley – from left to right, Jo Dales, Katie Young, Leigh Quinn, Mark Farnsworth, Sarah Dwyer.

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Has Summer come at last?
GTN Bestsellers - week 21

In what we hope was the last week of not very good spring/summer weather, garden centre sales dipped again and were, as expected, considerably lower than the same week last year when there was massive demand in the first full week after Lockdown #1...

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Shed prices set to soar

Britons could soon be paying up to fifty per cent more for their garden sheds due to a global shortage of timber...

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Private equity group acquires leading garden product firm
 

Private equity group Duke Street has acquired Germany-based COMPO, a leading producer and distributor of gardening soil, fertiliser, plant protection and lawn seeds...

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Lockdown Startup BOOTPAC celebrates first sales

Seeing their existing businesses drying up due to the pandemic North Wales entrepreneurs Mike Wilson and Robert Bruce decided to press forward with Mike’s idea of a versatile car boot protector aimed at the garden and leisure market...

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HTA Virtual New Plant Awards – back for its second year
 

The HTA is holding a special Zoom Webinar at 11am on Tuesday June 22 when the judges of the New Plant Awards will announce the Best in Category and Best in Show. Floramedia will also announce the winner of the Visitor Vote...

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Bumper first half in sight for plants
GTN Bestsellers Plants - week 21

In 2018 summer was late arriving and if that year is anything to go by we could be in for a bumper end to the first half of the year for plant sales. Matching 2018 sales, between now and the end of June, would see the GTN Bestellers All Plants sales index sit at almost 14% up on 2019 volumes...

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Major companies exhibiting at AQUA 2021 in October

Companies eager to show off their new products have revealed that the return of AQUA 2021 is a crucial moment in the aquatics and water gardening industry as the UK continues to unlock Covid-19 restrictions. The biennial exhibition takes place at Telford International Centre on 13-14 October 2021...

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New dog hydration product launches

Furr Boost, a new dog wellbeing drink, has been launched ahead of July’s Pet Hydration Month, to offer dog owners a convenient, natural way to aid dog wellbeing and hydration...

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PetQuip supports and promotes the British exhibitor group at ‘in person’ Zoomark International show

UK pet product manufacturers and suppliers are being given a great chance to kickstart their international business with the return of an ‘in person’ Zoomark International show on 10-12 November 2021...

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Garden centre team's cycle challenge raises over £6,500

A team of cyclists from Tong Garden Centre raised over £6,500 for West Yorkshire mental health charities, ‘Luke's Lads' and ‘Butterflies Mental Health' when they tackled a challenging 80k ride recently...

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Sunflowers bring cheer and cash to local charities
 

Squire’s Garden Centres has raised £2,562.21 for numerous local charities thanks to their recent sunflower seed campaign...

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Dobbies announces second Northern Ireland store

Dobbies has announced plans for a second store in Northern Ireland, located at The Junction Retail and Leisure Park. This is part of a £10m investment in the shopping destination...

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Introducing Pelargonium for Europe – helping to increase sales and educate consumers
 

Plant retailers will be pleased to learn that there is a thriving dedicated marketing initiative designed to help drive sales of pelargoniums and increase consumer engagement with this summer favourite...

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Unprecedented Demand - Record Easter garden centre sales lead to stock shortages - Read GTN's April issue on-line now

In GTN's April issue of news and information for garden centre professionals:

  • Back to the NEC for Glee!
  • Life – Norfolk Leisure Style
  • 1000 years and growing at Coolings
  • Investment is back on the agenda for garden centres
  • Pictures of a Record Easter from Aylett Nurseries, Burston Garden Centre and Scotsdales
  • Unprecedented demand leads to stock shortages
  • Enhancing our understanding of New Gardeners
  • GIMA Charity Golf Day returns this summer
  • B-bag takes Extreme Lounging to new places
    LOFA Update – Are we over the worst of the shortages?
  • HTA Column – Success Brings Stress

 

Read GTN's April 2021 Issue on-line here
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