Doubt over new £60m garden centre and retail complex
The future of a new £60 million outlet mall and garden centre at Ashchurch near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, is in doubt after planning officials recommended local councillors turn down the development...
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Toys to gardening: Wyevale's new CEO starts on Monday
Wyevale Garden Centres says welcome on Monday (14 March) to a new CEO. Roger McLaughlan, 52, takes over from Kevin Bradshaw – and as his last job was MD of the UK arm of Toys’R’Us, now is the perfect time for Wyevale managers who fancy they’d like to see more cuddly toys in their stores to step forward…
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Mother’s Day provides a good boost to overall sales
Mother’s Day provided a good boost to overall sales this year with good sales of houseplants, planted arrangements, other gift items and of course catering sales. The GTN Bestsellers All Product Sales Index was up 21% on the same week last year...
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Get involved with Garden Re-Leaf Day on Friday
If you’re looking for an easy way to get your customers involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day next Friday (18th March) how about asking your catering team to whisk up a special Garden Re-Leaf Day offer?
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Prizes worth £1,500 in Monkton Elm's Garden Re-Leaf raffle
Somerset folk are being encouraged to help raise money for the children’s charity Greenfingers by entering a Garden Re-Leaf Day raffle this month at Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre...
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24-hour 'Plant-athon' being staged at Squire's
Squire’s Garden Centres are holding a 24-hour 'Plant-athon' on 17th & 18th March to raise money for Greenfingers...
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Thompson & Morgan pays record amount for single seed
Thompson & Morgan has paid a world record amount (£1,250) for single giant pumpkin seed and now the company is offering it to home gardeners for free. It's all part of an attempt to bring world record pumpkin weight to UK shores for the first time...
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Bord na Móna UK expands customer services
The continuing success of Bord na Móna Growise, the new single brand of peat to peat-free growing media and soil improvers, has now led to an expansion in the customer services department at BNM UK’s head office...
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You'll be full of beans - and zinnias - in 2017
Beans and zinnias are named as Plants of the Year for retail promotion in 2017 by Fleuroselect's Home Garden Association...
 
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Town & Country launches schools competition
Town & Country has launched a ‘Design a Gardening Glove Schools Challenge' in an attempt to encourage a younger audience into gardening...
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EU postpones re-approval of glyphosate after objections from four states
The EU has postponed its decision to renew the licence for glyphosate, the active ingredient in many garden weedkillers, after opposition from France, Holland, Italy and Sweden...
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