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More than 300 new launches from Smart Garden Products
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Smart Garden Products has been working hard to bring you more than 300 new products, including several entirely new ranges...
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Surprise in store for Hogewoning customers at Harrogate Christmas & Gifts show
GTN Xtra Promotion
Hogewoning is known for many years for his wide variety for products made of natural materials like wreaths and garlands made with cones in different styles and colours...
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Meadow View Stone working collaboratively for sustainability
Meadow View Stone believes that a successful future for their business and their customers depends on the sustainability of the environment, communities and economies in which they operate. All businesses have a responsibility to consider the impacts of their actions and how they affect the environment, both in terms of their own operations and indirectly through their purchasing decisions...
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Perrywood raises over £45,000 for local community
Over the past two years, Perrywood Tiptree and Perrywood Sudbury have raised a grand total of £45,000 for local charities, schools and community projects...
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Garden centre get sets to open new 100-seater restaurant overlooking Rutland Water
Rutland Nursery has revealed that its new 100-seater restaurant overlooking Rutland Water will be opening in the spring...
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Turf grower challenges industry to become truly green
A leading UK turf grower is calling for the end of the use of plastic netting in turf – something he says is causing unseen environmental damage...
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Bents' Finance Director retires after nearly 30 years
Last year Bent Garden & Home in Warrington, Cheshire celebrated its 85th anniversary; a huge milestone for any business and one which it is extremely proud of. But it is prouder still of its fantastic team of colleagues, one of whom has been critical to its growth and success, and after almost 30 years has now retired from the family owned and run business.
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Hillier Nurseries continues to pass on its wealth of knowledge as key growers retire
With a combined total of 103 years’ experience, two Hillier Nurseries innovators are retiring. Alan Postill, with 60 years of Hillier experience and the title of one of the UK’s greatest plant breeders, and Nursery Manager Dave Hooker, who has worked for Hillier for 43 years, are passing on the baton to the next generation of horticulturists...
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New Greenworks 60v Battery-Powered Ride-on Lawnmowers make light of large lawns
New from Greenworks, one of the UK’s leading brands of cordless gardening and power tools, is the battery-powered Crossover range of ride-on lawnmowers, which offer a powerful, efficient and environmentally friendly solution to mowing larger lawns.
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British Garden Centres highlight gardening trends for 2023
British Garden Centres take a look at how consumers can use their garden and embrace the trends that look set to take over the outdoors this year...
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Greensleeves celebrates third consecutive record-breaking year of growth
Reflecting on 2022, lawn care franchise Greensleeves is now celebrating a third consecutive record-breaking year of network turnover with an increase of almost 10% on 2021's performance...
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Spring Fair puts the spotlight on pets
Spring Fair, the UK's leading wholesale marketplace for home, gift, and fashion, taking place from 5-8 February 2023 at NEC Birmingham, has unveiled an exciting line-up of exhibitors putting the spotlight on products and gifting for our four-legged friends.
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INDX Homewares and INDX Furniture pack more into 2023 shows as buyer remits consolidate further
Independent home retailers can now register for what show organisers are coining INDX Homewares’ and INDX Furniture’s “biggest and best” show schedules yet...
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Alan Roper Interview in GTN's December Sustainability Directory Issue, read on-line here
In the December 2022 Sustainability Directory Issue of GTN:
- Blue Diamond buy Van Hage – GTN Interview with CEO Alan Roper
- So much more than a chair – GTN visits LifestyleGarden
- Towards net-zero gardening with Southern Trident
- Ensuring a Peat Free Growing Media future – Glee TV supplier discussion
- Artisan brushes and brooms from Redecker
- Apsley Farms - Heating homes and feeding gardens
- New Sustainable Houseplant Products
- Saving the planet with Carbon Gold
- STV’s Sustainability Journey
- Plant a tree with LOFA in the Lake District
- GCA Westland Rising Stars – 13 Garden Centre Sustainability projects
- Lasting Sustainability at Squires
- GTN’s Sustainability Directory for 2023
- HTA Column – Finding inspiration in Scotland
- GIMA Column – Growth is still on the cards for 2023
Read GTN's December 2022 Sustainability Directory Issue on-line here
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Evergreen Garden Care announces changes at leadership level
Leading garden care company Evergreen Garden Care has announced changes to its leadership team. After working as a Marketing Director for two years at EGC, Ian Hepburn will be leaving the company, with Rich Fisher succeeding him.
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HTA response to the GB Plant Biosecurity Strategy 2023 to 2028
The Horticultural Trades Association welcomes the Government launching its five-year GB Biosecurity Strategy...
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Christmas footfall highest since pandemic began
Helen Dickinson OBE, Chief Executive of the British Retail Consortium, has revealed: "Footfall reached its highest level since the start of the pandemic in December."
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Horticultural scholarship makes such a difference
“It is Lavender for me now, not letters...the benefit gaining a Scholarship made such a difference to my studies,” is what one student told GTN Xtra this week when we caught up with her at work.
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Spring and Autumn Fair promotes Alejandra Campos to Event Director
Spring and Autumn Fair, the UK’s leading marketplaces for wholesale Home, Gift, and Fashion has announced the promotion of Alejandra Campos to Event Director of the exhibitions...
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Revealed: The UK’s Most Popular Houseplant of 2023
With over 3.6 million hashtags, Monstera is crowned the UK’s favourite houseplant, followed by Philodendron [2.5 million hashtags] and Amaryllis [700k hashtags]...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Caroline Owen takes over as chair of the Tillington Group
Caroline Owen, Managing Director of Scotsdales Garden Centres, has taken over the chairmanship of the Tillington Group from Dennis Espley who retired last year, with James Evans from Ruxley Manor Garden Centre becoming Vice Chairman...
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Barnsfold Nurseries acquired by D.J. Squire & Co Ltd
Squire’s Garden Centres has announced that D. J. Squire & Co. Ltd has acquired the shares of Barnsfold Nurseries Limited with effect from 1 January 2023...
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That was the year that was... 2022
Happy New Year to you all. We hope you all had a good and safe festive period and are now looking forward to an exciting 2023. Since New Year the GTN gnomes have been beavering away to compile the Top 100 stories read in GTN Xtra last year as our review of 2022. Tributes to Peter Seabrook was the most-read story in GTN Xtra in 2022.
See the Top 100 most read stories of 2022 in GTN Xtra
Kelkay partner with Brett Landscaping
Already considered one of the UK’s leading aggregate brands, Kelkay’s star is about to shine a little brighter following the confirmation of its new partnership with Brett Landscaping and Building Products to support its paving offering...
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New DIY sector set to create opportunities for retailers
Glee is celebrating the addition of a brand-new DIY sector at the 2023 show (27th-29th June, NEC Birmingham), which will enable garden retailers to capitalise on emerging trends, whilst helping to expand both their offering and appeal, as customers seek to tackle more DIY projects to improve their outdoor spaces...
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