In This Issue
HTA response to the Prime Minister’s announcement on a Horticulture Resilience and Growth Offer
Chard Garden Centre in Somerset comes up for sale
Why service is so important to NOVA’s Ian Read
Kate Ebbens of Capi Europe becomes GIMA President...
LOFA Sales Academy draw takes place at Gates
Dobbies announces community winners for national campaign
Handy announces its largest ever garden machinery dealer event: Handy LIVE 2024
Dobbies raise £1.39m for teenagers and young adults living with cancer  
Squire's achieves peat-free milestone in bagged compost
The Greenfingers Charity needs your floral shirts!
Westland sponsors Cultivating Talent gardens at Bord Bia Bloom
School students investigate daffodil DNA
Shropshire independent review into labour shortages (seasonal workers) – HTA statement
Celebrate giving gift of gardening at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
STIHL GB unveils Contra House in Camberley, Surrey
Greenfingers bags a donation from Squire's
Blue Diamond Garden Centres and the National Trust launch new and exclusive rose and plant collection
Rugby player Doddie Weir’s MND campaign celebrated at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2024
Release the pressure with new washer from EGO Power Plus
Garden Centres of the Year - GTN April 2024 Issue - Read on-line here
50 years of Glee: Vote now for your half-century champions!
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Register now to visit HTA National Plant Show 2024
You can now register for Orchid Inspiration Days
Special mix of naturalising bulbs and perennials attracts attention at Keukenhof
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Fairways buy Forest Garden Centre in Matlock
Dobbies 20% Off All Plants "had a really positive response..."
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Support British manufacturing and keep your carbon footprint low
PATS 2024 welcomes its 260th exhibitor
SOLEX Exhibition to kick off festivities with Awards Ceremony and Afterparty
Whisk out your tongs: SOLEX's Fire Food & Outdoor Living Evening returns for its second sizzling year
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HTA response to the Prime Minister’s announcement on a Horticulture Resilience and Growth Offer

Commenting on the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Horticulture Resilience and Growth Offer, Fran Barnes, Chief Executive of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), said: “The government should not miss the opportunity to support the resilience and growth of environmental horticulture.

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Chard Garden Centre in Somerset comes up for sale

Chard Garden Centre in Somerset has been put up for sale with a guide price of £995,000 plus stock. The sale is being handled by Alexander Mackie Associates..

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Why service is so important to NOVA’s Ian Read
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Popular garden furniture wholesaler, NOVA, has been focusing on a new brand identity as well as a new ethos surrounding the importance of service. Talking about NOVA’s latest developments, Ian Read, Sales Director at NOVA has been at the forefront of the brand’s growth throughout the years

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Kate Ebbens of Capi Europe becomes GIMA President...
...supported by Craig Hall of Deco-Pak as Vice President

After serving 10 years on the GIMA Council, Kate Ebbens has been voted in as GIMA President for the 2024 and 2025 term.  Craig Hall of Deco-Pak takes over the Vice President role and the GIMA Council expands with two new co-opted members joining...

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LOFA Sales Academy draw takes place at Gates

The draw for the 10 lucky candidates for the 2024-25 LOFA Sales Academy took place at Gates Garden Centre on Friday 10 May...

GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer drew the names out of the bag to allow 10 individuals from LOFA member brands to take part in the academy delivered by Metamorphose.

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Dobbies announces community winners for national campaign

Dobbies has revealed the community and charity groups across the UK that will receive support to help transform, restore or start their indoor or outdoor green spaces this year...

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Handy announces its largest ever garden machinery dealer event: Handy LIVE 2024

British garden machinery company Handy will be showcasing its extensive product ranges and highlighting its support for dealers in its biggest-ever garden machinery event, Handy LIVE 2024, which will be held at the prestigious Moulton Grange Country Estate in Northamptonshire on Thursday 5th September...

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Dobbies raise £1.39m for teenagers and young adults living with cancer  

Dobbies has made a donation of £110,000 for funds raised in the last year to its National Charity Partner, Teenage Cancer Trust, taking its total raised over nearly a decade to £1.39m. ..

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Squire's achieves peat-free milestone in bagged compost

Squire’s Garden Centres has confirmed that it no longer sells any bagged compost containing peat...

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The Greenfingers Charity needs your floral shirts!

A visit to the annual Glee exhibition on any given Thursday sees the halls awash with floral skirts, dresses, t-shirts and suits as the industry comes together for ‘Floral Thursday’ – a colourful but hugely meaningful fundraising day for the Greenfingers Charity...

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Westland sponsors Cultivating Talent gardens at Bord Bia Bloom

Westland Horticulture has announced its sponsorship of the Cultivating Talent category of show gardens at this year’s Bord Bia Bloom, Ireland’s largest gardening festival taking place in Phoenix Park, Dublin, from 30th May to 3rd June...

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School students investigate daffodil DNA
 

Students from St Margaret’s School for Girls in Aberdeen are working with STEM professionals and academics to help scientists learn more about the genetic traits of daffodils...

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Shropshire independent review into labour shortages (seasonal workers) – HTA statement

Commenting on the Government Response to the Shropshire Review into Labour Shortages, Jennifer Pheasey, Director of Policy at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) commented: “Skills and labour shortages are critical issues for UK environmental horticulture..."

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Celebrate giving gift of gardening at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) will be presenting the benefits of giving the gift of gardening at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024...

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STIHL GB unveils Contra House in Camberley, Surrey

STIHL GB has announced the grand opening of its new, purpose-built head office and state-of-the-art distribution centre named Contra House, ushering in a new chapter of innovation and service excellence for the business...

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Greenfingers bags a donation from Squire's

Squire’s Garden Centres has made a donation to Greenfingers Charity from the sale of carrier bags in its 16 centres over the last year, with a total amount raised of £6,707...

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SOLEX Exhibition to kick off festivities with Awards Ceremony and Afterparty
SOLEX Afterparty | Tuesday 9 July | 1830 -2230 | Hilton Metropole | NEC, Birmingham

SOLEX Exhibition, the premier event that gathers the best and brightest of the outdoor leisure industry, has announced an Awards Ceremony & Afterparty to kick off the excitement of the summer event on the Tuesday 9 July. Marking its 16th year, SOLEX Exhibition has curated a night of celebration, networking, and a thrilling football-themed evening to coincide with the highly anticipated UEFA Euro 2024 semi-finals...

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Whisk out your tongs: SOLEX's Fire Food & Outdoor Living Evening returns for its second sizzling year
Fire Food & Outdoor Living Event | Wednesday 10 July | 1800 -2000 | Hall 5 | NEC, Birmingham

Ready your grills, sharpen your knives, and stoke the fires! SOLEX Exhibition 2024 is about to welcome back the crowd-pleasing, taste-bud-teasing Fire Food and Outdoor Living Evening incorporating our BBQ Competition, which is set to light up the evening with charm and flavour...

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Blue Diamond Garden Centres and the National Trust launch new and exclusive rose and plant collection

Blue Diamond Garden Centres will launch a new plant collection and a rose to celebrate The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust, a Main Avenue Show Garden at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The garden was designed by award-winning design studio, Ann-Marie Powell Gardens with the Blue Diamond Team...

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Rugby player Doddie Weir’s MND campaign celebrated at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2024

A garden dedicated to Doddie Weir and his charity for research into Motor Neurone Disease will be showcased at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park 2024 this summer as the show celebrates its 25th anniversary...

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Release the pressure with new washer from EGO Power Plus
 

Leading battery-powered outdoor power equipment specialist, EGO Power Plus, is introducing an industry-leading cordless pressure washer...

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Garden Centres of the Year - GTN April 2024 Issue - Read on-line here

GTN April 2024 - Garden Centres of the Year.  In this issue:

 

  • AMES – The best tools for the job
  • Making the right choice – GTN Interviews Michelle de Lavis Trafford
  • Bents – GCA Destination Garden Centre of the Year
  • New Journals from Museums & Galleries
  • Fairways – GCA Garden Centre of the Year
  • Jardinopia bring Indian products to your door
  • Newbridge Nurseries – Blue Diamond Oak Garden Centre of the Year
  • Vote for your Glee 50 Year Hero products and people
  • Border Control – New plant import laws
  • Retailing Dutch Style
  • New plants galore - GTN Planteria
  • Ready for Knockers – EHG Column
  • Confidence still high – HTA Column
Read the issue on-line here
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50 years of Glee: Vote now for your half-century champions!
 

As the Glee exhibition gets set to celebrate half a century at the heart of the garden retail sector, the organising team is looking for your input. In the past 50 years, Glee has seen thousands of exhibitors pass through its doors, with hundreds of thousands of new products launched since the show’s humble beginnings in 1974. To celebrate the newness and passion that have shaped Glee and the broader garden centre market during this time, the hunt is now on to find the people and product that have driven the most change over the past five decades...

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