GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra – Issue 26 2022

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Vote now for the Best Buyers of 2022 - The Buyers Power List at Glee - Voting closes at midnight tomorrow (Monday 27th June)

New products, Glee style...in association with GTN. Over 300 new products have been entered for the Glee Awards

Impatiens Walleriana 'Glimmer Appleblossom' wins Best in Show at New Plant Awards

Greetings from Woodmansterne

Fifty new products and advanced customer services announced by Garland Products

Come celebrate 30 years in business with EKJU

HTA launches its first Ornamental Grower of Year Awards

spoga+gafa 2022: Back with a strong appearance

Average start to June, according to GTN Bestsellers

Making peat free work for everyone - watch video discussion from the Glee studio

Squire's turns plastic bag charge into children's charity cash

elho celebrates becoming the first European company to be certified by TÜV

Two-thirds of households have high front hedges putting homes at increased risk of burglary warns Crimestoppers

Bumper Glee Preview in GTN June issue - read online here

Encouraging customers to make the switch to peat free gardening

Business Development Manager – Home & Garden

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Petunias outsell Zonal Geraniums

Tomorite dominates

Record year for Veg-2-Gro

Average start to June for growing media sales

New setup of Novelty Contest at PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt

Fat Snax are bestsellers

Positivity prevails at sun-drenched FlowerTrials

The best of last week's

Business as usual at Key Essentials after the untimely death of Mark Smith

Frosts in discussion with Webbs over sale of Millets Farm Garden Centre

Bents creates new job roles to focus on its people

Have your customers singing in the rain!

Wildlife World's new products at Glee 2022

Zero In provides big opportunity for more sales of outdoor insect control products

Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week

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Vote now for the Best Buyers of 2022 - The Buyers Power List at Glee - Voting closes at midnight tomorrow (Monday 27th June)

Click here to vote for the best buyers of 2022

Voting closes at midnight on Monday 27th June with the winners announced and celebrated on The Stage at Glee on Tuesday 28th June at 5:00pm.

Nominations for The Glee Buyers Power List 2021 include buyers from:

Alton Garden Centre, Aylett Nurseries, B&M, Barton Grange, Baytree Garden Centre, Bents Garden & Home, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Burford Garden Company, Caulders Garden Centres, Charlies Stores, Cherry Lane Garden Centres, Chessington Garden Centre, Choice Marketing, Crocus, Dobbies, Downtown Garden Centre, Fakenham Garden Centre, Fron Goch, GardenSite, Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Haskins, Hilliers, Hillmount, John Lewis, Klondyke, Knights Godstone, Laylocks Garden Centre, Longacres, Marie Curie, New Leaf Plant Centre, Notcutts, Pets at Home, Perrywood, Planters Tamworth, Polhill Garden Centre, Poundland, Primrose.com, Pughs Garden Centres, QD Stores, RHS Wisley, Robert Dyas, Rosebourne Garden Centres, Sapcote, Silverbirch, Squires, St Peters Worcester, Stax Trade Centres, Stewarts Garden Centres, Summerhill Nurseries, The Old Railway Line, The Prosper Group, Webbs, Wilko, Yarnton Home & Garden.

See the full list of nominations and link to the voting page here

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New products, Glee style...in association with GTN. Over 300 new products have been entered for the Glee Awards

The Glee New Product Awards, in association with Garden Trade News, is one of Glee’s most inspirational features and is sure to be the place for buyers to source the most unique and sought-after products during Glee 2022. The showcase features the latest and greatest products on the market, offering visitors a chance to see all the newest products all in one place.

Over 300 new products have been entered to be displayed and judges in the Glee New Product Showcase in Hall 19...

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Impatiens Walleriana 'Glimmer Appleblossom' wins Best in Show at New Plant Awards

Impatiens Walleriana 'Glimmer Appleblossom' has been recognised has Best in Show at the New Plant Awards at this year’s HTA National Plant Show...

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Greetings from Woodmansterne

For a new series of GTN features about suppliers to garden centres, the intrepid GTN team followed in the footsteps of Greg Wallace to go inside the Woodmansterne greetings card factory in Watford, Hertfordshire. MD Seth Woodmansterne tells us the back story to the third-generation family company and their plans for future development in this increasingly important sector of garden centre retailing...

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Fifty new products and advanced customer services announced by Garland Products
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Garland Products is launching over 50 new products at Glee 2022 (Stand: 20H30-J31). The items comprise new garden furniture covers, additions to its garden basics range, plant support trellis and a budget friendly propagator...

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Come celebrate 30 years in business with EKJU
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EKJU are celebrating their past success at Glee 2022 as well as looking forward to the 2023 outdoor living season...

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HTA launches its first Ornamental Grower of Year Awards

The Horticultural Trades Association has launched its search to find the UK’s best ornamental growers...

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spoga+gafa 2022: Back with a strong appearance

Around 25,000 visitors from 112 countries visited spoga+gafa in Cologne to experience the new products and innovations of around 1,000 exhibitors from 52 countries live...

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Average start to June, according to GTN Bestsellers

While sales for the first two weeks of June have been significantly down on 2021 levels, they were 5.5% higher than the first two weeks of June 2019 and 0.3% higher than the average start to June between 2011 and 2019...

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Making peat free work for everyone - watch video discussion from the Glee studio

In the run up to Glee, GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer hosted a round table discussion in the Glee Studio with Marcus Eyles, Roger Crookes and Adam Wigglesworth about making peat free gardening work for everyone with a special focus on making the most of the opportunities for the future...

Watch the video here

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Squire's turns plastic bag charge into children's charity cash

Squire’s Garden Centre has donated £3,700 to Greenfingers with the cash resulting from carrier bag sales over the last year...

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elho celebrates becoming the first European company to be certified by TÜV

Sustainable plant pot manufacturer elho has become the first in Europe to be certified by TÜV, a technical inspection association that ensures products are safe and comply with regional, national and international regulations...

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Two-thirds of households have high front hedges putting homes at increased risk of burglary warns Crimestoppers

A poll of 1,000 UK households with garden hedges, commissioned by John Lewis Home Insurance, reveals a widespread lack of awareness of the importance of hedges in keeping our homes secure...

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Bumper Glee Preview in GTN June issue - read online here

GTN June 2022 - Bumper Glee Preview.

Westland Glee 6 page preview
Making peat free work for everyone – the transition to peat-free growing media
Chelsea Trends for retailers 2022
Woodmansterne Glee Greetings
Easy wood splitting with Fandango
Digestate peat free from Bloomin Amazing
Get summer ready with Onduline
GTN’s Summertime Glee Preview
Glee Exhibitor News
Primeur will keep the tills ringing in 2023
Clever ideas from Clever Pots
Hassle-free greenhouse sales – Vitavia
Floral Thursday at Glee
LOFA Column – New booking system for SOLEX
HTA Column – Make the most of trade shows
GIMA Column – No time to take a breath yet

Read GTN's June 2022 Glee Preview Issue on-line here

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Encouraging customers to make the switch to peat free gardening
GTN's Sustainability Directory 2022 available to read on-line here

GTN’s Guide to Sustainability Innovations for Garden Centre Retailing.

Encouraging customers to make the switch to peat free gardening - comment from RHS, Millbrook, Buckingham, The Gardens Group, Hillier, Cherry Lane, Pughs, Alton's, Groves, St Peters, Monkton Elm, Lakeside Plant Centre, Planters, Notcutts, Green Pastures, Summerseat & Bradley Fold Garden Centres.
Taking Charge – Garden Centre EV Charging.
LOFA members Improving green credentials.
Get ready for new EPR regulations.
Green commitment at Highfield Garden World.
Small steps, big difference at The Gardens Group.
Plant Hope at Perrywood.
New Sustainable Products.
Sustainability Directory 2022.

Read on-line here

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GTN June 2022 Glee Preview Issue. To view a digital version click here

GTN Sustainability Directory 2022. To view a digital version click here

GIMA New Product Digest Spring 2022

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Petunias outsell Zonal Geraniums

Yes, that’s correct Petunias have outsold Zonal Geraniums to be the most popular plants purchased in garden centres this summer, for the past three weeks...

Tomorite dominates

Top 50 garden product sales have suffered during the first two weeks of June. Down 28% compared to 2021 and 14% down on 2019. A lack of sales of decorative items, particularly garden lighting, is one of the main factors...

Record year for Veg-2-Gro

Although Veg-2-Gro sales have slowed in the first two weeks of June, sales year to date still sit up on both 2019 and 2012 levels. This really is a record year for veg being grown at home...

Average start to June for growing media sales

Growing media sales really slowed up in the first two weeks of June this year. Top 50 volume sales were down 38% on the same two weeks in 2021...

New setup of Novelty Contest at PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt

Everything will revolve around garden plants at the PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt trade fair, taking place in the Netherlands on 24th and 25th of August 2022...

Fat Snax are bestsellers

Out of all the sectors analysed weekly by GTN Bestsellers, Wild Bird Care has fared best compared with 2021 at the start of June. Top 50 sales volumes were only 9% down on last year...

Positivity prevails at sun-drenched FlowerTrials

The vibe at FlowerTrials in the Netherlands could not have been more positive is the conclusion shared by both exhibitor and visitor!

The best of last week's

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

Business as usual at Key Essentials after the untimely death of Mark Smith

The team at GTN Xtra are sad to report that Mark Smith of Key Essentials passed away unexpectedly in his sleep recently...

Frosts in discussion with Webbs over sale of Millets Farm Garden Centre

Frosts is currently in discussions with Webbs about the potential sale of its garden centre at Millets Farm. As reported in GTN Xtra the company is also talking to Notcutts over selling its centre at Brampton...

Bents creates new job roles to focus on its people

Bents Garden & Home is refocussing its strategy to its colleagues and introducing a number of new positions within the company, designed to make ‘Bents an Exceptional Place to Work’...

Have your customers singing in the rain!
GTN Xtra Promotion

In a partnership with Blue Diamond Garden and Living Centres, Taylor Made Designs has supplied custom branded umbrellas, in their distinctive brand blue, to help customers browse the outdoor aisles and transport products from the tills to their cars whilst avoiding direct exposure to the rain...

Wildlife World's new products at Glee 2022
GTN Xtra Promotion

Wildlife World is back at Glee 2022 with a wide range of new innovative wildlife and gardening products – see us at stand 6B62-C63...

Zero In provides big opportunity for more sales of outdoor insect control products
GTN Xtra Promotion

Zero In Summer Insect Control is a complete range of more than 40 poison-free products designed exclusively for use outside. From excluding wasps from a children’s party to keeping flies away from the barbecue, during the day and into the evening, there’s a perfect ZeroIn product.