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Rainbows of Cheer
Here's an idea to use surplus plant stocks during the emergency and create some cheer for your local community.
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Thank goodness for gardening
Thank goodness for gardens and gardening. Garden product sales really jumped last week as people prepared for a long summer of gardening. SBM Toprose 1kg remained the biggest selling volume garden product line...
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Rapid sales of veg plants
Veg plants came in and sold through at a rapid pace last week sending sales up by 20% on the same week last year...
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Stockpiling compost – whatever next?
The sales volumes in this weeks GTN Bestsellers Growing Media chart are the start of a mad period where compost sales have gone through the roof...
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Veg-2-Gro sales caught on the hop
We always expect Veg-2-Gro sales to increase in the second week of March as the stocks arrive in centres, but this year’s instant sell through may have caught people on the hop. Hopefully there will be plenty more stock following on as the demand is high, as it is for seed potatoes and veg seeds...
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Christmas Grotto Gift Books
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Trading update from this weekend - UPDATED
As garden centres trade through the first weekend after the move to the Delay Phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, GTN Xtra has been asking garden centre managers and owners how trading has been this weekend and about their thoughts for the coming weeks...
Read comments from Bents, Longacres, Planters, Dobbies, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Stewarts, Bosworths, Fron Goch, Langlands, Poplars and Caulders
Rising to the Challenge
Garden centres across the country are rising to the challenges of Coronavirus, making sure their customers are safe and selling a lot of gardening products too...
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100% Business Rates Reliefs for Garden Centres Confirmed
It was confirmed yesterday by the Minister for Housing, Communities & Local Government that Rates relief at 100% for the retail and leisure sectors will be applied to all Garden Centres...
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Blue Diamond Awards Shine Brightly
The Blue Diamond shone brightly at the Chateau Impney on Thursday last week as over 500 colleagues and guests celebrated Blue Diamonds' sucesss in 2019 and announced the winners of the Blue Diamond Awards...
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Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020 is a FUNdraising success
Over 100 walkers and cyclists took part in the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day Charity Walk and Cycle Ride in Chilton, Oxfordshire on Friday 13th March 2020, one of many events across the country...
Read more and see photos from Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Haskins Garden Centre in Snowhill, Crawley, has opened its doors to customers following a 12-month refurbishment costing £15m...
Read more and see GTN Xtras photo tour of the new centre
Garden Centre Photo Tours
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