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Next week, all roads lead to Classiflora...
Arboretum planning second outlet – closer to Dublin
Kingfisher secure £80,000 pay-out from Toptrade group in brand dispute
Clarkson and May demonstrate the worst garden centre parking ever at Hilltop Garden Centre – and generate BBQ sales!
Barton Grange produce the wow factor with their Mother's Day display
Town & Country backs Greenfingers Glovies campaign
Europlants Spring Open Days wow customers with inspirational plants
Bents raise £12,292 for children’s hospital
Gardening celebs get their Glovies ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz
Competition winner to donate half to hospice charity
Growing media sales continue to shine
Win a tablet and GIMA Awards tickets if you post the best photo #Glovies
Busy Bee Week at Wyevale Garden Centres
Seasonal Supervisor - Hampshire
Home & Leisure Manager - East Midlands
Sales Merchandiser, Gardman
Nursery Operations manager - North East
Sales Development Manager - Hampshire
Adam Frost joins HTA Board
Frozen ground leads to sales freeze
Steve Harper is new chair of Growing Media Association
Time to order your Garden Re-Leaf toolkit
Premier launch adaptor that will cut your Christmas lighting display battery costs
Some brands are short-changing retailers and consumers say Johnsons Lawn Seed
Veg seed sales jump
Tie-break thriller in Young Horticulturist of the Year heat
Monkton Elm says ‘bonjour’ to new Catering Operations Manager
Flopro collapsible watering can is a hot pick for Crest
The Tildenet Group appoints new marketing manager
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Next week, all roads lead to Classiflora...
ClassifloraZelari trade open days: Wednesday 4th & Thursday 5th March 2015



ClassifloraZelari open days attract hordes of enthusiastic buyers to the nursery and, with spring in the air at last, next week’s gatherings (Wednesday 4 and Thursday 5 March) are all set to continue the tradition...

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Arboretum planning second outlet – closer to Dublin


Family-run Arboretum Garden Centre in Leighlinbridge, Co.Carlow, are planning a second outlet on the site of the National Exhibition Centre in Co.Wicklow...
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Kingfisher secure £80,000 pay-out from Toptrade group in brand dispute


Bonnington Plastics, the company behind the Kingfisher gardening and homeware brand, has secured a five-figure settlement from a group of companies after bringing a claim in the High Court for intellectual infringement...
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Clarkson and May demonstrate the worst garden centre parking ever at Hilltop Garden Centre – and generate BBQ sales!


Jeremy Clarkson and James May were seen on BBC TV at Hilltop Garden Centre, Witney, in last Sunday’s screening of ‘Top Gear’, drinking “hot sweet tea to calm their nerves” during filming of the worst car parking ever...
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Barton Grange produce the wow factor with their Mother's Day display


Are you all ready to wow your customers for Mothers Day?  It’s only two weeks away, on Sunday March 15th. The team at Barton Grange are certainly using the event to create a real wow factor when customers arrive at the UK’s Destination Garden Centre of the Year...
See more pictures of the Barton Grange Mothers Day entrance display
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Town & Country backs Greenfingers Glovies campaign


Town & Country is continuing its ongoing support for Greenfingers, with plans for a year-long campaign of activity geared towards maximising its fundraising efforts for their chosen charity...
See #Glovies from Garden Press Event Dinner
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Europlants Spring Open Days wow customers with inspirational plants


The Europlants Spring Open Days have been hailed a great success after customers from all parts of the UK were wowed with a fantastic array of plants on Wednesday and Thursday...
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Bents raise £12,292 for children’s hospital
Bents Garden & Home have handed over a cheque for £12,292 to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital Charity as a result of the Glazebury outlet’s 2014 fund-raising campaign...

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Gardening celebs get their Glovies ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz

Horticultural celebrities from TV and radio are busy recording questions, wearing Glovies of course, for the 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day Quiz...
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Competition winner to donate half to hospice charity



Devon-based country store group Mole Avon has taken delivery of 22 pallets of Growise and Vital Earth growing media, its prize in a competition run by Bord na Móna UK at Glee last autumn - and has promised half the proceeds to charity...
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Growing media sales continue to shine
 
Higher than average sales levels of growing media products continue to shine through in the Epos data provided to GTN Bestsellers this week, with Arthur Bowers Masterblend Compost (50 litres) from Sinclair Horticulture being the highest new entry at No 30...
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Win a tablet and GIMA Awards tickets if you post the best photo #Glovies


Glovies are the new selfies #Glovies - and you can win a tablet and a pair of tickets for the GIMA Awards courtesy of Briers...
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Busy Bee Week at Wyevale Garden Centres


Wyevale Garden Centres launched their first ever Little Diggers events at 28 centres across the country during the half-term holidays.
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