UK supermarkets are barely scratching the surface of the bedding plants market, delegates to the HTA’s Seasonal Plants Focus conference at Stratford upon Avon were told this week...
As the dropping temperatures start to bite, those garden centres geared up for the cold weather are seeing week-on-week sales increases across many departments. As a result this week’s GTN Bestsellers All Products index moves up 3.5% on last week, and is 15% higher than the same week in 2012...
The HTA are urging their members to write urgent letters of protest to their MPs about EU proposals for a new plant register that could cost the garden industry millions...
Left: Raoul Curtis-Machin, HTA Head of Horticulture.
Garden Re-Leaf Day organisers are calling on every garden centre and industry supplier in the UK to take part in the annual initiative on Friday 14th March 2014, to raise money for charity whilst launching the garden retailing season...
Proof that pointsettia sales are already starting to take off can be found in the popularity of associated products, according to the latest GTN Bestsellers data...
An impressive new Lakeland store has opened at Webbs of Wychbold and is already proving to be a big hit...both for the kitchenware company and the garden centre.
The big re-structure of The Garden Centre Group's senior management scheme continues at a pace with a number of regional managers set to leave the business.
The overriding message received by delegates from the UK garden and petcare sectors who attended the ‘Global Workshop’ organised by the Gardenex and PetQuip export associations was that there is an abundance of help and support for those companies seeking to expand their overseas sales.
GTN Bestsellers is the leading publication when it comes to reporting on gardening product sales trends...but thanks to its insider knowledge it's also great for predicting the bestsellers of tomorrow...
Has your garden centre team got what it takes to become The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas? Whether you're a small, mid sized or large centre, if you have a loyal, satisfied customer base, and a team that they love, you’re in with a chance of lifting the title...
Tickets are selling fast for The Greatest Christmas Awards Party on Sunday, January 12, 2014 at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate...so make sure you don't miss out!
The Butterfly Garden set up by Chris Evans of Dundry Nurseries in Cheltenham has been chosen as winner of this year’s Gardening Against The Odds Awards...
in response to a huge increase in demand for the company’s plastic pots and planters, leading UK manufacturer Stewart has increased its rotational moulding capacity...
Greenfingers, the charity dedicated to creating gardens in children’s hospices around the UK, has announced a new Christmas fundraising push reminding people ‘a garden is not just for summer’ this festive season...
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
The GTN team and Greatest Awards Experts have already been out and about visiting garden centres throughout the country and have seen some brilliant Christmas displays. Here's a selection of the 2013 displays that are selling through now. Just click on the garden centre name to take you to their picture gallery:
Vote on-line for The Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year.
Every year we ask garden centres across the country to vote for their Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year. We count one vote per garden centre and the winners are announced at The Greatest Awards Christmas Party in January.
