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GCA figures confirm May sales boost
Sales of wild bird products soaring
Solus strike a new deal with Marriages
DIY chains give poor gardening advice, claim Which?
Pictures from John Athwal's 60th birthday
Baytree say a fond farewell to plantarea manager Tim
Garden product sales continue above last year
Steve Harper becomes Head of Bord na Móna UK
MorePeople launch new dedicated training website
What's happening at Solus?
Gyles Brandreth to present the GIMA's
Fermoys' expansion plans would create 30 new jobs
Quantil's Mark Clementson cycles for charity
New Plant Award entries flood in
Slug Gone to take centre stage at the Coronation Festival
'Anger' after break-in at Markeaton Garden Centre
Kick start your Christmas trading at Home & Gift
Garden centre staff must sing to plants
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 

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What's inside the Poplars peep hole?
 

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Veg sales run at record levels
 

Veg-2-Gro volume sales are at their highest weekly levels since the launch of GTN Bestsellers for the eighth consecutive week...
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Another week of growing media sales up on last year
 

We’ve now had eight out of the last nine weeks where Growing Media Top 50 sales volumes were up on last year...
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What's inside the Poplars peep hole?



Apologies, we forgot to take photos of what's inside the peep hole of the Poplars Lighting Shed, so we've been back and completed the story.



The Poplars Lighting Shed is part of a shop within a shop concept at Poplars, this one provided by Solar Centre.  The display has been built by Solar Centre and will run for an initial 3 month period.  "We hope it will be as successful as the Burgon and Ball shop which is now a permanent feature," explained Poplars General manager Alastair Goodhand.



While the peep hole gives customers a great display of the solar lighting strings that are on sale, through clever use of mirror panels covering the shed walls, it's the sales of solar powered security lights that has impressed the Poplars team most.  In fact when we visited for the second time, several of the security light lines had sold out and they were awaiting new stocks.



Will this be the first of many "Lighting Sheds" in garden centres?

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