In This Issue
Dobbies U-turn over bid to charge charities £400
Get involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day with 'Loose Change'
Work to begin on Greenfingers garden at Chestnut Tree House
Woodlodge's Ian Flounders is all at sea for charity
Garden Centre sales up on the previous year for five weeks in a row
Gloves and water butts make their mark on Bestsellers chart
Fiskars celebrates 365 years of innovation and design with TV campaign
New GCA Chair plans to reinvigorate the regions
LazyLawn patents its pioneering turf
Plans for new homes on Barrow garden centre site to be voted on next week
BETA International promises much at the NEC on February 16-18
Less than a week to go before HTA Catering Conference
Senior Buyer wanted by Greenfingers.com
New faces at Smart Solar as sales grow
Stronger Off3ers from Gardman for National Nest Box Week
Kelkay expands its plans for aggregates
New GIMA member Textice has great new solutions for plant supports
Purple carrot patch captures imagination
Focus should be on sowing composts
Jude Law, David Tennant and other stars present the Garden Re-Leaf Day quiz for 2014
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
Boyd adds 6 centres to Hillview
Bayer Garden help retailers to help shoppers
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Situations Vacant
Senior Buyer wanted by Greenfingers.com
 

Having proven its economic model, Greenfingers.com is now looking to double the scale of its business in the next three years. Part of that expansion includes the recruitment of a Senior Buyer...
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Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 
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Dobbies U-turn over bid to charge charities £400
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Dobbies has made a dramatic U-turn and dropped a controversial plan to charge charities up to £400 a week to collect donations in its stores...
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Get involved in Garden Re-Leaf Day with 'Loose Change'
The organisers of Garden Re-Leaf Day – the annual season-starting garden retail event in aid of children's garden charity Greenfingers – have announced a new and simple way to enable garden product and plant suppliers to get involved in time for the big day on March 14...
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Work to begin on Greenfingers garden at Chestnut Tree House


Greenfingers, the charity dedicated to creating magical gardens at children’s hospices around the UK, has started work on its first new garden of 2014 at Chestnut Tree House children’s hospice in Sussex...
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Woodlodge's Ian Flounders is all at sea for charity


Ian Flounders, of Woodlodge Products, is taking part in a marathon rowing race called the Celtic Challenge in May, along with members of member of Crannog Rowing Club (pictured), to raise money for charity, including Greenfingers...
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Garden Centre sales up on the previous year for five weeks in a row


The weather may not be great for gardening – as reduced year-on-year sales volumes in our Veg 2 Gro and Growing Media charts indicate – but total garden centre volume sales were up on the past two years for the fifth consecutive week. It could be catering and gifts that are keeping sales up as we move into February...
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Gloves and water butts make their mark on Bestsellers chart
 
Twenty-two of this week’s Garden Products Chart Top 50 products are from the Gardman stable, testimony to the success of the company’s current topical promotions strategy...
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Fiskars celebrates 365 years of innovation and design with TV campaign


A TV ad campaign in April to promote the PowerGear pruner will form part of the 365th birthday celebrations of Fiskars...
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New GCA Chair plans to reinvigorate the regions
 
The Garden Centre Association’s new chairman Will Armitage has pledged to rejuvenate the organisation’s regional groups as he took on the chains of office at the organisation's recent national conference...
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LazyLawn patents its pioneering turf


The pioneering technology behind LazyLawn’s top selling product, Wonder Yarn, has been awarded a patent...
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Plans for new homes on Barrow garden centre site to be voted on next week
Plans to build 62 homes on the site of a Barrow garden centre will be voted on by Ribble Valley Borough Council next week...
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BETA International promises much at the NEC on February 16-18


Regarded as the ultimate trade experience, BETA International covers equestrian, country clothing, outdoor and pet product sectors, and is built on a rich tradition of innovation, design and invention.
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Less than a week to go before HTA Catering Conference
 
Garden centre catering operators will come together next week (12 February) for the HTA Catering Conference – Ingredients for Success, which takes place at the Hilton Hotel, Coventry...
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