Garden centres running Garden Re-Leaf Day activities in March are being reminded to send organisers details of their plans by next Friday (February 8) at the latest, in order to be included in the event's national and regional media publicity drive.
Participants should email info@gardenreleaf.co.uk with a short overview of their Garden Re-Leaf Day activities. Details will then be included in Garden Re-Leaf Day’s 2013 activity listings, which will soon be posted on the imminent new Garden Re-Leaf Day website and communicated to national and regional media in the run-up to the event.
In addition garden centres are also being encouraged to contact their local media themselves by around 20th February, in order to generate additional local pre-publicity and help bring additional customers in-store across the Garden Re-Leaf Day weekend.
Garden Re-Leaf’s founder, Hillview Garden Centre’s Chief Executive Boyd Douglas Davies, who will be speaking about Garden Re-Leaf Day at the the GCA Conference (January 27-30), confirmed: “We know that garden centres and manufacturers across the country are taking part in Garden Re-Leaf Day, but many have not sent us details of what they are doing.
"It’s vital that they email us as soon as possible with brief details, so we can log their participation and also tell the media.”
Garden Re-Leaf Day is the national, annual initiative designed to get shoppers in-store at the start of the spring gardening season, engage with gardeners, and raise money for Garden Re-Leaf Day’s designated charity, Greenfingers.
Hundreds of garden centres, growers, manufacturers and distributors are expected to run events on the day and across the weekend; ranging from Garden Re-Leaf Day’s nationally-coordinated activities to their own, bespoke local events and initiatives to get the gardening season started.
Industry support for this year’s Garden Re-Leaf Day is continuing to build, with The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA), The Garden Industry Manufacturers Association (GIMA) and The Garden Centre Association (GCA) all putting their weight behind the scheme and urging members to take part.
Garden centres taking part include The Garden Centre Group, Webbs of Wychbold, Aylett Nurseries and Scotsdales.
