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On the back of high lighting and houseplant feed sales, November 2019 sales totals reached a new record high...

Davidson Richards and Garden Connect have signed a deal to develop joint solutions, one of the first of which is an app allowing garden centre customers to scan their own shopping cart and to pay on their mobile.

Pre-Christmas plant sales are giving a welcome end of year lift to overall plant sales.  Last week's plants total volumes were up by 17% on the same week last year, the second consecutive week of big increases...

Squire’s Garden Centres in Shepperton has donated £2,889 to the Charley Paige Trust after pledging  20% of the profits from their Buzzy Bumbles soft play hive to the charity...

Wild Bird Care sales volumes overtook Growing Media volumes for the first week this winter. Top 50 Wild Bird Care volumes for November were 6% up on last year...

November was a busy month for gardening activity with Growing Media sales volumes up 21% on last year at an all-time record level for the month...

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

Apta has been bought by AMES for $10m.  Paul Sykes remains as MD...

Barton Grange Garden Centre and Whitehall Garden Centre – Whitchurch have been announced as the national winners of the 2019 Garden Centre Association’s annual Christmas competition. The garden centres were judged to have the best festive displays in the country by the organisation and will receive their awards at its annual conference in January, 2020.

Dobbies Garden Centre Group Limited yesterday (30th November 2019) filed the Annual Report and Financial Statements for The Group and its subsidiaries for the 12 months to 24 February 2019.  These show sales increased 12% on prior year to £166m and are now at £300m following the purchase of a further 31 centres during the rest of 2019...

Simon McArdle moves to Gardman Crest as Marketing and Category Director and Mark Sage joins as Head of Commercial Horticulture for Westland Group from Wyevale Garden Centres...

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