In This Issue
100% Business Rates Reliefs for Garden Centres Confirmed
Rising to the Challenge
Trading update from this weekend - UPDATED
The Royal Horticultural Society cancels upcoming RHS Shows & Garden Events following latest COVID-19 Advice
GIMA Day Conference and AGM postponed
Orangutan Books specialise in extremely high-quality bespoke gift books for your Christmas event
Gardenex to support UK firms in light of National Hardware Show postponement
To sell greenhouses or not? Let Vitavia help!
Blue Diamond Awards Shine Brightly
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020 is a FUNdraising success
GTN Bestsellers EPoS data analysis: It’s good news for gardening
Eco-friendly milk now on tap at Brimsmore farm shop
HTA welcomes Budget measures - but waits to see the detail
How pets can boost health, wellbeing and the value of the ‘Pet Pound
Tong Garden Centre honours its values champions
New Johnsons Lawn Seed mix solves problem of dog wee damage
On track to become the UK's most sustainable fire logs...
LOFA's 1629km charity drive to Monte Carlo aims to raise £3,500-plus
Seedball gets eye-catching display stand
Wyevale Nurseries wins licence to propagate new award-winner
GTN Bestsellers Garden Re-Leaf Subscription Offer
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Best week of the year so far for Primula
Call for stories for Greenfingers book
Shoots of growth for garden product sales
11,000 Mr Fothergill's Seeds Packets to Help Refugees in Kurdistan
Young strawberry plant sales on the rise
Upward trend for Wild Bird Care
Keukenhof will not open on March 21
Peat-free compost sales on the up
Christmas Grotto Gift Books
Rain kept shoppers away in February says BRC
DCF to fund plant health studentship
Still struggling with GDPR? Try this new book for 'dummies'
The best of last week's
Worcester centre extension project beats February weather
Work starts on £1.5m Fron Goch expansion after MSC planning win
Melcourt Bag for Life wins New Product Award
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
Spacious new restaurant opens in Woodbridge at Notcutts
Casual Dining show postponed until July
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Call for stories for Greenfingers book
 

Hannah Powell, Director at Perrywood Garden Centres, is writing a book and all money from it will go to GREENFINGERS. But she needs your help.

 

The book will be a collection of funny tales from garden centres. Think about the amusing things customers say, silly things said over the radio, customer complaints and anything else comical, emotional or just plain ridiculous. All contributions will be anonymous – names of people and garden centres will be changed or taken out. They may be a list of garden centres and individuals who contributed at the end but you can ask not to be included.

 

Here are some to start you off:

 

I was asked, “Do you have a grow bag, but I don’t want the one that grows tomato plants.”

 

Can you believe someone said, “The flooded river water outside the window is too dirty and brown to look at, could you please change the colour?” (someone told Hannah this one at GCA conference).

 

Customer said “I’m looking for Jasmine” - I took them all the way outside to the plant area, and it turns out they actually wanted someone who works in the coffee shop.

 

Hannah comments; “How many of us have said we ought to write a book about the funny things which happen in garden centres? Well now you can let me do it for you, and together we can raise more money for the fantastic Greenfingers Charity. If I can get lots of people to send me one or two stories we will have a book full in no time.”

 

If you have any stories or tall tales to share with Hannah you can email her at Perrywood or you can fill in the questions here - https://poll.app.do/it-could-only-happen-in-a-garden-centre-greenfingers-book/l7VjZ2Q1

 

Hannah will not earn any money from the book herself, it’s all for charity. She is also looking for ideas or contacts of how to publish the book.

 

www.perrywood.co.uk

 

Insta: hannahcpowell1

Twitter: hannahcpowell

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