In This Issue
Easter sees sales bounce back to 2019 levels +25%
Coolings Chairman drives van full of aid to Poland for Ukrainians in Kyiv area
Display at BBC Gardeners' World Live in tribute to Peter Seabrook
Growing at home fuels growth
Plant sales down on 2021 but up on 2019
Westland Boost TV Advert goes live for Easter
Evergreen Garden Care launches ‘keep growing’ campaign to modernise gardening
Don’t miss out – registration for Glee 2022 now live!
WOLF-Garten celebrates 100 years of trading
Special edition pack launched to support Greenfingers
RHS Gardens add Darlac hand tools to stores
Glee 2022 on track for maximum capacity
Spring cleaning has never been so easy
Touchscreen helps plug garden centres’ skills shortages
Landscape architect students take tour of nurseries
New range of chainsaws give cutting edge performance
36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness - GTN Jan-Feb Issue On-line now
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Plant feeds lead the way
Tomatoes dominate
Growing media sales cool, but still grow on pre-pandemic levels
Wild Bird Care sales decline
The RSPB calls for everyone to join wildlife-planting revolution
Welcome more wildlife into your garden
The best of last week's
Blue Diamond open The Parlour Edwardian restaurant in Spalding
Mother’s Day record helps total sales to 15% up
Hozelock embraces rise in urban gardening with Micro Reel
Hannah at Perrywood wins national book award
Meet the new brands confirmed for Glee 2022
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
ACW Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Allbrighton - British Garden Centres - Christmas 2021
Alton Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Aylett Nurseries - Christmas 202
Barton Grange Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Baytree Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Bents Garden & Home - Christmas 2021
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Easter sees sales bounce back to 2019 levels +25%

Sales during the first Easter week of 2022 bounced back to above 2019 levels, up by 26% on the same week, and were the highest volume sales for the first Easter week since 2015 with the exception of last year...

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Coolings Chairman drives van full of aid to Poland for Ukrainians in Kyiv area

Gary Carvasso, Chairman of Coolings, has recently returned from Krakow in Poland having driven a large van full of aid to a rendezvous point under a bridge in the centre of Krakow, Poland, where Ukrainian minibuses were loaded with aid, having the day before dropped of refugees at the border...

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Display at BBC Gardeners' World Live in tribute to Peter Seabrook

Part of the feature being created at BBC Gardeners' World Live at the NEC on June 16-19 to celebrate the incredible horticultural work of the late Peter Seabrook MBE is going to be dedicated to a display of ‘new’ plants...

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Growing at home fuels growth

Growing at home is fuelling volume garden centre sales at the start of April according to analysis of the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data.  The volume of the Top 50 Veg 2 Gro lines was up by 45% on the same week in 2019 and even up 12% on 2021...

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Plant sales down on 2021 but up on 2019
 

All plant sales volumes in the GTN Bestsellers Epos database for the first week of April were 43% down on 2021 and 3% up on 2019. Year-to-date sales are down just 8% on 2021 and 17% up on 2019...

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Westland Boost TV Advert goes live for Easter

Watch the Westland Boost plant feed TV advert that broke on National TV last night and get a glimpse of behind the scenes while the ad was created...

 

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Evergreen Garden Care launches ‘keep growing’ campaign to modernise gardening

Evergreen Garden Care has launched its new campaign, ‘Keep Growing’. A campaign that takes a fresh perspective on gardening - that it can be relatable, exciting, and enjoyable, while also being functional...

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Don’t miss out – registration for Glee 2022 now live!

Online registration for Glee 2022 – taking place in late June (28th – 30th) – is now live, enabling buyers and retailers to get online and book their free ticket for the UK’s leading garden retail exhibition...

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WOLF-Garten celebrates 100 years of trading
 

WOLF-Garten, which specialises in garden tools for lawn care, soil and cultivation, tree and shrub care and general garden maintenance, is celebrating its 100 year anniversary this year.

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Special edition pack launched to support Greenfingers
 

Miracle-Gro has launched a special edition charity pack in aid of Greenfingers. The special edition pack, which is available now in garden centres nationwide, is an as an industry first, supporting a charity that is close to Miracle-Gro’s heart...

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RHS Gardens add Darlac hand tools to stores

Darlac, the garden and cutting tools experts, is to be carried in the five RHS Garden Centres across the UK from Spring 2022...

 

Above: The Darlac brass irrigation product display in the RHS Wisley Garden Centre within their visitor centre.

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Glee 2022 on track for maximum capacity

Poised to topple pre-pandemic numbers, Glee 2022 – which is entering a new chapter this year with a move to a late June time slot within the exhibition calendar – is on course to maximise its allocated floorspace with over 85% of the show already occupied and over 400 exhibitors anticipated to be exhibiting this June...

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Spring cleaning has never been so easy

Azpects have launched two brand-new products in the EASYCare product range...

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Touchscreen helps plug garden centres’ skills shortages
 

Staff and skills shortages at garden centres across the country can be plugged with touchscreen technology says a plant information company at the forefront of the latest developments...

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Landscape architect students take tour of nurseries

Wyevale Nurseries played host to 60 landscape architect students from the University of Gloucestershire. They were given a tour of the nurseries and learned about the day-to-day running of the business...

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New range of chainsaws give cutting edge performance

New for 2022 from British garden manufacturer Webb is the latest range of Webb 2-stroke lightweight petrol chainsaws, which come with a host of features that deliver outstanding power, performance and durability, at an affordable price...

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36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness - GTN Jan-Feb Issue On-line now

GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Special Issue - 36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness.

 

In this issue:

  • Peter Seabrook “Mr Gardening”.
  • A record year for Choice Marketing.
  • Thinking outside of the box 4 – Pughs Garden Kitchen.
  • GCA Awards for 2021. Cultivation Street 2022.
  • GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards. 
    Christmas at: Altons, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Bents, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Cherry Lane Podington, Downtown, Fron Goch, Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Hillmount Cheshire, Little Dobbies Richmond, Millbrook Gravesend, Newquay Garden Centre, Pengelly, Planters, Pughs, Rosebourne, Sapcote Garden Centre, Silverbirch, Squires Badshot Lea, The Old Railway Line, Webbs of Wychbold, Woodlands, Kent.
  • The Greatest Christmas Awards judges and sponsors.
  • BBQ Gourmet – LOFA Member Profile.
  • HTA Column – Christmas is here to stay.
  • Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022-What are your plans for the Big Day?
Read the issue on-line here
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