In This Issue
Peter Burks takes over as GCA Chief Executive
Garden centre owners announce plans for new site
What a great year it has been for Lava-Lite
What a great year it has been for Lava-Lite
Garden centre sales in October down by 8% compared to previous year, according to HTA market update
Get ready for the most JUMPERFUL time of the Year
Thrive teams up with LOFA in partnership that improves lives
Perennial launches Christmas appeal in response cost of living crisis
British Garden Centres’ top Christmas decorating themes
The Gardens Group expands potted Christmas tree range
Intrepid Evergreen Garden Care team hits £30k target for Greenfingers
Tubex helps tree planting charities to Grow Together
Discover latest lighting trends shaping Christmas 2023
Dobbies launches new festive menu – kids can eat for free
Suppliers can secure exclusive meeting with US garden retailer
Christmas trees expected to be more expensive than ever
Phostrogen launches natural disease and pest defence garden solutions for 2023
Helping Ripple Africa plant more trees in 2023
Dobbies CEO interview in GTN's November GIMA Roll of Honour issue, read on-line here
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Ten growers reach AIPH International Grower of the Year 2023 finals
HTA announces 2023 Ornamental Grower of the Year Awards date
Low cost opportunity to display your product brochures at IPM Essen
Tree-planting in cities – it’s about more than nature
RHS Announces Winning Partner Garden of the Year
The best of last week's
Adrian Hall Garden Centres re-open with new owners
Primeur sees completion of Management Buy Out
Horticulture skills shortage to impact garden supply chain
Get ready for the winter season with Parallax Plastics
Family business Hortiwool works with natural materials
Bulldog Tools celebrate creativity and innovation with Pedigree Garden/V&A Range
Sustainability is a journey, not a destination
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Peter Burks takes over as GCA Chief Executive

The Garden Centre Association has appointed its new Chief Executive Officer. Peter Burks, who has a wealth of horticultural industry experience, having spent nearly 40 years working in the sector, and was a previous GCA Chairman, has taken over from Iain Wylie.

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Garden centre owners announce plans for new site

The directors at a Bradford Garden Centre group have announced plans for one of the sites that it acquired earlier in the year. YGC Group, the parent company of Tong and Tingley Garden Centres, bought the two Stephen H Smith's garden centres in Otley and Harden, near Bingley and will start work on the Otley site in January 2023.

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What a great year it has been for Lava-Lite
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As 2022 draws to a close Lava-Lite thought you should know how well the Lava-Lite collection is doing...

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What a great year it has been for Lava-Lite
GTN Xtra Promotion

As 2022 draws to a close Lava-Lite thought you should know how well the Lava-Lite collection is doing...

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Garden centre sales in October down by 8% compared to previous year, according to HTA market update

Despite half-term holidays falling in the last week of October with above average sunshine, this did little to increase garden centre sales. According to the HTA’s latest market update, overall sales were down -8% on October 2021...

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Get ready for the most JUMPERFUL time of the Year

Following on from British Garden Centres’ Boyd Douglas-Davies’ valiant effort in 2021, it has been announced that  this year’s Most Jumperful participant is Abigail Stocker!

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Thrive teams up with LOFA in partnership that improves lives

Thrive, the charity that helps people with their mental and physical health through gardening, has teamed up with the Leisure & Outdoor Furniture Association, (LOFA) to help more people access their life changing gardening sessions...

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Perennial launches Christmas appeal in response cost of living crisis

In the lead up to Christmas, Perennial, the charity helping people in horticulture, is launching an urgent appeal in response to the worst cost of living crisis seen in a generation. People in horticulture are on some of the lowest incomes in the UK and the impact of the crisis is being felt across the industry as we approach the festive period...

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British Garden Centres’ top Christmas decorating themes

The team at British Garden Centres has selected the best festive trends to decorate people's homes at Christmas...

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The Gardens Group expands potted Christmas tree range
 

Castle Gardens in Sherborne, Brimsmore Gardens in Yeovil and Poundbury Gardens near Dorchester will offer many new varieties of potted Christmas tree this year, as The Gardens Group presents its largest ever collection of living trees...

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Intrepid Evergreen Garden Care team hits £30k target for Greenfingers

A 15-person team at Evergreen Garden Care took on the daunting National Three Peaks Challenge, attempting to summit the three tallest mountains in the UK within 24 hours. This ambitious goal was in support of Greenfingers Charity, who work to build gardens at children’s hospices throughout the UK.

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Tubex helps tree planting charities to Grow Together
 

Tree shelter manufacturer Tubex has announced details on a new charitable initiative, designed to support tree planting projects through the donation of shelters...

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Discover latest lighting trends shaping Christmas 2023

Christmas is starting early, with over 180 new products being added to the NOMA Christmas range that will shape the lighting trends for Christmas 2023...

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The Greatest Christmas Awards judges are on their sleighs

As World Cup media coverage builds GTN’s intrepid team of Greatest Christmas Awards judges have started their tours to visit great teams at 100 nominated garden centres and found this topical red and white Christmas  display at Summerhill in Essex...

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Dobbies launches new festive menu – kids can eat for free

Dobbies has launched a new festive menu that has something for all the family, with great-value Christmas food and drink to enjoy for breakfast and lunch.

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Suppliers can secure exclusive meeting with US garden retailer
 

Gardenex Meet-the-Buyer days are popular and unmissable events that deliver considerable success for buyers and suppliers alike...

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Christmas trees expected to be more expensive than ever

Experts at GardeningExpress.co.uk have warned families they may have to pay significantly more for their trees than ever before this Christmas after record summer temperatures are leading to reduced crops...

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Phostrogen launches natural disease and pest defence garden solutions for 2023
 

The iconic British plant food brand, Phostrogen is set to introduce two new products for the 2023 season with the launch of Phostrogen Bug Plant Defence and Phostrogen Fungus Plant Defence...

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Helping Ripple Africa plant more trees in 2023

For the third year running Buckingham Garden Centre is working with local UK charity, Ripple Africa, to help raise money and awareness of tree planting in Malawi. The garden centre will be pledging 50p to the charity for every Christmas tree sold...

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Dobbies CEO interview in GTN's November GIMA Roll of Honour issue, read on-line here

GTN November 2022: GIMA Awards 2022 Roll of Honour Issue

 

  • Dobbies Tewkesbury opens – GTN Interview with CEO Graeme Jenkins
  • Judging is underway – GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards update
  • A Greenfingers greeting from Woodmansterne
  • GIMA Awards 2022 Roll of Honour
  • Learning from each other on a HTA BIS Study Tour
  • Choice Marketing celebrate 20 years, Vitavia – a ‘way of life
  • Illumination Street 2022
  • LOFA Column – Making a difference together
  • HTA Column – Filling some big shoes! 
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