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Crowders Garden Centre to get name change…could it be Wolds View, Banovallum or Horncastle?
Owner of Ingatestone Garden Centre reveals why he closed
Martin Breddy to take over as MD of Squires Garden Centres
Leading trends discovered at this week's Spring Fair
Welcome progress on Sunday Trading, says HTA
‘Early spring’ sparks outside furniture sales
Bumper year of hand-outs from GCA Trust
Terra Firma Vice Chairman attends Wyevale Garden Centres' Spring Show
Repetition and education drives add-on sales at Sunshine
Haskins Garden Centres improves communication and customer service with Quail Digital Wireless Headsets
Love the Plot You’ve Got Masterclasses are an instant hit
Five lbs lost, more £'s gained for Greenfingers
Flying start for Groen-Direkt in The Netherlands
Key buyers from Dubai, the US, France, Spain and Finland to source UK garden and pet products at Gardenex event
The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
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Drugged-up thief rams car in garden centre escape
Signs that garden product sales are starting to pick up
Veg seed packet sales on the up in garden centres
Growing media sales still ahead of the game
T&M's Buddleja ‘Buzz Indigo’ crowned king
Kent & Stowe and Flopro to showcase new ranges
FleishmanHillard Fishburn wins brand work for Gardena
Extra Floralis Boskoop next week
The Mayor of Dorchester to open Poundbury Gardens’ 10-year celebrations
EU Plant Health Rapporteur to speak at HTA Plant Health Conference
Hillier to launch major new charity plant introduction at Chelsea Flower Show
Kent garden centre business for sale
GIMA Awards return to Celtic Manor Resort
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
Brookside Garden Centre
Haskins West End
Hillmount Garden Centre
Mains of Drum
Premier Decorations
Bents and Le Friquet
The Greatest Christmas Display winners
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Garsons sets new standard in garden centre catering
BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time to be broadcast from The Edible Garden Show
BBQ supplier predicts record sales this summer
Competition hots up at Casual Dining 2016
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Crowders Garden Centre to get name change…could it be Wolds View, Banovallum or Horncastle?


Following last month’s acquisition of Crowders, Wyevale Garden Centres has decided the centre will undergo a name change, set to be unveiled on March 16. Members of the local community are being invited to help choose the new name by casting their vote...
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Owner of Ingatestone Garden Centre reveals why he closed


The owner of Ingatestone Garden Centre in Essex, which ceased to trade suddenly after more than 75 years, has admitted he "simply could not afford to keep the doors open."
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Martin Breddy to take over as MD of Squires Garden Centres
 
Colin Squire (Chairman) and his daughter Sarah (Deputy Chairman) have announced the appointment of Martin Breddy as Managing Director designate of Squire’s Garden Centres...
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Leading trends discovered at this week's Spring Fair



Spring Fair at the NEC was the place to be this week if you were buying in order to keep up with the latest trends. Here are some of the trends discovered by our own team of Spring Fair roving reporters...
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Welcome progress on Sunday Trading, says HTA
 
Momentum on the issue of Sunday Trading is gathering pace with news of progress in Parliament this week, reports the Horticultural Trades Association. Chief Executive Carol Paris said: "It is encouraging that progress is being made towards updating this law which is no longer fit for purpose.”
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‘Early spring’ sparks outside furniture sales
It’s officially an early spring with Cornish gardens reporting magnolias already in flower but the GTN Bestsellers data is indicating that garden centre retailing is not benefitting from the mild weather just yet...



CoSi Furniture from Transcontinental is selling well already at Outerspace, Leicestershire.
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Bumper year of hand-outs from GCA Trust
 
The Garden Centre Association Trust has just completed its best year ever of approving grants to students of horticulture. More than £10,000 has been awarded to 10 students studying on a wide range of courses. Sue Allen, Trust Chairman (pictured) said: “It is hoped that 2016 will continue to see deserving applications for grants."
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Terra Firma Vice Chairman attends Wyevale Garden Centres' Spring Show


Justin King, the former CEO of Sainsbury and now Vice Chairman and Head of Portfolio Businesses at Terra Firma, was a guest visitor at Wyevale Garden Centres' Spring Show at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire last week.
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Repetition and education drives add-on sales at Sunshine
Repetition and education were the among the key learnings from Sunshine Garden Centre’s Rising Stars finalist Jack Fillingham...
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Haskins Garden Centres improves communication and customer service with Quail Digital Wireless Headsets
 
Haskins is using wireless headset systems from Quail Digital to improve communication among staff and enhance customer service...
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Love the Plot You’ve Got Masterclasses are an instant hit


Aylett Nurseries near St Albans and The Old Railway Line Garden Centre near Brecon hosted the first of the 2016 Love Your Plot Masterclasses and they were both hailed as a great success...
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Five lbs lost, more £'s gained for Greenfingers
Pounds 4 Greenfingers update from Trevor Pfeiffer
    

Here's a great way to raise £'s for Greenfingers and get your self into shape for the rest of the year by loosing weight between now and Garden Re-Leaf Day.  Join GTN Xtra's Trevor Pfeiffer and Greenfingers Linda Petrons and Debs Skillicorn in Pounds 4 Greenfingers...
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Garsons sets new standard in garden centre catering


Compass Instore, which runs the catering at Garsons in Esher, Surrey, expects the garden centre's new restaurant to turnover in excess of £1.5million per year...
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BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time to be broadcast from The Edible Garden Show
One of the UK’s most popular gardening programmes, BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, is to be broadcast from The Edible Garden Show & Good Life Live – and members of the public can apply for free tickets to be in the audience at this special recording...
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BBQ supplier predicts record sales this summer


Met Office forecasts of high temperatures ahead have prompted a leading barbecue supplier to predict record sales as the UK expects a third sizzling summer in a row...
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Competition hots up at Casual Dining 2016
McCain Foodservice, Nestlé Professional, New York Bakery Company, Southern Wine Roads, The FoodFellas, Twinings, UCC Coffee, and Young’s Seafood are just some of exhibitors competing for Innovation Challenge Awards at this year’s sold out Casual Dining show, which returns to the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, on 24-25 February...
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Flying start for Groen-Direkt in The Netherlands


Groen-Direkt’s Spring Fair in the Netherlands is the company’s traditional start of the new garden season. Last week's event in Boskoop produced more visitors and subsequently a higher turnover than usual...
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Key buyers from Dubai, the US, France, Spain and Finland to source UK garden and pet products at Gardenex event
 
Garden product buyers from Dubai, the US and France together with pet product buyers from Spain and Finland have already confirmed that they will be travelling to the UK to meet with British suppliers at the next ‘Meet the Buyers’ event being staged by the Gardenex and PetQuip export associations...
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The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
 
After the resounding success of The Greatest Awards ON TOUR in 2015, we are pleased to announce that in 2016 The Greatest Awards ON TOUR will be bigger and better than ever...
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