In This Issue
GCA Annual Dinner delivers that winning feeling
UK’s leading garden centres scoop top awards at GCA conference
And the rising star is Daniel Holden from Barton Grange
Woodlodge win GCA Associate of the year Award
Greenfingers fundraising at GCA Conference reaches £30,000
Cowells and Squire's pick up Ruxley Rose awards at GCA Conference
An evening at the home of golf - plus ceilidh dancing - GCA Associates Night is a winner
Rising Stars make their pitches
GCA announces three new inspectors at conference
GCA Conference raises £27,440 for Greenfingers
Pansies regain GCA Greenfingers Challenge Cup
Haggis sells for £500 a plate as the Greenfingers Challenge gets Conference off to a tasty start
LOFA prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a new Chairman and Vice Chairman at the helm
Light up your January sales with impulse displays
Onion sets and seed potatoes selling through
Magic start to the year for growing media sales
Primulas are the bestselling plant of the year so far
Wyevale Garden Centres launches new e-commerce site
Notcutts celebrates 120 years of glorious gardening
£2m investment in ad campaign for Westland SafeLawn
Wyevale Nurseries raises £1,042 for Greenfingers Charity
Green festival during Plantarium 2017
Exhibitor stands at PATS Sandown 'sold out'
Slow start to trading in 2017 as footfall is down
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Onion sets and seed potatoes selling through
 
Onion sets and seed potatoes have started selling through this week as displays are finished and stocks located in high footfall areas. Stuttgarter is once again the most popular onion for early starters with Pentland Javelin being the most picked up seed potato.  Beetroot Boltardy is as usual the most popular seed for the start of the year.

The other main highlights this week were:
  • Taylors Onion Sets Sturon was the highest re-entry at No 4.
  • Taylors Shallots Golden Gourmet was another line returning to the chart.
  • Kapiteyn Onion Set Stuttgarter Giant  was the highest new entry at No 19.
  • Thompson & Morgan Leek Musselburgh Improved was the highest climber, jumping 19 places to No 16.
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