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IGCA 2019 - 250 delegates from across the world visit UK garden centres
Lets get Floral on Thursday at Glee for Greenfingers
spoga+gafa 2019 - GTN Xtra photo tour
Jardinopia launches new Cane Companions brand at Glee 2019
Simpsons, Drums of Main and Donaghadee scoop GCA awards
It’s Showtime…
Dobbies link-up with Downton Abbey movie looks like an industry first
Kelkay to launch compostable packaging
Council cleared of 'unprofessional conduct' over Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre
Woodlodge to unveil new-look water features range
Pennells plan to double size of Sleaford centre angers villagers
New agents to widen Bloomin' Amazing distribution push
Who made it on to shortlist for Glee 2019 Buyers Power List?
Kent nursery couple hand over reins after 53 years of growing
Morrisons seeks retro OK for garden sales unit at Hereford store
Glee debut for Henry Bell pet and bird care brands
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Wyevale group shuts down e-commerce
HTA Market Update shows strong July garden centre performance
Boskoop plant fair reflects positive mood in Europe
HTA promotes practical workshops programme
The best of last week's
GTN Bestsellers analysis: The trouble with TV programmes
Industry hits back after ITV "not green enough" taunts
Celebrating forty years of service at Gordale Garden and Home Centre
Sustainability and performance in growing media - vital for horticulture, say Westland
The Wyevale "Sale of the Century" - where are we now - UPDATED
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Garden Centre Photo Tours
Garden Centre Photo Tour - RHS Wisley New Plant Centre
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IGCA 2019 - 250 delegates from across the world visit UK garden centres

IGCA members from across the world are in London and the South of England this week taking part in the annual IGCA Congress - Windsor...

See GTN Xtras photos from the IGCA visits to Millbrook and Ruxley Manor
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Lets get Floral on Thursday at Glee for Greenfingers

In support of Greenfingers Charity's special 20th anniversary year, the Glee team, supported by Garden Trade News, are this year urging exhibitors and visitors to Glee to put the floral FUN into FUNdraising at Glee on Thursday 12th September...

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spoga+gafa 2019 - GTN Xtra photo tour

Sleeker and lower furniture lines, urban gardening, re-use of plastic, masses of garden decoration lines and loads of BBQ's were the headlines at spoga+gafa in Koln...

 

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Jardinopia launches new Cane Companions brand at Glee 2019

Jardinopia, the company that brought the popular Potty Feet™ to the market, has confirmed they will be launching a new brand at this year’s Glee – introducing Cane Companions™...

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Simpsons, Drums of Main and Donaghadee scoop GCA awards

Simpsons, Mains of Drum and Donaghadee have been named as the top centres in the Garden Centre Association’s Scotland and Northern Ireland regional awards...

 

Pictured: Mains of Drum (left) and Simpsons with their GCA awards

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It’s Showtime…

This weeks GTN Bestsellers is written from Koln where the show season starts again in earnest.  Spoga+gafa kicks it all off today (Sunday 1st September) followed by Autumn Fair, Four Oaks and then Glee...

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Dobbies link-up with Downton Abbey movie looks like an industry first

In what is probably a first for the garden industry, Dobbies has teamed up with Universal to celebrate the release of the new Downton Abbey movie...

 

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Kelkay to launch compostable packaging

 

While there has been some high-profile media attention on the sustainability of garden products in recent days, Kelkay has been working creatively on the issue in the background.

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Council cleared of 'unprofessional conduct' over Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre

Wokingham Borough Council has been cleared of maladministration or unprofessional conduct over  its handling of the Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre planning dispute, according to a report on Berkshire Live...

 

Pictured: Robert Scott, owner of Hare Hatch Sheeplands GC, who avoided jail when he admitted defeat.

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Woodlodge to unveil new-look water features range

Woodlodge will take the wraps off a newly-branded Water Studio range of plug-in-and-go water features at Glee...

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Pennells plan to double size of Sleaford centre angers villagers

Plans by Pennells to almost double the size of its Four Seasons Garden centre near Sleaford have drawn a wave of objections from local villagers...

 

 

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New agents to widen Bloomin' Amazing distribution push

 

 

West Country Soil Improvement, suppliers of Blooming Amazing, has appointed ARC Southern to represent it across Surrey, Sussex, Kent, Hampshire, Middlesex and South London...

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Who made it on to shortlist for Glee 2019 Buyers Power List?

Industry voting closed yesterday for the Glee 2019 Buyers Power List, set-up to recognise the individual buyers and buying teams who have gone above and beyond to make a difference within the garden retail industry this year...

 

Pictured: the 2018 awards ceremony.

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Kent nursery couple hand over reins after 53 years of growing

Paul Kennett and his wife Vicky are to retire from Meadow Grange Nursery at Blean near Canterbury, the business Paul first worked for when he was 14 and then went on to run for 53 years...

 

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Morrisons seeks retro OK for garden sales unit at Hereford store

Morrisons has applied for retrospective planning permission after installing a garden sales unit outside its main store in Hereford...

 

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Glee debut for Henry Bell pet and bird care brands

Henry Bell & Co, the family-owned small animal and pet feed producer, is exhibiting for the first time at Glee next week (stand 8A50-B5).

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