In This Issue
Westland, Woodmansterne, Allensmore and NexPay are Supplier of the Year winners as Choice Marketing celebrates 20 years
Sproutl to close
A good year for British Garden Centres as group turnover grows to £161m – up from £125m
Crocus acquires Mind, Body & Soil and SmartPlant
Get ready for the Greenfingers Charity Fundraising Dinner (1st December 2022)
Perennial offers home for rent within community housing
Giant veg on show at Cardwell Garden Centre
RECOUP conference cements its place as one to beat
Andy Abraham joins the RocketGro team
Dobbies welcomes award-winning butcher to Edinburgh and Livingston stores
Record-breaking attendance at pet trade show
Double 6-packer awards for Bransford Webbs
Ivyline makes itself at home with new headquarters
Inject interiors with a dose of colour with elho’s b.for originals range
Dreaming of a Red Christmas! Cultivate Festive Style with Poinsettias
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Dobbies launches its festive recruitment drive
New hires as Social Chain UK turns up the heat for BBQ brand LANDMANN
Perennial urges people in horticulture with aches and pains to seek physio treatment
“‘Digital’ is a life attitude”
The best of last week's
Ian Boardman dies suddenly
GCA offers its condolences
Established garden centre business put up for sale
Tributes to Brian Knight who died last month
Garden centre sales down 7% in August says HTA
Rory Bremner to host 2022 GIMA Awards
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Westland, Woodmansterne, Allensmore and NexPay are Supplier of the Year winners as Choice Marketing celebrates 20 years

Over 300 Choice Marketing members and suppliers celebrated their 20th anniversary last night at the Hinkley Island Hotel in Leicestershire, where their awards for Sundry, Gift, Plants and Not for Retail suppliers of the year were announced...

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Sproutl to close

Sproutl, the on-line marketplace for independent garden and outdoor living brands is to close immediatley...

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A good year for British Garden Centres as group turnover grows to £161m – up from £125m
 

British Garden Centres, the UK's largest family owned garden centre business, has released financial results for the year ending 31st December 2021. Group turnover grew significantly, despite the continuing impact of Covid-19 in the early part of the year, to £161m – up from £125m in the previous period...

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Crocus acquires Mind, Body & Soil and SmartPlant

Online plant retailer Crocus has announced that it is expanding its portfolio with the acquisition of the subscription box Mind, Body & Soil and the plant identification app SmartPlant...

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Get ready for the Greenfingers Charity Fundraising Dinner (1st December 2022)

Back by popular demand, the annual Greenfingers Charity Fundraising Dinner is returning on December 1st with tickets already being snapped up by supporters of the children’s hospice garden charity...

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Perennial offers home for rent within community housing

Perennial, the charity for people in horticulture, is offering a home for rent within its community housing for retired horticulturists near Cambridge...

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Giant veg on show at Cardwell Garden Centre

Youngster Rowan Rough, aged six, from Dunoon, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland discovered there’s not a soup pot big enough to cook the giant veg that were on show at Cardwell Garden Centre...

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RECOUP conference cements its place as one to beat

Plastics recycling charity, RECOUP, again proves its position as the number one conference in the plastics recycling and resources sector with another outstanding day of debate and presentations...

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Andy Abraham joins the RocketGro team

RocketGro has expanded its team with the appointment of Andy Abraham as the company’s new Sales Director...

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GIMA New Product Digest - Autumn 2022 - Read On-Line Here

New Products for the UK Garden Trade for 2023 from GIMA Members: Abacus Cards, Ames Apta, Ames Kelkay, AmesLa Hacienda, Bermuda, Bloomin Amazing, Burgon & Ball, Capi Europe, Carbon Gold Ltd, Charles Taylor Trading, Deco-pak, Durstons, elho, Empathy, Evergreen Garden Care, Fire Dragon, Flower-Gro, Forest Garden, G Plants Ltd, Glee, Growth Technology, Handy Distribution, HJ Hall, Honeyfields, Hortiwool, Johnsons Seeds, Lava-Lite, Leon Boots, Melcourt, Mr Fothergills, Patio Black Spot Removal Company, Pot Mate, Primeur, Primus, Qwickhose, RocketGro, Rollins Bulldog, SBM Life Science, Southern Trident, Spear & Jackson, STV International, The Real Soil Company, Vitavia, Vitax, Woodlodge, Westland Horticulture, Woodmansterne, Zest.

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Dobbies welcomes award-winning butcher to Edinburgh and Livingston stores

Customers of Dobbies Garden Centres in the Lothians can now shop in store for the finest quality and award-winning products by ‘farm to fork’ company Puddledub...

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Record-breaking attendance at pet trade show

PATS has broken all records with the two-day show at Telford in Shropshire recording its highest ever attendance figures since the event was launch in 2009...

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Double 6-packer awards for Bransford Webbs
 

Abi Green and Jenna Gove, from The Bransford Webbs Plant Company, have both won places at the IPPS European Regional Annual Conference, taking place this year in Bad Zwishenahn, Germany...

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Ivyline makes itself at home with new headquarters

Ivyline, one of the sector’s leading garden, home and giftware suppliers, has recently undertaken a move to a new facility at the heart of Stoneleigh Park – a move designed to support the brand’s ongoing growth...

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Inject interiors with a dose of colour with elho’s b.for originals range

elho’s b.for original range not only provides a beautiful and sturdy range of pots that comfortably house plants, but they come in a selection of colours and sizes that will help home décor lovers achieve the right aesthetic for them...

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Dreaming of a Red Christmas! Cultivate Festive Style with Poinsettias

Stars for Europe has put together an image library for the 2022 festive season, which has left us dreaming of a bold red Christmas as the rainy days of Autumn set in...

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