In This Issue
Read the best garden industry stories of 2024 in GTN magazine and GTN Xtra
GTN's Sustainability Directory – January 2024
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards – February 2024
GTN Interview with Caroline Owen – March 2024
Garden Centres of the Year – April 2024
Summer Showrooms Directory – May 2024
SOLEX Preview – June/July 2024
Glee Celebrates 50 Years – August 2024
Bumper Glee Preview – September 2024
Glee: 50 years of influence – October 2024
GIMA Awards Roll of Honour – November 2024
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Read the best garden industry stories of 2024 in GTN magazine and GTN Xtra

It has been a memorable year for the UK garden centre industry. Take a look back at all the major stories through the eyes of GTN. This New Years Eve we reproduce all the 2024 issues of GTN (see below) where, with just one click, you can gain access to the page-turning editions and also the Top 100 most read stories in GTN Xtra.  Happy New Year!

 

1             Dobbies to close 17 stores as part of a restructuring plan - GTN Xtra – Issue 40 2024

2             The Horti House hosts around 80 retailers to Bury Lane - GTN Xtra – Issue 41 2024

3             Christmas hope for Dobbies staff in “to be closed” centres - GTN Xtra – Issue 44 2024

4             Dobbies respond to question about stock availability over the Easter period - GTN Xtra – Issue 15 2024

5             Dobbies refuses to comment on restructure plan rumour - GTN Xtra – Issue 36 2024

6             Dobbies restructuring plan approved - GTN Xtra – Issue 50 2024

7             GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed - GTN Xtra – Issue 6 2024

8             Dobbies appoint Steve Pitcher in consultancy role - GTN Xtra – Issue 15 2024

9             Dobbies respond to GTN's question about stock availability - GTN Xtra – Issue 10 2024

10           Harlow and Newbridge are Blue Diamond Best Garden Centres - All the pictures and full results from the Blue Diamond Awards - GTN Xtra – Issue 11 2024

See the Top 100 most read stories in GTN Xtra 2024
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GTN's Sustainability Directory – January 2024
 

GTN December 2023 - January 2024 - Sustainability Directory with 36 pages of sustainability news, features, ideas and directory listings plus much more.

  • Handing over the GCA baton. GTN Interviews Tammy Woodhouse.
  • Get ready for Glee in September 2024
  • Finalists and voted for contenders in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards
  • GTN’s Sustainability Directory 2024
  • The last bag of Miracle-Gro peat compost
  • Sustainability News
  • Responsible Sourcing Scheme update
  • GIMA Awards Sustainability Champions
  • GCA Westland Rising Stars Sustainability projects for 2023
  • Ecoveritas and EPR compliance
  • LifestyleGarden makes a world of difference
  • Sustainable feeding from Westland Peckish
  • A more sustainable supply of houseplants from Horti House
  • Timber displays the full potential
  • Strengthening natural defences with Waspinator and SuperNinja
  • GTN’s sustainability Directory listings for 2024
  • Embracing sustainability - LOFA Column
  • Environmental milestones - HTA Column
  • Spring Fair Preview
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GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards – February 2024
 

GTN February 2024 - GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards Bumper Issue

  • The Greatest Christmas Awards presentations at Spring Fair
  • GCA Conference Award winners
  • Primeur: the home of doormats
  • Environmental perceptions of garden centres
  • Westlands New Horizon Community Fund
  • Busy Bee tops the customer vote for Christmas greatness
  • 23 pages of judges photos and comments from The Greatest Christmas Awards start here: Barton Grange, Cooks, BGC Harrogate, Pugh’s, Gates, Haskins Snowhill, Woodlands, Kent, Squires Badshot Lea, Polhill, Old Railway Line, Klondyke High Legh, Poundbury, Birkacre, Alton, Blue Diamond Newbridge, Garsons Esher, Brimsmore, Glendoick, Chessington, Wentworth, Klondyke Astbury Meadow, Cambridge Home & Garden, Bents, BGC Studley, Coolings, Newquay, The Grange, Garsons Titchfield, Keydell, Perrywood Tiptree, BGC, Dobbies, Gouldings Santa Experience, Dobbies Edinburgh and Tewkesbury, Mackenzie & Cruickshank, Munros, Pengelly, Planters Tamworth
  • Thank you to our Sponsors
  • Flashes of Christmas Inspiration
  • Harrogate Show Ideas for Christmas 2024
  • Planting Manifesto Ideas – HTA Column
  • Supply Chain Challenges – GIMA Column
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GTN Interview with Caroline Owen – March 2024
 

GTN March 2024 read on-line here. In this issue:

  • Gift Packaging from Woodmansterne
  • Group Commitment – GTN Interview with Caroline Owen, Chair of the Tillington Group
  • New retail solutions from Artevesi
  • What’s Hot in 2024 – New products launched at the Garden Press Event
  • Maximising seed sales at Mr Fothergills
  • 25 years of Greenfingers FUNdraising
  • Garden Re-Leaf Day 2024
  • Strictly Blue Diamond – Exclusive Awards coverage
  • New at Solex for 2024
  • Products to delight from Spring Fair
  • Be the best plant specialists – GTN Planteria special report
  • A brighter shade of green – LOFA Column
  • Three days of PATS in September 2024
  • Celebrating 125 years – HTA Column
  • The start is everything – GIMA Column
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Garden Centres of the Year – April 2024
 

GTN April 2024 - Garden Centres of the Year.  In this issue:

  • AMES – Best tools for the job
  • Making the right choice – GTN Interviews Michelle de Lavis Trafford
  • Bents – GCA Destination Garden Centre of the Year
  • New Journals from Museums & Galleries
  • Fairways – GCA Garden Centre of the Year
  • Jardinopia bring Indian products to your door
  • Newbridge Nurseries – Blue Diamond Oak Garden Centre of the Year
  • Vote for your Glee 50 Year Hero products and people
  • Border Control – New plant import laws
  • Retailing Dutch Style
  • New plants galore - GTN Planteria
  • Ready for Knockers – EHG Column
  • Confidence still high – HTA Column
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Summer Showrooms Directory – May 2024
 

GTN May 2024 – Summer Showroom Directory - In this issue:

  • AMES Tools – the success story so far
  • One to watch – GTN visits the new Rutland Nursery
  • Altico celebrates 3 years
  • Getting wise with wool - gardening products made from sheep’s wool
  • On your marks – GTN’s guide to this summer’s shows
  • SOLEX – outdoor living at its best
  • Summer Showroom Directory – GTN’s guide to supplier showrooms open for business this summer
  • STV on the road
  • Creativity with Floralsilk
  • Smart’s showroom visit
  • Planteria Vox-Pops from: Gates, Newquay, Cooks, Bosworths, Coblands, Carpenters, Highfields, Pughs, Barton Grange, Cowells, Perrywood, Munros and Fron Goch
  • Hoping for sunshine – HTA Column
  • What’s driving future gardening? – GIMA Column.
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SOLEX Preview – June/July 2024
 

GTN June/July 2024 – SOLEX Preview. this issue:

  • Bring on the plants – GTN talks to Hannah Cook
  • Welcome to NOVA’s new Experience Centre
  • A Bridgerton Chelsea Flower Show
  • More showrooms to visit
  • Outdoor adventures with Fandango Fire Tools
  • SOLEX 2024 – GTN’s 26-page show preview
  • Greenfingers opens new garden
  • NOVA brand and business model revamp
  • GIMA golf day
  • Glee’s 50 Year Hero’s
  • Chelsea’s plant winners- GTN’s Planteria
  • Promoting the industry - HTA Viewpoint
  • Innovation driving retail – GIMA Viewpoint
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Glee Celebrates 50 Years – August 2024
 

GTN August 2024. In this issue:

  • Primeur defining sustainability
  • GIMA Presidents then and now
  • Innovation shines at SOLEX
  • Zest – Designed for the good times
  • Winners at SOLEX
  • Bright future for eco firepits
  • Hail the new BBQ Hero
  • Plants in transit – GTN Interview with FloraLinc
  • Christmas in August
  • Greenfingers Dragon Boat Racing 2024
  • What’s on the horizon for Glee 2024
  • Who will you vote for as your Glee 50 Year Hero?
  • YPHA and CSF horticultural talent development
  • Technicoloured pick and mix – GTN Planteria
  • Pet Bonanza at PATS 2024
  • Bracing for change – HTA Viewpoint
  • New government, same objectives – EHG Viewpoint
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Bumper Glee Preview – September 2024
 

GTN September 2024 - In this Bumper Glee Preview issue:

  • Westland Glee Preview Special
  • Successful integration at AMES, GTN interviews CEO Paul North UK
  • GCA Regional Results, winners from the 2024 inspections
  • Derian House, a new Greenfingers Children’s Hospice Sensory garden
  • GTN’s Glee 2024 Show preview starts here
    • Glee floor plan and exhibitor list
    • What’s on in the Glee sectors
    • Glee Exhibitor News – Latest products and services
    • Fandango Fire Tools at Glee
    • Under one roof at The AMES Companies UK
    • Floral Thursday FUNdraising at Glee
    • Eyes on the gift-wrapping market with Woodmansterne
    • Tildenet – a partner of choice
    • Landmark year for Hozelock
    • For that perfect lawn – Johnsons Lawn Seed
  • GTN Planteria - Floral Fantasia and Mr Fothergill’s trials
  • GTN Planteria – Ball helps retailers sell more plants
  • Join the Vitavia family
  • PATS 2024
  • LOFA Viewpoint – SOLEX 2024 a resounding success
  • New lines from Museums & Galleries
  • HTA Viewpoint – For a stronger future
  • GIMA Viewpoint – See you in person soon
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Glee: 50 years of influence – October 2024
 

GTN October 2024. In this Glee Review Issue:

  • RocketGro – Towards Climate Positive
  • Open for business in Shetland - GTN visits the new centre in Lerwick
  • It’s Christmas – Entry details for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2024
  • Glee 2024 – The Buzz is back
  • Making an impact at Glee
  • Potr - GIMA Seed Corn Fund Winner
  • Glee Hero’s – Influencing the past 50 Years
  • Glee New Product Award Winners
  • Floral Thursday at Glee sets new records
  • Hold on tight – Wing walkers for Greenfingers
  • GTN Planteria – Seasonal picks for 2025 and beyond
  • Navigating change at the HTA Conference
  • HTA Viewpoint – Presidential reflections
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GIMA Awards Roll of Honour – November 2024
 

GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & Full Glee New Products Directory. In this Issue:

  • GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards – the judges hit the road to visit 120 garden centres
  • Choice Marketing – winners from the conference and awards
  • Opinion – retailers on implications from the Budget
  • Keter celebrate 80 years of Stewart Garden
  • Glee New Product Directory – every product entered this year
  • GIMA Award – winners in the roll of honour
  • Glee New Product Directory continued
  • Review of PATS Telford
  • Houseplants in the mall – a look around The RHS Plant Space
  • Planteria – plants for the festive season
  • HTA Viewpoint - A chance to give back
  • GIMA Viewpoint – Managing Risk
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