In This Issue
Investment company set to buy Kent garden centre
Hampshire garden centre sold for undisclosed sum
Half-term spending in garden centres hits a high
10 great ideas for Garden Re-Leaf Day fund-raising
Grange Fencing's new Harwich hub creates 30 local jobs
Hare Hatch Sheeplands finally loses battle with planners
Bord na Mona is Wyevale group's supplier of the year
Chance to attend PlantFest at Hereford nurseries
Doris doesn't mess with Europlants
Andy McIndoe receives top horticulture award
Gardman's daffodil bird feeder campaign aims to top £200k
Dobbies and Decco CEOs to speak at GIMA day conference
New Dubai garden company to meet suppliers
Cardwell GC offers free meeting place for local community
A new lease of life for Longburton Flower Show
The Great Garden Re-Leaf Day Walk will be a doodle for this pair
Plant Assistant Manager
Plantaria Assistant – Lincoln
Garden Centre Manager
EPOS Manager (Staffordshire)
Garden Centre Manager (Kent)
Sales Support Advisor - Amenity (Hampshire)
Amenity Account Manager South (Home Counties)
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Plant feeds light up gardening sales
Death of former Country Gardens director David Good
Turtle Mat bought by Kleentex
SBM invests in marketing to drive growth
Young plants and herbs boost Veg-2-Gro sales
Manure sales up as gardeners get active
Primula lead the way as sales more than double
Thrive announce second charity ambassador
Scotts new charitable foundation will focus on environment and communities
BOPP achieves Resembling Status to GLOBALG.A.P.
New partnership with Thrive and Chiltern Seeds produces stunning Zinnia ‘Lilliput Purple’
Wilkinson Sword support charity attacked by arsonists
Pictures from the Greatest Christmas Gold-winning teams
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Special Afternoon Tea Party at Squire’s Hersham
Pugh's granted permission to build new farm shop
Four award winning products from Casual Dining Show
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Investment company set to buy Kent garden centre
Kent garden centre operator Bill Cox is in the process of selling Alkham Valley Garden Centre near Dover to an investment company...

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Hampshire garden centre sold for undisclosed sum


Alexander Mackie Associates have sold Maple Ridge Garden Centre & Country Store (formerly known as Aylings Garden Centre) in Hampshire on behalf of the administrators, Opus Restructuring LLP, to Club Green for an undisclosed sum.
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Half-term spending in garden centres hits a high


One good week in February doesn’t make the Spring a foregone conclusion but the sales performances indicated by GTN Bestsellers for the first half-term week of the year certainly show that when the opportunity is there customers are happy to get back into garden centres and spend money on plants and gardening big time...
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10 great ideas for Garden Re-Leaf Day fund-raising
The sixth annual Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day take place nationally on the 17 March, with many events continuing throughout the weekend. The 24hr Plant-athon, which was a runaway success last year, is being rolled out to more garden centres, and the Garden Re-Leaf Walk boasts a huge uptake in registrations and aims to be both more inclusive and challenging. Here are the top 10 fundraising ideas...
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Grange Fencing's new Harwich hub creates 30 local jobs

Grange Fencing has established a brand new distribution site at Harwich, creating over 30 jobs for the local area...

 
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Hare Hatch Sheeplands finally loses battle with planners
Business as usual while owner considers options

Seven concession businesses at Hare Hatch Sheeplands garden centre in Berkshire have finally lost their battle to stay open...

 
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Bord na Mona is Wyevale group's supplier of the year


Bord na Móna UK was  nominated ‘Supplier of the Year’ at the recent Wyevale Garden Centres Spring Show...
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Chance to attend PlantFest at Hereford nurseries


Retailers are being invited to two nurseries in Hereford to attend their PlantFest. Wyevale Nurseries and Allensmore Nurseries will hold the joint open day on Wednesday, March 8 from 9.30am until 5pm...
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Doris doesn't mess with Europlants


Even storm Doris couldn't keep customers away from the Europlants Open Days last week...
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Special Afternoon Tea Party at Squire’s Hersham


Squire’s Garden Centre in Hersham is having an official opening of their new look garden centre on Friday 17th March - which is 33 years to the day that it first opened in 1984...
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Pugh's granted permission to build new farm shop
A new farm shop, complete with a coffee shop and deli at Pugh’s Garden Village has been given the go-ahead by local planners...
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Four award winning products from Casual Dining Show
These could also be winners for garden centres too


Despite the ravages of storm Doris the GTN Food Xtra team managed to get to London on Thursday last week to check out the Casual Dining Show at the Islington Design Centre...
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Andy McIndoe receives top horticulture award


Garden writer, broadcaster, designer and former Hillier Director, Andy McIndoe, has been awarded the prestigious Veitch Memorial Medal, one of the highest accolades in the world of horticulture....
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Gardman's daffodil bird feeder campaign aims to top £200k
 

Following the huge success of Gardman’s poppy bird feeder campaign last year, which raised £218,359 for The Royal British Legion in just four months, Gardman is hoping to repeat the success in a new charity partnership with Marie Curie...

 
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Dobbies and Decco CEOs to speak at GIMA day conference

John Cleland, CEO of Dobbies Garden Centres and Charlie Lacey, CEO Designate at Decco will both be speaking at the next GIMA day conference...

 

 
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New Dubai garden company to meet suppliers
Gardenex ‘Meet the International Buyers’ day scheduled for 15 March 2017
 
A recently launched online garden business in Dubai is the latest company to accept an invitation from the Gardenex export association to participate in its next popular ‘Meet the Buyers’ event...
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Cardwell GC offers free meeting place for local community


Local community groups, clubs and societies are being offered a place to meet free of charge at Cardwell Garden Centre. A newly-launched Knit and Natter Group has already met in a specially sectioned-off area at the centre’s Patio Restaurant.
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A new lease of life for Longburton Flower Show


After more than a decade, members of the Longburton Garden Club successfully revived their village Flower and Produce Show, thanks to the award-winning Flower Show Forum, an initiative launched by The Gardens Group in 2016 with the aim of helping the traditional flower show to survive and thrive...
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The Great Garden Re-Leaf Day Walk will be a doodle for this pair


After helping with support duties last year, Trevor and Karen Pfeiffer vowed to do The Great Garden Re-Leaf Day walk in full in 2017, so Labradoodles Olly & Floyd thought they’d better join in...

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