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Thames walkers raise over £7,000 for Greenfingers on Garden Re-Leaf Day
Thousands of £'s raised by garden centres on Garden Re-Leaf Day
Waitrose-Van Hage application approved
Garden Re-Leaf and Easter should make a difference
SOLEX gets a makeover and a new midweek slot
White Stores open garden furniture showroom in Yarnton Nurseries, Oxfordshire
Feed, lights and lawn care dominate sales of garden products
Garden Re-Leaf Quiz night - first pictures
Greenfingers #Glovies for Garden Re-Leaf - did we break the record?
Fiskars multi-media Spring campaign starts Easter weekend
New managerial team appointed at Haskins West End Garden Centre
Orchid show is a big hit at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
PM's chef at Chequers makes Easter Egg for Garden Re-Leaf Day
Landscape Director - Yorkshire and the Humber
Retail Operations Manager - East Sussex
Nursery Supervisor - West Midlands
Garden Centre Manager - East Sussex
Kelkay reinforces leading position with £1 million investment
Wildlife World wins European consumer award for second year running
It’s delight for tomato plant sales
Growing media sales gather momentum
The bees knees of insect homes
HTA National Plant Show - putting plants in the spotlight
Sussex land named after loyal horticulturalist
Viano organic-based plant foot launched in the UK
'Donate, Don't Dump Day' – Webbs helps KEMP Hospice
Wyevale Garden Centres supports Marie Curie’s Great Daffodil Appeal
Publicity for Garden Re-Leaf Day is taking off again
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Thames walkers raise over £7,000 for Greenfingers on Garden Re-Leaf Day


Twenty eight intrepid members of the garden industry took part in the Thames Walk, a 20 mile fundraising walk from Ruxley Manor Garden Centre to Clifton Nurseries in Paddington, West London...
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Thousands of £'s raised by garden centres on Garden Re-Leaf Day
News has been coming in over the weekend of the many fundraising and publicity gaining activities that took place on Garden Re-Leaf Day 2015...
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Waitrose-Van Hage application approved


Plans to attach a Waitrose superstore onto Van Hage garden centre at Great Amwell have been approved after a sensational U-turn from East Herts District Council (EHDC).
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Garden Re-Leaf and Easter should make a difference


Colder than hoped-for weather is continuing to suppress sales – they’re certainly below where everyone was hoping they should be, according to GTN Bestsellers data. Garden Re-Leaf  Day and the Easter weekend are all important now. We just need the weather to warm up enough for people to be able to spend good amounts of time out in the garden.
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SOLEX gets a makeover and a new midweek slot
 
SOLEX 2015, which takes place at the NEC from Tuesday 7 to Thursday 9 July in its new mid-week slot, has been given a makeover for its eighth edition...
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White Stores open garden furniture showroom in Yarnton Nurseries, Oxfordshire
The company seek more garden centre locations around the UK to host their retail concession


White Stores have announced the successful launch of their new 4,500 square foot garden furniture showroom at the Yarnton Nurseries Garden Centre in Oxfordshire.
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Feed, lights and lawn care dominate sales of garden products
 
Plant feeding products, garden lighting and lawn care lines dominated the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products Top 50 this week. 34% of the top 50 lines were plant feeds, 20% garden lighting (but accounting for 38% of the volume) and 12% lawn care...
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Garden Re-Leaf Quiz night - first pictures


One of the first Garden Re-Leaf Day Quiz nights for 2015 took place last night at Bosworths Garden Centre...
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Greenfingers #Glovies for Garden Re-Leaf - did we break the record?
 
As the clock struck eleven, Garden Centres such as Perrywood, Orchard Park, Stewarts, Poplars and Hilltop downed tools and donned their gloves, gathering their teams together to take their photo...
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Fiskars multi-media Spring campaign starts Easter weekend


With the garden industry in full swing for Spring, Fiskars launches its high profile TV, radio, print and online campaign. The TV advert, featuring the market leading Weed Puller, innovate PowerGear range and telescopic Tree Pruner will air in popular slots across core TV channels on key Spring bank holiday weekends...
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New managerial team appointed at Haskins West End Garden Centre


The 140 full and part time staff at the Haskins West End Garden Centre near Eastleigh have a new management team...
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Orchid show is a big hit at Hare Hatch Sheeplands
 
Hundreds of orchid lovers descended on Hare Hatch Sheeplands in Berkshire as the Twyford garden centre played host to the fifth annual Spring Show staged by the Thames Valley Orchid Society.
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PM's chef at Chequers makes Easter Egg for Garden Re-Leaf Day
 

The Prime Minister's personal chef at Chequers has made a special Easter Egg auctioned with all the proceeds going to the Greenfingers charity...

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