GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 67 2015

News has broken today that Wych Cross Nurseries in East Sussex has become the 151st Wyevale Garden Centre. Since opening almost 30 years ago Wych Cross has never traded on a Sunday but that is set to change now that the centre is owned by Wyevale...

Blue Diamond re-launch Springfields
GTN Xtra picture exclusive

Blue Diamond have re-developed their Springfields centre in Spalding. Managing Director Alan Roper is aiming to increase turnover from £2.4m to £4m at the site which used to be the outlet store for the group...

See exclusive pictures of the re-development

Andy McIndoe leaves Hillier Nurseries for pastures new

Hillier Nurseries & Garden Centres have announced that Andy McIndoe left the company on Friday (23 October) for pastures new...

GCA and Westland name six Rising Stars finalists

The names of the six finalists of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) & Westland Rising Stars Programme have been announced...

Christmas Tree Growers make their choice for Downing Street

Over 200 delegates travelled from the furthest corners of the UK to Kent last week for the annual British Christmas Tree Growers' Association national competition and conference...

See results and pictures from the day

October proves to be a great month for sales

October 2015 is proving to be a great month for garden centre sales with another week of EPoS data reporting sales increases up on the same week last year in all categories measured by the GTN Bestsellers charts...

Want to make more of your marketing budget?

The HTA Marketing Forum is designed to help you hear about different ways to make your marketing budgets stretch further. With competing interests on consumer time and cash at an all-time high, it is ever more important to ensure your business is promoting itself to its full potential...

Wanted - more Greenfingers runners for Santa Run

The Greenfingers Charity have more places avaialble for the London Santa Run which takes place on 6^th December in Victoria Park.

All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering

Ukulele playing Gemma’s cake mezze is just the job

Eighteen-year-old Gemma Staple has secured herself a place on the catering team at the new restaurant at Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre thanks to her mini cake mezze.

GCA members’ marketeers to compete for Worrall Cup

Members of the Garden Centre Association are being invited to compete for the chance to win the Worrall Cup for their marketing activities this year...

Pictured: Armitages are the current holders of Worrall Cup for their family-focused Wildlife Event.

Johnsons Lawn Seed parent adopts new name and logo

Johnsons Lawn Seed owners DLF-TRIFOLIUM has changed its name to DLF and adopted a new simplified logo...

Above: the DLF team outside its headquarters in Denmark

Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year

As part of The Greatest Christmas Awards, garden centres get the chance to vote for the supplier they feel has been their Greatest Christmas Suppleir of the Year...

GTN October 2015

Garden Trade News

Vivid Arts and Tom Chamber settle design rights dispute

Vivid Arts Ltd and Tom Chambers Ltd say they have settled a dispute regarding allegations of design right infringement, copyright infringement and passing off...

Fenland centre invites customers to 'pick your own pumpkin' for Halloween

Skylark Garden Centre near March is offering customers a ‘Pick Your Own Pumpkin’ service for Halloween...

Containers are this week’s top sellers

Pots and pot saucers have shown up brightly in this week’s Bestsellers Garden Products chart...

Former Notcutts team to work on Skylark Nurseries expansion

Suffolk-based contract grower Skylark Nurseries is reported to be planning a programme of expansion on its Newbourne site...

Farmyard manure makes the highest jump in the chart

Farmyard manure has been in good demand, according to the Bestsellers Growing Media chart. Vital Earth Farm Manure has risen 16 places to No 2...

Novelty items show up in the Christmas chart

Novelty items like the Paper+Design Oh! Father Christmas Loo Roll are showing up highly in the GTN Bestsellers Christmas Products chart...

Industry aims for container gardening exhibit at Chelsea

The garden industry wants to promote container gardening on an exhibit at next year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

Fiskars announce £3k garden makeover winner

A consumer from Coventry has won a £3,000 garden makeover in a competition that ran as part of Fiskars’ Weedpuller campaign last spring...

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