In This Issue
Merry Christmas to all our readers
Voting has now closed for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas teams
Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Garden centre industry loses much-respected friend and colleague
First of closed Dobbies sites changes hands to Yorkshire Garden Centres Group
Scholarships for students more important than ever
Change in Tillington chairmanship
Catering and Christmas spark 6% sales growth
Garden centres enjoy ‘much better finish to the year’
Houseplants could be saviours for last-minute shoppers
Hillier Nurseries honoured with Royal Warrant
Vitax granted prestigious Royal Warrant
Celebrating 153 years as seedsmen to Royal Family
Taylors Bulbs honoured with Royal Warrant
Thetford Garden Centre achieves B Corp Certification  
Garden centre's children's book raises £2,500 for charities
Kent & Stowe's cutting-edge collection for 2025
Zest smashes charity target in support of Mind
Leeds garden centre donates ice rink session for Inclusive Skating Awards
Open Day and Spring Stock Up at Allensmore Nurseries
Source Fashion launches Source Debates for February show
Geck marks a new milestone with UK launch party
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Interest in green careers grows as recruitment opens for RHS School of Horticulture
RECOUP UK Plastic Packaging Collection Survey outlines 'monumental' challenge
Discover Italian horticulture
Collective imagination champion to speak at 2025 GCA conference
New top theme for spoga+gafa 2025: 'Design Gardens'
The best of last week's
Woodlodge Products to distribute renowned Jingles Christmas lighting range
Garden centre boss turned sleuth tracks down thief who has now been arrested
Spring Fair launches £1,000 competition
Visit Heaven Sends at Harrogate & Spring Fair 2025
The Happy Factor: Zero In Plant Remedy
Bulrush helps growers achieve success in 2025
Corby + Fellas partners with Scott’s of Southend
Spring Fair set to celebrate anniversary with bigger event
GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & Full Glee New Products Directory in GTN November issue – read online
GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest Autumn 2024
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Merry Christmas to all our readers

The team at GTN and GTN Xtra wish all our readers a very Merry Christmas and a well earned break for a few days.

 

Happy Christmas from Trevor, Alan, Anisa and Neil, plus our valued team of Greatest Christmas Awards judges: Neil, Nicci, Roger, Peter, Lilidh, Jane and Mark.

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Voting has now closed for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas teams
See the list of 127 garden centre teams that are being voted for as The Greatest at Christmas 2024

Thousands of garden centre customers across the UK have made their on-line votes for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Teams and now that voting has closed hundreds more votes collected instore are arriving daily at the GTN offices.

 

Here's the top 30 centres from on-line voting just before voting closed:

  • Albrighton BGC
  • Alton Garden Centre
  • Azure Garden Centre
  • Birkacre Garden Centre
  • Bosworths Burton Latimer
  • Bow Garden & Aquatic Centre
  • Braintree BGC
  • Bridgenorth BGC
  • Brockworth BGC
  • Charlecote BGC
  • Fakenham Garden Centre
  • Garden King
  • Harrogate BGC
  • Hillmount Belfast
  • Keydell Garden Centre
  • Mackenzie & Cruickshank
  • Munro’s Nurseries
  • Newquay Garden Centre
  • Old Railway Line
  • Perrywood Sudbury
  • Perrywood Tiptree
  • Planters Bretby
  • Pughs Radyr
  • Pughs Wenvoe
  • Roxton BGC
  • Snowdonia Nurseries
  • Summerhill Garden Centre
  • Trioscape Garden Centre
  • Trowell Garden centre
  • Wolseley Bridge BGC
See the list of centres being voted for and download the voting posters, voting postcards and voting QR code here
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Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards

       

                

       

              

    

 

 

As well as the kudos and fame from winning a Greatest Christmas award, our Gold winners in each of the judged categories will win prizes including stock, services or hotel accommodation from our Greatest Awards sponsors...

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Garden centre industry loses much-respected friend and colleague
 

News has come through of the sad loss to the industry of David Smith, Account Manager for Taylors Bulbs in the West Midlands and Northern Ireland. David passed away suddenly on the afternoon of Saturday 7th December...

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First of closed Dobbies sites changes hands to Yorkshire Garden Centres Group

The first of the closed Dobbies sites – Pennine Garden Centre in Huddersfield – has changed hands to Yorkshire Garden Centres Group, which now has seven centres in its portfolio...

Andy Mears (Group Retail and Operations Manager) and Sharon McNair (Commercial Director)  from Yorkshire Garden Centres at the former Dobbies centre.

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Scholarships for students more important than ever

The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation is seeing a significant increase in applications for scholarships in its 2025 season as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite...

One scholarship proving popular this year is the new Wyevale Nurseries Scholarship.

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Change in Tillington chairmanship
 

The Tillington Group has announced that Caroline Owen, from Scotsdale Nursery and Garden Centres, will be stepping down as Tillington chairman from January 1st 2025 and that James Evans, from Ruxley Manor Garden Centre, will be taking over...

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Catering and Christmas spark 6% sales growth

The Horticultural Trades Association has reported strong sales for garden centres in November, showing a 6% increase compared to 2023, even when excluding café and restaurant sales...

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Garden centres enjoy ‘much better finish to the year’
 

The Garden Centre Association’s November Barometer of Trade results show "a much better finish to the year", according to GCA CEO Peter Burks...

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Houseplants could be saviours for last-minute shoppers

New information from the HTA’s Garden Retail Monitor system, which collects barcode-level sales data from UK garden centres, shows that last year (2023), 13% of all houseplant sales in garden centres took place in December and the industry is expecting a similar level of trade this year...

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Hillier Nurseries honoured with Royal Warrant

Hillier Nurseries Ltd, one of the UK’s leading horticultural businesses, is among the companies to have been granted a Royal Warrant by His Majesty King Charles III...

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Vitax granted prestigious Royal Warrant
 

Vitax Limited has been granted the prestigious Royal Warrant of Appointment (Royal Warrant) to His Majesty King Charles III...

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Celebrating 153 years as seedsmen to Royal Family

 

Suttons has been officially granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment by King Charles III. The brand has been supplying the Royal households since the reign of Queen Victoria I...

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Taylors Bulbs honoured with Royal Warrant
 

Taylors Bulbs has been granted the Royal Warrant of Appointment to be Bulb Growers to His Majesty King Charles III...

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Thetford Garden Centre achieves B Corp Certification  

Thetford Garden Centre has announced its new status as a Certified B Corporation (B Corp). This prestigious certification, awarded by B Lab, recognizes companies that meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability across five key areas: governance, workers, customers, community, and the environment...

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GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & Full Glee New Products Directory in GTN November issue – read online

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
Read the issue on-line here
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GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest Autumn 2024

New Products for the UK Garden Trade for 2025 from GIMA Members: Ames, Auto Pot Global, Avocet Hardware – Greenman Tools, Azpects, Bulldog Tools, Burgon & Ball, Capi Europe, Coir Products, Durston Garden Products, elho, Evergreen Garden Care, Fandango Fire Tools, Fargro, Forest Garden, Gardena, Glee, Greenkey, Greenleaf Horticulture, Handy Distribution, Harvest Pet Products, Hortiwool    , Hozelock, Johnsons Lawn Seeds, Kleen-Tex, LBC Ultralight Boots, Marriages, Meadow View Stone, Museums & Galleries, Panacea Products, Phoenox, PlantWorks, POTR, Primeur, Primus, Sipcam, Smart Garden Products, Sorbus, The Solar Centre, Tildenet, Treadstone, Vitavia, Vitax, Witt UK & Ireland, Woodmansterne, Zest Outdoor Living, GIMA Member Directory, Join GIMA.

Read the New GIMA Buyers Guide on-line here
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Garden centre's children's book raises £2,500 for charities

The Old Railway Line Garden Centre's first-ever Christmas children’s book, The Magic of a Christmas Gift, has sold out, raising an incredible £2,515.29 for their two Charities of the Year...

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Kent & Stowe's cutting-edge collection for 2025

Kent & Stowe is renowned for its high-quality tools that help gardeners achieve extraordinary results and is proud to showcase its diverse 2025 cutting collection. Designed with precision, performance, and durability in mind, this extensive range ensures garden centres can cater to every gardener, from novices to experts, with tools that truly make a difference...

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Zest smashes charity target in support of Mind

Zest has smashed its charity fund raising target for 2024, presenting a cheque for £18,800 to Mind – North East Wales...

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Leeds garden centre donates ice rink session for Inclusive Skating Awards
 

The team at a South Leeds garden centre ice rink hosted a group of skaters for a unique awards ceremony that coincided with World Ice Skating Day on 15th December...

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Open Day and Spring Stock Up at Allensmore Nurseries

Allensmore Nurseries are holding and Open Day and Spring Stock Up on Tuesday 28th January or Wednesday 29th January 2025...

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Source Fashion launches Source Debates for February show

Source Fashion, Europe’s leading responsible sourcing show running from 18th – 20th February 2025 at Olympia London, has announced a sneak preview of seminars and speakers including Nobody’s Child founder Andrew Xeni, Safia Minney MBE, and All Saints founder Stuart Trevor, and the debut of Source Debates...

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Geck marks a new milestone with UK launch party
 

Geck Solutions UK, a leader in retail display and point of sale products, recently celebrated the successful launch of its latest initiative at an exclusive UK launch party, hosted at TABU in Mayfair, London...

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