In This Issue
Terra Firma intends to add to TGCG's growing number of garden centres, reveals chairman
William Sinclair issue trading statement announcing disappointing sales
Ex-Sinclair MD Danny Adamson joins Kärcher
Pressing need to change Sunday trading laws
Garden sectors shine despite stall in volume sales growth
Container planting boosts sales of garden products
Chelsea designer aims to get more secondary schools gardening
Spring success for Bosch Lawn and Garden
Hillier present book to the Queen at Chelsea Flower Show
Hydrangea macrophylla Miss Saori crowned Chelsea Plant of the Year
Medal joy for HTA members at RHS Chelsea
Affordable orangerie from Nordic perfect for small gardens
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HTA Garden Gift Card wins major award
Grafted veg plants continue to sell well in garden centres
Hanging baskets and pots boost compost sales
Retired servicemen sow poppies in memory of WW1
Ecovision and HTA Announce CRoP Partnership
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Garden sectors shine despite stall in volume sales growth

of garden products, growing media and plants continued to grow at a fast pace last week, despite overall garden centre volume sales dropping off slightly.

The GTN Bestsellers Growing Media Top 50 index saw the highest week-on-week movement, up by 32% to reach a record high for the year. The increased gardening activity has arrived as more gardeners put out bedding and plant up hanging baskets now that the threat of frost appears to have gone.

For suppliers and retailers alike the sales patterns of gardening products have been much steadier than the two previous years, as can be seen by our GTN Bestsellers Top 50 Volume Index graphs below.  

One week in and our prediction is off target. But then there’s the Bank Holiday to come. Where do you think we will be at the half year, 6% up as we suggested last week, or closer to 10%?

A smooth growth line for the Garden Product Top 50 Bestsellers sales. Garden lighting has been a consistent performer all year long.

After a dip post-Easter, growing media sales volumes are back where we’d hope them to be – this is after all the best indicator of real gardening activity. On this basis we could be in for a great summer of gardening.

Veg-2-Gro is the only graph showing volumes down year-on-year. A deeper look into the Epos data reveals more veg plants being sold without specific variety identification and as own branded lines.

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