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Personalised cool lunch bags for kids
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New from Global Journey, these new cool lunch bags for kids are ideal for back to school, picnics and days out...
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EASYLINE: the ‘green’ roofing solution for garden projects
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Nurseries and garden centre retailers can help themselves and the environment by stocking EASYLINE from Onduline, the compact eco-friendly roofing solution that comes in a striking standalone display and which is perfect for garden DIY projects...
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The Petface Emporium – Showrooms Reinvented!
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Petface, the pet product experts, have reinvented the “showroom”, and launched the Petface Emporium, a fun filled immersive experience, showcasing thousands of products from the Petface collection...
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Plant sales beat June last year
Who’d have thought we could sell more plants in June this year after the bumper post re-opening sales of 2020. The GTN Bestsellers All Plants index for June was up by 12% on 2020 to set a new record for the month.
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Plant health agreement could turn £multi-billion horticulture industry into Brexit success story, claims HTA
The HTA has launched Let Britain Grow, a campaign calling for the Government to negotiate a plant health agreement between the UK and the EU that will enable the multi-billion pound sector to boost the nation’s economic growth and fuel international trade post-Brexit...
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Use of biological controls at Bransford Webbs
Biological controls form a major part of the integrated approach to crop protection across the nursery at Bransford Webbs...
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YouGarden completes acquisition of Gardening Direct
YouGarden, a leading multi-channel retailer of horticultural products, has acquired Gardening Direct, an online and mail order supplier of live plants...
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Local garden centre decorates BBC set
The British Garden Centre Group have donated a selection of plants from their Coventry Garden Centre which were used to decorate the set of BBC Breakfast on Monday 21st June 2021 at their University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire set up...
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Skydive to help Lily's bucket list dreams come true
Lily Dallimore, the daughter of GTN’s advertisement manager Alan Burdon, has battled against horrific and deteriorating health problems for most of her life, and now her best friend is raising funds to help her bucket list dreams come true...
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Begonia I'CONIA Aroma Peach wins FleuroStar Award 2021
Fleuroselect, the international organisation for the ornamental plants industry, has announced that the FleuroStar Award 2021/22 was won by Begonia I'CONIA Aroma Peach from Dümmen Orange...
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The Blue Diamond Group to create 'Down Memory Lane' Garden at RHS Hampton Court Palace Festival
The Blue Diamond Group, the UK’s second largest Garden Centre Group, has announced it will be creating a Show Garden at this year’s RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival (5th to 11th July), and in addition will have a display and selling area in the Festival of Roses Marquee...
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
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New garden centre for well-known Norwegian Hageland
For Hageland, a well-known Norwegian chain that consists of more than 100 garden centres, Smiemans Projecten is realising a new garden centre in Tau. This modern multipurpose building will have an internal sales area of ca. 1,100 m2 with additional outdoor plant sales area...
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Master mowers finish Greenfingers' lawn cutting challenge
Stratford-upon-Avon firm Sims Garden Machinery has completed a 10-week lawn mowing challenge against global garden tools manufacturer, STIHL. The Minutes Mowed challenge is in aid of Greenfingers Charity...
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Tong is first retail outlet for handcrafted Yorkshire furniture
A former PE teacher's business has created handcrafted wooden products exclusively for Tong Garden Centre in Bradford...
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How the order to ‘stay home’ gave houseplants another welcome boost
Houseplant sales have been on an upward curve for some time now but, for anyone wondering if the trend has hit its peak, think again because Covid has taken the demand for greenery in the home up another notch...
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Top tips for maximising the sales potential of Primeur’s Eco Garden merchandising units
Primeur’s Sales Director, Jenny Douthwaite, offers some top tips to ensure that Eco Garden keeps the tills ringing...
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The Peat Issue - Moving to a Peat Free future. Read GTN's May/June 2021 issue on-line now
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The Peat Issue – Retailer Comment from Alan Roper - Blue Diamond, Adam Wigglesworth - Aylett Nurseries, Paul Cooling - Coolings, Marcus Eyles and Graeme Jenkins - Dobbies, Justin Williams - Fron Goch, Charlie Groves - Groves Nurseries & Garden Centre, Martin Breddy - Squires, Matthew Bent - Bents Garden & Home, Mike Burks - The Gardens Group, Roger Crookes, Tammy Woodhouse - Millbrook Garden Centres, Andy Bunker - Alton Garden Centre
The Peat Issue – What about the alternatives
The Peat Issue – Responsible sourcing for the future The Peat Issue – Seabrook on Peat
The Peat Issue – How does Peat emit Carbon?
Dobbies Boston – Before and After
M42 Garden Centre Photo Tour – Planters, Melbicks, Rosebourne Solihull, Notcutts Solihull, BGC Studley
The Berkshire Gardener Photo Tour
Westland Driving Growth
Woodmansterne – A fresh approach to card sales
HTA Column – Solutions please…
GIMA Column – We have achieved so much
Read GTN's May/June 2021 issue here
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Double bubble for June growing media sales
Growing activity continues to grow at an astounding pace. June 2021 set a new record for volume growing media sales, up 13% on June last year and a staggering 103% higher than in June 2019...
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John Hughes, former general manager of Christmas Crafts, has died
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of John Hughes on the 29th June. John was known in the Christmas industry as General Manager of Christmas Crafts before founding The Paragon Collection with Alison Lloyd and her father Jim Neill...
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Veg growing 70% more popular than in 2018
The fact that at the half year sales are 15% up on 2019 volumes and 70% up on 2018 volumes is the real indicator of the popularity of veg growing at the moment...
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Environment Minister visits Eden’s ground-breaking Hot Rocks project
Environment Minister Rebecca Pow has made a special visit to the Eden Project to see first-hand the pioneering Eden Geothermal energy project and then tour the world-famous Biomes with Co-Founder Sir Tim Smit...
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35% up on 2019 for June garden product sales
Garden product sales in June dropped slightly from last year’s post re-opening catch up levels but were encouragingly 35% ahead of 2019 levels...
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Autumn Fair and #SBS Small Business Sunday winners
Autumn Fair has partnered once again with Theo Paphitis’ #SBS Small Business Sunday to bring back the #SBS Pavilion to Autumn Fair 2021 and is delighted to announce the six winners of this year’s competition...
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Wild Bird Care activity down by 12%
Wild Bird Care continues to be a sector where we’re not seeing the same growth in activity compared to the growing gardening areas. June Top 50 volume sales were 24% down on last year but also 18% down on 2019 and 2018 levels...
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Home & Gift to take place with no restrictions
Home & Gift 2021 has been selected to be part of a limited number of pilot events in the third phase of the Government Events Research Programme. This means we have full backing from the Government and Public Health bodies to celebrate our 60th anniversary on the 18-21 July...
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Game-changing 'Curated Meetings' debuts at Autumn Fair
Already a huge success for over five years at its partner show in Las Vegas, USA – Autumn Fair is now bringing the Curated Meetings service to the UK; introducing pre-qualified and vetted premium buyers who are actively sourcing to relevant, quality suppliers...
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lunch! announces big name keynote speakers for comeback show
The organisers of lunch!, the definitive event for the café, coffee shop and food to go sector, have revealed the first batch of industry leaders joining the Keynote speaker line-up at the show, which is taking place live 23-24 September at ExCeL London...
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Nature restoration could generate £6.4 billion a year in benefits to UK
A pop-up shop, the InConvenience Store, opened in central Manchester, Edinburgh and Cardiff, taking members of the public on an immersive shopping trip to a dystopian future in which nature has collapsed, our skies have fallen silent and entire cities have disappeared under rising seas...
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RHS licensee Scholastic UK announces gardening competition for children
The Royal Horticultural Society and Scholastic UK, a division of the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, are set to grow a new generation of readers...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
£1.8m reward for Choice Marketing members
Choice Marketing members are celebrating the completion of another successful year with a huge rebate of £1,800,000, for achieving agreed targets with their key suppliers during 2020...
Read more and see pictures from the Choice Meet the Furniture Buyer event
UK’s largest garden centre should get green light, say planning officers
Planning officers have recommended that proposals for what’s been described as the UK’s largest garden centre be approved by local councillors...
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Selfridges launches garden centres in major cities
Retail giant Selfridges has introduced garden centres into its London, Manchester and Birmingham stores as it attempts to capitalise on the gardening boom that grew during the lockdowns...
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A Fresh Approach to Increased Greeting Card Sales
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Burleydam and Rosebourne garden centres sing the praises of Woodmansterne’s W-Select Service as they increase customer satisfaction and card sales...
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Sustainable decking brand invests in technology to aid its stockist partners
The UK’s leading brand of sustainable composite decking and cladding, Composite Prime, has launched an exclusive online stockist training programme. Following a huge surge in demand for composite decking products experienced by stockists during the pandemic the brand has invested in a free to use, virtual training platform...
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Heaven Sends launches biggest Halloween collection
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Increasingly popular with the British public, Halloween continues to take a higher chunk of consumer spending in categories like costumes, confectionery and of course, home décor...
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Dobbies brings forward peat-free target to 2021
Dobbies has confirmed it will be peat-free in six months, in relation to bagged compost, bringing forward the original target of 2022...
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Royal Canin to launch new Sensory feline wet range
GTN Xtra Promotion
Royal Canin is introducing a new a feline wet range - Sensory - with three new sensorial stimulations of Smell, Taste and Feel developed to excite cats’ senses. The new range will launch throughout August and September...
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Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
In advance of the launch of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020, GTN's Northern Correspondent, Steve Myatt, paid a visit to Barton Grange to bring you this first GTN Xtra Christmas photo tour.
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Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
Sneak preview of Perrywoods Greatest Christmas Awards entry
See Perrywoods Christmas Awards Entry Photo Tour here
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Sneak preview of Squires Badshot Lea Greatest Christmas Awards entry
See Squires Bashot Lea's Christmas Awards entry photo tour here
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