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Get planning for next year! Start by taking advantage of this BOGOF offer exclusive for GTN Xtra readers
Ex-Garden & Leisure manager to run Rosebourne's new Hampshire centre
Greenfingers call for Carrier Bag Tax Donations
Home building programme will spark patio gardening boom says Ball Colegrave
Stax growth, substitute sellers, market data and legal updates at GIMA Day Conference
Strengthen Your Core with Grow Your Own Profits Roadshow
Sales down at garden centres during half-term week
Online tool will help retailers meet new garden chemical regulations deadline
Vroom vroom....Santa settles for a £1m sports car for Squire's arrival
Wyevale Garden Centres launches community garden makeover initiative
Multiple medal wins for Dutch supplier at Groot Groen fair
Allensmore expands Blooms branded plants range
Decco to transport unwanted stock donated to Greenfingers charity
Nominate your teams for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards
Vote for your Greatest Christmas Supplier of the Year
Book your tickets for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
Wholesale Nursery - Sales Assistant - Hampshire
Plant Area Supervisor - Hampshire
Plant Propagation Seeding Supervisor - Manager - North Yorkshire
Kent & Stowe Garden Life attracts new customers
Ken White joins HTA Board
Work starts on new Jiffy factory in Holland
Pot luck could win you a £300 voucher!
T&M chooses Thrive as its charity of the year
A good sales week for Gardman products
H&H Christmas Money Box still as popular as ever
Top soil and farmyard manure still in demand
Win £300 to spend on Planters, Burners and Water Features
Eighteen marketing presentations in one day
Driving Tangible Returns on Investment with PR and Social Media
Developing a successful marketing campaign in your local community
The Ups and Downs of Play time!
Digital Marketing – key issues on the digital agenda
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Tong centre catering upgrade creates 35 jobs
Situations Vacant
Key Accounts Manager – Outdoor Living
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Wholesale Nursery - Sales Assistant - Hampshire
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Plant Area Supervisor - Hampshire
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The Ups and Downs of Play time!
 

If you are thinking of adding soft play to your offering, Boyd Douglas-Davies from the Hillview Group will cover the high and low points through the first year of operating a Soft Play centre in a garden centre. Since opening the Soft Play Barn at Hilltop Garden Store on 1st October 2014, they have learnt a lot one year on!

Boyd J Douglas-Davies is Chief Executive of Hillview Garden Centres Ltd. The business acquired its first garden centre in September 2011 and now has 9 sites across the Midlands and is looking to add a significant number of centres to its portfolio. Prior to setting up HGC, Boyd was CEO of Webbs of Wychbold, the award winning garden centre in Worcestershire. In 2011 he created Garden Re-Leaf Day; a national day of activities for Gardeners, Garden Centres and Giving. 

Since its inception it has generated a huge amount of PR for the industry and raised over £270,000 for the Greenfingers Charity.  He is passionate about garden centres and relishes challenges that require creative solutions. In 2014 Hillview Garden Centres opened its first Soft Play Barn – a charged for Soft Play and Cafe Bar at Hilltop Garden Store in the Cotswolds. He has plans to open a number of these units in the next year. 

If you want to understand the ups and downs of adding soft play to your mix, book your place at The HTA Marketing Forum now.  GTN Xtra readers can take advantage of a special Buy One get One Free offer at: www.the-hta.org.uk/marketingforum using the code GTNXtra.

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