In This Issue
A very happy Christmas for garden centres
Christmas shopping report: Brits spend £158 on decorations and 40% put up two trees
Garden centre closes after railway landlord declines to renew lease
GTN's Sustainability Directory 2020
Former England cricketers unite for unique ‘Audience with' event at Tong Garden Centre
Toppings sell Barton Grange Hotel to catering firm
Hillmount Santa's Grotto is Belfast's favourite
HTA response to Queen’s Speech and EU Withdrawal Bill
West London houseplant offering opens to critical acclaim
Bents to kick off 2020 with photo competition
Zest 4 Leisure donates fundraising cheque to charity
Trends in gardening – what’s shaping the future?
Glee 2020 will show why the garden retail sector thrives
Design Council boost for inventor's 'easier digging' device
New-era Summerhouse is the smart route to on-trend products at Spring Fair
Calling all Garden Centre Suppliers - Submit your FREE Sustainability Directory Entry here
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Wildlife World makes key management appointment
GCA conference to welcome double Olympic gold medallist
Tubtrugs inventor Steve Faulks hangs up his tubs
GB to stage joint exhibits at IPM Essen
Growers must get frictionless trade with EU warns HTA
The best of last week's
The Big Three - GTN interviews Graeme Jenkins, Charles Stubbs and Alan Roper
British Garden Centres finally acquire 8 Hillview centres
Dobbies made £14m loss after buying six centres for £70m
Another record Christmas sales week
It’s an all-time winter high, according to GTN Bestsellers Epos data
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Casual Dining: Food and drink trends for 2020
Top food pro explains how he keeps up with what consumer s want
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A very happy Christmas for garden centres

Even after record weeks in November when Christmas sold through faster than in previous years, garden centres have still been seeing record sales levels into December.

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Christmas shopping report: Brits spend £158 on decorations and 40% put up two trees

 

Leading garden centre, Hayes Garden World, has released a report exploring consumer buying habits and trends at Christmas time...

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Garden centre closes after railway landlord declines to renew lease
Thriving business had been going for 45 years

Toddington Garden Centre in Gloucestershire closed last Tuesday after the landlords – the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway railway – refused to renew its lease...

 

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GTN's Sustainability Directory 2020
 

 

 

GTN is compiling a Sustainability Directory to be published in January 2020 that will provide a guide for garden centre buyers and staff to the sustainability initiatives of garden centre suppliers...

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Former England cricketers unite for unique ‘Audience with' event at Tong Garden Centre
 

Tickets have gone on sale at a Bradford garden centre for a unique event for cricket fans. On 7th July 2020, Tong Garden Centre will host an ‘Audience with' former England test captain, Michael Vaughan and former Yorkshire captain, Darren Gough...

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Toppings sell Barton Grange Hotel to catering firm

The Topping family have sold the Barton Grange Hotel in Preston to a catering company in order to concentrate on their garden centre and newly-opened Flower Bowl entertainment complex...

 

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Hillmount Santa's Grotto is Belfast's favourite

Santa’s Grotto at  Hillmount garden centre in Belfast has been voted the area’s favourite by readers of the Belfast Live website...

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HTA response to Queen’s Speech and EU Withdrawal Bill
 

The Horticultural Trades Associatio) has issued a comment regarding the Queen’s Speech. James Clark, Director of Policy and Communications at the HTA, said: “We welcome the commitment made by Government within the Queen’s Speech to progress key areas of activity around the economy, trade, and the environment – all fundamental to our members’ needs...

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West London houseplant offering opens to critical acclaim
 

The West London garden centre operating from a railway arch has opened its new indoor plant centre, The Green Room to acclaim from the experts...

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Casual Dining: Food and drink trends for 2020

Which key food and drink trends will be shaping menus in the year to come?  That’s exactly what leading trade show Casual Dining asked some of its regular visitors.  Among them, some of the nation’s favourite pubs, bars and restaurants...

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Top food pro explains how he keeps up with what consumer s want

Ahead of the Hotel, Restaurant & Catering show (HRC, 3-5 March 2020, ExCeL London), a leading  food industry professional highlights how he keeps in touch with what consumers want...

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Bents to kick off 2020 with photo competition

Bents Garden & Home will be welcoming in 2020 with the launch of its annual photography competition, looking for the very best images of nature that capture the beauty of our surroundings...

 

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Zest 4 Leisure donates fundraising cheque to charity

Zest 4 Leisure has celebrated a year of fundraising by presenting a cheque for £17,982.55 to the Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith Children’s Hospices...

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Trends in gardening – what’s shaping the future?

 

As the garden industry gears up for Glee 2020, here are some of the themes that will be shaping garden retail in the year ahead...

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Glee 2020 will show why the garden retail sector thrives

The future is looking bright for garden retail - and Glee 2020 will reflect the industry's optimism. According to AMA Research’s 2017 Garden Market Analysis Report, the UK garden products market* is currently valued at £5.7billion and is expected to benefit from a 2% annual increase until 2023. With technology, sustainability, ethical living, and millennials driving this growth, the long-term picture offers a stark contrast to the doom and gloom that is shaping the UK high street...

 

 

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Design Council boost for inventor's 'easier digging' device

A British inventor’s labour-saving digging device has been endorsed by the Design Council and the Versus Arthritis charity...

 

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New-era Summerhouse is the smart route to on-trend products at Spring Fair

Spring Fair will launch its new vision for the designer-led sector, The Summerhouse, at the 2020 show to help buyers discover the latest on-trend gifting, interiors, lighting and lifestyle products...

 

 

 

 

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