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Media statement from The Garden Centre Association regarding Gardman
Mike Lind, Chairman of The Garden Centre Association (GCA) said: “The GCA are devastated for Gardman following the recent fire at their Daventry HQ. The GCA extends its heart-felt thoughts and sympathies to all the company’s directors and staff and further offers its support and best wishes to the company in restoring its full business activity as soon as is practically possible.”
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Garden Pride takes on new range of hanging baskets
GTN Xtra Promotion
Following the success of the relaunch in September 2017, Garden Pride have taken on several new lines of hanging baskets, coco liners, jute liners and pre lined troughs...
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Garden Re-Leaf Day provides FUNdraising and sales opportunities before the snow
A sunny day, you'd almost think it was spring, greeted nearly 100 Greenfingers Charity supporters at Wyevale Worlds End on Friday for the fourth annual Garden Re-Leaf Day sponsored walk and first ever Garden Re-Leaf Day sponsored cycle ride...
Read more and see the GTN Xtra gallery of photos from the event
Garden Re-Leaf Day gets great coverage on Twitter and Facebook
Green cakes, plantathons galore, quiz nights and more sponsored walk photos are among the many twitter and facebook posts we've seen that have helped raise the profile of gardening with Garden Re-Leaf Day...
See our gallery of pics from twitter and facebook
Sales bounce back...but we didn't need any more snow!
Mother’s Day and some warmer weather helped the bounce back after the “Beast from the East” but sales levels didn’t get back to previous years’ levels so there is now plenty of ground to make up as we move towards Easter. And then we get this today...
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Mother’s Day gifts drive plant sales
Thank goodness it didn’t snow over Mother’s Day weekend! The warmer weather had a good effect on plant sales but they were still short of total sales levels for the same week last year...
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MEP Anthea McIntyre joins key pesticides committee
Anthea McIntyre, Conservative agriculture spokesman in the European Parliament, has been appointed to a special committee on pesticides and will lead as Coordinator for the European Conservatives and Reformists group. The committee has been set up in the wake of an attempt by some MEPs to ban the popular weedkiller glyphosate.
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The digital service bringing flexible workers to business
Grafter is a new and easy digital solution for business to rapidly engage project, short term and seasonal workers, and has already attracted over 12,000 registered users...
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Distribution market for garden products in the UK worth around £5bn
The UK domestic garden products distribution market was worth an estimated £4.9bn in 2017 at retail selling prices (RSP), representing an increase of 3% compared to the previous year...
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Haskins brings back ‘Name the Rose’ competition
To celebrate one of the UK’s favourite flowers, Haskins Garden Centre has re-launched an exclusive ‘Name the Rose’ competition across all four of its centres...
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HTA Catering Conference – 5-6 June 2018
The latest food trends, the war on waste and catering for vegans are just some of the topics on the agenda at the HTA Catering Conference which takes place on 5-6 June at the Birmingham Botanical Gardens...
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Garden product sales come out of hibernation
Garden lighting, mini cutters and potting on lines were the biggest beneficiaries in sales terms as customers came out again and shopped in garden centres...
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Veg gardeners make up for lost time
Buyers of veg seeds and plants made up for lost time after the freeze with volumes up by 172% on the previous week and only 29% down on the same week last year, the smallest deficit of any GTN Bestsellers indecies this week...
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Waterlogged pots slow the recovery for growing media
Sales of growing media picked up considerably after the snow but still fell way short of last year’s levels for the same week, down 51%. That’s most likely because of soil that is still either too cold or now waterlogged...
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Wild Bird Care sales drop
Wild Bird Care Top 50 sales volumes dropped by 9% as the freeze ended and sales volumes dropped back to levels below last year once again. Tom Chambers Coconut Half saw the biggest percentage increase...
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HTA introduces Recycling Scheme for members
The HTA has launched a Recycling Scheme for its members which will enable businesses of all sizes to responsibly recycle their plastic and other waste and enhance their green credentials...
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Build a Compost Robot and win the chance to go to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
As part of the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) industry exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, ‘The Great Escape’, garden retailers have the opportunity to enter a ‘Build a Compost Robot Competition’...
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Darlac Appoints New Agent in Central England
Darlac, the cutting tools experts, have announced the arrival of Richard Bedingfield as an agent for the Central England area...
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Kyle creates customer Plant Health Information Pack
The Plant Heath Coordinator at one of the UK’s leading nurseries has created an information pack on biosecurity to help address the recent concerns related to the topic within the industry...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Gardman fire destroys the stock and the building - drone video and company statement
Drone footage from Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue, filmed on Monday, shows the extent of the fire at the Gardman warehouse in Daventry and the company have issued a statement saying: "the fire has destroyed both the stock and the building"...
See the drone video and read the Gardman update
Man arrested on suspicion of arson after Gardman warehouse fire
Northamptonshire Police have just issued a bulletin on their website stating that a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson in connection with the fire. Roads in the industrial estate remain closed while firefighters continue to tackle the fire and work closely with the police and other agencies to maintain public safety....
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Worst garden centre trading week in Bestsellers history - but how are centres trading in the aftermath?
It was a bad week for garden centre trading with sales almost falling off our GTN Bestellers All Sales index graph but not the worst start to the year in recent history...
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Nicholas Marshall is still Chief Executive, maintain Dobbies
Dobbies have told GTN Xtra this week that Nicholas Marshall is still chief executive of the garden centre group following rumours that he'd left the company...
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