In This Issue
Apta acquired by AMES
GCA Christmas competition winners announced
Primeur’s ECO Garden display stands set to revitalise sales of garden borders and stepping stones in 2020
The stock market is the “natural place” for Dobbies and it will look to float
Dobbies announce 12% sales growth to February 2019
‘A strong and vibrant ornamental horticulture sector’
New Strikes Garden Centre, Stokesley Opens
RHS Garden Wisley bucks the trend against High Street sales
Customers voting for Christmas at garden centres
Christmas success for Brimsmore...even with no glitter
Administrators sell off National Polytunnels business assets
Wish you were here! SOLEX winner enjoys prize in Barbados
Hillier announces environmental audit to cut carbon footprint
Brother and sister give up day jobs to run Kent centre
Vitax grows charity's funds by over £11,000
New book offers tips on reducing plastic in the garden
Wyevale Nurseries expands sales support team
Whartons invests in marketing with new management position
Inaugural Elm Stand Planted at the National Memorial Arboretum as Hillier Trees ‘Re-elms the British Countryside’
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Westland Group Announces Key Appointments to Leadership Teams
At 76, is this Santa's most senior Elf?
‘A strong and vibrant ornamental horticulture sector’ the HTA’s general election 2019 manifesto
Christmas on a new high
Environmentalist to speak at 2020 GCA conference
Keenies are still gardening
GCA conference attendees to hear from Eden Project co-founder
Lights at number one again
NGGV helps boost sales in National Tree Week
Pre-Christmas plant boost
Houseplant and pet categories perform well in October, according to HTA Market Update
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Christmas trees are slimming down
Horticultural ‘Oscars’ highlight gardening as force for good
Sustainability brings opportunity for garden industry
David Austin Roses launches sustainable packaging for bare root planting
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Drinks suppliers flock to show their wares at Casual Dining
Yorkshire chef launches first cookery book with a demo at Bradford garden centre
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Apta acquired by AMES

Apta has been bought by AMES for $10m.  Paul Sykes remains as MD...

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GCA Christmas competition winners announced

Barton Grange Garden Centre (above) and Whitehall Garden Centre – Whitchurch have been announced as the national winners of the 2019 Garden Centre Association’s annual Christmas competition. The garden centres were judged to have the best festive displays in the country by the organisation and will receive their awards at its annual conference in January, 2020.

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Primeur’s ECO Garden display stands set to revitalise sales of garden borders and stepping stones in 2020
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In a year that has seen Primeur’s penetration of UK garden centres increase exponentially, the company has been busy working behind the scenes to develop its instore merchandising displays for the award-winning Eco Garden range...

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The stock market is the “natural place” for Dobbies and it will look to float

Andrew Bracey, the chairman of Dobbies, said in The Times on Saturday: the stock market is the “natural place” for the business and it will look to float “in a year or so”.  Graeme Jenkins explains the plan...

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Dobbies announce 12% sales growth to February 2019

Dobbies Garden Centre Group Limited yesterday (30th November 2019) filed the Annual Report and Financial Statements for The Group and its subsidiaries for the 12 months to 24 February 2019.  These show sales increased 12% on prior year to £166m and are now at £300m following the purchase of a further 31 centres during the rest of 2019...

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‘A strong and vibrant ornamental horticulture sector’
HTA’s general election 2019 manifesto

Ahead of the 12 December general election, the HTA has set out a manifesto outlining the key policy themes and ‘asks’ that are fundamental to developing a strong and vibrant horticulture sector...

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New Strikes Garden Centre, Stokesley Opens

After the devasting fire at our garden centre back in April 2018, Klondyke Strikes have announced that their brand new Strikes Garden Centre and Restaurant at Stokesley is now open...

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RHS Garden Wisley bucks the trend against High Street sales
Opening of new Welcome building in June leads to significant increase

RHS Garden Wisley is celebrating significant rises in retail sales since the opening of its new Welcome building in June this year, with total sales up 24%. This is significantly higher than the rest of the gardening retail industry, which is down 1.7% on comparable categories for the same period, and also bucks the trend against the high street generally, where in-store sales from June to October are 0.64% less than last year.

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Customers voting for Christmas at garden centres
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Customers are voting for Christmas at garden centres across the country as volume sales continue to rise above all previous years...

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Christmas success for Brimsmore...even with no glitter

The Castle Gardens group, famous for its award-winning Christmas displays, has earned another gong – with Yeovil-based Brimsmore Gardens placed third in this year’s GCA national Christmas awards (sponsored by Gisela Graham)…even though it has removed the glitter…

 

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Administrators sell off National Polytunnels business assets

Administrators appointed 10 days ago at National Polytunnels, one of the best-known suppliers to garden centres in its category, were marketing the company’s business assets for sale through agent Simon Creber of GTC last week...

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Wish you were here! SOLEX winner enjoys prize in Barbados

Phil Stevenson of Wantage-based family-run Charlton Park Garden Centre enjoyed a free holiday in Barbados…courtesy of his garden furniture supplier...

 

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Hillier announces environmental audit to cut carbon footprint

 

Hillier is working on an environmental impact audit to evaluate how it can reduce the business’s carbon footprint, director Chris Francis announced at the annual Hillier Garden Centre Awards...

 

Left: Hillier's Employee of the Year, Joshna Desai, receives her award from TV gardener Joe Swift.

 

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Brother and sister give up day jobs to run Kent centre

Brother and sister Tom and Jenny Ripley are to take over Greenways garden centre in Bethersden, Kent, in January - the first time the centre has changed hands in almost 20 years...

 

 

Above: Bradley, Tom and Andrew Ripley in The Garden Restaurant at what will become Ripleys Garden Centre in January.

 

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Drinks suppliers flock to show their wares at Casual Dining

Four months ahead of from Casual Dining 2020 (25-26 March, London ExCeL) two of the show's popular drinks pavilions are already sold out.  Boasting a dozen exhibitors each, the Artisan Spirits Lounge and The Taphouse will sample innovations from a mix of independent breweries and distilleries...

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Yorkshire chef launches first cookery book with a demo at Bradford garden centre

A Yorkshire born chef whose cookery is inspired by a global catering career will be at Tong Garden Centre next week for a demo and book signing...

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Vitax grows charity's funds by over £11,000

The sale of one of Vitax’s leading gardening products has helped to grow the funds of a national charity by over £11,000...

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New book offers tips on reducing plastic in the garden

 

 

A new book tackles the thorny issue of use of plastics in gardens – the first ever guide showing gardeners a way to cut back on un-recyclable materials...

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Wyevale Nurseries expands sales support team

Wyevale Nurseries expanded its sales support team and taken on two new administrators. It promoted Paulina Sawicka from its propagation department to the team and appointed Helen Hoskins. Both are now Sales Support Administrators...

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Whartons invests in marketing with new management position
 

Whartons Roses welcomes Jo Davey to the new role of marketing manager. She joins Norfolk-based rose grower Whartons with over 25 years of horticultural experience in marketing and sales...

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Inaugural Elm Stand Planted at the National Memorial Arboretum as Hillier Trees ‘Re-elms the British Countryside’

A stand of 20 elm trees was planted at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire last week, the first official planting as part of Hillier Trees’ campaign; ‘re-elming the British countryside’...

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