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Iglu 360 is the perfect outdoor dining experience for garden centres
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More popular than ever, the Iglu360 is the must have for the latest contemporary look to upgrade your garden centre restaurant...
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Woodlodge win GCA Supplier of the Year Award
‘Highly Commended’ awards to Gisela Graham, Melcourt, Smart, Farplants & Allensmore
The team at Woodlodge Products are celebrating this week after being presented with the GCA’s 2020 Associate of the Year Award...
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Bents receives Covid-secure recognitions as it opens up alfresco dining
Bents Garden & Home has received recognition of its high standards of customer care, having been presented with two Covid secure accreditations which it hopes will further help visitors to feel safe and welcome at the family owned and run centre...
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Greenfingers says thank you to LOFA
Trade association donates £10,000 to support the work of charity
The Greenfingers Charity is offering its thanks to The Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association (LOFA) following the trade association’s kind donation of £10,000...
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Swedish success story for Highfield Garden World protégé
The team at Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire is toasting the success of former member of staff Alcwyn Davies having heard the news that he has beaten 1,700 others to win a coveted award in his adopted home country of Sweden...
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Frosty effect on plant sales
The continued cold wind and threat of frosts has definitely slowed the sales of plants, with volumes down 10% week on week and 8% down on the same week in 2019...
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'Frosty' Spring fails to halt sales to UK
Despite experiencing frost this Spring, Tuscany Growers are reporting increased sales and delivery to the UK. There is strong demand for Bamboo (phyllostachis), Rhyncopspermum, Photonias and Pleached Trees...
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How The Real Soil Company is driving sales in store with informative packaging and PoS
Creating stand-out PoS in an increasingly saturated retail environment was a key consideration when the team at The Real Soil Company created the packaging for its new peat-free, organic and veganic topsoil, SuperSoil...
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Hofats win two German Design Awards
Hofats has won two German Design Awards for its Bowl (Firepit & BBQ) and Spin (Tabletop Fire Lantern)...
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BaltCap sells EKJU to AMATA
Garden furniture specialists, EKJU, have followed a record year in 2020 with more exciting news for the future of the company. A deal has been agreed for a change of ownership which sees previous owners including BaltCap, exit the business and sell to a new holding company, AMATA, which will be run by the existing management team who will continue operations at their manufacturing site in Latvia...
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Door knockers make good first impression
Dreamair have developed a range of door knockers trademarked Casas Door Furniture to suit and fit onto traditional wooden as well as composite doors...
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No bubble burst yet for garden centre sales volumes
Sales may have dipped last week to below or just matching previous years’ levels for the first week since mid-February but the consensus is that the bubble has not burst for garden centres’ increased sales volumes...
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Dobbies hosts great pizza virtual event with Ooni Pizza Ovens
Dobbies has announced a free, exclusive virtual event with Ooni Pizza Ovens, to share top tips on making great pizza with keen cooks across the UK...
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Horticulture students get financial boost for futures
The David Colegrave Foundation has selected its scholarship winners for the 2020-21 season. Receiving over £11,000 between them, nine students have had a boost to their future studies in sustainability, ethnobotany, biodiversity, commercial horticulture and plant breeding...
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RHS Gardens welcome two new National Collections
The five Royal Horticultural Society gardens are to become custodians of one of the UK’s biggest National Collections of plants thanks to a generous donation from current collection holder Fibrex Nurseries. The National Collection of Pelargonium is the largest of its kind in the world, numbering more than 1,400 accessions which will be divided by group between RHS Gardens Bridgewater, Harlow Carr, Hyde Hall, Rosemoor and Wisley...
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Gardena searches for UK's most passionate gardener
Gardena has launched a search to find 'The UK’s most passionate gardener, during National Gardening Week...
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Have your say on the future of Glee - Survey closes on Monday 26th April
Glee Event Director Matthew Mein would like you to tell him how his team can improve Glee: "As we prepare for the return of Glee on 14th – 16th September, I look forward to welcoming you back to the show and hope you will join us as we reunite the community for 2021...
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Drought-proofing lawns with Johnsons Lawn Seed
The global king of lawn seed has been investigating how to help drought-ridden lawns survive the summer with super-strength, deep rooting grass varieties...
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AMES UK demonstrate their commitment to people
AMES UK have announced the appointment of Nicola Sykes to the newly created role of HR Director...
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Gardening demand at an all time high
Despite the lull in sales due to the continued cold weather, garden product sales for last week exceeded sales during the same week in 2019 by 9% and that was an Easter week...
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It's official: the UK is a nation of gardeners
A recent survey carried out by the Crop Protection Association’s Common Sense Gardening Group confirmed that the UK really is a nation of gardeners, with over 85% of people surveyed engaged in gardening in some way. ..
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Gardeners delight for Grow Your Own
Veg plant sales grew again last week, up by almost 12% week on week, despite the cold weather...
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GIMA confirms Scarlet Opus to return for new series of virtual webinars
GIMA has recommissioned its Consumer & Design Trends research for the third year running, once again optimising the leading insight from trend agency, Scarlet Opus...
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30% more growing going on
On average, it’s now fair to say there is 30% more growing going on so far this year than any of the four years leading up to 2020. After Growing Media Top 50 sales last week exceeded sales of Easter week 2019, year to date volumes are now 19% up on 2019 and 42% up on 2018 levels...
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Promotion for Haskins Garden Centre’s Catering Manager
Jason Froggatt, who first joined Haskins Garden Centres in 2003, has been promoted to Group Catering Manager...
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RHS & Biscuiteers collection launched by renowned British hand-iced biscuit company
The Royal Horticultural Society has licensed Biscuiteers, the original hand-iced biscuit company, to produce the RHS & Biscuiteers collection...
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Gardena honoured with Red Dot Design Awards
The Gardena ClickUp! range, the RollUp range of wall-mounted and garden hose boxes as well as the new robotic lawnmower SILENO minimo have been awarded the highly coveted Red Dot Design Award 2021...
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AIPH World Green City Awards launched to champion ‘Living Green’
In response to the growing importance of greening our world’s cities, the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) has launched the first city based ‘Living Green’ Awards...
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Hotter and RHS announce new spring/summer canvas shoe range
The Royal Horticultural Society has announced that Hotter, the UK’s biggest shoemaker, has launched a limited-edition range of new RHS Molly shoes – canvas shoes for women with active outdoor lifestyles...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
David Isaac says farewell to Johnsons of Boston
Twenty-three years after buying Johnsons of Boston, David Isaac, a self-described "engineer from a family of retailers", has retired and the business sold to Dobbies. GTN Xtra had the privilege of visiting David and his team on their last day of independent trading, Sunday 18th April 2021, before the centre closes for a two week re-fit...
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Dobbies acquires Johnsons Garden Centre
Dobbies has announced the acquisition of Johnsons Garden Centre (Johnsons) located in Boston, Lincolnshire. This takes the total number of Dobbies stores to 71...
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Honeyfield’s, the gift that keeps on giving
Honeyfield’s Wild Bird has dedicated years to developing and sourcing quality products to make the bird feeding experience as easy as possible. This care and attention to the full experience ensures that there is a solution for every consumer, by creating differing price points throughout their range...
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Time to stock up for spring!
GTN Xtra Promotion
A popular choice for DIY enthusiasts is ONDULINE EASYLINE lightweight roofing sheets, available to garden centre retailers in a branded standalone pallet, complete with accessories and fixings...
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Allensmore receive Klondyke’s Plant Supplier of the Year Award
Congratulations to Allensmore Nurseries who were recently voted as the Klondyke Group’s Plant Supplier of the Year for 2020...
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Seventh generation Durston joins family business
Dan Durston's daughter Katie has joined Grandfather Steve and Great Uncle Chris who are current directors of the Durston Dynasty, which has been operating on the Somerset levels for over 150 years, in the family business as part of an Apprenticeship in Business Administration...
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Squire’s Garden Centre Reigate receives GCA GROW training award
Squire's Garden Centre Reigate has been presented this month (April 2021) with the Garden Centre Association’s Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) award for completing the most GROW training modules last year (2020)...
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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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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
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
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