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Grow your own set for biggest year ever
The second week of Easter 2022 set a new record for the highest weeks volume sales of the Top 50 Veg-2-Gro lines, beating the previous record high set in May 2020 after Lockdown#1 by 15%...
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Deco-Pak expands team
Deco-Pak – the leading outdoor landscaping supplier – has expanded its team with the introduction of Alice Cockburn...
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Highest volumes for growing media since May 2020
Growing media sales over this Easter fortnight were 5% lower than Easter 2021 but 25% higher than Easter 2019...
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Heuchera L. Frilly enters Plant of the Year at Chelsea
After being rewarded with Brons at the KVBC Spring Challenge in 2021, gold medal-winning nursery Plantagogo has entered Heuchera L. Frilly (‘Alchefril’ PBR) to the prestigious Plant of the Year competition at Chelsea 2022...
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Feed me, feed me more
Garden product sales jumped back above 2019 levels for the first time in four weeks, up by 19% to be 6% up year to date on 2019 Top 50 volumes...
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Easter boost for Wild Bird Care sales
The second week of Easter proved a good week for Wild Bird Care sales with Top 50 volumes increasing by 25% week on week and being higher than the same week in 2018, 2019 and 2021...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Plant food gets a Boost
Plant food and lawn care products were the most sought after garden products in the first Easter week of 2022. Tomato food led the way with three separate SKUs in the Top 10...
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Doors Open, at Dor’s Garden
A new store on the high street for gardeners. That is the vision of owner Stacey Gibson who now has the first weeks trading from her outlet in Ross on Wye, Herefordshire up and running...
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Family announces sad passing of Longacres founder
It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Long, founder of Longacres Garden Centre, have announced his passing on Friday, April 15.
His funeral will take place at St. Michael and All Angels Church, Lower Church Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire GU47 8HN at 4.30pm on Friday (April 29)...
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Defenders range designed to appeal to all gardeners
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The new Defenders range of spreaders and sprayers is designed to appeal to all gardeners, especially those novices who need simple, easy to use products...
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Bradford garden centre invests in new warehousing
The team at Tong Garden Centre in West Yorkshire has invested over £280,000 to treble the capacity of an existing warehouse...
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New Handy display introduced across Dobbies centres
British garden equipment manufacturer Handy has unveiled a new display concept which is being introduced across 67 Dobbies Garden Centres this Spring...
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Easter sees sales bounce back to above 2019 levels
Sales during the first Easter week of 2022 bounced back to above 2019 levels, up by 26% on the same week, and were the highest volume sales for the first Easter week since 2015 with the exception of last year...
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Shaping a new future at Coolings
