GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 36 2016

Hillview Garden Centres have just announced the acquisition of Scotland Nurseries in Derbyshire, expanding their group to 10 centres located across middle England...

May is a record breaker for sales in garden centres

Take a look at the GTN Bestsellers All Products Index chart for May (above) and you’ll see it has been a record breaking month...

Gardman appoints operations director to define strategy

Gardman has appointed experienced operations executive Matthew Payne (left) as operations director...

Fashion tycoon makes late bid for Dobbies, reports say

Reports circulating in the national press and online over the past week say that retail entrepreneur Philip Day, owner of Edinburgh Woollen Mill and the Peacocks fashion chain, has put in a last-minute bid to buy Dobbies from Tesco...

Cast stone helped garden to lift People's Choice award

With this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show over for another year, it’s worth recognising the less-publicised skill that went into creating some of the gardens...

Sapcote centre owners buys Sharnford site

Sapcote Garden Centre owner Andrew Porwol has acquired a second centre at nearby Sharnford...

Industry's first Chelsea garden is a big hit

The Sun Flower Square, the garden industry collaborative exhibit in the Great Pavilion at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, has been hailed an overwhelming success by the industry, the media and the public...

Don't miss HTA Catering Conference starting on Tuesday

Celebrity Masterchef winner Lisa Faulkner to present GTN's Greatest Catering Awards at the HTA Catering Conference

Lisa Faulkner, cookery author, presenter and actress is to join the HTA Catering Conference dinner as the dinner special guest, where she will present the GTN Greatest Awards...

Glee’s Green Heart set to inspire plant buyers with exciting cross merchandising displays

Plants remain the green heart of any garden retailer, which is why Glee’s very own Green Heart has proven to be such a popular part of the exhibition since its formation in 2014. Returning once again in 2016, the show’s organisers – i2i Events – share more details about the latest developments which will be shaping this area come September...

Search is on for Britain's best lawn

Briggs & Stratton and Hayter are calling for entries for the 2016 ‘Britain’s Best Lawn’ competition...

Never mind the football, feel the turf...

As you settle down to watch the Euro 2016 finals over the next few weeks, the immaculate turf you see on your TV screens will probably have been created from grass seed supplied by DLF, owners of the Johnsons lawn seed retail brand.Never mind ther football, feel the turf...

Award winning designer to speak at Wyevale Nurseries open day

The founder and principal at the Cotswold Gardening School will be one of the guest speakers at an open day being held this month at Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford...

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200 new plants at Ball Colegrave's Summer Showcase

Ball Colegrave promise there will be more than four acres of displays to explore and more than 200 new planta at this year’s Summer Showcase, which runs from 11 to 29 July at the West Adderbury trial grounds near Banbury...

New sales manager for Barrus retail brands

Tracey Moss has joined E P Barrus as area sales manager, working across the WOLF-Garten, Wilkinson Sword Tools, Energizer Batteries and Toolflex brands...

Garden lighting product sales shine brightly

Garden lighting lines, slug control items and plant food were the star performers in this week’s GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart...

Clematis is HTA June Plant of the Moment

The HTA is promoting clematis as its ‘Plant of the Moment’ for June...

Herb plants show up in the Veg-2-Gro Bestsellers chart

Herb plants emerged as bestsellers in the GTN Veg-2-Gro Top 50 chart with a number of new entries and re-entries in this week’s chart...

Growing media sales continue to be strong

The GTN Bestsellers Growing Media chart continues to shine with compost sales remaining strong. This week’s volumes were 4.6% higher than the previous week and 13.1% up on the same week in 2015 and nearly 22% up on 2014...

Inside the June issue of Garden Trade News

The June issue of Garden Trade News is packed full of advice and information for garden retailing professionals...

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