In This Issue
Record-breaking month for up-for-sale Wyevale
Westland and Crest are touring!
Garden centre business back to normality...almost!
LOFAssured initiative gains strength
Gardman lands on National TV for the first time
Plant sales outstrip supply, but now 8% up year on year
Cultivating Retail Shaping up – the new one-day event
Bents receive Gold Award for Outstanding Achievement
Greenfingers Charity and Kew Green Hotels finalists in Business awards
Borough Market Kitchen Garden set to inspire home growers at Hampton Court Show
Colin Squire collects his OBE at the palace
Bord na Móna to keep Myeloma garden blooming bright
Nursery joins forces with TV gardener and charity
If 47% of gardeners want to do less weeding, what about the rest?
Johnsons Lawn Seed’s World Cup tip for retailers
GTN Xtra and GDPR
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
DecoPak enjoys the Chelsea effect
Increased pest activity leads to surge on ant and slug products
Tomato planter is a bestseller
Wild Bird Care sales still holding up well
Floramedia UK Account Manager Team goes from strength to strength
Perennial and Scotland’s Gardens Scheme partnership continues to flourish as Gardening Scotland opens doors
Johnsons launches new Growing Kit for All Year Round Microgreens and Sprouting Seeds
Greener, safer gardening with ecofective®
The best of last week's
26th June is Deadline for initial Wyevale Garden Centre offers
Homebase sold for £1.00 - "...one of the great all time disasters"
New owners for Stansted Park Garden Centre
Garden Centres in a much better place than DIY
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Adande’s Aircell Grab & Go cabinet wins energy efficiency award
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Garden Centres in a much better place than DIY

As B&Q announced sales down by 9% for the first quarter, and Wesfarmers sell off Homebase for £1 after dreadful sales performances, garden centres across the UK are faring much better because of their core product line – plants.

 

A second bumper week of plant sales, up 34% on the same week last year means the GTN Bestsellers Plant Sales Index has risen not only to parity year on year but to an incredible 3.1% up on 2017 for the year to date. 

 

And that is driving a fast recovery for all garden centre sales.  Our index now sits at minus 4.4% and several garden centre owners and managers are speculating about being level year on year by the end of May.

 

If Wyevale Garden Centres are seeing the same increases no wonder Guy Hands is looking for the good life and selling all 145 centres to close his investment fund.

 

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 20

  • Garden Products Top 50 – up 26%
  • Growing Media Top 50 – up 32%
  • Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – up 3%
  • Wild Bird Care Products Top 50 – down 20%
  • All Plants index – up 34%
  • All Items index – up 19%
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