In This Issue
Grow your organic fertiliser sales with the UK & Ireland’s fastest growing organic fertiliser producer
Corby + Fellas welcomes Poplars Garden Centre!
Chepstow wins Great British Bloom Off competition
HTA announces conference programme highlights
Biodegradable pot makes its mark in trials
Centres invited to enter Worrall Cup earlier than normal
July’s GCA BoT reports ‘very pleasing month'
Most English councils fail to recycle plant pots, leaving horticulture with a £750,000 annual EPR bill
Kilimanjaro, tribute to Andy Bunker, SOLEX review in GTN magazine July-August Issue
Glee 2026 Pre-Show Guide - Read on-line here
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
Autumn Fair brings live commerce to life
Seed Revolution to unveil new Spring ranges at Glee
Spring Fair partners with Total Licensing
EGO brings professional battery-powered tools to FutureScape for first time
GARDENA and Flymo return to Glee with innovation showcase
Whistler to make UK debut at Glee as new name in premium wild bird care
Durstons says farewell to long-standing team members
75 novelties to discover at the PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt Autumn Fair
Agapanthus AtomicSparkx Lavender enters Plantarium Novelties Awards 2026
HTA responds to the announcement of support for farmers and growers to manage water
BHETA webinar on rise of content commerce
The best of last week's
Dobbies confirms closure of Antrim Garden Centre
South Staffordshire garden centre sold to local buyer
Creative Gardens enters a new chapter as second generation leads family business into the future
National campaign calls for 90 minutes' free parking
New unfair dismissal rules mean better records matter more than ever
Protecting margin in a more cautious garden market
Longacres Bagshot & Shepperton, Grovewell Tenterden, Cherry Tree Doncaster & The Fairview Gardener have joined the many garden centre's registering votes in GTN's Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team Awards
How Tanatalising is your Garden Centre menu?
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Email trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk or call the GTN News team on 07973 504214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Thousands of customers have voted already, both on-line and on paper voting forms in-store. There's 1 week of voting to go before votes close on Tuesday 1st September so still time be in with a chance of winning a Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team award which will be announced and presented on Wednesday 9th September at Glee.  There will be awards for small, medium and large Restaurant & Food Hall teams plus regional awards, so plenty of opportunities for your excellent hardworking teams to receive high recognition - your customers will be the judges of Greatness.

 

As customer service and customer satisfaction are the keys to the ongoing success of garden centre catering, especially during this difficult summer, the winners of The Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team awards will be decided by the number and quality of customer votes your teams receive before the closing date of September 1st 2026.

 

Your customers can vote online by scanning the QR codes below or you can get them to vote in store and then send completed voting forms to the GTN office for counting.

 

To get your customers voting, all you have to do is download the voting posters and voting forms from the links below and display them in your restaurant, coffee shop and Food Hall.  In the meantime you could be adding the voting links into your websites and social media pages.

GTN's Greatest Restaurant Team Awards Voting QR Code

 

GTN's Greatest Food Hall Team Awards Voting QR Code

 

 

Restaurant Team Poster - Download       Restaurant Team Voting Forms - Download

 

 

Food Hall Team Poster - Download        Food Hall Team Voting Forms - Download

 

Or, download all files from this Dropbox link

 

As well as overall Greatest Restaurant & Food Hall Team Awards for different sizes of garden centre catering operations there will be regional awards too.  What better way to promote your Food & Drink offerings during the Autumn than with a GTN Greatest Awards win, especially as it will be thanks to your customers.

 

Customer voting is live now and runs until midnight on Tuesday 1st September, when the votes will be counted in readiness for the presentations at Glee on Wednesday 9th September at 1:00pm on the Feed Your Business Stage.

 

Do you have The Greatest Tantalising Garden Centre Menu?

 

This year, we are looking for the garden centre team that has created the most Tantalising Menu to attract new customers and to keep regulars coming back for more.  if you believe your team currently have The Greatest Tantalising Garden Centre Menu then send a copy of the menu with a brief explanation as to the rationale and success of the menu to: trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk.

 

The menus will be judged by a panel of experts and the winners announced on the “Feed Your Business Stage” at Glee on Wednesday 9th September at 1:00pm on the Feed Your Business Stage.

 

The deadline for menu entries is Tuesday 1st September. You could also send a short video too!

 

 

 

GTN's Greatest Garden Centre Restaurant & Food Hall Team Awards are sponsored by Pleydell Smithyman and Glee.  Other sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact alan@pottingshedpress.co.uk for details.

 

 

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