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The Garden Centre Group is running the biggest horticultural apprenticeship programme in the UK, aiming to recruit 120 young trainees to become the garden centre managers of the future.

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Take advantage of apprenticeship schemes, says HTA

In a bid to secure the horticultural industry with a strong future work force the HTA is encouraging its members to get involved with apprentice schemes...

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There's light at the end of the tunnel

Does this week’s GTN Bestsellers All Products index really indicate there is light at the end of the tunnel? Sales volumes were just ahead of our prediction, keeping us on course for an aggregate volume sales performance of plus 3% on last year by the end of May...

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£1.5 million Dobbies Garden World in Edinburgh re-opens

Scotland’s newest and largest garden centre destination – Dobbies Garden World, Melville, on the outskirts of Edinburgh – had its grand re-opening yesterday (Friday)...

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Gardeners start to get active outdoors

The first sign that gardeners are finally thinking of outdoor activity rather than indoors comes at the top of the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart where Yeoman Ratchet Secateurs have re-entered, jumping straight in at No 1 and replacing Fito Drip Feeder for Orchids...

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Glee organisers promote the benefits of the Innovators Zone

Glee is calling on start-up businesses and innovators to reserve their space at the show’s exciting Innovators Zone in September...

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Loyal worker Maurice celebrates 50 years at Frosts

Frosts Garden Centre had a rare opportunity to award an employee with a 50-year Royal Horticultural Society Certificate and badge for his devout time with the business...

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Veg peak on the horizon

In a normal spring the next two weeks are the peaks for Veg-2-Gro products...

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North Devon garden centre relocation gets go-ahead

Plans to relocate of St John’s Garden Centre at Barnstaple to a new out of town green field site were approved by North Devon Council’s planning committee today...

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Westland drives consumer demand with new-look website

Westland has revamped its website to provide an enhanced customer experience through the addition of new web tools, increased functionality and informative content...

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Waitrose Garden Centre - picture exclusive

Pictures of the Waitrose Garden Centre, Newbury...

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GTN April 2013

GTN March 2013

Garden trade news

Sheeplands Garden Centre faces closure threat caused by planning dispute

Rob Scott, the owner of Hare Hatch Sheeplands Garden Centre near Reading fears his business could be forced to close because of a planning dispute with the local council...

Win compost worth £6,000

Garden centres that participated in this year’s Garden Re-Leaf Day in March have until 31^st May to enter the Westland Challenge competition, which offers retailers the chance win Westland Gro-Sure All-Purpose Compost worth £6,000...

GCA members invited to big peat debate

Garden Centre Association members are being invited to attend a meeting in June to discuss peat...

Expect sales to double

As gardening activity finally gets into gear, the the GTN Bestsellers Growing Media chart indicates that we are just about to enter the big sales weeks when volumes will double if not more...

Jez is crowned Young Horticulturalist of the Year

Jez Stamp, currently working with the BBC Gardeners’ World production team, has been crowned Young Horticulturist of the Year by the Institure of Horticulture...

Get your entries in for the GIMA Awards

GIMA have launched their awards for 2013 and are now urging companies to submit their entries...

One of weirdest springs in living memory

Gardeners are experiencing one of the weirdest springs in living memory, say the organisers of Scotland's largest horticultural show...

Gardman founder Natar takes majority stake in Smart Solar

Gardman founder Paris Natar has acquired a majority stake in Smart Solar Ltd for an undisclosed sum, the company announced yesterday...

Advertising signs at centre of planning row

Advertising signs already erected at the entrance to a garden centre in Parkgate will be considered by an inspector after permission was refused...

Ex-Hozelock MD is new Gardman sales chief

Gardman have appointed former Hozelock MD Bernard Shannon, as sales director...

Garden centre receives funding to help reduce its waste

The Old Railway Garden Centre in Powys has received funding from a government-backed organisation to help reduce its waste going to landfill in the area...

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