In This Issue
June 2020 sets new garden centre trading records
Record June for plants but still 37% down year to date
Neil and Nicci Gow to close Fresh @ Burcot Garden Centre
SOLEX - The show goes on, virtually of course!
Please Help To Make #FloralFriday A Celebration Of Outdoor Leisure!
spoga+gafa suspends for 2020, changing to new date: 30 May to 1 June 2021
Fund for Westland accident victims family reaches £2,405
Three new board members at the HTA
Duchess gets Britain blooming
Darlac Sees Records Tumble!
The rose show must go on
Kindwood looking to partner with UK garden retailers for this summer’s hotly anticipated bestseller
DJ Turfcare supports retailers with five-day delivery & RHS endorsed organic ranges
PetQuip team organises comprehensive exhibitor support package for UK suppliers at Interzoo 2021
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Plant Area Manager, Goonhavern Garden Centre, Cornwall.
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Pots and growing products drive sales to 44% up on last year for June
Wow, what a catch up for Veg growing!
Keter Group to manufacture high-quality face shields at their factory in Cornwall
Growing media all time high for June
Furniture and barbecue sales soar after garden centres re-open in May
Wild Bird Care sales grow too
The best of last week's
Mixed plans for garden centre catering re-openings - UPDATED
Glee and Pawexpo 2020 at the NEC will not take place this year
Fund created for Westland accident victims family has raised £1,645 so far
Flaming June – phew what a scorcher!
June is a record for growing media – even with a week to go!
The Duchess of Cambridge creates more gardening media coverage with visit to Childrens Hospice
#FloralFriday for Greenfingers supports Children's Hospice Week
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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June 2020 sets new garden centre trading records

As predicted last week, total volume garden centre sales in June reported in the GTN Bestsellers weekly Epos data set an all-time record.  Up 35% on June 2019 and even 6% higher than the previous June best set in 2015...

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Record June for plants but still 37% down year to date

Plant sales in June reached a new record for the month in the GTN Bestsellers Plants chart, 7% higher than the previous June record set in 2018...

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Neil and Nicci Gow to close Fresh @ Burcot Garden Centre

Neil and Nicci Gow are closing Fresh @ Burcot Garden Centre later this month after planning permission for a housing development had been negotiated between local planning officers and a developer...

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SOLEX - The show goes on, virtually of course!

Solex may not be happening at the NEC this week but it is happening virtually thanks to an interactive Solex website and the SOLEX SUN...

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Please Help To Make #FloralFriday A Celebration Of Outdoor Leisure!

Thank you to all those who once again joined the fun of #FloralFriday last week. A wonderful array of flowers, plants, bulbs, gardening products and floral shirts filled social media platforms, all helping to highlight the valuable work of Greenfingers Charity...

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spoga+gafa suspends for 2020, changing to new date: 30 May to 1 June 2021

Following on from the news about Glee not taking place at the NEC in September, Koelnmesse have now announced that spoga+gafa will also not take place in Cologne at the start of September 2020...

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Fund for Westland accident victims family reaches £2,405

The industry fundraising effort to help the wife and young child of Phillip Moore who tragically died after an accident at Westland's Dungannon factory last month has almost reached half of it's target £5,000...

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Three new board members at the HTA

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has announced the appointment of three new board members as non-executive directors: Jane Lawler, Lawler Associates; Vicky Nuttall, The Garden Industry Manufacturer’s Association (GIMA); and Ken White, Frosts Landscape Construction...

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Duchess gets Britain blooming

What a great Ambassador the Duchess is for gardening. What a great Ambassador she is for children’s hospices and their gardens. Just like Greenfingers Charity that for the last 21 years has been creating therapeutic and peaceful gardens for the thousands of life-limited children and families that regularly make visits or spend time in these caring, peaceful yet vibrant havens for so many...

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Darlac Sees Records Tumble!
 

 

Darlac, the cutting tools experts, have announced record sales in June following the 3 months of garden centre lockdown...

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The rose show must go on

Visitors to the Norfolk based rose grower this year might be limited, but Whartons Garden Roses continues to invest in research and development by trialling new roses varieties...

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Kindwood looking to partner with UK garden retailers for this summer’s hotly anticipated bestseller
Kindwood new Swedish Torch Log sells out within days!
 

 

 

Kindwood, a UK sustainable firewood company, is offering UK garden retailers the opportunity to benefit from an exciting new sales opportunity: The Swedish Torch Log...

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DJ Turfcare supports retailers with five-day delivery & RHS endorsed organic ranges

If the Covid-19 pandemic has shown us anything, it is that gardening has an important and valued role to play in the physical and mental health of many of us...

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PetQuip team organises comprehensive exhibitor support package for UK suppliers at Interzoo 2021

UK pet care companies are urged to utilise the many advantages available to exhibitors within the PetQuip-organised UK group at next year’s Interzoo, which has just opened up for bookings...

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