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Bents gets ready for second stage of £10m expansion
Outdoor Living market is now worth in the region of £975m
Santa drives sales to a new Christmas volume record high
How Stars for Europe keep your customers coming back for more… poinsettias
Armitage's Pennine, Bents, Endsleigh, Ransoms and Van Hage (Great Amwell and Peterborough) win GCA regional Christmas display awards
Another great week for garden product sales
Nick Davies' new venture will help Westland to expand
Would a Santa Paws Grotto for dogs work in garden centres?
Buy your tickets for GTN's Greatest Christmas Party
Alexander Rose's design competition to be judged by Diarmuid Gavin
Kingfisher enjoys year of record sales growth
'Stars' take over Belgravia on International Poinsettia Day
Elf dream comes true for Ruth at Bents
Exhibitor stands at PATS Sandown ‘sold out’
Great British Bake Off star at HTA Catering Conference
Christmas sales gather pace as lighting is a bestseller
Fiskars set to sell Sankey business
Peat Free Soil Improver has a storming week
Westland launches Peckish film aimed at protecting wild birds
Arson suspected at Berkshire garden centre
Call for entries for AIPH International Grower of the Year 2014
Soho Coffee Co opens first garden centre outlet at Highfield
Millbrook raises more than £2,000 for its charity of the year
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Would a Santa Paws Grotto for dogs work in garden centres?


The Greatest Christmas Awards team have been out and about judging garden centres this week but it hasn't seen anything like this...a Santa Paws Grotto for Dogs.

The grotto in Pimlico, London and run by pet company Lily's Kitchen, has attracted over 1,000 animals, including the pet dogs of Robbie Williams.

With it being such a huge success, GTN Xtra wondered whether it could catch on in garden centres. Just think of those extra pet products you could sell over the festive period.

Robbie Williams and Adele are among celebrities who have visited Lily's Kitchen's Santa Paws Grotto.

Robbie took along his family, including pet dogs Walle and Poupette, to the grotto on Pimlico Road.

"They just turned up after hearing about the grotto on the grapevine," said Sophie Birrell, from Lily's Kitchen.

"Robbie was fine with us snapping his dogs Walle and Poupette (pictured above with Santa Paws). He has eight dogs in total but brought along the two best behaved ones."

The Santa Paws Grotto, which is supporting the North London charity 'All Dogs Matter', has been a huge success with more than 1,000 dogs visiting it so far.

This canine Christmas wonderland, which is open until December 21, offers dogs (and their owners) a retreat from hectic Christmas shopping. The pooches can enjoy a freshly prepared Lily’s Kitchen Christmas Dinner for Dogs, while owners can secretly shop for doggy stocking fillers.

For every Christmas Dinner for Dogs purchased at the grotto, Lily’s Kitchen will donating a nutritious dinner to a dog in need to enjoy on Christmas Day. 

Henrietta Morrison, founder of Lily’s Kitchen, says: “It’s really important to us to give as much back as possible to our beloved dogs this year and All Dogs Matter is the perfect choice, being very close to our roots in Hampstead.”

Lily's Kitchen has produced a video called 'A Tale of Comfort and Joy' with the message that every dog should find a happy home at Christmas. View it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPZ7Dn0HCMc

For pictures of dogs visiting the Santa Paws Grotto visit www.facebook.com/lilyskitchen




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