In This Issue
HTA Chairman calls on industry to celebrate efforts of 2020 and look toward 2021 from a position of preparedness
GCA Chairman's New Year message: "I am looking at 2021 with optimism"
New Year predictions from the "Bunker Booth"
HTA President says we must make sure we understand the modern gardeners needs
The GTN Xtra Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2020
No 1 Most Read Story 2020 - Garden Centres close their doors "We want to be part of stopping the spread of Coronavirus"
No 2 Most Read Story 2020 - Trading update from this weekend - UPDATED
No 3 Most Read Story 2020 - Garden centres in England and Scotland can stay open - now is the time to review Covid-19 safety
No 4 Most Read Story 2020 - Exeter garden centre stays open but cannot sell plants - Cherry Lane close all centres
No 5 Most Read Story 2020 - Dobbies remain open and social media gets heated
No.6 to No.10 Most Read Stories in 2020
Who will be the winners in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards? There's still time to enter before the New Years Eve closing date
GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer reviews 2020 with Peter Seabrook
The New Environmentalist - Nature will become ‘second nature’ to future generations
Over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Stax emerges strong from a trying year
Gardenex, PetQuip and the CHA launch new initiative following Brexit trade deal
The best of last week's
Decision to close Scottish garden centres ‘disappointing’
Local community saves Thetford Garden Centre from flooding
Record entries to popular Illumination Street contest
Christmas decorations made from natural materials
Get set for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021!
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Garden Centre Photo Tours
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
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HTA Chairman calls on industry to celebrate efforts of 2020 and look toward 2021 from a position of preparedness

James Barnes, Chairman of the Horticultural Trades Association has recognised the remarkable efforts of people in Britain’s horticultural industries and committed to getting straight back to business on their behalf in January 2021, urging the trade to do everything it can to be prepared for the new year in advance.

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GCA Chairman's New Year message: "I am looking at 2021 with optimism"

Mike Burks, The Gardens Group and GCA Chairman sends this New Years message to GTN Xtra readers:  "Writing anything at the moment is fraught with danger as within a few hours it can be out of date and even inappropriate...

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New Year predictions from the "Bunker Booth"

As we went into Lockdown back in March 2020, Derek Bunker at Alton Garden Centre in Essex made a number of predictions for garden centre trading for the rest of the year which proved right, including the foresight that we would have a record Christmas as a result of the pandemic crisis.

 

With that in mind, on New Year’s Eve, GTN Xtra asked Derek what his predictions for 2021 are...

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HTA President says we must make sure we understand the modern gardeners needs

On New Years Eve, HTA President, Boyd Douglas-Davies told GTN Xtra: "As one diary closes and the next opens I feel that we leave 2020 in a much more positive position than might have been hoped in the spring...

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The GTN Xtra Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2020

During 2020 we've sent out 391,634 GTN Xtra e-mails that have been read by 29,777 unique readers.  The e-mail newsletter and each issues website has been opened 472,682 times during the year and 847,981 pages viewed...

See and read the full GTN Xtra Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2020
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No 1 Most Read Story 2020 - Garden Centres close their doors "We want to be part of stopping the spread of Coronavirus"
From GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2020

It's been a sanguine day in the GTN Xtra office as notification after notification has come in from garden centres who have taken the huge decision to close their doors either at the start of today or as business closes tonight/tomorrow...

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No 2 Most Read Story 2020 - Trading update from this weekend - UPDATED
From GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2020
 

As garden centres trade through the first weekend after the move to the Delay Phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, GTN Xtra has been asking garden centre managers and owners how trading has been this weekend and about their thoughts for the coming weeks...

Read comments from Bents, Longacres, Planters, Dobbies, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Stewarts, Bosworths, Fron Goch, Langlands, Poplars and Caulders
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No 3 Most Read Story 2020 - Garden centres in England and Scotland can stay open - now is the time to review Covid-19 safety
From GTN Xtra - Issue 43 2020

Following news that garden centres in England and Scotland can remain open, HTA President Boyd Douglas-Davies, has called upon garden centres to work to the highest standards of Covid-19 safe policies and to review everything now before the month long lockdown in England begins or areas in Scotland move into Tier 4...

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No 4 Most Read Story 2020 - Exeter garden centre stays open but cannot sell plants - Cherry Lane close all centres
From GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2020

After trading through the first week of the emergency lockdown Cherry Lane Garden Centres have now closed.  Plants Galore in Exeter, after being served with a prohibition notice, have been allowed to carry on selling hardware and pet products but not plants...

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No 5 Most Read Story 2020 - Dobbies remain open and social media gets heated
From GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2020

After last nights statement from the Prime Minister Dobbies garden centres have decided to stay open, citing that 70% of their turnover represents essential goods...

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No.6 to No.10 Most Read Stories in 2020
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Who will be the winners in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards? There's still time to enter before the New Years Eve closing date

There's still time, just, to get your entries and nominations in for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Teams of 2020.  Entries close at midnight on New Years Eve...

Entry details and a sneak preview of early entries here
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GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer reviews 2020 with Peter Seabrook

On Christmas Eve, Peter Seabrook invited GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer to review 2020 with a focus on garden centres as part of his Sun Gardening,This Week in The Garden, Podcast...

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The New Environmentalist - Nature will become ‘second nature’ to future generations
 

The ‘Sustainability Trend’ really isn’t a trend and those that do should stop referring to it as such. The global pandemic has fast-forwarded this movement by five years... 

 

GTN's Sustainability Directory 2021 is available to read on-line now and will arrive with the December issue of GTN this week.

Read the full article in the 2021 edition of GTN's Sustainability Directory here
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Over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards

They’re back, all be it in a virtual form.  GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards are back for 2020 to celebrate all that’s great about garden centres at Christmas through the pages of GTN and the GTN Xtra e-mail newsletter and now we can announce there's over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won:

  • The Greatest Christmas Houseplant Team – Sponsored by Woodlodge - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Outdoor Plant and Christmas Tree Team – Sponsored by GTN Bestsellers -subscriptions worth £580 for the winner
  • The Greatest Festive Food Hall Team – Sponsored by Garden Radio – 1 years’ service with bespoke messages, worth over £500 for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Team – Sponsored by SOLEX - 2 x Hotel Rooms at SOLEX 2021 for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Pets Team – Sponsored by Smart Garden Products, Zöon -£500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Community/Charity Initiative – Sponsored by Kaemingk – A display from their UK showroom for the winner
  • The Greatest Social Media Christmas Marketing Idea – Sponsored by Glee – 2 x Hotel Rooms at Glee 2021 for the winner
  • The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Video – Sponsored by Premier Decorations - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Winter Garden Care Sales Team – Sponsored by Elho - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Covid Safe Christmas Display Team – Sponsored by Global Journey - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Group Garden Centre Christmas Team – Sponsored by DCUK - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Small Garden Centre Christmas Team - Sponsored by Ascalon - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Mid-Sized Garden Centre Christmas Team – Sponsored by Kaemingk- A display from their UK showroom for the winner
  • The Greatest Large Garden Centre Christmas Team Sponsored by Festive - £500 stock for the winner
See entry details here
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