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A right royal Chelsea
GTN Interviews: Steve Morgan, Zest - Nick Rubins, Cherry Lane Garden Centres
Encouraging customers to make the switch to peat free gardening
Garden accessories help with mobility issues
EKJU’s on-trend furniture is ready for all retailers
Treadstone’s Recycled Pots more sustainable than ever
Hillmount's Alan Mercer wins family business award
Boughton expands operations with Hinckley depot
April showers affect core garden centre sales
Hundreds of guests celebrate relaunch of Bridgemere
National Plant Show’s New Plant Awards
HTA and APL members win big at Chelsea
A tribute to Peter Seabrook MBE
Leading brands comment on artificial grass ban
British Garden Centres launches their new signature Hydrangea Red Butterfly at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Dobbies wins hat-trick at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year announced
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Top 10 bestselling bedding plant changes
Growing media stays way ahead of pre-pandemic levels
UK companies excited to launch new products at spoga+gafa
Cheers for thriving veg plant sales
Plant care dominates sales
Wild Bird Care spending down
The best of last week's
A right royal boost for sales at garden centres
Who are the best buyers in the garden market?
Experience a new chapter for AMES UK at Glee 2022
Jenny Douthwaite of Primeur elected GIMA President
Influential judging panel for 2022 GIMA Awards
A Chelsea tribute to Peter Seabrook MBE
Treadstone’s innovative Pot Trellis is turning heads
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A right royal Chelsea
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis

The Queen’s visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, gave gardening a boost of positive media attention this week and your planteria staff will no doubt be getting requests for the regal red and purple flowered plants that stood out amongst the bright whites and lush green foliage of the show gardens...

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GTN Interviews: Steve Morgan, Zest - Nick Rubins, Cherry Lane Garden Centres
GTN May 2022 Issue available to read on-line here

In the May 2022 issue of GTN magazine:

  • Coming of age for Cherry Lane
  • Garden centre ambulance for Ukraine
  • Make your own vinok - aid ideas from Ukraine
  • Glee Buyers Power List Nomination Form
  • Get ready for a summer of trade shows
  • GTN meets the suppliers – Zest
  • Greenfingers Ty Hafan garden opens
  • LOFA Column – Excited for SOLEX 2022
  • HTA Column – Veg led revolution
  • GIMA Column – The great juggling act of 2022.
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Encouraging customers to make the switch to peat free gardening
GTN's Sustainability Directory 2022 available to read on-line here

GTN’s Guide to Sustainability Innovations for Garden Centre Retailing.

    • Encouraging customers to make the switch to peat free gardening - comment from RHS, Millbrook, Buckingham, The Gardens Group, Hillier, Cherry Lane, Pughs, Alton's, Groves, St Peters, Monkton Elm, Lakeside Plant Centre, Planters, Notcutts, Green Pastures, Summerseat & Bradley Fold Garden Centres.
    • Taking Charge – Garden Centre EV Charging.
    • LOFA members Improving green credentials.
    • Get ready for new EPR regulations.
    • Green commitment at Highfield Garden World.
    • Small steps, big difference at The Gardens Group.
    • Plant Hope at Perrywood.
    • New Sustainable Products.
    • Sustainability Directory 2022.
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Garden accessories help with mobility issues
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Gardening accessories brand fenceBUDDY was created by Kim O'Brien who designed products for her own plot despite struggling with mobility issues...

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EKJU’s on-trend furniture is ready for all retailers
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Timber garden furniture experts, EKJU, have been responsible for developing many popular furniture sets since they were established in 1992. In the last 30 years the company have developed a reputation for not only quality products but innovative designs...

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Treadstone’s Recycled Pots more sustainable than ever
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Reducing single-use plastic has been a key driver for Treadstone’s Recycled Pot range. Now in its second year, the ranges’ popularity is growing and growing and so is the product offering...

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Hillmount's Alan Mercer wins family business award
 

It really was a family affair in the true sense of the word at the first Business Eye Family Business Awards, as Alan Mercer of Hillmount attended the glittering awards ceremony accompanied by his three month old daughter...

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Boughton expands operations with Hinckley depot

Leading landscaping products supplier, Boughton has celebrated the opening of its new depot in Hinckley, South-West Leicestershire...

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April showers affect core garden centre sales
 

Poor weather in April affected sales in core categories at garden centres across the country according to the latest Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade report. Clothing sales were up at 12.73%...

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Hundreds of guests celebrate relaunch of Bridgemere

The formal relaunch of Bridgemere Show Gardens, located within the grounds of Bridgemere Garden Centre, attracted hundreds of guests and VIPs, as well as the original founder of the gardens, John Ravenscroft...

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National Plant Show’s New Plant Awards
Sponsor says sustainability may be at forefront

Judges from the horticultural industry will evaluate entrants for the New Plant Awards the day before the Horticultural Trades Association’s National Plant Show (June 20, 2022) and one sponsor says sustainability may be prominent this year...

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HTA and APL members win big at Chelsea

After experiencing disruption because of the pandemic, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show returned in full force, with members of the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) and Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) scooping up several coveted awards...

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A tribute to Peter Seabrook MBE

Chelsea Flower show 2022 would have been the 70th year Peter Seabrook was involved in creating a display at the world’s most prestigious flower show...

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Leading brands comment on artificial grass ban

In light of the RHS banning artificial grass from this week’s Chelsea Flower Show, leading brands Cobra and the Grass People have offered their comments...

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British Garden Centres launches their new signature Hydrangea Red Butterfly at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
 

British Garden Centres family have launched their new signature Hydrangea Red Butterfly at the 2022 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Hydrangea Red Butterfly has a wonderful colour and is named to celebrate the company’s recent logo refresh...

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Dobbies wins hat-trick at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Dobbies has received a trio of awards at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, including the RHS Sustainable Garden Product of the Year Award, the RHS Assessors’ Award for Retail Innovation, new for 2022, and, a five star rating for its trade stand...

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year announced
 

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has revealed the winner of the prestigious RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year at the opening of the world-famous show, sponsored by The Newt in Somerset...

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