In This Issue
Westland call for reality to be brought to the peat debate
One year on and sales keep growing with plants reaching a March week record high
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 FUNdraising goes past £35k and is still growing...
It was a Mother’s Day bonanza, says GTN Bestsellers
Why choose Hamac Trading?
The BBQ game changer!
Eddie Topping retires
Plant sales double up for Mother’s Day
Dobbies Swansea among Welsh centres to reopen
Garden centres facing cap on business rates relief
Jeyes Fluid paves way for next generation recycled bottle
Perrywood Garden Centre reduces CO² emissions
GCA teams up with Planet Mark to enhance environmental section of inspection process
Cherry Lane Garden Centres group going green
Dobbies launches virtual events to get UK gardens blooming this Spring
Award-winning manufacturer produces garden boot range
Azpects sdds Robert Dyas to retail roll
Squire’s employee awarded for going the extra mile!
Innovative plant pots show the grass really can be greener
Inside Outside... A New Beginning for the garden market - Read GTN's March Issue on-line now
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RHS to be peat-free by 2025
Got enough stock to keep up with demand?
Turbo charged Veg-2-Gro
Growing media sales up 37% year to date
‘Making the unimaginable happen’ — organisers demonstrate resilience at the AIPH Virtual Expo Conference
The best of last week's
British Garden Centres announce 58th centre, in Harrogate, will open in April
Pershore School Horticultural Unit, Pershore High School, Worcestershire has unwanted visitors.
Shed prices set to soar
Appetite for gardens and gardening remains strong despite a cold February according to March HTA Market Update
Keukenhof not permitted to open on 20 March
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
Plan to tackle worsening dog theft problem
Hill’s launches solution to sensitivities in dogs
Supreme is kind to the Earth with new bathing sand
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Westland call for reality to be brought to the peat debate

"Westland Horticulture is significantly ahead of our plan in delivering ambitious sustainability targets across our potting soils and composts for 2021. However, we would warn that the toughest days lie ahead for the sector unless some reality is brought to the debate around peat." Keith Nicholson, Marketing Director Westland Horticulture...

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One year on and sales keep growing with plants reaching a March week record high

Last week saw garden centre volume sales climb even higher to even outsell the peak created last year by the last minute panic before Lockdown #1 was formally announced...

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Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 FUNdraising goes past £35k and is still growing...

"From head shaves to virtual walks, quizzes to minutes mowed, pot sales, skipping, #floralfriday and much more we really cannot thank the industry enough for their inspiration and for digging deep and putting the FUN into FUNdraising!..."

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It was a Mother’s Day bonanza, says GTN Bestsellers

Mother’s Day week saw garden centre sales peak at the highest level of the year so far and on a par with the last week before lockdown #1 last year. As a result the GTN Bestsellers All Products Index now sits at 3.2% up year on year. That’s an amazing turn around from being 52% down after two weeks of February and all the more impressive considering restaurants are closed and social distancing and stay at home measures are keeping footfall low...

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Why choose Hamac Trading?
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Hamac Trading has been a supplier to the garden trade since 1999. The company has four main categories of products which are suitable for all garden centres. Contact Hamac Sales office for the full range of catalogues and price lists... 

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The BBQ game changer!
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Following their launch year in 2020, Whistler Grills have made huge strides in the first two months of 2021 and are rapidly becoming a major player in the premium gas barbecue market...

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Eddie Topping retires

 

 

 

After 65 years at the helm of one of the UK's most successful garden centre businesses, Eddie Topping has stepped down as Chairman of The Barton Grange Group...

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Plant sales double up for Mother’s Day

There were plenty of plants given to Mums as gifts on Mother’s Day. That, and a surge of young veg plant sales, were the drivers behind an almost 10% week on week growth and sales totals that were more than double those for the same week last year...

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Dobbies Swansea among Welsh centres to reopen

Following updated guidance from the Welsh Government that garden centres may open, Dobbies Garden Centres reopened its Swansea store today (Monday 22 March)...

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Garden centres facing cap on business rates relief
 

Garden centres businesses in England with multiple sites are being warned that they face a cash cap on business rates relief under the government’s extended discount scheme, announced in the spring Budget. Allen Evans, partner at retail property consultants Gilbert Evans, says the cap has been causing confusion among garden centre owners...

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Jeyes Fluid paves way for next generation recycled bottle
 

Jeyes Fluid, the British heritage brand that’s been proudly keeping the nation’s gardens clean for over 140 years, is leaping into the future with its new recyclable plastic bottle and updated formula. The revamped bottle will be kinder to the planet and can be used on more surfaces. It will be available mid-March from £4.49...

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Perrywood Garden Centre reduces CO² emissions

As part of its sustainability drive, Perrywood Tiptree have worked with CambridgeHOK to install three new Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs). These will save an estimated 79 tonnes of CO² emissions a year, which is the equivalent to the average yearly emissions of 10 people in the UK...

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GCA teams up with Planet Mark to enhance environmental section of inspection process
 

The Garden Centre Association has teamed up with Planet Mark to help evolve its inspection process as part of its pledge to continue working on environmental challenges this year...

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Cherry Lane Garden Centres group going green

Discount retail group QD, which owns the QualityDiscounts.com and Cherry Lane Garden Centre brands, is going green with new in-store initiatives to bolster its eco-credentials.

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Plan to tackle worsening dog theft problem

Nottinghamshire Police have become the first police force in the country to appoint a dedicated specialist dog theft lead. The move comes as a survey reveals that dog owners are increasingly fearful over their pets’ safety...

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Hill’s launches solution to sensitivities in dogs

 

Hill’s Pet Nutrition has announced the launch of its ground-breaking new Prescription Diet Derm Complete food – the world’s first and only nutritional solution that is clinically proven to tackle both food and environmental sensitivities in dogs.

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Supreme is kind to the Earth with new bathing sand

Supreme Petfoods is relaunching Tiny Friends Farm Bathing Sand in new eco packaging, in line with strong consumer trends and more environmentally friendly shopping habits...

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Dobbies launches virtual events to get UK gardens blooming this Spring

Dobbies has announced a programme of exclusive virtual events this Spring, to help gardeners of all ages and abilities take their green spaces to the next level...

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Award-winning manufacturer produces garden boot range

Award-winning Wellington boot manufacturer, Leon Boots Co Ltd, has produced a colourful range of garden ankle boots that are light, durable and comfortable...

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Azpects sdds Robert Dyas to retail roll
 

Azpects Ltd has announced the signing of a new agreement with high street retailer Robert Dyas to offer Azpects’ products on its website...

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Squire’s employee awarded for going the extra mile!

Each year Squire’s Garden Centres gives a ‘Made A Difference’ award to one of their employees who has gone over and above the call of duty. The award this year has gone to Stuart Sullivan, Garden Furniture Department Head at Squire’s in Badshot Lea.

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Innovative plant pots show the grass really can be greener

Leading sustainable plant pot manufacturer, elho, is committed to creating products with nature in mind. They are made using 100% wind energy, are 100% recyclable and are made from 80% recycled plastic. For its newest range, however, elho has gone one step further, using 100% recycled material from the waste streams from the artificial grass production process...

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Inside Outside... A New Beginning for the garden market - Read GTN's March Issue on-line now

Inside Outside... a New Beginning. How the 5th room is changing the garden centre retailing market in the March 2021 issue of GTN.  Read on-line here.

  • Next Generation to lead the way at GCA, interview with Tammy Woodhouse and Will Blake.
  • Inside Outside… A New Beginning for the garden market.
  • Empowering Change for a brighter future, LOFA team up with Planet Mark.
  • HTA Column, Tales of the unexpected.
  • GIMA Column, Somewhere over the rainbow, a ‘New Normal’ exists.

 

Read GTN's March 2021 Issue on-line here
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