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LeisureGrow Products has strengthened its management team with the appointment of John Pullen as Head of Pet to oversee its Petface brand...

As the GIMA Awards gets set to celebrate its 39^th  anniversary in 2019 (July 4^th, Celtic Manor), this year’s judging panel has been confirmed...

Sales of the Top 50 Bestselling Garden Products show continued April decline, according to EPOS data supplied for GTN Bestsellers...

April Growing Media sales almost bounced back to the record levels of 2017 as a result of the better weather...

Wild Bird Care sales perked up in the last two weeks of April as a result of Easter’s increased footfall and that meant the month ends 6% up on last year but still 21% down on 2017...

As with All Plant Sales, Veg-2-Gro sales had a bumper performance in April, up 64% on last year and 9% up on 2017...

Following the Ball Colegrave Summer Showcase of 2018 and the positive comments from the visiting multiple retail customers of Florna Plants, it was agreed to produce the concept as a summer collection of three distinct Colour Trends: Hit Refresh, Bridal Bouquet & Bollywood...

Kara Kennedy has joined the Tildenet team as National Key Account Manager working across all their Gardenware brands...

UK independent parcel carrier Yodel successfully delivered a record number of flowers on Valentine’s Day and the Mothering Sunday weekend, with deliveries up 11.4% from last year on average across the two events...

SGS has been authorised by the DesignLights Consortium as an approved Safety Certification body for the testing and certification of LED-based horticultural lighting...

There’s a new way to tackle weeding this summer, with the launch of the new Super Slice from Burgon & Ball. Super Slice is superb at weeding in contemporary garden finishes, and is also ideal for speedy weeding of larger areas...

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

Wyevale Garden Centres has confirmed that Raglan Garden Centre has been sold to Coldbrook Ventures Ltd, who will continue to operate it as a garden centre.

Having bought back the business he sold to Wyevale Garden Centres four years ago, Martin Davies was holding a ‘Getting to re-know you’ session at Raglan Garden Centre when GTN Xtra spoke to him on Friday as he contemplated the transition from corporate branch to family business...

Following the successful launch of GARDENA’s ambassador store programme in 2017 across six garden centres more are set to join the programme in 2019 and 2020...

In garden furniture Forest Lodge report good early sales, particularly the small corner weave sets and the metal framed lower couch style furniture from Life “it’s appealing to the younger audience looking for some style on their patio...”

What would you expect from a Hillier centre? Authoritative ranges of products and plants, crisp merchandising, and expert staff. That’s exactly the delivery at Botley...

Having completed the purchase of their second garden centre at Hilgay on the A10 near Downham Market the Baytree family team held their Grand Opening Event this weekend...

Alan Roper welcomed staff and suppliers to an evening event on Monday 15th April 2019 at Bicester Avenue Garden Centre to celebrate the completion of the refurbishment from a Wyevale Garden Centre that they bought last summer to a Blue Diamond Centre that is ready and raring for Easter 2019...