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Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
As well as the kudos and fame from winning a Greatest Christmas award, our Gold winners in each of the judged categories will win prizes including stock, services or hotel accommodation from our Greatest Awards sponsors.
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Threaplands, the gardener’s garden centre, installs Corby + Fellas’ WinRetail
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Corby + Fellas has implemented its WinRetail system at Threaplands Garden Centre in Moray, Scotland...
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WHM Pet Group’s pedal power raises £1,400 for charity
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The pedalling prowess of tenacious team members at WHM Pet Group has raised £1,400 for Barnardo’s, with a 200-mile cycle ride from Essex to Yorkshire...
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Charles Taylor are butting the trend
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Charles Taylor are reporting record breaking pre-season orders for 2025.
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Sipcam retains GIMA Sword of Excellence
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Sipcam Home & Garden proudly secured the prestigious GIMA Sword of Excellence for the second consecutive year, with ecofective Slug Stoppa taking home the crown...
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The Big Give Christmas Campaign - Spread some magic
It's never too early to spread some Christmas magic and help Thrive raise £25,000 this festive season...
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HTA concludes 125th anniversary celebrations with tree planting ceremony at Horticulture House
As the Horticultural Trades Association concludes its 125th anniversary year, a special tree planting ceremony was held at Horticulture House in Chilton, Oxfordshire, marking the culmination of a year-long celebration of supporting UK’s horticultural industry...
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Launch of Gisela Graham x The Gruffalo & Friends Collection
Gisela Graham Limited has announced the launch of a brand new collection for Christmas 2025 called The Gruffalo® & Friends...
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GCA members invited to enter this year’s Worrall Cup
Garden Centre Association members are being invited to put together their marketing campaigns to enter the organisation’s prestigious annual Worrall Cup competition...
The 2024 Worrall Cup winners, Tong Garden Centre, with GCA Chairman Will Blake.
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Melcourt appoints Nikki Burton as Managing Director from January 2025
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Melcourt Industries Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of peat-free garden and landscape products, has announced the appointment of Nikki Burton as Managing Director from 1st January 2025. Andy Chalmers, current Managing Director, will retire on 31 December 2024 after over 45 years in the bark and compost industry...
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GCA Associate Member of the Year 2024 vote now open
GCA members are being asked to vote for their Associate Member of the Year 2024 – with the winner revealed at the trade body’s annual conference in January.
Last year’s Associate of the Year winners Woodmansterne receiving the Haskins Stewarts Cup.
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Plant pot innovator elho achieves B Corp recertification
Elho has been successfully re-certified as a B Corp, with an impressive score of 104.5: a 28% increase from its certification four years ago...
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RECOUP updates Recyclability by Design guidelines
Following its original release in 2006, RECOUP, the UK’s leading independent authority and trusted voice on plastics resource efficiency and recycling, has regularly updated its flagship publication, Recyclability by Design (RBD)...
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GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & Full Glee New Products Directory in GTN November issue – read online
In this Issue:
- GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards – the judges hit the road to visit 120 garden centres
- Choice Marketing – winners from the conference and awards
- Opinion – retailers on implications from the Budget
- Keter celebrate 80 years of Stewart Garden
- Glee New Product Directory – every product entered this year
- GIMA Award – winners in the roll of honour
- Glee New Product Directory continued
- Review of PATS Telford
- Houseplants in the mall – a look around The RHS Plant Space
- Planteria – plants for the festive season
- HTA Viewpoint - A chance to give back
- GIMA Viewpoint – Managing Risk
Read the issue on-line here
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GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest Autumn 2024
New Products for the UK Garden Trade for 2025 from GIMA Members: Ames, Auto Pot Global, Avocet Hardware – Greenman Tools, Azpects, Bulldog Tools, Burgon & Ball, Capi Europe, Coir Products, Durston Garden Products, elho, Evergreen Garden Care, Fandango Fire Tools, Fargro, Forest Garden, Gardena, Glee, Greenkey, Greenleaf Horticulture, Handy Distribution, Harvest Pet Products, Hortiwool , Hozelock, Johnsons Lawn Seeds, Kleen-Tex, LBC Ultralight Boots, Marriages, Meadow View Stone, Museums & Galleries, Panacea Products, Phoenox, PlantWorks, POTR, Primeur, Primus, Sipcam, Smart Garden Products, Sorbus, The Solar Centre, Tildenet, Treadstone, Vitavia, Vitax, Witt UK & Ireland, Woodmansterne, Zest Outdoor Living, GIMA Member Directory, Join GIMA.
Read the New GIMA Buyers Guide on-line here
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RHS trials show peat-free growing media retains water better than peat equivalents
The Royal Horticultural Society has revealed findings, at its annual industry peat-free conference, from trials that demonstrate peat-free growing media can perform comparably or better than peat-based alternatives using the same amount of water...
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spoga+gafa: High demand in the early bird phase
Interview with Sebastian Rosito, Vice President Trade Fair Management, and Claudia Maurer, Director of spoga+gafa, about the results of the early bird phase and the plans for spoga+gafa 2025.
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Hort-Talk podcast explores Parliament, Plants and Politics
The latest episode of the Horticultural Trades Association’s (HTA) Hort-Talk podcast dives into the dynamic relationship between Parliament, plants, and politics...
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Otley garden centre provides charity with plants to encourage wildlife
The team at Otley Garden Centre has donated wildflower seeds to Wildlife Friendly Otley to improve habitat corridors around the town...
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Outstanding talent recognised at APL WorldSkills UK National Finals
The Association of Professional Landscapers has announced the winners of the 2024 WorldSkills UK National Finals, which took place 18-22 November 2024...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
New Environmental Horticulture Group (EHG) reports set out sector delivery plan and key new data
Two landmark reports released by the Environmental Horticulture Group (EHG) and Oxford Economics reveal that the environmental horticulture industry has the potential to support GDP contributions worth £51.2 billion and create 763,000 jobs across the UK economy by 2030, representing a 45% growth opportunity with adequate government support...
Read more and see photos from the House of Commons event
Garden centre sales down during challenging conditions
The Horticultural Trades Association has released its monthly Market Update for October, which shows a slowdown in sales, reflecting the challenging trading environment for the sector...
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GCA reveals ‘encouraging’ October figures for members
October's Garden Centre Association Barometer of Trade figures show ‘an encouraging set of figures'...
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Homebase – a recollection and a hope
Opinion piece
Andrew Weiss, Executive Chair of BHETA comments: "I hope that the void Homebase’s exit has created can be replaced and that we can maintain consumer trust in both supplier and retailer brands..."
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Ben Reid Garden Centre implements WinRetail
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Corby + Fellas are delighted to announce that Ben Reid Garden Centre in Aberdeenshire has implemented WinRetail...
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Further recognition for RocketGro, as it takes home accolades at two top industry events
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In the space of a few weeks, RocketGro was delighted to be named Associate Supplier of the Year at the Choice Marketing Conference in October and also secure a spot as a finalist at the 2024 GIMA Awards...
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