In This Issue
Squires' Barnsfold Nurseries and Liss Forest Nursery join forces to form Barnsfold Liss
Thousands of votes pour in for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Teams
Biggest-ever Christmas judging journey continues
Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Threaplands, the gardener’s garden centre, installs Corby + Fellas’ WinRetail
WHM Pet Group’s pedal power raises £1,400 for charity
Charles Taylor are butting the trend
Sipcam retains GIMA Sword of Excellence
The Big Give Christmas Campaign - Spread some magic
HTA concludes 125th anniversary celebrations with tree planting ceremony at Horticulture House
Launch of Gisela Graham x The Gruffalo & Friends Collection
GCA members invited to enter this year’s Worrall Cup
Melcourt appoints Nikki Burton as Managing Director from January 2025
GCA Associate Member of the Year 2024 vote now open
Plant pot innovator elho achieves B Corp recertification
RECOUP updates Recyclability by Design guidelines
The Gardens Group lays strong roots for inclusive workforce with Institute of Leadership programme
Spring Fair celebrates 75th anniversary with launch of signature fragrance
Bradford garden centre group wins regional business award
Tubex celebrates milestone with over 1m tree shelters recycled
GIMA announces £20,000 fundraising total for Greenfingers
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RHS trials show peat-free growing media retains water better than peat equivalents
spoga+gafa: High demand in the early bird phase
Hort-Talk podcast explores Parliament, Plants and Politics
Otley garden centre provides charity with plants to encourage wildlife
Outstanding talent recognised at APL WorldSkills UK National Finals
The best of last week's
New Environmental Horticulture Group (EHG) reports set out sector delivery plan and key new data
Garden centre sales down during challenging conditions
GCA reveals ‘encouraging’ October figures for members
Homebase – a recollection and a hope
Ben Reid Garden Centre implements WinRetail
Further recognition for RocketGro, as it takes home accolades at two top industry events
GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & Full Glee New Products Directory in GTN November issue – read online
Be part of GTN's Sustainability Directory
GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest Autumn 2024
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Squires' Barnsfold Nurseries and Liss Forest Nursery join forces to form Barnsfold Liss

D. J. Squire & Co., Ltd (Squire’s Garden Centres) is delighted to announce that its subsidiary, Barnsfold Nurseries Ltd (Barnsfold), has acquired the business and certain assets of Liss Forest Nursery Ltd (Liss Forest). The new business will be known as Barnsfold Liss...

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Thousands of votes pour in for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Teams

After the success of last year's Christmas Customer vote we’ve formally added back in in-store voting on paper voting slips to allow even more customers to share their appreciation of the magical Christmas retailing experiences that are created by garden centres across the UK.

 

Last year almost 19,000 garden centre customers voted for their Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team as part of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards. Since the launch last month, thousands of votes have already been made on-line for garden centres across the UK.  Will your customers vote your team as The Greatest at Christmas this year?  Voting is open until December 22nd and remember we do award regional winners too...

See the list of centres being voted for and download the voting posters, voting postcards and voting QR code here
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Biggest-ever Christmas judging journey continues

Our team of judges are really getting into the Christmas spirit as they visit a record entry of 120 garden centres that have teams nominated in this year’s Greatest Christmas Awards...

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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
GTN Xtra Promotion

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
GTN Xtra Promotion

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
GTN Xtra Promotion

Charles Taylor are reporting record breaking pre-season orders for 2025.

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Sipcam retains GIMA Sword of Excellence
GTN Xtra Promotion

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
GTN Xtra Promotion

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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Be part of GTN's Sustainability Directory

 

 

GTN will be publishing its Sustainability Directory again and this year's theme will be 'Where next for Garden Centres?'.

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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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The Gardens Group lays strong roots for inclusive workforce with Institute of Leadership programme

As part of The Gardens Group’s continuing commitment to providing a welcoming, inclusive and supportive space to work for all employees, its management team has recently undertaken training programmes including The Inclusive Leader and Leading with Purpose...

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Spring Fair celebrates 75th anniversary with launch of signature fragrance
 

Spring Fair has launched an exclusive signature fragrance, Heritage 75, created to commemorate the show’s 75th anniversary...

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Bradford garden centre group wins regional business award

The team at a Bradford-based garden centre group is celebrating after winning a regional business award for its sustainability initiatives...

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Tubex celebrates milestone with over 1m tree shelters recycled

Tubex has reached a significant milestone in recycling more than 1.1 million tree shelters over the past three years, through its Collection & Recycling Programme, which provides a circular solution for recycling used tree shelters across the UK...

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GIMA announces £20,000 fundraising total for Greenfingers

GIMA has raised a brilliant £20,113 for Greenfingers throughout 2024 as the charity heads into its 25th anniversary year.

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