Bord na Móna has announced the launch of its ‘Growing Media Academy’, a brand new, educational initiative designed to strengthen retailers’ understanding of the Bord na Móna Growise range of products...

Yorkshire-based start up company, Block Blitz, will be launching new large-size packs of its expanding product range of hassle-free paving treatments at this year’s GLEE show on stand number 20U70...

One week into the integration of 8 previously Wyevale Garden Centres into the Blue Diamond Group, Managing Director Alan Roper has told GTN Xtra that the switch over went well; "For customers the main issue was the swap over of tills and that has gone very well.  We have already started to recruit 8 chefs so that we can start to move the food offering up to Blue Diamond standards, none of the new centres had chefs employed."...

M&M Timber have a comprehensive range of merchandising units which are the perfect choice for garden centres, DIY businesses, nurseries, department stores and other retail businesses...

A potential new site for Parkhill Garden Centre in Aberdeen has set the garden centre against Aberdeen boxing champion Lee McAllister's plans to create a £10 million health and fitness village...

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Nine months on from the opening of their Daventry warehouse facility which was devastated by fire in March, Gardman have now decided to move back to a dedicated fleet run by Robsons of Spalding for their deliveries to garden centres...

Ouch!  It feels as though we have fallen off a cliff since the end of June.  July and August so far have brought us seven consecutive weeks of GTN Bestsellers All Sales Indexes that are down on last year...

Glee has a proven track record of evolving and changing to meet the needs of the industry it represents. The latest update is a continuation of this theme, as it is confirmed that the 2019 event will take place on Tuesday 10th – Thursday 12th September...

“Brexit Day on 29th March 2019 is only a matter of months away, so the Federation of Garden & Leisure Manufacturers Ltd is working hard on your behalf to gather as much tangible information about the possible implications of the deal’s outcome as possible,” says Amanda Sizer Barrett...

Wyevale Garden Centres launched a ‘Thank you’ campaign with donations to be made to The Royal British Legion from sales of plants and garden related poppy products, Afternoon Tea events in September, October and November with donations made to Royal British Legion at centres and 50% off Fish & Chips every Friday from 24th August - 9th November for serving forces and veterans...

With its 20th anniversary on the horizon in 2019, there are lots of exciting plans afoot for Greenfingers Charity, some of which are set to be revealed at this year’s Glee (10-12 September, Birmingham NEC).

Customers at Wyevale Nurseries have helped them select four new plants from a Taster Menu concept launched last year to go into full scale production...

Work on a £2.5 million Kent-mill style restaurant at Millbrook Gravesend has been completed...

A 65^th birthday, a 30-year business milestone; and an OBE in recognition of his services to business and charity all paved the way for a lavish celebration for John Athwal OBE of Premier Decorations Ltd in June, raising more than £20,000 for his favourite Fence Club charity to help sick and disadvantaged children...

Plant sales moved back up last week with over half of the plant groupings in the GTN Bestsellers Plants chart increasing sales.  Plants for late summer and autumn colour were the big movers with Cyclamen moving back to No 1...

Christmas opened this Bank Holiday Weekend at GTN's Greatest Christmas Award Winning Summerhill Garden Centre, near Basildon, Essex...

This issue of GTN Xtra was originally compiled and sent on Bank Holiday Monday, 27th August 2018, however there was a fault in the content that stopped the mailing...