In This Issue
Webbs of Wychbold and Fairways Garden Centre celebrate winning GCA Midlands awards
Cowell’s and Klondyke Beverley win in the North East while Bents and Klondyke Wilmslow take North West honours
Coolings Wych Cross and Ruxley Manor are the big award winners at GCA South Thames
GTN July 2023 - SOLEX Preview issue - Read on-line here
Glee goes Floral Thursday for Greenfingers
Glee New Product Awards - Winners revealed
Glee closes on a high after three successful days
Help British Garden Centres’ Phillippa Stubbs earn her wings
Glee New Product Awards shortlisted products
Green energy target smashed at Highfield Garden World
Introducing AMES Tools
Johnsons Lawn Seed improves site facilities with £3.5 million investment
Primeur presents Greenfingers with £5,200 cheque
New Webb wheelbarrow with puncture proof wheel
First GRIDSERVE Electric Retail Hub opens at Dobbies Swindon
Blue Diamond Garden Centres to launch two new roses at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival
Glee Buyers Power List Winners Revealed
Hills Plants win Glee’s Green Heart Best Merchandising Display
Britain Garden Centres helps Community Allotment area to grow at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
Tong Garden Centre expands its play offering
Carbon Gold is proven to transform soil health
Woodlodge launch new trade portal
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Re-booking for the HTA National Plant Show 2024 is now open
Prosper Buying Group continues to grow
New Head of Sales for phs Greenleaf
Wildlife Friendly Garden Design in a Pot Competition
Two weeks left to enter Grower of the Year Awards
Winners of Glee Talent Store announced
Rising Stars hopeful do the rounds at Glee
Germie crowned 2023 GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund winners
The best of last week's
Barton Grange, Cowells and Tong join Prosper Buying Group
Melcourt hosts visit from Minister in Charge of Peat Policy
LifestyleGarden will use SOLEX to debut new sales concept
New sales appointment at 4 Seasons Outdoor
Glee wins Best UK Trade Show Award
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Webbs of Wychbold and Fairways Garden Centre celebrate winning GCA Midlands awards

Members of the Garden Centre Association in the Midlands region are celebrating after receiving awards during a presentation evening this week (Wednesday, July 5, 2023) at Gates Garden Centre.

The title of Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was awarded to Webbs of Wychbold (above) and the Garden Centre (GC) category award went to Fairways Garden Centre, Ashbourne.

See the full results from GCA Midlands region
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Cowell’s and Klondyke Beverley win in the North East while Bents and Klondyke Wilmslow take North West honours

The North East’s Garden Centre of the Year in the Destination Garden Centre (DGC) category was Cowell’s Garden Centre with Klondyke Beverley Garden Centre in the Garden Centre (GC) category. In the North West, Bents Garden and Home (DGC) and Klondyke Wilmslow Garden Centre (GC) received the accolades.

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Coolings Wych Cross and Ruxley Manor are the big award winners at GCA South Thames

Destination Garden Centre of the Year went to Ruxley Manor (above) and the Garden Centre of the Year Award was presented to Coolings Wych Cross (below) at the South Thames GCA region during a presentation evening yesterday (Tuesday, July 4, 2023) at Castle Gardens in Dorset...

 

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GTN July 2023 - SOLEX Preview issue - Read on-line here

GTN July 2023 SOLEX 2023 Preview. In this issue:

  • Welcome to Solex 2023
  • Horticultures' voice at the Houses of Parliament
  • Plants take centre stage at the National Plant Show
  • Colour and Cushions in Cologne at spoga + gafa
  • AMES Celebrate the art of possible
  • New and imaginative at BBC GW Live
  • SOLEX 2023 Exhibitor News from: Firepits UK, Tramontina, HEX Living, LeisureGrow, Cheeky Charlie, Pagoda, Lifestyle, Char-Broil, LifestyleGarden, Extreme Lounging, Minster Stylish Living, Garden Furniture Global, Dansons, Bramblecrest, RotoSpa, Innovators International, Daro, Glencrest, Pacific, Kettler
  • New sales concepts from LifestyleGarden
  • Zest win again at GIMA Charity Golf Day
  • Creative merchandising for plants – GTN Planteria
  • Talking to Government and New Plants – HTA Column
Read the issue on-line here
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Glee goes Floral Thursday for Greenfingers

Glee went Floral Thursday in support of Greenfingers Charity. The event, supported by Garden Trade News, saw exhibitors and visitors to Glee joining in the fun by wearing an array of floral clothing throughout the day...

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Glee New Product Awards - Winners revealed


Ground-breaking new garden and pet products have been confirmed as the winners of the coveted Glee New Product Awards 2023, run in association with GTN.

 

The Overall Best Glee New Product went to Westland Unwins for its Kent & Stowe Surecut Loppers & Shears.

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Glee closes on a high after three successful days

Exhibitors and visitors agreed that the three-day Glee extravaganza at the NEC Birmingham had been a hugely successful event. As the exhibition closed on three busy days of activity, show director Matthew Mein spoke to GTN’s Trevor Pfeiffer and reflected on another memorable Glee...

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Help British Garden Centres’ Phillippa Stubbs earn her wings
 

It’s not long now until Phillippa Stubbs takes to the skies standing on the top wing of a vintage Boeing Stearman bi-plane and flying through the air at speeds of around 135mph all to raise money for Greenfingers Charity...

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Glee New Product Awards shortlisted products
 

The Glee New Product Showcase, in association with GTN, has generated huge interest as Glee. After drawing up their shortlisted products for the New Product Awards, the judges listened to pitches from exhibitors.

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Green energy target smashed at Highfield Garden World

Highfield Garden World in Gloucestershire is on track to hit a new green energy milestone within the next few days. Since the completion of a substantial solar panel installation last Autumn, the amount of electricity generated on-site is about to hit the carbon offset equivalent of planting two thousand trees...

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Introducing AMES Tools
Take advantage of early access to benefit from game changing incentives
 

The AMES Companies, already well regarded for its incredible portfolio of brands, is about to see its star rise even higher with the official launch of the new AMES Tools brand, exclusively debuting at Glee 2023 with delivery into store in early 2024.

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Johnsons Lawn Seed improves site facilities with £3.5 million investment

Johnsons Lawn Seed, the UK’s oldest lawn seed brand, has invested £3.5 million in new equipment to meet retail demand and significantly improve its overall product offering efficiency.

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Primeur presents Greenfingers with £5,200 cheque

Primeur presented Greenfingers with a cheque for £5,200 on Floral Thursday, the third and final day of Glee. The money was raised by the company on Garden Re-Leaf Day in March...

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New Webb wheelbarrow with puncture proof wheel
 

British garden manufacturer Webb has launched a new wheelbarrow with a puncture proof wheel for all terrain use and longevity.

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First GRIDSERVE Electric Retail Hub opens at Dobbies Swindon

GRIDSERVE and Dobbies Garden Centres have announced the first Electric Retail Hub at Dobbies Swindon. The partnership is a UK-first between GRIDSERVE and the major garden centre retailer, with over 10 locations planned across the UK...

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Blue Diamond Garden Centres to launch two new roses at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival

Blue Diamond will be launching two new roses at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival Show – Rosa ‘Mottisfont,’ bred by Rosen Tantau, and Rosa Sunset Isle, bred by Biljana Bozanic - Tanjga...

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Glee Buyers Power List Winners Revealed
 

The winners of the Glee Buyers Power List were revealed today. The Glee Buyers Power List was set up to recognise the individual buyers and buying teams who have gone above and beyond to make a difference within the garden retail industry this year.

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Hills Plants win Glee’s Green Heart Best Merchandising Display

Glee’s horticultural hub, the Green Heart, has seen Hills Plants crowned this year’s winners of the Best Glee Green Heart Display award.

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Britain Garden Centres helps Community Allotment area to grow at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival
 

An allotment garden will be unveiled at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival next month with a kind donation from British Garden Centres which will bring the design to life...

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Tong Garden Centre expands its play offering

Tong Garden Centre has joined forces with Yorkshire Muddings Forest School to offer children and their adults a new unique outdoor play session hidden in a secret woodland area on site...

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Carbon Gold is proven to transform soil health
 

Royal Warrant holder Carbon Gold has harnessed commercial markets with the award-winning range of Biochar-based, peat-free planting aids, designed for greenkeepers, crop growers, tree care specialists, home growers, gardeners and allotmenteers alike.

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Woodlodge launch new trade portal
 

Woodlodge, the UK’s leading supplier of garden pots, décor and sundries for over 35 years is proud to announce the launch of its new trade portal, which will allow its trade customers to order direct and access a range of resources designed to help drive sales.

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