Every week GTN receives and analyses epos data from a number of UK garden centres to produce the GTN Bestsellers charts...

Santa has now taken up residence in his grotto at Hillmount and has welcomed his first visitors...

After the massive Christmas record set at the end of November it’s perhaps no surprise that sales dropped off in the first week of December...

Garden product sales were steady week on week after the end of Lockdown 2 but still down on last year again for the seventh week in succession...

Floramedia has strengthened its Account Manager team with the recent appointment of Amy Todd...

Growing media sales at dropped to nearer to ‘normal’ winter levels last week but volume sales were still almost 30% up year on year for the first week of December...

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

That was the question asked by BBC Radio 4’s You & Yours programme this week, and was answered by two prominent figures from the industry – consultant Jane Lawler and Blue Diamond Garden Centres managing director Alan Roper...

A new destination garden centre is to be built in Gosport, Hampshire. The centre will be the third in the Your Local Garden Centre group that currently includes Mappleborough Green and Stansted Park Garden Centres...

LOFA reported two weeks ago of the congestion that is causing major problems at UK ports, this crisis is now escalating, and the situation is now being highlighted by the BBC and ITV who are reporting on the struggle and financial impact this it is having on UK businesses...

November recorded record sales volumes in the garden centre EPoS data analysed for GTN Bestsellers and the star performer in terms of year on year growth was that key gardening essential, Growing Media...

As a year of unprecedented challenges across all industries draws to a close, elho continues to grow and further its reputation as one of the leading synthetic container suppliers in the UK...

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If you've missed one of our popular photo tours of garden centres then click on the links below:

• Aylett Nurseries
• Dobbies Edinburgh
• Groves of Bridport
• In-Excess Ringwood
• Kings Garden & Leisure, Sidmouth
• N1 Garden Centre
• Notcutts Norwich
• Perrywood
• Plymouth Garden Centre
• RHS Wisley
• Squires Badshot Lea
• St Johns Ashford
• St Johns Barnstaple
• Stewarts Christchurch
• Whitehall Lacock

Haskins Garden Centre in Snowhill, Crawley, has opened its doors to customers following a 12-month refurbishment costing £15m...

Charles Stubbs, Lewis Fox and Nemanja Tintor, along with the rest of the BGC team, were proud as punch yesterday as their 58th centre at Thatcham in Berkshire opened...

In advance of the launch of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020, GTN's Northern Correspondent, Steve Myatt, paid a visit to Barton Grange to bring you this first GTN Xtra Christmas photo tour.