In This Issue
Glee 2015 was a great success for retailers
Game On Glovie at the shock Japan rugby result
Sunday trading proposals will boost the rural economy and benefit consumers, says HTA
New active ingredient for Provado Ultimate Bug Killer
Making the most of all the new product opportunities
Thrillers and spillers for October plant sales
Glee-ful time for Greenfingers
Wyevale Nurseries becomes a NATO ally
All 'pouffed' up after winning three new product awards
New look Town & Country goes down a storm
Grower left red faced after eating £1,000 tomato
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Green Heart of Glee is a winner with monthly plant merchandising ideas
Uuni pizza oven is the Retailers Choice at Glee 2015
Catch up with all the Glee Daily News
Plantarea Manager - South West
Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
Gifts and Homeware Team Leader
Assistant Manager - West Midlands
Commercial Sales Estimator
Contracts Manager
Sundries Assistant - Hampshire
Plant Area Supervisor - Hampshire
Back to the future for orchid feeders
Onions set the pace for veg sales
Autumn growing gets growing
Save the Date: HTA Marketing Forum 2015 – Tuesday 10 November
APL win Gold at Harrogate Autumn Flower Show
Glee New Product Awards 2015 results
Green Digit win the second GIMA Innovator’s Seed Corn Fund
Glee Buyers Power List 2015 winners
Adam Wigglesworth becomes HTA President at Glee
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Green Pastures' new restaurant crowned 'Best in Norfolk'
Competition hots up at biggest ever lunch! show
Situations Vacant
Plantarea Manager - South West
Shaw Trust Palmer Gardens
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Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
Bonnington Plastics Ltd
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Gifts and Homeware Team Leader
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Assistant Manager - West Midlands
 
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Commercial Sales Estimator
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Contracts Manager
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Glee 2015 was a great success for retailers
Post Glee comment from Brechin Castle, Perrywood, Scotsdales, Squires, Hillview, Haskins, Fosseway, Caulders, Green Pastures, Fron Goch, Baytree and Choice Marketing


As Glee 2015 closed, event organisers i2i events and exhibitors unanimously claimed the show a success.  But what of the views of the visiting retailers.  After the show GTN Xtra talked with a number of visitors to guage their post Glee reaction...
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Game On Glovie at the shock Japan rugby result


GTN Xtra has learned that the lucky omen responsible for the shock Japan Rugby World Cup win in Brighton last night was a Greenfingers #Glovie, taken just as the match got under way...
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Sunday trading proposals will boost the rural economy and benefit consumers, says HTA
The Horticultural Trades Association this week set out its strong support for the Government’s proposals to devolve power over Sunday trading rules, arguing that a relaxation of the rules would deliver significant economic benefits for garden centres and wider social benefits to families and hobby gardeners...



HTA Chief Executive Carol Paris seen here with Adam Wigglesworth from Aylett Nurseries, who was appointed as President of the Association, taking over the role from Stan Green of Growforth.
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New active ingredient for Provado Ultimate Bug Killer
 
The UK’s number one insecticide, Provado Ultimate Bug Killer, will have a new active ingredient in 2016: deltamethrin...
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Making the most of all the new product opportunities
After what was acclaimed by most people as a very successful Glee, now’s the time to start making the most of all the new product opportunities showcased at this year’s show...



Glee New Products will also feature on BBC National airwaves, with Boyd Douglas-Davies from Hillview Garden Centres (pictured above) being interviewed by BBC Radio 4’s You and Yours programme.
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Thrillers and spillers for October plant sales
 
Here’s a great Bestsellers tip from the Green Heart of Glee. Kevin Waters created 12 month by month merchandising ideas within the plant displays...
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Glee-ful time for Greenfingers


Greenfingers, the national charity dedicated to creating gardens and outdoor spaces for children in hospices around the country, had an extremely busy and productive time at Glee this week.  Capitalising on having so many industry supporters under one roof it was an extremely fruitful few days for the Greenfingers team who were launching new initiatives, fundraising, meeting up with old contacts and making new ones...
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Wyevale Nurseries becomes a NATO ally
 
One of the UK’s leading commercial nurseries, Wyveale Nurseries, has this month become a supporter of the National Association of Tree Officers (NATO). Sales and marketing director Adam Dunnett said: "We are backing the vital work of putting trees into the urban landscape.”
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All 'pouffed' up after winning three new product awards


Fallen Fruits is celebrating after winning three awards at this year's Glee New Product Showcase...
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New look Town & Country goes down a storm
 
At the end of an exceptionally busy and fruitful three days at Glee, Town & Country says the unveiling of its new brand image has gone down a storm with show visitors.
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Green Pastures' new restaurant crowned 'Best in Norfolk'


Last September the new restaurant at Green Pastures Plant Centre was just a big hole in the ground. This week, just 4 months after opening their brand new 100 seater restaurant, Green Pastures in Bergh Apton near Norwich were celebrating a massive win scooping top prize for the "Best Restaurant" in the Eastern Daily Press Norfolk Food and Drink Awards...
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Competition hots up at biggest ever lunch! show
Twinings, Cawston Press, Tri-Star Packaging, Carrs Food, Manitowoc Foodservice, and Y3K, are just some of exhibitors competing for Innovation Challenge Awards at next week’s sold out lunch! show...
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Grower left red faced after eating £1,000 tomato


Having announced a £1,000 prize for the heaviest Gigantomo Tomato brought to The Harrogate Autumn Show, Van Meuwen  PR officer Kris Collins quietly went about raising his own plants aiming to achieve a whopper. His largest fruit weighed in at 4lb3oz (1.95kg), and while he said it made the perfect base for a bolognese sauce, you can image his shock come Harrogate weigh in day to find the winning fruit came in at just 3lb8oz (1.75kg)...
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HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
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Poplars, Groves and Barton Grange have all won Gold in The Greatest Awards.  Which garden centres will be leaving the HTA Futures Conference with Gold this year?
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Green Heart of Glee is a winner with monthly plant merchandising ideas
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"That has been the most valuable and rewarding thing we've done at Glee and added enormously to all of the other ideas and products we've seen in the halls..."
See pictures of the Green Heart plant merchandising displays
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Uuni pizza oven is the Retailers Choice at Glee 2015


The winner of the Glee Retailers Choice Award for 2015 was the Uuni 2 woodfired pizza oven...
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Catch up with all the Glee Daily News



The GTN Xtra team were LIVE at Glee bringing you the most comprehensive show coverage in the Glee Daily News...

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