More than 5,000 customer votes have already been made by customers for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team and as of Sunday morning these are the Top 20 out of 177 centres that have been voted for so far.

This weeks Top 20 Christmas Teams:

1. Bosworth Burton Latimer
2. Cooks Garden Centre
3. Jacksons Boutique Garden Centre
4. Busy Bee Garden Centre
5. Birkacre Garden Centre
6. Keydell Nurseries
7. Summerhill
8. Pughs Radyr
9. Gates Garden Centre
10. Albrighton BGC
11. Munro’s Garden Centre
12. Brigg BGC
13. Azure Garden Centre
14. Roxton BGC
15. Perrywood Sudbury
16. Perrywoods Tiptree
17. Planters Tamworth
18. Garden King
19. Tarporley BGC
20. Ongar BGC

In this issue:

• Customers join in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards
• Sponsors line up prizes for Christmas Awards winners
• Colourful moments of joy – Peckish new Ad campaign
• Choice Marketing Awards
• GIMA Awards 2023 Roll of Honour
• Cans with Class – GTN visits Haws
• Welcoming new talent – On Tour with Colegrave Seabrook Students
• Greenfingers gardens and Christmas jumpers
• The Power of environmental horticulture - HTA Conference
• Little Santa sure to be a winner - GTN Planteria
• Gift cards and hot coals - HTA Column
• Protect yourself against the unknown - GIMA Column

The Horticultural Trades Association’s newly released November Market Update shows, despite Storm Babet and the wettest October since 1998, that UK garden centre retail saw positive trends in the last month...

Specialist business property adviser, Christie & Co and joint agent, Clark Weightman have been instructed to market Millstone Garden Centre in Grimsby, Lincolnshire. This well-established garden centre was originally established in 1989 by current owners, Tom and Joanna Rutherford and benefits from a loyal, local retail and trade customer base...

Local MP, Tom Tugendhat, got a first-hand look at the work Hadlow College is doing to inspire the next generation of students when he visited the College’s state-of-the-art glasshouse...

Fran Barnes, Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) Chief Executive, said: “Today’s Autumn Budget has acknowledged the need to support businesses to invest for the future. We welcome the response to our asks on Business Rates to ease the Spring cliff edge by extending small business and retail reliefs, full-expensing and measures to support the self-employed..."

It’s that time of year once again and British Garden Centres, the largest UK family-run garden centre group has revealed its festive decorating inspiration to help customers deck the halls for the season. From classic and natural styles to bright and bold glamour, there are ideas to suit every taste and every home.

HSBC’s former Head of Economics will be helping delegates at the Garden Centre Association’s annual conference (January 28 until 31, 2024) understand the resurgence of inflation and the challenges that it continues to bring...

Hyve Group has announced the appointment of two new leaders to the team, Jackson Szabo as Portfolio Director for Spring Fair and Autumn Fair and Soraya Gadelrab as the new Event Director for Spring Fair and Autumn Fair...

Broadcaster, writer and celebrity gardener Monty Don OBE has received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Stirling in recognition of his outstanding contribution to horticulture, broadcasting, and charity...

Everyone wants a reputation as a seller of quality plants, because if plants prove difficult for consumers to keep alive, they might avoid buying them again. Poinsettias have an undeserved reputation as a fussy plant, but in fact, caring for them is easy if you remember a few special tips...

Mission Out, based at Tingley Garden Centre, has reached the final of the Newcomer award in the Yorkshire Post Tourism Awards...

Popcorn Kitchen has enjoyed significant growth over the last three years, the fruits of a root & branch review of its brand 18 months earlier, which sought not simply to underpin the brand’s distinct DNA but to explore additional gifting pathways that played into brand’s snowballing popcorn prowess...

Spring Fair, the UK's most popular, diverse, and trend led marketplace for home, gift, fashion and everyday, and retail’s definitive wholesale shopping destination, has created a Community Team to serve as a valuable resource for exhibitors and buyers.

Inspiring retail’s creators and curators, Spring Fair puts thousands of new products across home, gift and fashion at the forefront of UK retail. Only available to see at the next show on 4th – 7th February at NEC Birmingham, a host of exclusive Home brands have been revealed including Coach House, Hill Interiors, Pacific Lifestyle, Garden Trading as well as the exciting new partnership between Libra and Laura Ashley...

In this issue:

• A passion for pots – GTN Interview at Woodlodge
• Norwegian Style outdoors with Fandango
• Captain of garden machinery – Mark Moseley Interview
• GCA Regional Awards – Full 2023 results
• GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards – Enter now!
• Water-wise Planteria retailing from Timber Displays
• Home comforts - GTN visits Yarnton Home & Garden
• Glee New Product Showcase – The complete directory
• Pets show success – PATS Telford 2023
• GTN Planteria Special
• Challenging success - LOFA Column
• Reaching our full Potential – Environmental Horticulture Group Column
• Notes from an Indian Summer - HTA Column
• They think it’s all over… – GIMA Column