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Comment from BGC, Blue Diamond, Altons, Baytree, Planters, Bosworths, Groves, Summerseat, Fron Goch, Klondyke, Newbank, Perrywood, Raglan, Bents & Longacres Garden Centres
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Primeur raring to go for spring/summer 2021!
Sustainability, new merchandising support and range updates
As the spring season gets underway, Primeur – the award-winning supplier of the Eco Garden range of recycled rubber planters, stepping-stones and borders – is raring to go with a warehouse full of stock, new lines added and proven merchandising displays set to drive up the average basket spend. Here the company outlines five reasons why you should make Primeur your top choice for driving sales this year...
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Studley Grange Garden Centre installs WinRetail
GTN Xtra Promotion
Corby + Fellas are delighted to announce Studley Grange Garden Centre and Butterfly World & Farm Park have just installed WinRetail.
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Cherry Lane acquires Langford Garden Centre
Value garden centre group, Cherry Lane, has acquired Langford Nurseries & Garden Centre in Bedfordshire, taking their group of garden centres to 15...
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Suez Canal blockage causes further delays for garden furniture
Many LOFA members have products on the container ship that is blocking the Suez canal, Ever Given, or held up in one of the container ships behind the vessel, which means yet another setback for the outdoor leisure industry which is already dealing with issues caused by port congestion, lack of empty containers and rising shipping costs...
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One year on and sales keep growing
Last week saw garden centre volume sales climb even higher to even outsell the peak created last year by the last minute panic before Lockdown #1 was formally announced...
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Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 raises £35,000 with the total still rising!
Turning 10 is not a celebration to be missed and despite the challenges that we currently face there is no question that Garden Re-Leaf’s 10th anniversary was celebrated in style. Here we look back on some of the amazing FUNdraising events which took place throughout March – and look ahead to those yet to take place...
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Record high for plants in March
Even without the panic of a weekend before lockdown, plant sales volumes soared last week to a record high for any week in March recorded in the GTN Bestellers Epos data...
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little dobbies opens its doors in Bristol
Dobbies has opened a brand new format store in Bristol – little dobbies...
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AMES UK goes the extra mile for Greenfingers
Colleagues from Kelkay, Apta, La Hacienda and True Temper stepped out last Friday in support of Greenfingers and clocked up an incredible one million steps...
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DJ Turfcare responds to Monty Don’s call to stop mowing our lawns
Gardening guru, Monty Don, recently issued a rallying call to gardeners to stop mowing their lawns, claiming the process ‘burns lots of fossil fuel’, ‘makes a filthy noise’ and is ‘about the most injurious thing you can do to wildlife’. This statement has sent ripples across the gardening industry with suppliers such as DJ Turfcare wanting to actively respond as they believe such comments have potentially damaging consequences...
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Gallery of pictures from Garden Re-Leaf Day
"From head shaves to virtual walks, quizzes to minutes mowed, pot sales, skipping, #floralfriday and much more we really cannot thank the industry enough for their inspiration and for digging deep and putting the FUN into FUNdraising!..."
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 picture special
Tong Garden Centre invests in new Food Hall
The former Food Hall at Tong Garden Centre has been rebranded ‘Hearty's' by Huddersfield branding and design specialists Picture Smiths and features a new branded range of all Yorkshire products...
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Garden centres see big boost in furniture and BBQ sales
The Garden Centre Association’s recent Barometer of Trade report for February has revealed furniture and barbecue sales at garden centres saw a 79.17% year to date increase during the month...
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Clock-change signifies frustrating Spring for Northern Ireland’s cooped-up gardeners
Consumers in Northern Ireland are desperate to get back into garden centres, with a recent survey showing that 78 per cent feel confident in visiting one. The Horticultural Trades Association survey showed that only people in Scotland have more confidence (79%) in the safety of the retail environment of a garden centre, something they put down to rigorous good practice outlined in their Safe Trading Protocols...
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
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The Kennel Club cancels Crufts 2021
The Kennel Club has decided to cancel Crufts 2021, which was due to take place from 15 – 18 July, due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic and in consideration for the health and safety of all its volunteers, judges, exhibitors, sponsors, trade stand holders, visitors and staff...
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Record sales for garden products
Just as last week was a record March week for plant sales, so it was also a record for graden product sales. The GTN Bestsellers Top 50 volumes jumped by 38% week on week to surpass the peak last year as we went into Lockdown #1...
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No sign of a let up in Veg-2-Gro sales
After the four previous weeks’ huge increases in Veg-2-Gro sales we might have expected a levelling off, but there is no sign of that. Last week’s sales matched the same week last year, which were bolstered by the impending Lockdown #1...
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Growing media up by 8% on last year
Growing media was the one area tracked by GTN Bestsellers that didn’t match the same level of sales compared to last week in 2020. However, sales were almost double the average for the week in the previous five years...
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RHS Gardens Spring Activity Programme
Experience the colours and scents of spring with beautiful flowering bulbs and cherry blossom to be found across the five RHS Gardens, including for the first time, at RHS Garden Bridgewater, Salford, which opens to visitors in May...
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‘Peonies’ – comprehensive new book by award-winning nurserywoman Claire Austin
This April, Claire Austin is due to self-publish ‘Peonies’, the most comprehensive and highly illustrated book ever published on one of the world’s best loved flowers...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Westland call for reality to be brought to the peat debate
"Westland Horticulture is significantly ahead of our plan in delivering ambitious sustainability targets across our potting soils and composts for 2021. However, we would warn that the toughest days lie ahead for the sector unless some reality is brought to the debate around peat." Keith Nicholson, Marketing Director Westland Horticulture...
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Eddie Topping retires
After 65 years at the helm of one of the UK's most successful garden centre businesses, Eddie Topping has stepped down as Chairman of The Barton Grange Group...
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The BBQ game changer!
GTN Xtra Promotion
Following their launch year in 2020, Whistler Grills have made huge strides in the first two months of 2021 and are rapidly becoming a major player in the premium gas barbecue market...
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Garden centres facing cap on business rates relief
Garden centres businesses in England with multiple sites are being warned that they face a cash cap on business rates relief under the government’s extended discount scheme, announced in the spring Budget. Allen Evans, partner at retail property consultants Gilbert Evans, says the cap has been causing confusion among garden centre owners...
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Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
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.
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Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Sneak preview of Squires Badshot Lea Greatest Christmas Awards entry
See Squires Bashot Lea's Christmas Awards entry photo tour here
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
Sneak preview of Perrywoods Greatest Christmas Awards entry
See Perrywoods Christmas Awards Entry Photo Tour here
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