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The Big Debate - where the industry needs to go from here
Pointers to the future at HTA Conference
Monkton Elm puts back Christmas for autumn
Bents and Baytree get into the Christmas spirit
Christmas Chart is full of cheer
Fermoys surprise school with Greatest Award
Garden industry needs to restyle its image
Positive outcome to Glee summit meeting
Simpsons of Inverness join Future Marketing Group
Epic 1,250 mile charity mower challenge hits the UK
Suttons Seeds raises £8,500 for Greenfingers
National Gardening Leave initaitive launched at HTA Conference
Nicholas Marshall steps down as CEO of Garden Centre Group
Squire's top of the pots in South Thames Region
Alan Titchmarsh receives Pearson Memorial Medal
Weeding out increased sales
Caroline Owen resumes HTA Chair role
Out-of-town shoppers want more speed from click-and-collect
HTA welcomes new board members
Growing media still in strong demand
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DIY firm B&Q announces 220 job losses
Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor takes the guesswork out of plant care
GTN Bestsellers Chart Update
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The Big Debate - where the industry needs to go from here
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Alan Roper, Andy McIndoe, James Barnes and Mark Pearson take their seats for The Big Debate...
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Pointers to the future at HTA Conference
Survive, adapt, grow was the apt theme of last week’s HTA Conference
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New retailing environments designed to make retail experiences more pleasurable were on the adapt agenda.  This award winning USA garden centre bathroom was just one example...
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Monkton Elm puts back Christmas for autumn
 
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Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre near Taunton, Somerset, have delayed setting up for Christmas to give gardeners the chance to make the most of autumn...

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Bents and Baytree get into the Christmas spirit

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Bents Garden Centre opened their Christmas festivities with this 6ft giant pudding in the company of their local Town Crier and Santa Claus...

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Christmas Chart is full of cheer
 
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The GTN Bestsellers Christmas Chart has returned and it’s good news for those garden centres that have got their displays up early. According to our data, shoppers are already getting into the swing of things with encouraging sales of festive items...
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Fermoys surprise school with Greatest Award
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Fermoys staff surprised teachers and children at Bradley Barton Primary School in Newton Abbot by interrupting assembly with the news that they had won The Greatest Jubilee Doorstep Award for Schools...
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Garden industry needs to restyle its image
 
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TV presenter David Domoney has called on the garden industry to restyle its image if it wants to attract new blood...
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Positive outcome to Glee summit meeting
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A summit meeting organised by GIMA in London and aimed at safeguarding the future of Glee and other trade shows, was said to have had a positive outcome...
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Simpsons of Inverness join Future Marketing Group
 
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Independent garden centre Simpsons of Inverness have joined the buying group, Future Marketing Group...
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Epic 1,250 mile charity mower challenge hits the UK
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Look out for a man on a mower on the roads of the UK over the coming weeks as an epic Mowerthon is under way...
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Suttons Seeds raises £8,500 for Greenfingers
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Staff at Suttons Seeds have presented a cheque for £8,500 to Greenfingers, the charity dedicated to creating gardens at children’s hospices nationwide...
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