In This Issue
Kent garden centre closes early for Christmas to keep staff safe
The New Environmentalist - Nature will become ‘second nature’ to future generations
Heaven Sends to launch New Christmas 2021 Preview from Jan 4th
Back to the future...
Whistler Grills looks to recruit Retail Sales Manager
Over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
WinRetail system lives up to expectations for Grovewell
Get set for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021!
Centre faced with ‘crazy’ order to close mini golf course
Poinsettia is bestselling plant of the week
Still time for Christmas to end on a high note
Dobbies raises over £1m for Teenage Cancer Trust
Woodlodge to help retailers drive festive sales growth with launch of new Snowlodge Christmas Décor range
Clothing range to open at Bourne Valley
Stax expands range with new SBM Pest Killer
Biggest garden centre in Denmark almost completed
Tony Robson crowned Garland Sales Agent of the Year
Bridgetime Transport supports Festive Productions’ Christmas rush
New titanium coated secateurs for added strength
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Christmas food on the up
Team changes at Hozelock
Garden lighting crosses into Christmas decoration
Tim Jeffries to leave Mr Fothergills
We all love robins in run-up to Christmas
WaterSafe offers winter advice to gardeners
The best of last week's
Haskins to put team wellbeing first this Christmas  
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Compost supply deal for leading organic waste business
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to the GTN Bestsellers printed weekly newsletter
All the latest news from the world of pet products
Poultry specialist easichick launches bumper bedding bale
Interpet appoints international sales manager
Sustainable bamboo bowl with style
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Kent garden centre closes early for Christmas to keep staff safe

Brookside Garden Centre in Kent has closed early for Christmas to keep their staff safe in light customers not following guidelines and being abusive.  "If I don’t feel safe in my own shop, then I cannot and will not expect my staff to put themselves in harms way," owner Simon Shead told GTN Xtra last night...

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The New Environmentalist - Nature will become ‘second nature’ to future generations

The ‘Sustainability Trend’ really isn’t a trend and those that do should stop referring to it as such. The global pandemic has fast-forwarded this movement by five years... 

 

GTN's Sustainability Directory 2021 is available to read on-line now and will arrive with the December issue of GTN this week.

Read the full article in the 2021 edition of GTN's Sustainability Directory here
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Heaven Sends to launch New Christmas 2021 Preview from Jan 4th
GTN Xtra Promotion

In lieu of trade shows in the new year, Heaven Sends are pulling out all the stops to deliver an amazing Showroom preview of New Christmas 2021 early next year...

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Back to the future...
From 2020 into 2021
 

As we head towards the start of a new year it is a time for reflection and hope so GTN has gathered the highlights of 2020 and thoughts for 2021 from: Alan Roper - Blue Diamond, Sally Cornelissen - Burleydam Garden Centre, Boyd Douglas-Davies - British Garden Centres and HTA President, Vicky Nuttall - GIMA, Amanda Sizer-Barratt – Gardenex, Mark Portman - Evergreen Garden Care, Brett Avery - Farplants, Kevin Turley - Lakeside Garden Centre and John Ainscow, Summerseat and Bradley Fold Garden Centres, with additional feedback from Mark Osborne - Chairman of LOFA and Sales Director of Outback International (UK)...

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Whistler Grills looks to recruit Retail Sales Manager
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After a fantastic Summer, Whistler Grills is now expanding its sales team to cover the Garden Centre channel and various other retailers, and as a result is looking to recruit a Retail Sales Manager...

 

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Over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards

They’re back, all be it in a virtual form.  GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards are back for 2020 to celebrate all that’s great about garden centres at Christmas through the pages of GTN and the GTN Xtra e-mail newsletter and now we can announce there's over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won:

  • The Greatest Christmas Houseplant Team – Sponsored by Woodlodge - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Outdoor Plant and Christmas Tree Team – Sponsored by GTN Bestsellers -subscriptions worth £580 for the winner
  • The Greatest Festive Food Hall Team – Sponsored by Garden Radio – 1 years’ service with bespoke messages, worth over £500 for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Team – Sponsored by SOLEX - 2 x Hotel Rooms at SOLEX 2021 for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Pets Team – Sponsored by Smart Garden Products, Zöon -£500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Community/Charity Initiative – Sponsored by Kaemingk – A display from their UK showroom for the winner
  • The Greatest Social Media Christmas Marketing Idea – Sponsored by Glee – 2 x Hotel Rooms at Glee 2021 for the winner
  • The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Video – Sponsored by Premier Decorations - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Winter Garden Care Sales Team – Sponsored by Elho - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Covid Safe Christmas Display Team – Sponsored by Global Journey - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Group Garden Centre Christmas Team – Sponsored by DCUK - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Small Garden Centre Christmas Team - Sponsored by Ascalon - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Mid-Sized Garden Centre Christmas Team – Sponsored by Kaemingk- A display from their UK showroom for the winner
  • The Greatest Large Garden Centre Christmas Team Sponsored by Festive - £500 stock for the winner
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WinRetail system lives up to expectations for Grovewell

Grovewell Garden Centres reveal how the WinRetail system from Corby & Fellas has been a great addition to their business, praising its reliability and user-friendliness...

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Get set for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021!
Mark Friday March 19th 2021 in your diaries now!

2021 marks a very special occasion for the annual Garden Re-Leaf Day event as this special FUNdraising day (March 19th, 2021) celebrates its 10th anniversary! Looking rather different to previous years as we navigate a new normal, there’s still a whole host of different ways to get involved in this ever-popular charity day that not only kick starts the gardening season but also raises much needed funds for the Greenfingers Charity...

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Centre faced with ‘crazy’ order to close mini golf course

Cherry Hill Garden Centre is facing the ‘crazy’ prospect of having to remove a miniature golf course and play area from its site near Middlesbrough after being served with an enforcement notice from the local council...

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Poinsettia is bestselling plant of the week
 

Plant sales almost held their own year on year last week, down just 1.7% but 7% ahead of the same week in 2018 and 23% ahead of 2017. Poinsettia moved up one place to be the No 1 Bestselling plant of the week.

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Still time for Christmas to end on a high note
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis

After the record trading week, volume wise, at the end of November, garden centre Christmas sales have tailed off. But with one full weekend’s trading still to come there’s plenty of opportunity for Christmas to sell out and for garden products to sell in high volumes as Christmas gifts...

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Dobbies raises over £1m for Teenage Cancer Trust

Dobbies Garden Centres has hit a major fundraising milestone, raising over £1m for UK-wide charity, Teenage Cancer Trust...

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Woodlodge to help retailers drive festive sales growth with launch of new Snowlodge Christmas Décor range

 

Following its acquisition of Adobe Wholesale and The Garden Foundry, Woodlodge, the UK’s leading brand for pots, containers and garden décor, is to further expand its offering for garden retailers with the introduction of its new Snowlodge Christmas Décor range...

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Clothing range to open at Bourne Valley
 

Klass ladies wear has signed a lease to open a new clothing department in March 2021 within Bourne Valley Garden Centre in Surrey...

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Stax expands range with new SBM Pest Killer

As the exclusive UK distributor for SBM Life Science products, Stax has added the new Provanto Smart Bug Killer to its long list of gardening and seasonal ranges. Those ranges already include other leading SBM brands such as Baby Bio and Toprose...

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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Poultry specialist easichick launches bumper bedding bale

One of the UK’s favourite poultry beddings, easichick, is now available in a 20kg bale.  This new bale compliments the existing 10kg product and is ideal for larger domestic users and small holders for whom it provides economy of scale and reduces the amount of packaging used...

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Interpet appoints international sales manager

Leading pet and aquatics business Interpet is growing its export programme to help meet ongoing demand for its products. As part of it plans the company has appointed former staff member Lester Bunce as international sales manager.

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Sustainable bamboo bowl with style

Pet Brands has developed a new range of bamboo bowls, making eco-friendly pet products appealing to a wider range of customers. These bowls have been designed without compromising the high-quality finish synonymous with the brand, and are durable, non-slip and dishwasher safe...

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Biggest garden centre in Denmark almost completed

Completion of the 12,000 sqm garden centre for Plantorama is in sight. Smiemans Projecten started this spring with this project in the city of Tilst...

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Tony Robson crowned Garland Sales Agent of the Year
 

It is record breaking time at Garland Products where Tony Robson scooped the ‘Sales Agent of the Year’ award for the third time, during a year when the company has already achieved an unprecedented £2 million sales growth...

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Bridgetime Transport supports Festive Productions’ Christmas rush

Cwmbran-based logistics company Bridgetime Transport is helping Festive Productions to deliver a little magic ahead of Christmas...

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New titanium coated secateurs for added strength
 

Darlac, the cutting tool experts from Slough, have added a top of the range pair of secateurs to the already impressive 30 different pruners they offer...

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