In This Issue
Joules acquires digitally led retailer Garden Trading
Petition to get Garden Centres in Scotland and Wales open again as soon as possible gains momentum, but they still need our help
The green shoots of recovery
From Seeds to Suet, Honeyfield’s continue to innovate
Looking forward to better weather
Join the Twinkly revolution at new UK showroom
New Board Members and Future Chairman confirmed at GCA AGM
100% responsible ‘Food Range’ released by Cotswold Granaries
Plant sales more than double
Join Korbond at Spring Fair 2021, this week!
Pearson Memorial medal awarded to Adam Wigglesworth of Aylett Nurseries
Risk to Scottish horticulture growing each day
One million steps for Garden Re-Leaf 2021
AMES UK invest more than £1m in infrastructure and people in response to increasing market demand
The national interest in houseplants is sky-rocketing
GTN's Christmas Special Issue - read on-line here
Gardening expert Richard Jackson challenges Britain to get ready, steady, grow!
Mental health body is garden centre's charity of the year
Dobbies bids to tackle food waste with Magic Bag
Venturing outdoors for mind, body and soul
Altons BBQ World, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Baytree, Busy Bee, Groves, Pengelly, Pughs, The Old Railway Line and Squires Badshot Lea are the winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Christmas Future Trends at Glee's Festive Focus Day
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Pots of potential for container gardening
Garden businesses wilt under Brexit trade rules
Working together for better plant health
Cold weather boost for Wild Bird Care
Onions dominate Veg-2-Gro sales
Uplift in demand causes Greenregis mail order business to move
Introducing ‘The Real Soil Company’ – the new name in high-quality, results-driven topsoil
Gift card sales surge over UK’s first Covid Christmas
The best of last week's
Sign online petition to get Welsh centres re-opened
Moving on up… slowly
Greenfingers Charity welcomes Guy Topping as Trustee
RHS awards key outdoor pots license to Woodlodge
Jeno Floral - pick of the Christmas Bestsellers
Great roofing products for the garden make-over boom
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Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
Lily's Kitchen launches limited edition Valentine's Day dog tin
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Joules acquires digitally led retailer Garden Trading

Joules, the premium British lifestyle brand, has announced that it has acquired The Garden Trading Company Limited, a digitally led retailer of home and garden products inspired by the British countryside and lifestyle trends...

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Petition to get Garden Centres in Scotland and Wales open again as soon as possible gains momentum, but they still need our help

 

Garden Centres in Scotland and Wales, where garden centres are currently not allowed to open, need our support with their petitions to devolved governments to allow them to re-open as soon as possible...

Links to the petitions are here
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The green shoots of recovery
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Spring is in the air, and with it, a sense of hope. Although this current lockdown has been exceptionally challenging for many businesses, garden and farm centres have been in the fortunate position of being allowed to stay open. With limited destination retail experiences for people to enjoy, no doubt this has reaped the benefits of a wider demographic and increased footfall. But it’s important to maintain this when mainstream retail opens up again.Specialist designers, Catering Design Group (CDG), walk us through some fresh ideas to maintain and nurture growth ahead.

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From Seeds to Suet, Honeyfield’s continue to innovate
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Wild Bird Care specialist Honeyfield’s have introduced a major manufacturing capability to their production site in Driby, Lincolnshire. Now, Honeyfield’s will be producing Suet Pellets and Suet Blocks in-house and launching a refreshed Suet offering to the market...

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Looking forward to better weather
GTN Bestsellers exclusive analysis

As we move into February, gardeners and garden centres are all looking forward to some better weather so they can get out on their plots to get growing. GTN Bestsellers reports sales increasing by 25% duing the last week of January and with the weather improving during the first week of February perhaps we’ll get back to sales that are on parity with last year...

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Join the Twinkly revolution at new UK showroom
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Twinkly are incredibly proud and excited to announce that their brand new UK showroom is now open! Based in Chorley, in the heart of Lancashire, you’ll be able to see the revolutionary Twinkly products in action, test the latest technology first-hand, and see what’s new for Christmas 2021...

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New Board Members and Future Chairman confirmed at GCA AGM
 
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Members of the Garden Centre Association (GCA) have recently elected new members to its board during the organisation’s virtual AGM.  David Yardley and Will Blake join the board and Will Blake is confirmed as Chairman Elect to take over as Chairman following Tammy Woodhouse who takes over in 2022 after Mike Burks the current Chairman...

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100% responsible ‘Food Range’ released by Cotswold Granaries
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Cotswold Granaries brand new home compostable packaging and 100% natural wild bird, hedgehog, duck and squirrel feed coming in January to the Wildlife World food range. Zero plastic, zero waste, zero consumer guilt!

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Plant sales more than double

Plant sales more than doubled in the GTN Bestsellers EPOS data during the last week of January, giving indications of high volume sales to come when the weather gets warmer and drier...

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Join Korbond at Spring Fair 2021, this week!

Korbond are excited to embark on a second season of virtual events and are embracing the digital arena with a series of new videos to bring their business and associated brands, Care & Repair, Creations by Korbond and navig8 to life...

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Pearson Memorial medal awarded to Adam Wigglesworth of Aylett Nurseries

 

 

 

The 2020 Pearson Memorial Medal for outstanding service to the garden industry has been awarded at a surprise, socially distanced presentation to Adam Wigglesworth, Director of Aylett Nurseries and former President of the HTA...

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Risk to Scottish horticulture growing each day
As closures remain in place HTA calls for Scottish government re-think

Scottish ornamental horticulture growers are experiencing a sense of de-ja-vu as, once again, they face the very real possibility of significant financial damage and the loss of thousands of young plants as a result of the continued closure of garden centres in Scotland...

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One million steps for Garden Re-Leaf 2021
The Greenfingers team confirm their Garden Re-Leaf challenge
 

A Greenfingers team made up of Linda Petrons, Sally Jenkins, and Holly Harrington, have pledged to walk one million steps throughout March 2021 – no less than 10,000 steps per day – to mark Garden Re-Leaf Day's 10th anniversary...

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AMES UK invest more than £1m in infrastructure and people in response to increasing market demand

Following a record-breaking 2020, AMES UK says it is experiencing unprecedented demand from customers in the early weeks of 2021. Pre-season orders for aggregates, paving, pots, water features and outdoor heating products are, in many cases, more than double that of the same time last year...

 

Two of the new Toyota forklifts acquired as part of the infrastructure investment.

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The national interest in houseplants is sky-rocketing
 

David Domoney’s new book ‘My Houseplant Changed My Life’, published by DK, stormed to the top of the charts on Amazon as a pre-order, before its release date on February 4...

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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Lily's Kitchen launches limited edition Valentine's Day dog tin

Lily’s Kitchen has launched a limited-edition ‘Be My Valentine’ tray for dogs, so that pet parents and pups can have a romantic meal for two this Valentine’s Day...

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GTN's Christmas Special Issue - read on-line here

 

 

GTN's Christmas Special January 2021 Issue includes full results and comment from GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards, GTN's Christmas Directory for 2021 and the Top 100 Christmas Products Chart 2020 from GTN Bestsellers...

Read GTN's Christmas Special January 2021 Issue on-line here
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Gardening expert Richard Jackson challenges Britain to get ready, steady, grow!
 

Gardening personality Richard Jackson has created the Couch to Five a Day Challenge to encourage even more people to grow their own...

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Mental health body is garden centre's charity of the year

As Covid-19 related mental health issues continue to spiral, a Batley based charity that offers free training sessions to help promote physical and mental wellbeing will benefit from the generosity of Tong Garden Centre's customers and staff this year...

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Dobbies bids to tackle food waste with Magic Bag

Dobbies has partnered with surplus food app, Too Good To Go, in a bid to combat food waste across its stores...

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Venturing outdoors for mind, body and soul
 

Grimsby Garden Centre knows more than most that green fingered activity is good for both physical and mental health. Owned by leading NHS mental health services provider NAViGO, profits from the centre go back into local mental health services across North East Lincolnshire.

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Altons BBQ World, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Baytree, Busy Bee, Groves, Pengelly, Pughs, The Old Railway Line and Squires Badshot Lea are the winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards

 

The winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020 have been announced LIVE! on-line during Glee's Festive Focus Day today. 

 

And the winners are...  

Watch the LIVE announcement and see all the results here
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Christmas Future Trends at Glee's Festive Focus Day

 

Take a look at Christmas future with forecasters, Trend Bible as they dive into the emerging trends that will define Christmas 2021...

Watch the Christmas Trends session here
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