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Garden Pride Marketing – New Ranges!
GTN Xtra Promotion
Garden Pride has been trading for nearly 30 years and 2017 saw the relaunch of the business at GLEE where the reins were passed over to the second generation! The business has made some huge steps into brand recognition, product development and manufacturing since then...
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Fire destroys Strikes Stokesley Garden Centre
A major fire that broke out on Friday night has destroyed Strikes Stokesley Garden Centre...
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Gardman "able to provide a basic service and provide it very well" from Kings Lynn site
Even bamboo canes will be back in stock this week as 1200 lines are available for ordering
It may be a long way from the scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark when they put the Ark of the Covenant away in that warehouse as Pete Utting, CEO of Gardman, described their new 70,000 pallet space warehouse at Daventry which burned to the ground last month, but the calm workman like atmosphere in three of the re-established old Gardman warehouses should fill garden centre retailers with confidence that as soon as the products are back in stock, deliveries will be back up to the standard set and expected by Gardman prior to the Daventry move...
See GTN Xtra's photos from Kings Lynn last Friday and feedback from garden centres
Can we catch up by the end of June?
Having to close on Easter Sunday, right at the end of month didn’t help sales at all, which meant that the GTN Bestsellers All Product Sales index for the month was lower than 2013, 35% down on March 2017 and 32% down on the average for March between 2011 and 2017...
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Fryer's wins Blue Diamond Best Garden Centre award
Fryer's Garden Centre in Knutsford has been awarded a prestigious gong for the second year running rising up from a shortlist of 20 to win. The Manchester Road centre won the Blue Diamond Best Garden Centre for the year of 2017 beating 19 others.
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How organic matter can enhance soil condition
GTN Xtra Promotion
It’s that time of year to apply organic matter such as Bathgate Horticulture’s Blended Farm Manure, to help improve the condition of the soil in your beds and borders...
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Rivendell & Dukeries win Best Notcutts Performance award
Two Notcutts garden centres – Rivendell and Dukeries – were joint winners of the ‘Best Garden Centre Performance’ award at the company's March conference...
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Bicester-based E P Barrus Ltd adds WD-40 to portfolio
E P Barrus Ltd has added WD-40, one of the best-known brands of multi-use penetrating oil spray and lubricants, to its wide-ranging gardening portfolio...
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DCF invests in the horticulturalists of tomorrow
Six students studying horticulture have been awarded £8,500 worth of scholarships by the David Colegrave Foundation (DCF)...
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Marathon run for Gardman Chairman
Jonathan Halford, the Chairman of Gardman, Forest Garden and TM Lewin, is running the London Marathon in just over 2 weeks time (22nd April) to raise money for CLIC Sargent...
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Garden centre manager jailed for stealing more than £30,000
An office manager at Abergavenny Garden Centre has been jailed for 15 months after admitting fraud at the family-run centre in Llanfoist. Cardiff Crown Court heard 37-year-old Zena Price conned her employers out of £32,021.92 over a three-year period...
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Three suspected burglars arrested at Cheshire garden centre
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of burglary at Weaver Vale Garden Centre on Thursday...
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Lawn care sales are a sign of what's to come
According to GTN Bestsellers data for the Garden Products category, lawn care sales have shown some signs of what could come in a rush when the weather does improve...
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Too wet for growing – 12% up needed for next three months
With most gardens still too wet for gardening, sales of growing media continued at February levels rather than the normal for the end of March...
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Early Easter boost for tomato plants
The early Easter only provided a boost for tomato plant sales as overall plants were volumes down 40% on the last week of March 2017...
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New entries fill the gaps on bird care shelves
The effects of the Gardman fire are seen in the GTN Wild Bird Care Bestsellers chart this week. Total Top 50 sales were down 42% on the same week last year despite weather that would normally drive upward bird care sales...
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Tomatoes and herbs dominate veg plant sales
Tomatoes and herbs dominate the GTN Veg-2-Gro chart this week. Sales grew by 21% but were still 62% down on the last week of March 2017...
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New appointment at Charles Taylor
After a very successful 2017 – doubling turnover and vastly expanding – Charles Taylor has announced the appointment of Richard Knights who will look after the North West and Cumbria area...
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New Mr Men Little Miss range from T&M
Thompson & Morgan has announced a new partnership with Mr Men Little Miss for autumn this year, to launch a new range of seeds and other gardening products for children...
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Great range of plugs and liners from Seiont Nurseries
Now the fine weather has finally arrived, Seiont Nurseries are busier than ever. Their range of plugs and liners are being shipped to every corner of the UK...
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RHS seed ranges now in over 500 outlets in UK
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has announced that its preferred partner for licensed seed and seed gifting products, Mr Fothergill's Seeds Ltd, has now brought its AGM vegetable and flower seed ranges – which are joint-branded with the RHS – into over 500 garden centres...
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Association of Professional Landscapers appoint new chairman as Ken White steps down
Ken White from Frosts Landscapes has stepped down as Chair of the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL). Rod Winrow (pictured), from Garden House Design, is taking on the role of Chair
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Owner sought for Home & Garden Group
The administrators acting on behalf of the ailing Home & Garden Group, which owns nine garden centres in the UK, have told GTN Xtra that they are trying to sell the business as a going concern...
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New Blue Diamond centre takes £250k ex vat in first 7 days
Blue Diamond MD, Alan Roper, has told GTN Xtra that their new centre at East Bridgford, Nottingham, which opened last Thursday 22nd March, took £241,107 ex vat in the first seven days, far exceeding initial expectations...
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Christmas department at Haskins Garden Centres now open due to high demand
Haskins Garden Centre group has opened its Christmas department across all centres, due to high demand from customers...
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