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GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
Gold awards for Altons, Ayletts, Barton Grange, Bents, Brigg, Burford House, Gates, Kaemingk, Pengelly, Perrywood, Planters, Pughs, Sapcote, Silverbirch, Squires, The Old Railway Line & Webbs
Burford House (BGC), Brigg (BGC), Squire Badshot Lea, Silverbirch, The Old Railway Line and Bents have picked up Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Team golds in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards, presented at Spring Fair on Monday. Kaemingk walked away with The Greatest Christmas Supplier gold...
See the full list of winners and photos from the awards presentations LIVE at Spring Fair
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Hansa Creation retail launch by Hamac Trading at Spring Fair
Visit Hall 5 Stand: 5G40-H41
Hamac Trading are delighted to announce they are officially launching Hansa Creation Plush Retail Products at the Spring Fair 2022...
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Heaven Sends launch New Christmas 2022 range at their new Showrooms
GTN Xtra Promotion
After a challenging but incredibly successful Christmas season in 2021, Heaven Sends continue to present a fantastic variety of seasonal home decorations & giftware...
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Doors open to Spring Fair today (Sunday)
The doors to Spring Fair, the UK’s largest and longest running wholesale marketplace encompassing the best in home, gift and fashion, open today (Sunday) until Wednesday, welcoming thousands of buyers and showcasing tens of thousands of new products and innovations...
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Plastic Free Gardening range now available at Wildlife World
Wildlife World again flexes its sustainable credentials with the Plastic Free Gardening range of Natural Rubber Seed Cell Trays. Bringing ethically sourced, Fairly Traded, sustainable, long-lasting garden products to the market...
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January garden centre sales cause for celebration
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis
January garden centre sales have been a cause for celebration, of course up significantly on last year when we were still in Lockdown #3, but most importantly up on January pre-pandemic 2020 by 11% and January 2019 by 22%...
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Great news for plant sales
What great news for our industry – plant sales in January were up by a third on the pre-pandemic levels of 2019...
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Just one place left to show your support for Greenfingers at 2022 London Landmarks Half Marathon
With the London Landmarks Half Marathon fast approaching (April 3rd), don’t be surprised to see several members of the garden retail sector getting their practice in, as 11 people have already signed up to fundraising for the Greenfingers charity at this most unusual road race. But don’t worry if you think you’ve missed out as there is still one place to be filled!
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Neudorff invests to ignite sales of organic liquid fertilisers
Neudorff, pioneer of natural gardening since 1854, is investing in online content to nurture the next generation of consumers, in a move that will help garden centre retailers to attract a younger demographic with phenomenal spending power...
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Wyevale Nurseries helps charity with tree planting
Wyevale Nurseries in Herefordshire is helping a charity in the county with its fundraising efforts by donating trees for a planting initiative...
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Bid to continue Peter Seabrook's legacy
A fundraising bid aiming to secure the future of 'Floral Fantasia' at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, has been launched today by an industry group who hope to continue and evolve the popular bedding display, developed in recent years by the late Peter Seabrook...
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The Big Reveal: GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards to be announced at Spring Fair
GTN's Greatest Awards will be revealed at Spring Fair tomorrow (Monday) and the winners will receive their honours on the Inspiring Retail stage in Hall 6 at 5pm.
GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are sponsored by:
Read more and see the list of finalists
Spring Fair places charity at heart of show
Spring Fair, the UK's most diverse, vibrant, and exciting wholesale marketplace for home, gift, and fashion which opens its doors this Sunday, is pleased to announce two incredible charity initiatives with the Retail Trust and the Greetings Card Association (GCA), which launch at the show.
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HTA Responds to the Government’s publication of it’s ‘Levelling up’ White Paper
Commenting on the Government’s publication of it’s ‘Levelling up’ White Paper, James Clark, Director of Policy & Communications at the Horticultural Trades Association said: “The horticulture industry has a vital role to play in reducing imbalances between areas and social groups in this country..."
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Hillier raises more than £24,000 for Maggie’s
Hillier has announced that a staggering total of £24,041 has been donated to Maggie’s, the company’s charity partner of the last three years...
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Durstons' investment offers improved production levels
Following a period of continued growth, Durston Garden Products has taken steps to ensure the ongoing longevity of its growing media offering with two significant investments in machinery...
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New Webb Supreme range of lawnmowers
New for 2022 from British garden equipment manufacturer Handy is the Webb Supreme range of hand pushed lawnmowers, which come with a host of features and resilient design at an excellent price point...
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That was the year that was... 2021
Happy New Year to you all. We hope you all had a good and safe festive period and are now looking forward to an exciting 2022.
Since New Year the GTN gnomes have been beavering away to compile the Top 100 stories read in GTN Xtra last year as our review of 2021.
During 2021 we published in excess of 2,500 stories in GTN Xtra which was opened 390,397 times by 34,334 unique readers who viewed 856,595 pages. Added to that are the pages of GTN magazines published through the year which have been read on line almost 33,000 times (you can catch up with any you may have missed using the links on the bottom right hand side of this GTN Xtra edition) as well as the many thousands of readers of the printed copies.
We've thoroughly enjoyed bringing you all the news, views and ideas during 2021 and we hope you found them useful and informative. Here's to an even greater 2022!
Top 100 most read stories in GTN Xtra during 2021...
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January sales benefit garden products
Garden product sales in January were up by 11% on 2020 and 2% on 2019...
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GCA to host first elements of annual conference virtually
The Garden Centre Association is hosting some of the first elements of its annual conference virtually for members on Thursday (February 10)...
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January sales bode well for growing media
While January growing media sales are only a small proportion of the whole year’s sales January movements year on year can be misleading...
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Flying start for wild bird care
Wild Bird Care sales have got off to a flying start this year but comparisons should be made to 2020 and 2019 where we can see that January volumes are down. That may be due to the ‘better’ than usual weather during the month. February sales will be interesting to watch.
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Key personnel changes at the HTA
The Horticultural Trades Association has recognised the importance of research and market insights and horticultural advice to members with two new appointments. Dave Denny has been promoted to the newly created role of Director of Research & Insights and Martin Simmons will take on a new position as Head of Horticulture...
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SBM expands UK marketing team
SBM Life Science has expanded its UK marketing team as part of its strategy for growth within the industry, with the appointment of a new dedicated product manager. Kate Lindley, who joined the team at the start of the New Year, will manage a range of products and brands within SBM’s UK portfolio, including the iconic houseplant food, Baby Bio, Job Done and Maxicrop.
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Three new senior appointments at turf and topsoil producer
The Rolawn Group has expanded its team with three new senior appointments to support its growth plans...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
RocketGro to supply all Notcutts stores in 2022
RocketGro continues to grow out its presence in the UK Peat-Free Compost market, keeping their prices down to £2.90 a bag delivered for their premium product range...
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On course for a record January
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis
January garden centre sales are heading for a new record volume level for the month, according to Epos data analysed weekly by GTN Bestsellers. Sales are not only up on 2021 levels, when we were in Lockdown #3, but to date, after three weeks of the month, are 15% ahead of 2019 levels, the previous best start to January recorded by GTN Bestsellers...
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Harrogate reports resounding success
After two years and a lot of uncertainty in the months running up to the show due to the Covid pandemic, Harrogate Christmas & Gift finally took place – and what an absolute resounding success it was for everyone involved.
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Peter Seabrook "This Week In The Garden" - Memorial Podcast
Listen to the last episode of Peter Seabrooks podcast, This Week In The Garden, a memorial edition...
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Big changes at MorePeople
Twenty-one-years after co-founding MorePeople with Guy Moreton, Peter Hunt has retired from the business. Guy and fellow shareholder Andy Fitzmaurice have purchased Peter’s shares and now begin the exciting next chapter for MorePeople...
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The Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk & Cycle Challenge returns
The much-loved Garden Re-Leaf Day Sponsored Walk and Cycle Challenge is making its return this March 18th. Having last taken place in 2020 just before the pandemic took hold, the return of the ever-popular challenge will be music to the ears of those Garden Re-Leaf supporters that have made the event an essential part of their annual FUNdraising plans..
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Get ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022
The Greenfingers charity, organiser of Garden Re-Leaf Day, is calling on every garden centre and industry supplier in the UK to take part in the annual FUNdraising event on Friday 18th March 2022, to help raise vital funds for the charity whilst also kickstarting the garden retailing season.
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