In This Issue
With eight weeks to go until Glee 2021, show organisers unveil a new date for next year’s event
Who have been the best buyers of the past eighteen months?
New Products, Glee Style
Sustainable, biodiverse and wildlife-friendly... that's Honeyfield’s Wild Bird
The Benefits of Automatic Watering
Blue Diamond trials Dansand NO GROW, the joint filling sand with natural weed inhibitors
Harry Cane 9 fundraising promotion at Lakeside Plant Centre
First week of July 24% up on 9-year average
GIMA judging complete – find out who wins on Nov 11
Sales Manager/Sales Agent to cover Southern Region of England
Environment Minister visits Dobbies Woodcote Green
Ever Given container ship leaves the Suez Canal 106 days late
Long fruitful summer for plant sales
Garden centre group supports local travel agency
First London little dobbies opens
Focus on reducing contamination in food and garden waste
New Products at SOLEX On-Line 2021 - SOLEX SUN's A-L guide
New Products at SOLEX On-Line 2021 - SOLEX SUN's M-Z guide
Video, video. Watch the SOLEX SUN video showreel from SOLEX On-Line 2021
Smart welcomes Early Birds to 2022 Showrooms
Seiont Nurseries partners with Joy of Plants
Zest to sponsor hot-air balloon
Cobra gives back to community by donating lawncare kit
Children call on nation to help ‘Save our Planet’
Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden wins Best in Show
Nicholas Marshall interview live on-line now
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Obituary: Colin Read, co-founder of Podington Garden Centre
New manager at Squire's Garden Centre in Chertsey
Ants, bees and slugs
Community gardeners set to join hall of heroes
Record demand for growing media
RECOUP Continue to crusade to improve plastics packaging recycling
Casual Dining reveals world-class line-up
Enter the prestigious Grower of the Year Awards
Wild Bird Care gains energy
Buckingham Palace Garden opens to visitors
The best of last week's
June sets new records, warm feelings for the future
Local garden centre decorates BBC set
YouGarden completes acquisition of Gardening Direct
Plant health agreement could turn £multi-billion horticulture industry into Brexit success story, claims HTA
The Petface Emporium – Showrooms Reinvented!
New garden centre for well-known Norwegian Hageland
Skydive to help Lily's bucket list dreams come true
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
Pet trade seeks export solution
Raw pet food firm recalls products over salmonella fears
Fish4Dogs launches a lighter choice
Situations Vacant
Sales Manager/Sales Agent to cover Southern Region of England
On target earnings Circa £45K (£25K basic salary)
 
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With eight weeks to go until Glee 2021, show organisers unveil a new date for next year’s event

There is great anticipation in the garden retail sector for the long-awaited return of Glee (14th – 16th September 2021, NEC Birmingham) as an in-person event; with suppliers and retailers set to reconnect and create new opportunities at this year’s show. Building on this excitement, the Glee team has confirmed that the 2022 event will move to a new date in order to meet the ever-developing needs of the garden retail sector. As a result, Glee 2022 will take place June 28th – 30th...

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Who have been the best buyers of the past eighteen months?

Nominations are now open for the Glee Buyers Power List Awards, the winners will be celebrated at Glee 2021...

Make your nominations on-line here
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New Products, Glee Style

It’s time to get planning ahead for what many will be the first port of call at Glee 2021 in September; the Glee New Product Showcase and Awards, in association with GTN...

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Sustainable, biodiverse and wildlife-friendly... that's Honeyfield’s Wild Bird
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Honeyfield’s Wild Bird offers an ethos that revolves around all things sustainable, biodiverse and wildlife-friendly....

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The Benefits of Automatic Watering
GTN Xtra Promotion

The Hozelock Healthy Hobbies Survey revealed that more than half of adults count gardening as a hobby, with 70% spending more time sprucing up their garden during lockdown than ever before...

 

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Blue Diamond trials Dansand NO GROW, the joint filling sand with natural weed inhibitors
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Leading branches take stock and promote Dansand NO GROW to customers who can now enjoy weed free patios, driveways and paths...

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Harry Cane 9 fundraising promotion at Lakeside Plant Centre

The team at Lakeside Plant Centre in Telford were quick off the mark to join in the England Euro celebrations with a Harry Cane 9 promotion to raise funds for their local hospice...

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First week of July 24% up on 9-year average

Garden centre sales volumes, as measured in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data, nearly got back to parity with last year for the first week if July, missing by only 2%...

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GIMA judging complete – find out who wins on Nov 11

Hot on the heels of its Charity Golf Day, the GIMA team was out and about again, this time onsite at Warwick Racecourse to oversee the (socially distanced!) 2021 GIMA Awards judging...

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Sales Manager/Sales Agent to cover Southern Region of England
On target earnings Circa £45K (£25K basic salary)
 
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Environment Minister visits Dobbies Woodcote Green

On the same day as Dobbies opened their third Little Dobbies in Westbourne Grove and Environment Minister Rebecca Pow called into the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show, the minister paid a visit to Dobbies Woodcote Green to hear from CEO Graeme Jenkins how they are creating new jobs and getting involved in the Plant for our Planet campaign...

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Ever Given container ship leaves the Suez Canal 106 days late

The Ever Given container ship which ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March this year has this week been allowed to continue on its journey after a financial settlement agreement...

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Long fruitful summer for plant sales

Even after all the weeks of high plant sales throughout spring, sales last week were not far short of the levels in 2018 when there was a very late summer...

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Garden centre group supports local travel agency

British Garden Centre Group have announced a partnership with local Lincolnshire based travel agency Holiday’s By Design. The travel agency will be opening their second store this July inside one of the UK’s largest garden centres and the flagship centre of the group, Brigg Garden Centre, which is based in North Lincolnshire...

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First London little dobbies opens

Dobbies Garden Centres has opened its first London-based little dobbies. It is the third little dobbies to open in the UK...

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Focus on reducing contamination in food and garden waste

The HTA has called for a greater focus on reducing contamination in food and garden waste collections to help the industry transition away from the use of peat – that was the message they delivered in response to DEFRA’s consultation on consistency in household recycling collections...

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New Products at SOLEX On-Line 2021 - SOLEX SUN's A-L guide

While we haven't been able to physically peruse the New Product Showcase at SOLEX 2021, the Solex Sun and GTN team have been looking through all of the on-line "exhibitor" entries and this is our selection of New Products that have taken our eye...

See our pick of SOLEX New Products A - L
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New Products at SOLEX On-Line 2021 - SOLEX SUN's M-Z guide

While we haven't been able to physically peruse the New Product Showcase at SOLEX 2021, the Solex Sun and GTN team have been looking through all of the on-line "exhibitor" entries and this is our selection of New Products that have taken our eye.

See our pick of SOLEX New Products M - Z
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All the latest news from the world of pet products

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Pet trade seeks export solution

The Pet Industry Federation has announced it is in discussion with its members and an international logistics company to help pet companies overcome the post-Brexit barriers to export and more easily get their products to pet markets in the EU...

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Raw pet food firm recalls products over salmonella fears

 

Natural Instinct has recalled several of its frozen raw pet food products made using duck because of the presence of salmonella...

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Fish4Dogs launches a lighter choice

The Fish4Dogs brand is putting the spring back into the paws of our beloved canines this summer, with the launch of a new mousse recipe – Fish4Dogs Finest Cod Mousse Light...

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Video, video. Watch the SOLEX SUN video showreel from SOLEX On-Line 2021

As there will now be a break with no live football on TV until Sunday, it's coming home, how about gorging yourself on a smörgåsbord board of SOLEX videos.  Here's the SOLEX SUN video showreel...

Watch videos from SOLEX 2021 On-Line "Exhibitors
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Smart welcomes Early Birds to 2022 Showrooms

Three months sooner than in prior years, Smart Garden Products have updated their showrooms at Peterborough and Abingdon, showcasing their complete 2022 product ranges...

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Seiont Nurseries partners with Joy of Plants

The UK’s leading plug and liner supplier has this month (July 2021) partnered with a plant information company to offer its customers a library of images for webshops and websites...

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Zest to sponsor hot-air balloon
 

Zest 4 Leisure is to sponsor a hot-air balloon to mark the 25th anniversary of Wrexham-based Nightingale House Hospice. The company’s logo will feature on the balloon alongside those of a number of other businesses. 

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Cobra gives back to community by donating lawncare kit

Garden machinery specialist, Cobra, has donated a range of lawncare equipment to East Midlands based charity, Rainbows, to help with the maintenance of its grounds and outdoor spaces...

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Children call on nation to help ‘Save our Planet’

The next generation has used gardens at RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival this week to raise awareness of the climate change crisis and urgent need for the nation to help ‘Save our Planet'...

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Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden wins Best in Show

The prestigious Best Show Garden at the 2021 RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival was awarded to ‘The Cancer Research UK Legacy Garden’ designed by Tom Simpson (London). The garden is a celebration of Cancer Research UK legacies and those who have left them to support research on beating cancer.

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Nicholas Marshall interview live on-line now
 

Nicholas Marshall is back - with aspirations to open many new plant centres.


In this issue of news and information for garden centre professionals:

  • Solex Online - “exhibitors preview”
  • Marshall is back… again
  • Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 raises £75,000
  • New Products - Glee style
  • Glee Buyers Power List - nominate your top buyers
  • GIMA Golf Day - full results and pictures
  • Hillier Heritage at Syon Park - GTN Photo Tour
  • Signs of the times at Thetford - GTN Photo Tour
  • Jam on top at BGC Bressingham - GTN Photo Tour
  • HTA Column – 20/20 Vision… so last year.
Read the July Issue of GTN magazine on-line here
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