GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra Issue 44 2018

Wyevale Garden Centres has today announced the sale of a portfolio of five garden centres to Dobbies Garden Centres. The centres are: Gloucester; Heighley Gate; Huntingdon (pictured above); Woodbridge and Woodlands.

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Gardman up for sale

After a tumultuous year Gardman is up for sale...

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Visit Daro this October to preview 2019 Indoor and Outdoor rattan collections
GTN Xtra Promotion

Daro are hosting their annual Preview Show of the 2019 Indoor, Outdoor and Laura Ashley rattan collections at its Head office showroom in Northampton, throughout the whole of October...

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September sales just above average

Whilst garden centre total volume sales for September 2018 were 2% down on 2017, they were 2% up on the average for September over the previous seven years...

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Outstanding year for Job done - delivered growth as promised!

Customers reported TRIPLE DIGIT value growth in their weedkiller sales after introducing the Job done® range into their garden centre!

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Change of ownership but business as usual for Bransford Webbs

The Bransford Webbs Plant Company has this week announced a change in the ownership of the company in order to ensure the security of the business for the future...

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GCA Trust sponsored delegates return from ‘inspirational’ IGCA Congress in Czech Republic

Squire’s Garden Centres’ Matt Tanner and Klondyke Group’s Jayne Scott who were sponsored by the Garden Centre Association Trust to attend the International Garden Centre Association Congress are back from their trip...

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Formby nursery is blazing a trail in pot recycling

Formby growers Porters Fuchsias, supplies of the garden centre Happy Plants brand, are stepping up their recycling programme with a new label for their carbon pigment-free pots and bedding packs made from recycled green plastic drinks bottles...

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Cultivation Street's top community gardening ambassador is from Dobbies Milton Keynes

Steve Purton of Dobbies at Milton Keynes has been named as the Cultivation Street Ambassador of the Year in David Domoney’s commmunity gardening campaign.

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30k Sun giveaway heralds launch of FloPro classic hose reel

The new Flopro Classic Hose Reel launched at Glee has hit the market with 30,000 units being given away free of charge at garden centres across the country...

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Family bereavment inspires £30k Dobbies defibrillator project

Dobbies have invested more than £30,000 on installing defibrillators in their 34 garden centres after hearing a moving account of a family’s bereavement...

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Continuing 'portable' garden trend set to benefit plant sales
Young renters on the move want to take their garden plants with them

The ‘pick it up and take it with me’ trend in gardening is set to continue says Wyevale Nurseries, as figures reveal home ownership among 25-34-year-olds is decreasing with more young people renting instead...

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Wildlife World generates record 60% rise in new enquiries

Glee 2018 was Wildlife World’s best yet with a staggering 60 per cent increase in new enquiries. Celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, the Wildlife World team wowed garden centre buyers and retailers with its new eye-catching stand...

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Kent & Stowe Dig for Victory gifts catch the eye for Christmas

The Kent & Stowe ‘Dig for Victory’ gift and Christmas range really captured the imagination of visitors to the brand's 'bunker' at Glee, suppliers Crest Garden report...

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Stewarts teams say goodbye hair...and hello to £5,500 for cancer charity

Twenty four staff at Stewarts Garden Centres have raised £5,500 in sponsorhip for their Brave The Shave appeal for Macmillan Cancer Support...

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Jacksons 'boutique' Garden Centre celebrates 50 years

Jackson's 'boutique' Garden Centre in North Wales celebrated 50 years of business this year with fundraising activities and a celebration dinner...

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Wild Bird Care sales see welcome increase

Wild Bird Care sales see a welcome increase and Gardman products occupy the Top 5 Bestsellers positions...

Zest 4 Leisure staff to take on Chester Marathon

Employees from Zest 4 Leisure are all set to take on the Chester Marathon in aid of its chosen charity, Action for Children...

Cyclamen sales surge ahead

Plant sales surged at the end of September with Cyclamen, Pansies, Violas and Calluna Heathers all seeing big sales increases...

Half pot sales very popular

The last week of September saw a welcome increase in Garden Product sales but the month ended up 2% down on last year and continued the downward trend of the past 4 years...

Save the date for Perennial’s 180th anniversary party

Celebrating the 180th anniversary of the charity dedicated to helping horticulturists, Perennial will hold its annual Party for Perennial on Tuesday 29 January 2019...

Record September for growing media

September 2018 was a great month for growing media sales, reaching an all time GTN Bestsellers high, up 17% on last year and 5% higher than the previous record set in 2016.

The best of last week's

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

Rosebourne Aldermaston opens - GTN Xtra photo tour

The second Rosebourne opened this weekend and GTN Xtra joined the invited local VIP's and press to a preview day on Thursday to bring you our photo tour of the new centre...

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When Wyevale Sudbury became Perrywood: the work behind the takeover

Hannah Powell tells GTN Xtra how Wyevale Sudbury became Perrywood's second centre at teatime last Monday...

St Johns buy Wyevale Ashford Barnstaple

St Johns Garden Centre in Barnstaple, Devon, has bought Ashford Barnstaple Garden Centre from Wyevale...

Former Gardman and Solus chief takes helm for new owners at Primrose

Former Gardman and Solus CEO Mark Pearson has taken the helm at Primrose following the online garden retailer’s acquisition by investors Rockpool...

UK’s first recyclable pots arrive at Hillier Nurseries

The horticultural industry is leading the battle against single-use plastics and plans were announced in August to introduce the first kerbside recyclable plant pots in 2019, which will completely replace the current black plastic pots that cannot be recycled. Hillier Nurseries in Hampshire took delivery of their first pots last week, making it the first nursery in the UK to grow a commercially potted crop in a recyclable pot...

Perrywood fined £104,000

Local newspapers in Essex were reporting last week that Perrywood Garden Centre in Tiptree had been fined over £100,000 for failing to protect its employees from hazardous chemicals...