Apta looks to strengthen merchandising team
Four Product Merchandiser vacancies
Apta, the leading supplier of quality flowerpots and accessories to the UK garden trade, is looking to strengthen its merchandising team with the recruitment of motivated and ambitious Product Merchandisers...
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How lucky we are!
Comment from GTN's September issue, out this week
A common strand of conversations across the industry during August has been “How lucky we are to be working in the garden retailing industry!” And indeed, we have all been in the fortunate position of seeing sales run at record summer levels and catch up on the deficit caused by the lock-down closures of March, April and early May...
Read the September 2020 edition of GTN On-line here
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Woodlodge brings Glee to its Gloucestershire showroom
GTN Xtra Promotion
With exhibitions off the agenda this year, garden trade suppliers are looking for alternative ways to showcase their latest product introductions ahead of the new gardening season. Not wanting its retail customers to miss out, Woodlodge, the UK’s leading brand for pots, containers and garden décor, has confirmed that it will be launching new showroom tours in what is being dubbed as ‘Glee @ Woodlodge’...
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Garland continues its new product launch policy by adding 54 items for next season
GTN Xtra Promotion
New product development has been the key to the success of Garland/Worth Gardening with many new product ideas being driven by feedback and input from customers. Already this year the company has achieved growth of around £1miillion, and the launch of 54 new products for the 2021 season will help to consolidate future growth for the company and its customers...
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It could take a decade for British nurseries to recover from Covid-19 lockdown
A leading British nursery has revealed it could take the UK growing industry at least 10 years to recover the financial losses incurred when garden centres were forced to close during the Covid-19 lockdown. But “If the public supports the industry by continuing to invest in their gardens and buy British at the same time, then UK nurseries do stand a chance," says Natalie Porter of Porters Fuchsias/Happy Plants...
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READYBLAZE … Safer, Greener and Ready to Burn
GTN Xtra Promotion
Winter fuel experts Dizmezs Ltd are launching READYBLAZE, a new firewood brand for the UK Garden Centre market. The brand marries superior performance with environmentally friendly features. Every piece of timber in their firewood products is kiln dried to under 20% moisture content level, leading to cleaner, hotter burning and less harmful emissions...
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New style of gardening just keeps on growing
The GTN Bestsellers All Products Sales Index shows August garden centre volumes to be a massive 20% up on last year and even higher than May sales were in 2019...
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Garden centre urges public to name and shame fly-tipper
The owner of a Norfolk garden centre has urged the public to ‘name and shame’ a fly-tipper who dumped bags of insulation material on his land...
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Traeger – the original wood pellet grill
GTN Xtra Promotion
Grilling experts Traeger, have been revolutionising BBQ grilling and outdoor cooking for 30 years, using 100% natural hardwood fuel to infuse food with unparalleled flavourful smoke, making food taste absolutely delicious. Today, Traeger continue to lead and revolutionise the industry, as the world’s #1 selling wood-fired grill, perfected by decades of mastering the craft of wood-fired cooking...
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Garden centre and nursery faces uncertain future
A garden centre and nursery in Ipswich is facing an uncertain future after plans to build a 76-bed three storey care home on its site were revealed...
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Global Journey Christmas Face Masks coming soon
GTN Xtra Promotion
On the back of the success of their trendy face masks Global Journey are thrilled to announce the launch of a new Christmas range...
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Project Regeneration launched at Burford House and Gardens
Since British Garden Centres acquired Hillview Garden Centres at the end of 2019, they haven’t let the grass grow under their feet. Particularly at Burford House and Gardens...
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Glee New Product Awards 2020 - Entries continue to flood in
Deadline for entries extended until Midnight on Wednesday 9th September to allow for even more products to be included
Who will be the winners in the Glee New Product Awards, in association with GTN, for 2020?
Despite Glee not taking place for real at the NEC the teams at Glee and Garden Trade News are pulling out all the stops with Gee Gathering "exhibitors" to create a virtual showcase of New Products for 2021...
Read more and how to enter
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All the latest news from the world of pet products
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Good demand for garden plants at Autumn Showroom
Instead of its usual Autumn Fair, GROEN-Direkt organised an attractive Autumn Showroom on 24, 25 and 26 August: a single-sample presentation that conformed to all the COVID-19 guidelines and was accessible by appointment only.
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First consignment of DJ Turfcare’s new Autumn Lawn Treatment sells out
With a proven track record of bringing to market bestselling ranges, DJ Turfcare looks set to replicate this success with its all-new Autumn Lawn Treatment. The first consignment of this innovative autumn essential has already sold out, with retailers quick to snap up stock. However, those retailers that are yet to place their order need not worry as more product will be reaching UK shores shortly...
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People’s Choice Award winners announced for the 2020 Farwest Show New Varieties Showcase
Three plants and four runners-up were chosen as People’s Choice Award winners this year for the 2020 New Varieties Showcase, presented by the Oregon Association of Nurseries and the Farwest Show, and sponsored by Hip Labels...
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Scholarship season open for horticulture students
Five scholarships are available from the David Colegrave Foundation (DCF). Students can get up to £2,500 to put towards their studies...
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Never fear, Glee Daily News is here
While we can't all meet up at the NEC in September, the team at GTN will still be bringing you the Glee Daily News to keep you in the Glee mood...
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Record August for garden products
Garden Products reached a new high for August this year, up by 13% on August 2019 and even higher than the previous August record set in 2015...
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Glee New Product Awards 2019 - The Winners
Ground-breaking new garden products were confirmed as the winners of the coveted Glee New Product Awards 2019, run in association with GTN...
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Now is the time to: Review - Re-plan - Rebuild … your business.
Andy Campbell Consulting launches brand new website
As we start to emerge from the most uncertain trading period in the recent history of garden centre retailing the time is right to take a long, hard look at one’s business to determine whether it is fit for purpose in tomorrow’s commercial environment...
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August doubles up for growing media
Growing Media sales this August were up by 85% on last year and more than double those of 2017. Phew!
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Houseplant sales bloom in July
Sales of houseplants at garden centres across the country bloomed in July (2020) according to the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) Barometer of Trade report...
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Plant sales up 30%
Plant sales were up by 30% for August compared to 2019 according to the weekly garden centre epos data analysed by GTN Bestsellers...
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EU Exit - No plant inspections at borders until July welcome, but key changes still needed says HTA
The HTA outlines its new lobbying campaign to ensure trade after 1 January 2021 is as seamless as possible...
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Wild Bird Care continues to fall during the summer
Wild Bird Care is the only GTN Bestsellers chart that did not see any growth year on year in August and the long-term trend for this sector during the summer is downwards. August 2020 Top 50 Wild Bird Care volumes were down 18% on 2019 sales...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Apta looks to strengthen merchandising team
Four Product Merchandiser vacancies
Apta, the leading supplier of quality flowerpots and accessories to the UK garden trade, is looking to strengthen its merchandising team with the recruitment of motivated and ambitious Product Merchandisers...
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Record Growing Media volumes continue to keep all garden centre sales at all time summer high
GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis
I know we keep on writing this, but where is all this growing media that is selling through garden centres being used?...
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Covid-19 incidents at Dobbies in Ayr and British Garden Centres at East Durham
NHS Ayrshire & Arran Test and Protect team has carried out Covid-19 contact tracing around the restaurant at Dobbies Garden Centre in Ayr and Public Health England will also be tracing customers from British Garden Centres at East Durham...
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Customers saddened by garden centre closure
The imminent closure of a popular South Yorkshire garden centre has been met with shock and sadness by customers. Fosters Garden Centre in the village of Thrybergh near Rotherham is set to shut down at the end of October...
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The Greener Gardening Company works around the clock to meet exceptional demand for growing media
The Greener Gardening Company has experienced phenomenal growth as a result of unprecedented nationwide demand for compost – having successfully stepped-up production to satisfy demand from retailers who have been scrambling to secure stocks of quality growing media...
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Garden Centre Photo Tours
If you've missed one of our popular photo tours of garden centres then click on the links below:
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Haskins Garden Centre in Snowhill, Crawley, has opened its doors to customers following a 12-month refurbishment costing £15m...
Read more and see GTN Xtras photo tour of the new centre
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