In This Issue
GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & Full Glee New Products Directory in GTN November issue - read online here
Customer Voting for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team gets underway with hundreds of on-line votes already submitted
Our biggest ever Christmas judging journey begins
Thank you to the Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2024
New Environmental Horticulture Group (EHG) reports set out sector delivery plan and key new data
Further recognition for RocketGro, as it takes home accolades at two top industry events
Ben Reid Garden Centre implements WinRetail
Flopro's Cobra poised to strike in 2025
GCA reveals ‘encouraging’ October figures for members
HTA and FPC ask for urgent action on border crisis
Dobbies Antrim to remain open
Forest Garden secures global health and safety award
Garden centre sales down during challenging conditions
Homebase – a recollection and a hope
Great potential for Autohydrate Smart Bracket
Spring Fair to expand fashion sector with addition of Pure
Shining spotlight on best bellwether brands
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
Renowned garden designer Pip Probert to speak at APL Awards 202
YPHA seeks expressions of interest for 2025-2026 sponsorship positions
Top Yorkshire flower show calls for entries to its Show Gardens and Creative Borders showcase
Ten companies named finalists for IGOTY Awards
The best of last week's
Kent garden centre announces closure
The Gardens Group and Plymouth GC join Future Marketing Group
Greenfingers Charity announces its 2025 challenge
Garden centre group donates over £11,000 to charities
Quinton Edwards celebrates 35 years
G Plants welcomes Andy Lewis as Regional Account Manager
Be part of GTN's Sustainability Directory
GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest Autumn 2024
Glee: 50 years of influence, read GTN's Glee Review Issue on-line
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GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & Full Glee New Products Directory in GTN November issue - read online here

GTN November 2024 - GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & GLEE New Products Directory.

 

In this Issue:

  • GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards – the judges hit the road to visit 120 garden centres
  • Choice Marketing – winners from the conference and awards
  • Opinion – retailers on implications from the Budget
  • Keter celebrate 80 years of Stewart Garden
  • Glee New Product Directory – every product entered this year
  • GIMA Award – winners in the roll of honour
  • Glee New Product Directory continued
  • Review of PATS Telford
  • Houseplants in the mall – a look around The RHS Plant Space
  • Planteria – plants for the festive season
  • HTA Viewpoint - A chance to give back
  • GIMA Viewpoint – Managing Risk
Read the issue on-line here
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Customer Voting for The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team gets underway with hundreds of on-line votes already submitted

After the success of last year's Christmas Customer vote we’ve formally added back in in-store voting on paper voting slips to allow even more customers to share their appreciation of the magical Christmas retailing experiences that are created by garden centres across the UK.

 

Last year almost 19,000 garden centre customers voted for their Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Team as part of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards. Since the launch last Friday, hundreds of votes have already been made on-line for garden centres across the UK.  Will your customers vote your team as The Greatest at Christmas this year?

Downlaod the voting posters, voting postcards and voting QR code here
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Our biggest ever Christmas judging journey begins

Our team of judges are really getting into the Christmas spirit as they start their mission to visit the record entry of 120 garden centres that have teams nominated in this year’s Greatest Christmas Awards...

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Thank you to the Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2024

As well as the kudos and fame from winning a Greatest Christmas award, our Gold winners in each of the judged categories will win prizes including stock, services or hotel accommodation from our Greatest Awards sponsors. 

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New Environmental Horticulture Group (EHG) reports set out sector delivery plan and key new data

Two landmark reports released by the Environmental Horticulture Group (EHG) and Oxford Economics reveal that the environmental horticulture industry has the potential to support GDP contributions worth £51.2 billion and create 763,000 jobs across the UK economy by 2030, representing a 45% growth opportunity with adequate government support.

 

The reports were officially launched at a House of Commons event today, highlighting the sector’s extensive environmental, economic, and social value...

Read more and see photos from the House of Commons event
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Further recognition for RocketGro, as it takes home accolades at two top industry events
GTN Xtra Promotion
 

In the space of a few weeks, RocketGro was delighted to be named Associate Supplier of the Year at the Choice Marketing Conference in October and also secure a spot as a finalist at the 2024 GIMA Awards...

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Ben Reid Garden Centre implements WinRetail
GTN Xtra Promotion

Corby + Fellas are delighted to announce that Ben Reid Garden Centre in Aberdeenshire has implemented WinRetail...

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Flopro's Cobra poised to strike in 2025
 

Flopro, part of Westland Horticulture, has announced that the innovative Cobra expanding hose is now available for retailers to order alongside displays sure to drive consumer demand...

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GCA reveals ‘encouraging’ October figures for members

October's Garden Centre Association Barometer of Trade figures show ‘an encouraging set of figures'...

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HTA and FPC ask for urgent action on border crisis
 

The Horticultural Trades Association and the Fresh Produce Consortium have escalated calls for action, submitting their 10 asks to the Environment Secretary, Rt Hon Steve Reed MP. This follows Defra’s failure to reply to the previous joint letter to the government, which was sent over a month ago. The letter called for urgent action following a ministerial roundtable meeting on plants, cut flowers, and border-related issues held on 4 October 2024...

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Dobbies Antrim to remain open

After working constructively with the landlords, Dobbies has confirmed that its Antrim store will now no longer close at the end of 2024 as previously stated...

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Forest Garden secures global health and safety award
 

Forest Garden Group has been recognised for its outstanding commitment to health and safety in the workplace...

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Garden centre sales down during challenging conditions

The Horticultural Trades Association has released its monthly Market Update for October, which shows a slowdown in sales, reflecting the challenging trading environment for the sector...

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Homebase – a recollection and a hope
Opinion piece
 

Andrew Weiss, Executive Chair of BHETA comments: "I hope that the void Homebase’s exit has created can be replaced and that we can maintain consumer trust in both supplier and retailer brands..."

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Be part of GTN's Sustainability Directory

 

 

GTN will be publishing its Sustainability Directory again and this year's theme will be 'Where next for Garden Centres?'.

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GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest Autumn 2024

New Products for the UK Garden Trade for 2025 from GIMA Members: Ames, Auto Pot Global, Avocet Hardware – Greenman Tools, Azpects, Bulldog Tools, Burgon & Ball, Capi Europe, Coir Products, Durston Garden Products, elho, Evergreen Garden Care, Fandango Fire Tools, Fargro, Forest Garden, Gardena, Glee, Greenkey, Greenleaf Horticulture, Handy Distribution, Harvest Pet Products, Hortiwool    , Hozelock, Johnsons Lawn Seeds, Kleen-Tex, LBC Ultralight Boots, Marriages, Meadow View Stone, Museums & Galleries, Panacea Products, Phoenox, PlantWorks, POTR, Primeur, Primus, Sipcam, Smart Garden Products, Sorbus, The Solar Centre, Tildenet, Treadstone, Vitavia, Vitax, Witt UK & Ireland, Woodmansterne, Zest Outdoor Living, GIMA Member Directory, Join GIMA.

Read the New GIMA Buyers Guide on-line here
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Glee: 50 years of influence, read GTN's Glee Review Issue on-line

GTN October 2024. In this Glee Review Issue:

  • RocketGro – Towards Climate Positive
  • Open for business in Shetland - GTN visits the new centre in Lerwick
  • It’s Christmas – Entry details for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2024
  • Glee 2024 – The Buzz is back
  • Making an impact at Glee
  • Potr - GIMA Seed Corn Fund Winner
  • Glee Hero’s – Influencing the past 50 Years
  • Glee New Product Award Winners
  • Floral Thursday at Glee sets new records
  • Hold on tight – Wing walkers for Greenfingers
  • GTN Planteria – Seasonal picks for 2025 and beyond
  • Navigating change at the HTA Conference
  • HTA Viewpoint – Presidential reflections
Read the issue on-line here
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Great potential for Autohydrate Smart Bracket

Autohydrate Ltd has developed and patented the Autohydrate Smart Bracket to aid the watering of hanging baskets but believes the potential for the product is larger than it can handle. It is therefore looking at the options available to bring the product to a wider audience.

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Spring Fair to expand fashion sector with addition of Pure

Hyve Group has announced an exciting expansion of Spring Fair, with the addition of Pure from February 2025. The Pure brand will transition to Spring Fair at Birmingham NEC to sit alongside Moda to create Moda x Pure from 2-5 February 2025...

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Shining spotlight on best bellwether brands
 

Spring Fair, taking place from 2-5 February 2025 at NEC Birmingham, has announced an impressive line-up of industry leading bellwether brands making the show the largest and most comprehensive marketplace in the UK with over 1,200 exhibitors and over 30,000 visitors expected to shop the whole show for their next bestsellers...

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