In This Issue
It’s #floralfriday tomorrow, what will you be doing?
"I just don't get how gardening is deemed non-essential then certain supermarkets put big banners with get ready for spring," more post Easter feedback
After the quietest Easter ever, how are you and your team?
Thank you for reading GTNXtra in such high numbers
GrowNation could be a good answer to organisation challenges of garden centre delivery systems
Farplants, Hill and Newey donate plants for NHS Nightingale at ExCel
Gardenex and the CHA add support to plight of growers and retailers
Rose Festival returns for a 3rd Year - virtually
Good Friday saw #floralfriday Cheer and much needed donations for Greenfingers Charity
Neudorff switches focus to online retailers in a bid to drive sales of natural gardening products during peak season consumer lockdown
Budding gardeners invited to enter Scarecrow Competition as children take to the vegetable patch
Primeur’s unbreakable recycled rubber range will remain pristine during the lockdown
Aspin gift Creme Eggs to NHS hospitals
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Derek Spicer, Kilworth Conifers dies
GTN Xtra - Send to all
John Grayson joins Hozelock
Garden Radio charges on hold
The best of last week's
Johnsons of Boston Food Hall open today despite major fire in garden centre yesterday
FREE E-commerce Web Site for Garden Centres
For sale - A long Established Garden Centre Business
Horticulture hits the national and local headlines
The HTA launches ‘Plants Near Me’
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
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Horticulture hits the national and local headlines

Last week saw the most column inches about gardening and horticulture for years as the plight of growers and retailers hit the headlines.

 

"The Government is wrong. Garden centres are essential, and we need them reopened" was a headline in The Telegraph. 

 

The Independent ran a story headlined: "The online garden centres and nurseries to support during lockdown."

 

And BBC News featured the story of Tony Joyner at Plants Galore in Exeter with the headline "Coronavirus: Garden centre owner rips up closure order."

Deliveries from closed garden centres also made national news as The Express reported: "Taxis ride to rescue to deliver plants for garden centres as £200m could be wasted."

 

Over in Northern Ireland Altnagelvin Garden Centre in Londonderry made local press headlines of: "Green shoots of recovery for garden centre with launch of delivery service during coronavirus outbreak."

 

The Palace Gardener in Fulham generated the headline "London coronavirus: Fulham garden centre shows how indoor gardening can cheer us all up during lockdown" on the MyLondon news website.

 

And who'd have thought garden centres would feature in a story about The Great British Bake Off.  On ITV's Good Morning Britain Matt Lucas revealed his audition for the next series of Bake Off took place in a garden centre.  If you know which garden centre it was please let us know: trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

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