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It’s like Christmas, only bigger!
Fire at Millbrook Gravesend destroys compost and furniture
The biggest week for Growing Media sales, ever!
Thank you for bringing a little floral cheer on #FloralFriday!
Dobbies sign up on new site that will be the biggest Dobbies in the South West
Bents dedicates more resource to popular Food Box service
Jump starting the gardening industry
Festives' trade ordering website sees significant growth in orders
2020 RHS Chelsea Garden Product of the Year Announced
Working together to meet the uk’s unprecedented demand for Growing Media
Innovative ideas for making outdoor dining safe
spoga+gafa 2020: Trends and new products for the outdoor season
2020 is one for the record books, says LifestyleGarden®
Fourfold sales increase for new Greenworks battery-powered mower
A speedy solution for queuing in comfort
Adapting sanitisation needs is key to garden centres staying open, says Cleaner Retail
Firewood sales have increased by over 320%
Gardenex launches website information source exclusively for member companies
Plant Area General Assistant
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
All seasons, all reasons with new Multi-Tool Attachments
New record set for Garden Product sales
Trevor Wellington 29/4/47 – 14/5/20
Baker & Taylor ready to support your needs at short notice
Plants up by 35%
Four Oaks Trade Show 2020 Cancelled
Record Veg sales beat pre-lockdown peak
Smiemans to build huge leisure centre for Plantorama
HTA Launches New App
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Garden Centre sales reach record levels 2 weeks after re-opening
"Open For Business: Lessons Learned from Lockdown and The First Week of Trading". Watch the webinar replay now
Covid-19 Safe - Barton Grange Style
Post-Lockdown trading re-starts at 48% down year to date
GrowNation stores take 40% of sales outside business hours. Online garden sales booming.
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Plants up by 35%
 
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Epos data of barcoded plant sales were up by 35% week on week but down 3% on last year.  If that’s a surprise to you it’s because there are still a lot of plant sales going through tills on dump codes as they’ve not been able to be supplied with barcodes and unfortunately GTN Bestsellers is unable to report on those.

 

  • Tomato sales grew by 85% week on week to move up to No 3 behind Petunias and Zonal Geraniums.
  • Pelargonium plants, not including Zonal geraniums, moved 31 places up the GTN Chart to No 16.
  • Bidens were the highest re-entry into the Top 50 at No 30.

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