Garden centres throughout the UK are getting ready to impress judges of the GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards as inspections for this prestigious event start this coming week.
The ultimate accolades at GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are The Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Teams, as voted for by garden centre customers. Voting starts now and runs through to Thursday December 22nd and to be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is download the posters and voting forms below for in-store voting and add our voting link to your facebook, twitter or website to get customers voting on-line too!
Around 100 firefighters tackled a fire at Ansell Garden Centre on Holloway Lane in West Drayton last evening (Sunday). Thick smoke was seen billowing into the sky by members of the public, and emergency services received numerous calls...
Two weeks into November and it’s looking good for another potential record-breaking month. The GTN Bestsellers All Product sales index for the month is running ahead of last year but slightly behind 2014 at the halfway mark...
The staff and directors of Taylors Bulbs – some in fancy dress – raised £2,400 for Children in Need when the charity event's Rickshaw Challenge rode past their Lincolnshire premises on Wednesday. A picture of their efforts was shown on The One Show that evening...
Britain’s 8 million cats are reckoned to kill 55 million birds and 275 million small animals a year, according to studies. With increased consumer awareness, get ready for a greater demand on welfare-friendly cat deterrents alongside sales of bird food...
A special project by Smiemans Projecten has now been set up at Bomencentrum Nederland in Baarn. This tree nursery has over 100,000 trees, comprising 750 species and varieties...
The category buying team at Bonningtons is expanding to meet the needs of the business as it continues to exceed its range expansion and sales growth targets...
The efforts by seven staff members to deliver exceptional customer service at Tong Garden Centre in Bradford, are being rewarded with an invitation to a prestigious awards ceremony...
The proposed redevelopment of a disused garden centre in Tickenham, Somerset, to create a £7m mixed-use scheme, including affordale housing, has been granted consent....
Responding to the challenge of keeping Christmas wreaths, garlands and planters in peak condition in warmer winter weather conditions, Allensmore Nurseries have devised and invested in new climatic control equipment in their preparation and despatch areas...
A gardening programme helping young people with special educational needs (SEN) in Kings Heath Park, Birmingham run by the charity Thrive has been praised and received a grant of almost £20,000 from The Rowan Trust...
After donating over £2,500 worth of bird care kits to The Royal British Legion services, including their beautiful Poppy Bird Feeders, Gardman dropped in to Care Home of the Year 2015, Galanos House on the 31st October to meet residents and hear how they've been enjoying feeding the birds in their garden...
Schoolchildren in Peterchurch in Hereford were able to find out all about a career in horticulture thanks to one of the UK’s leading nurseries based in the area...
Vitax has launched its first consumer-focused website to help gardeners make the right product choice and support retailers by driving in-store sales...
Christmas sales are still running up on last year, up by 20% this week, despite a small drop off from last week’s volumes according to analysis of the Top 50 Bestselling Christmas products in the GTN charts...
Twelve of the Top 50 GTN Bestsellers Growing Media product lines are still increasing sales week on week despite overall growing media sales dropping off by over a third...
Spruce is in the spotlight in December as the Garden Plant of the Month. Growers and horticultural specialists from the floriculture sector select a garden plant every month at the request of Thejoyofplants.co.uk in order to inspire and enthuse.
Ken White from Frosts Landscapes was elected as the Chairman at the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) Annual Review meeting which took place at Futurescape at Sandown Racecourse on Tuesday...