In This Issue
Blue Diamond secures the first garden centre purchase of the year
Waitrose store plan at Van Hage Great Amwell is back on the table
Garden centre expansion lifts sales at Brantano
Perrywood's Rising Star urges garden centre staff to sign up for 2015 programme
Oil price drop will lead to a good year for garden centres
Simply Sales continues sales support for Scotts Solus Brands
Sales of lighting products shine brightly in GTN Bestsellers chart
Crest Garden bring clarity to the world of secateurs
The secrets of leadership...by the Army's only female Brigadier
Glovies for Garden ReLeaf Day storm Germany after launch at GCA Conference
Cowells and Barton Grange keep their grip on GCA top awards
Conference fun raises an impressive £13k for Greenfingers charity
Squire’s Christmas Charity Appeal delivers a New Year cheer
Cabbages beat Pansies in 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup
Gardening celebs get ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz
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Decorative Fairy Dwellings to be launched by Garden Glows
Wyevale Nurseries takes on Earlswood Plants cash & carry business
Taylors continue to dominate Top 10 Veg-2-Gro bestsellers
Stewart Garden launches 2015 catalogue
Jack’s Magic stays at No 1 for another week
Darlac adds more new tools to range
New market update for landscapers launched
HTA to exhibit at Spring Fair
Sinclair shoot TV commercials in South Africa
Martin Breddy leaves Scotts in company restructure
Garden RELEAF goes "down under"
CRoP Clinics to help HTA members save money
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Blue Diamond secures the first garden centre purchase of the year
Award winning Newbridge Nurseries becomes centre 17 for Channel Islands based group.


The Blue Diamond Group beat three other bidders to successfully acquire Newbridge Nurseries in the first garden centre sale of 2015...
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Waitrose store plan at Van Hage Great Amwell is back on the table



Controversial plans to build a Waitrose supermarket at Van Hage Garden Centre at Great Amwell have been revived. The plans had been withdrawn just hours before East Herts District Council’s planning committee meeting last December...


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Garden centre expansion lifts sales at Brantano


Footwear retailer Brantano has reported a 6.6% increase in sales for the year to December 31, as it continues to roll out its garden centre concessions...
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Perrywood's Rising Star urges garden centre staff to sign up for 2015 programme


Perrywood Garden Centre's Kirsty Clark, crowned this week as the Westland/GCA Rising Star of 2014, has urged garden centre staff to take part in this year's programme.

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Oil price drop will lead to a good year for garden centres
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The economy is looking up and oil prices will stay low for up to three years, leading economist Roger Martin-Fagg told the GCA conference this week in a session that left delegates visibly cheered.

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Simply Sales continues sales support for Scotts Solus Brands


The Scotts Company has confirmed that it is retaining the services of Simply Sales to continue its sales support for Scotts Solus Brands...
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Sales of lighting products shine brightly in GTN Bestsellers chart


Garden lighting products have shone brightly in this week’s GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart with Smart Solar Fluted Stake Light being the highest climber...
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Crest Garden bring clarity to the world of secateurs
 
The age old problem of gardeners knowing which secateurs to purchase to meet their particular needs has been solved by the innovative marketing team at Crest Garden...
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The secrets of leadership...by the Army's only female Brigadier
Nicky Moffat,CBE, former director of HR and the highest ranking female officer during a 27-year career in the British Army, shared her secrets of good leadership with delegates in a compelling presentation...

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Glovies for Garden ReLeaf Day storm Germany after launch at GCA Conference


Glovies are the new selfies - and after a launch at the GCA Conference they are now taking Germany by storm too...
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Cowells and Barton Grange keep their grip on GCA top awards


Cowells of Newcastle and Barton Grange Brock have retained their grip on the GCA’s Garden Centre of the Year Awards, announced last night by comedian host Justin Moorhouse...
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Conference fun raises an impressive £13k for Greenfingers charity
 
Sunday's Roman Games challenge and Race Night together with a chartity auction on the GCA Conference Gala Dinner raised a massive £13,000 for Greenfingers...
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Squire’s Christmas Charity Appeal delivers a New Year cheer
 
Squire’s Garden Centres presented cheques totalling £13,454 to various charities across the South East. The donations were collected from customers who made charity donations in return for a free visit to Santa at Squire’s centres during the Christmas period.
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Cabbages beat Pansies in 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup



Over £10,000 was raised on the eve of the Garden Centre Association Winter Conference at Carden Park in Cheshire when a team of garden centres (Pansies) took on a side made up of suppliers (Cabbages) in the 5th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup.

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Gardening celebs get ready for 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re‐Leaf Quiz

Horticultural celebrities from TV and radio are busy recording questions for the 2015 Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day Quiz at the moment, and garden centres who sign up to take part in what is set to be the biggest and best quiz yet can take advantage of the ‘early bird’ entry fee of just £50 - if they sign up before 1st January 2015...
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