In This Issue
10 out of 10 for Glee 2016 from garden centre owners and buyers
Glee 2016 hailed as a fantastic success
Hot weather drives sales down in garden centres
HTA Marketing Forum - Maximising Your Potential
Bradford garden centre proves a little bit of charity goes a long way
GardenSite wins 'Best Online Garden Retail Buying Team'
Grange invests in manufacture and distribution
Wyevale Nurseries sees 45% increase from garden design sector
Great British Cards raise £18,000 for industry charities
Woodlodge raises £1,000 for Greenfingers Charity with fire pit raffle
Winner of Squire's competition gets £500 worth of plants
Nursery Growing Supervisor
Grounds Maintenance Operative
Planteria Seasonal Department Manager
Garden Centre Seasonal Manager, Christmas & Furniture
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Orchid feeders back on top of Bestsellers chart
Onions and Christmas spuds outsell winter veg
Bulb planting and houseplant care drive growing media sales
Large sales jumps for Violas and Primulas
HTA Garden Futures Conference and Dinner: ‘Business Agility in a Disruptive World’
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
GTN's Greatest Awards 2016
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Celebrating 15 years of Fresh Flavours at Bents
lunch! 2016: The UK’s biggest food-to-go show returns
New catering manager at Stewarts Garden Centre
Situations Vacant
Nursery Growing Supervisor
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000
 
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Grounds Maintenance Operative
Salary: £16,000 - £18,000
 
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Planteria Seasonal Department Manager
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000
 
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Garden Centre Seasonal Manager, Christmas & Furniture
Salary: £20,000 - £25,000
 
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Bulb planting and houseplant care drive growing media sales
 
High levels of spring flowering bulb sales together with autumn houseplant re-potting are the main drivers for increasd sales of growing media according to the data used to create the GTN Bestsellers Growing Media Chart.

This week’s highlights were:
  • Westland Top Soil (25L litres)was the highest climber, rising 25 places to No 25.
  • The highest re-entry was Arthur Bowers Houseplant Compost Reduced Peat (10 litres) at No 18.
  • Westland Bulb Planting Compost (10 litres) also had a good sales week to re-enter the Top 50 chart, while the 20-litre bag rose to top spot.
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