In This Issue
GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer reviews 2020 with Peter Seabrook
Who will be the winners in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards? There's still time to enter before the New Years Eve closing date
Christmas decorations made from natural materials
Record entries to popular Illumination Street contest
Decision to close Scottish garden centres ‘disappointing’
Two charities benefit from Zest's 2020 fundraising
Over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Get set for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021!
The New Environmentalist - Nature will become ‘second nature’ to future generations
Local community saves Thetford Garden Centre from flooding
The Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2020
Garden Centres close their doors "We want to be part of stopping the spread of Coronavirus"
Trading update from this weekend - UPDATED
Garden centres in England and Scotland can stay open - now is the time to review Covid-19 safety
Exeter garden centre stays open but cannot sell plants - Cherry Lane close all centres
Dobbies remain open and social media gets heated
Most Read Stories in 2020 – 6-10
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
GCA GROW prepared garden centres for re-opening after lockdown
Landmann Ltd bought by DS Group 
The best of last week's
Kent garden centre closes early for Christmas to keep staff safe
Back to the future...
Centre faced with ‘crazy’ order to close mini golf course
Heaven Sends to launch New Christmas 2021 Preview from Jan 4th
Tim Jeffries to leave Mr Fothergills
Biggest garden centre in Denmark almost completed
Whistler Grills looks to recruit Retail Sales Manager
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Garden Centre Photo Tours
Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
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GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer reviews 2020 with Peter Seabrook

On Christmas Eve, Peter Seabrook invited GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer to review 2020 with a focus on garden centres as part of his Sun Gardening,This Week in The Garden, Podcast...

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Who will be the winners in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards? There's still time to enter before the New Years Eve closing date

There's still time, just, to get your entries and nominations in for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Teams of 2020.  Entries close at midnight on New Years Eve...

Entry details and a sneak preview of early entries here
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Christmas decorations made from natural materials
GTN Xtra Promotion

Hogewoning is a specialised company in Christmas decoration, all made from eco-friendly natural materials, this year with a new extensive range of dried flowers...

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Record entries to popular Illumination Street contest

Illumination Street, sponsored by British Garden Centres Group, has broken all records this festive period with unprecedented media coverage in the Sunday Mirror, Sunday People, Daily Express, Grow Your Own magazine, ITV News and BBC Radio...

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Decision to close Scottish garden centres ‘disappointing’

The decision to remove Scottish garden centres from the list of essential retailers, resulting in them being closed from Boxing Day, has been widely criticised...

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Two charities benefit from Zest's 2020 fundraising

Zest 4 Leisure has delivered on its promise to support both Macmillan Cancer Support and the Greenfingers Charity in 2020, despite the original fundraising plans having to be changed because of the pandemic. £10,000 was raised for Macmillan, as well as £5,000 for Greenfingers...

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Over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards

They’re back, all be it in a virtual form.  GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards are back for 2020 to celebrate all that’s great about garden centres at Christmas through the pages of GTN and the GTN Xtra e-mail newsletter and now we can announce there's over £7,000 worth of prizes to be won:

  • The Greatest Christmas Houseplant Team – Sponsored by Woodlodge - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Outdoor Plant and Christmas Tree Team – Sponsored by GTN Bestsellers -subscriptions worth £580 for the winner
  • The Greatest Festive Food Hall Team – Sponsored by Garden Radio – 1 years’ service with bespoke messages, worth over £500 for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Team – Sponsored by SOLEX - 2 x Hotel Rooms at SOLEX 2021 for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Pets Team – Sponsored by Smart Garden Products, Zöon -£500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Christmas Community/Charity Initiative – Sponsored by Kaemingk – A display from their UK showroom for the winner
  • The Greatest Social Media Christmas Marketing Idea – Sponsored by Glee – 2 x Hotel Rooms at Glee 2021 for the winner
  • The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Video – Sponsored by Premier Decorations - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Winter Garden Care Sales Team – Sponsored by Elho - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Covid Safe Christmas Display Team – Sponsored by Global Journey - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Group Garden Centre Christmas Team – Sponsored by DCUK - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Small Garden Centre Christmas Team - Sponsored by Ascalon - £500 stock for the winner
  • The Greatest Mid-Sized Garden Centre Christmas Team – Sponsored by Kaemingk- A display from their UK showroom for the winner
  • The Greatest Large Garden Centre Christmas Team Sponsored by Festive - £500 stock for the winner
See entry details here
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Get set for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021!
Mark Friday March 19th 2021 in your diaries now!

2021 marks a very special occasion for the annual Garden Re-Leaf Day event as this special FUNdraising day (March 19th, 2021) celebrates its 10th anniversary! Looking rather different to previous years as we navigate a new normal, there’s still a whole host of different ways to get involved in this ever-popular charity day that not only kick starts the gardening season but also raises much needed funds for the Greenfingers Charity...

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The New Environmentalist - Nature will become ‘second nature’ to future generations
 

The ‘Sustainability Trend’ really isn’t a trend and those that do should stop referring to it as such. The global pandemic has fast-forwarded this movement by five years... 

 

GTN's Sustainability Directory 2021 is available to read on-line now and will arrive with the December issue of GTN this week.

Read the full article in the 2021 edition of GTN's Sustainability Directory here
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Local community saves Thetford Garden Centre from flooding

It was all hands to the pump. literally, at Thetford Garden Centre on the eve of Christmas Eve...

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The Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2020

During 2020 we've sent out 391,634 GTN Xtra e-mails that have been read by 29,777 unique readers.  The e-mail newsletter and each issues website has been opened 472,682 times during the year and 847,981 pages viewed...

See the full GTN Xtra Top 100 Most Read Stories of 2020
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Garden Centres close their doors "We want to be part of stopping the spread of Coronavirus"
No 1 Most Read Story 2020 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2020

It's been a sanguine day in the GTN Xtra office as notification after notification has come in from garden centres who have taken the huge decision to close their doors either at the start of today or as business closes tonight/tomorrow...

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Trading update from this weekend - UPDATED
No 2 Most Read Story 2020 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 11 2020
 

As garden centres trade through the first weekend after the move to the Delay Phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, GTN Xtra has been asking garden centre managers and owners how trading has been this weekend and about their thoughts for the coming weeks...

Read comments from Bents, Longacres, Planters, Dobbies, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Stewarts, Bosworths, Fron Goch, Langlands, Poplars and Caulders
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Garden centres in England and Scotland can stay open - now is the time to review Covid-19 safety
No 3 Most Read Story 2020 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 43 2020

Following news that garden centres in England and Scotland can remain open, HTA President Boyd Douglas-Davies, has called upon garden centres to work to the highest standards of Covid-19 safe policies and to review everything now before the month long lockdown in England begins or areas in Scotland move into Tier 4...

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Exeter garden centre stays open but cannot sell plants - Cherry Lane close all centres
No 4 Most Read Story 2020 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 13 2020

After trading through the first week of the emergency lockdown Cherry Lane Garden Centres have now closed.  Plants Galore in Exeter, after being served with a prohibition notice, have been allowed to carry on selling hardware and pet products but not plants...

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Dobbies remain open and social media gets heated
No 5 Most Read Story 2020 - From GTN Xtra - Issue 12 2020

After last nights statement from the Prime Minister Dobbies garden centres have decided to stay open, citing that 70% of their turnover represents essential goods...

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Most Read Stories in 2020 – 6-10
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