In This Issue
Cyclamen sales are thriving in the Summer sun
Garden Decoration boosts product sales in garden centres
Planters search for new Garden Centre General Manager
Ruxley Rose garden centre finalists announced by GCA
Colin Squire awarded honorary degree by Kingston
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Trade votes Petunia NightSky as favourite trials plant
Celebrity gardener Chris Collins to give CarFest revellers free consultations on gardening on August Bank Holiday
RHS underlines commitment to UK manufacturing
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Garden Hardware Supervisor (Hertfordshire)
Garden Sundries Retail Manager (Leicestershire)
Horticultural / Plantarea Manager (Lancashire)
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Plans for £1m garden centre transformation
Eureka! Lightbulb is this week's bestseller
Sales of Veg-2-Gro plants see big growth in volumes
New social media and PR coordinator strengthens digital marketing team at Barrus
Charles Bentley & Son expands portfolio with new dropship service
The Garden Oven Company launches new oven
Garden Maker’s Day at The English Gardening School
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GTN's Greatest Awards 2016
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German firm acquires coffee roaster Matthew Algie
Olympic cyclists drop in for tea and cake at garden centre
Leeds Castle Food Festival serves up feast of delights
Tong marks British Food Fortnight with a summer event
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Cyclamen sales are thriving in the Summer sun
Sales of cyclamen, mainly mini cyclamen, grew by 50% last week according to the EPoS data supplied to GTN Bestsellers by garden centres across the UK. That means they hold the title of No 1 bestselling plant for the second week running...
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Garden Decoration boosts product sales in garden centres


Garden Decoration, led by garden lighting, is fast becoming the leading area for garden product sales with 42% of the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 Garden Products going to garden lighting lines.  That’s almost double for the same week last year...
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Planters search for new Garden Centre General Manager
 
After 14 successful years Planters Garden Centre manager Stuart Gooden is looking to take it slightly easier and moving to the South West. Owners Gerald and Christine Ingram (pictured) have now started the search for his replacement...
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Ruxley Rose garden centre finalists announced by GCA


The Garden Centre Association has announced the names of the finalists in its Ruxley Rose competition. The centres with the top scores in the spring bedding and hardy nursery stock categories from the GCA’s spring inspections have now been put through for autumn judging...
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Colin Squire awarded honorary degree by Kingston
 
Colin Squire, Chairman of award-winning family business Squire’s Garden Centres, has been named Honorary Doctor of Art & Design by Kingston University. A former student of Kingston University, Colin was given this honour in recognition of his outstanding contribution to horticulture and the local community...
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The team from GTN are proud once again to be the official media partners for Glee producing the Glee Planner, the Glee Show Catalogue and the Glee Daily News.
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Trade votes Petunia NightSky as favourite trials plant
 
Trade visitors to Ball Collegrave's Summer Showcase last month voted Petunia NightSky as their favourite plant in the trials...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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German firm acquires coffee roaster Matthew Algie
Matthew Algie, the UK’s leading independent coffee roaster, has been acquired by the family-owned German coffee and food service business Tchibo, in a deal which both parties have hailed as complementary to their respective brands and customers across the UK and Ireland...



Nick Snow from Tchibo (left) with Gary Nicol from Matthew Algie.
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Olympic cyclists drop in for tea and cake at garden centre


Visitors to Morris’s Garden Centre in Usk were surprised when they bumped into a special group of cyclists during their training preparations for the 2016 Rio Olympics...
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Leeds Castle Food Festival serves up feast of delights
Fantastic British Food Festivals brings its celebration of food and drink to the magnificent grounds of Leeds Castle for the third year running from 10am-5pm from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th September...
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Tong marks British Food Fortnight with a summer event


The best of Yorkshire produce will take centre stage as Tong Garden Centre in Bradford prepares to host a tasting event to round off the summer...
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Celebrity gardener Chris Collins to give CarFest revellers free consultations on gardening on August Bank Holiday
 
Celebrity gardener Chris Collins will be on hand for three days at CarFest South from 26th to 28th August 2016, giving free advice on how to make the most of your outside space – whether it is a balcony, roof terrace, patio or even just a windowsill...
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RHS underlines commitment to UK manufacturing
Success at retail for partnerships with award-winning garden product suppliers


The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has underlined its commitment to UK manufacturing and materials in the gardening sector with the successful launch at retail of products resulting from three new partnerships with award-winning companies – Melcourt, Kelkay and Trimetals...
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