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Pleydell Smithyman celebrate 25 years working with garden centres
Heavy rain dampens sales at garden centres
Face masks from Global Journey are a garden centre bestseller
Cowell’s embraces back-to-school photo opportunity
Taking face mask fashion to a new level
Introducing Glee Gathering, 15-16 Sept 2020
Glee New Product Awards hosted by GTN
Plant sales up by 40% despite the rain
Lawn seed sales up five-fold this summer
Customers saddened by garden centre closure
HTA AGM 2020 goes virtual
Register for online plants industry event of the year
Gardenex produces updated A-Z Guide to Exporting
The UK’s £3.7 billion garden glow up
Never fear, Glee Daily News is here
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Garden products back to 9% down on volume
83% average weekly increase since re-opening for growing media
Tong Garden Centre invests in e-learning for team development
Feeders, hedgehogs and mealworms...big movers in Wild Bird Care sales chart
AIPH announces Virtual International Horticultural Expo Conference
The best of last week's
Plants just keep on selling
Pop up showroom in Edinburgh for garden centre buyers
Garden centre extension plans approved
Tong marks five years of ownership with further changes
Garden centre re-opens after suspected arson attack
Garden Centre Photo Tours
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
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Plants just keep on selling

Have you ever known a time when plant sales went up in the second week of August? And up by 66% on the same week last year?  Even as people start to go back to work the gardening bug seems to be sticking as more and more people are happily spending time in their gardens and feel comfortable about visiting garden centres.

 

Reports from many centres indicate a good take up of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme which will be driving footfall, but plants and gardening products are also being bought in higher numbers than seen before during August on other days and over the weekend.

 

As our graph (above) shows, plant sales are already above normal levels seen in September and October for Autumn planting. Could it be that this Autumn really does get back towards being a second spring?  Have you made new plans for Autumn plant and gardening sales this year?  Do let us know of you thoughts: trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk

 

 

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 32

•           Garden Products Top 50 – up 12%

•           Growing Media Top 50 – up 133%

•           Wild Bird Care Top 50 – down 17%

•           Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – up 121%

 

GTN Bestsellers All Sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 32

•           All Plants with Barcode index – up 66%

•           All Items with Barcode index – up 31%

 

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