A Mother's Day weekend and last week of March that was way ahead of recent years and only just behind the records set in 2011 meant the month closed at 40% up on 2018 for total sales and matched the average for March over the past 9 years.

Encouragingly the biggest volume gains were for plants and growing media which bode well for continued gardening activity as the summer progresses.

Garden centres we’ve visited this week have also reported good levels of furniture sales which may be another great indicator of people planning to spend more time in their garden this year. 

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year: week 13

• Garden Products Top 50 – up 86%
• Growing Media Top 50 – up 89%
• Wild Bird Care Top 50 – down 25%
• Veg 2 Gro Top 50 – up 145%
• All Plants index – up 89%
• All Items index – up 64%

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