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A right royal boost for sales at garden centres
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis
As we near the Jubilee Bank Holiday, garden centres saw boost in sales of Jubilee related products. Union Jack garden windmills topped the GTN Bestsellers Garden Products chart, Royal Hydrangeas and bedding packs sold in high volumes, with napkins, bunting, tea towels, breakfast tea and shortbread also among the garden centre Jubilee bestsellers...
See the GTN Bestsellers Jubilee Top Ten
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Meadow View Stone – New Garston site provides additional 60,000 tonnes of prepacked product/annum
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The first of three phases of works at Garston Docks, Liverpool, has recently been completed to increase Meadow View Stone's washing and prepack production by 60,000 tonnes/annum...
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Treadstone’s innovative Pot Trellis is turning heads
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Treadstone Products, who are known for innovative gardening brands, have achieved a promising sales performance this year for their award-winning Pot Trellis from the Good Life gardening range. This has resulted in hundreds of garden retailers selling the product in 2022, with solid repeat orders occurring every week...
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Would your garden centre benefit from selling greenhouses?
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Vitavia shares its expertise on selling greenhouses in the garden retail setting...
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Harmony Gardens brand goes from strength to strength
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Southern Trident’s Harmony Gardens brand of growing media products was launched at Glee last year to glowing acclaim – Harmony Gardens Multipurpose Compost won the Best New Growing Media Product and the Glee Sustainability Award. Since then, it has been much loved by stockists and consumers alike.
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A Chelsea tribute to Peter Seabrook MBE
Chelsea Flower Show 2022 would have been the 70th year Peter Seabrook was involved in creating a display at the world’s most prestigious flower show...
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Traditional bedding plants see biggest increases
All plant sales, by volume, in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data for the second week of May were up by 24% on last year and 12% higher than in 2019...
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Influential judging panel for 2022 GIMA Awards
GIMA, who are urging suppliers to enter the 2022 GIMA Awards before the June 1 deadline, have revealed that all entries will be judged by a panel of leading industry experts on July 13 at Warwick Racecourse...
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Jenny Douthwaite of Primeur elected GIMA President
GIMA has announced the election of Jenny Douthwaite of Primeur as GIMA President, supported by Kate Ebbens of Capi Europe as Vice President following its AGM held virtually on Friday (May 20)...
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Cancer research group raises over £900 with planting demos
The plants team at Tong Garden Centre, Bradford, helped a Leeds breast cancer research group to raise over £900 recently...
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Fiskars creates bee-friendly garden to mark World Bee Day
Fiskars teamed up with several green fingered influencers to support the vital bee population as part of its Urban Gardening project...
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Empathy launches new RHS endorsed bird feed range
Natural gardening brand Empathy is set to launch a new premium wild bird feed range, endorsed by the RHS.
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Haws sets up stall at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Following its successful return to the world famous RHS Chelsea Flower Show last year after a 25-year absence, Haws will be back at the famous showground next week – this time with cans to sell...
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Experience a new chapter for AMES UK at Glee 2022
Think you know AMES UK, then get ready to think again as at this year’s Glee, (28th-30th June, NEC Birmingham, stand 6C40-F41), the outdoor living experts behind the leading Kelkay, La Hacienda and Apta brands are ready to showcase a whole new chapter for the company; a chapter that is designed to offer garden retailers more value than ever...
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Mr Fothergill’s new seed introductions for 2023 season
Mr Fothergill’s introduces 27 new varieties to their range offering for 2023...
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Shaping a New Future at Coolings, New Products, Easter GTN Bestsellers and more in GTN's March/April issue on-line here
In the March/April 2022 issue of GTN:
- Shaping a new future at Coolings
- Blue Diamond Awards
- Garden Centres Aid for Ukraine
- Primeur – Ready for 2022
- Latest trends and products from the Garden Press Event
- LOFA’s Plant a Tree Campaign
- Greetings from Woodmansterne – GTN meets the suppliers
- Easter Trading records broken – GTN Bestsellers Exclusive
- GTN Bestsellers – Subscribe Now!
- YPHA member opens Dor’s Garden in Ross On Wye
- Glee 2022 Update
- Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022
- LOFA Column – Working Together
- HTA Column – Reasons to be Cheerful
- GIMA Column – Sourcing New Products
Read the issue on-line here
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Alan Down appointed as HTA Vice-President
The Horticultural Trades Association has announced the appointment of Alan Down as vice-president. Alan, who is hugely experienced in commercial horticulture, has worked in the industry for over 50 years and will support the current HTA president Boyd Douglas-Davies.
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Royal garden decoration
Jubilee garden decoration plans gave a boost to garden product sales last week. Fountasias Medium Union Jack Windmill came straight into the GTN Bestellers Garden Products chart at No 1...
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29% more veg grown than in 2019
Veg plant sales dipped off last week but were still higher than last year and on a par with the same week in 2019...
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Sundaville celebrates 20th anniversary
It is 20 years since the first Sundaville, by the introducer and breeder MNP/Suntory appeared on the market, and the milestone will be celebrated with the entire chain during the year through some events and activities planned by the Dutch company...
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4% down but still ahead of last year
A 4% drop in Growing Media Top 50 sales week on week could be seen as disappointing, but sales are still way ahead of last year and 2019...
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Pick and mix boost for Wild Bird care
The better weather last week didn’t have a positive effect on Wild Bird Care sales as volumes of the GTN Top 50 lines dropped by 2% week on week to be 11% down on last year and 30% down on the same week in 2019...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Blue Diamond reports £39.5m profits as turnover grows to £255m
Blue Diamond Garden Centres have released their Report and Accounts for 2021. The financial headlines are that profit before tax was up 68% to £39.5m on sales up 27% to £255m.
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Thank goodness for gardening
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis
Total volume sales slowed slightly last week in garden centres providing Epos data for GTN Bestsellers, down 1.3% week on week to be 7% down on last year but 14% up on 2019.
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Mixed-use garden centre in Lichfield hits the market
Savills, on behalf of a private client, has launched the sale of The Plant Plot Garden Centre in Lichfield, Staffordshire, for an undisclosed amount...
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Frosts in discussion with Notcutts about prospective sale of Brampton garden centre
Frosts are currently in discussions with Notcutts about the potential sale of their garden centre in Brampton. The two parties have entered into an exclusive dialogue about Notcutts becoming future prospective owners of the centre...
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A closer look at Meadow View Stone – The award-winning supplier for 2021
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Having been awarded the prestigious title of “GCA Supplier of the Year” back in November 2021 we caught up with the Meadow View team to find out what the winning formula was that led customers to vote for them...
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Dobbies granted planning permission for new Reading store
Dobbies has been granted planning permission to build a new 60,000 sq ft store in Reading. The retailer currently has a store at Hyde End Road, Shinfield, and the new store will be built on the land behind the existing store...
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Garden accessories with that clever clip!
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Following the success of their award-winning ClipGlove brand, Treadstone Products have experienced a fantastic response to the ClipGlove Accessories range...
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The horticultural industry’s tribute to Peter Seabrook – ‘In haste’
The whole horticultural industry owes gratitude to Peter Seabrook MBE, for the influence he had on our industry in over 70 years of his dedicated input. That industry which Peter supported with his whole heart is coming together at Gardeners World Live 2022 this June. The horticultural industry’s ‘thank you’ to Peter will be one of the main attractions in the Floral Marquee at the show at the NEC between the 16th and 19th June.
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Hozelock's Watering Wisdom campaign
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To help gardeners understand the simple steps they can take when watering, Hozelock is launching its Watering Wisdom campaign. The campaign, which is in its second year, will be supported with digital and traditional PR activity, providing gardeners with various touch points to find the information...
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