In This Issue
Vote now for the Best Buyers of 2023 - The Buyers Power List at Glee
Only 2 days left for Glee New Product Showcase and Awards entries
Glee wins Best UK Trade Show Award
Barton Grange, Cowells and Tong join Prosper Buying Group
Let’s make this year’s Floral Thursday the biggest yet!
Innovative propagation items feature highly in Garland’s new products at Glee 2023
Zest supports Dementia UK in latest charity initiative
Melcourt hosts visit from Minister in Charge of Peat Policy
LifestyleGarden will use SOLEX to debut new sales concept
Up, up & away – the Greenfingers Wing Walk is back!
Just one week until Glee 2023 - register now and read the Glee Daily News Issue 1 here
Report details horticulture’s progress to peat-free
HTA members celebrate success at Gardeners’ World Live
Passports, Permits and Peat top the agenda for HTA Policy at National Plant Show
DJ Turfcare launches incentive at Glee 2023
Tri-Star’s MD meets the Prince of Wales during Notpla visit
Rose Peter’s Persica wins inaugural Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
GIMA Charity Golf Day 2023 – the results
Johnsons’ Quick Lawn with Accelerator is best lawn seed formula yet
RECOUP Awards entry deadline only 4 weeks away!
Wyevale Nurseries launches 2024 promotional catalogue
Elena Whitham MSP plants a tree for her community as part of an HTA initiative
Haskins becomes first garden centre to stock RocketGro liquid feed range
Novice Essex gardeners offered chance to create dream garden
Wyevale Nurseries runs peat-free advice hub at National Plant Show
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
New sales appointment at 4 Seasons Outdoor
National Plant Show’s ‘New Plant Awards’ – entrants launched via Touchscreen Kiosks to retailers
Countdown to Ball Colegrave’s 2023 Summer Showcase
Annabelle Padwick to advise House of Lords committee
Get to know Marcus Bawdon: the BBQ whisperer
Three in five people want to remove astroturf
Initiative to address greenhouse gas emissions
Mandevilla Sundaville Double Blush Pink wins FleuroStar Award 2023-24
Agapanthus praecox 'HPP4087' (AMOURETTE SUPERB WHITE) awarded first Green Retail Award for Best Novelty
Bransford Webbs put finishing touches to National Plant Show plans
The best of last week's
Zest regain GIMA Charity Golf Day Trophy
Peters Rose wins the Peter Seabrook Award at BBC Gardeners' World Live
Riverside Garden Centre celebrates first anniversary as Cherry Lane 
Westland Horticulture launch new fund to support The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation
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GTN's Glee Preview Issue including interview with Dobbies CEO online to read now
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Vote now for the Best Buyers of 2023 - The Buyers Power List at Glee

Vote now for the best buyers of 2023

 

Voting closes at midnight on Saturday 24th June with the winners announced and celebrated on The Stage at Glee on Tuesday 27th June at 5:00pm.

 

Nominations for The Glee Buyers Power List 2023 include buyers from: 

Alton Garden Centre, Aylett Nurseries, B&M, Baytree, Bents Garden & Home, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Chacewater Garden Centre, Crocus, Dobbies, Downtown Garden Centre, Fron Goch, Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Haskins, Hayloft Plants, Home Bargains, John Lewis, Klondyke, Longacres, Meadowcroft, Notcutts, Perrywood, Planters Tamworth, Pughs, QD Stores, Robert Dyas, Sapcote, Squires, St Peters, Stewarts Garden Centres, The Gardens Group, The Old Railway Line.

See the full list of nominations and link to the voting page here
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Only 2 days left for Glee New Product Showcase and Awards entries

Glee exhibitors have until midnight on Wednesday 21st June to enter their new products into the Glee New Product Showcase and be in with a chance of winning a prestigious Glee New Products Award...

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Glee wins Best UK Trade Show Award

Glee has been awarded Best UK Trade Show over 8,000 sq meters at the 30th AEO (Association of Exhibition Organisers) Awards...

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Barton Grange, Cowells and Tong join Prosper Buying Group

Barton Grange, Cowells and Tong Garden Centres have signed up to the Prosper Buying Group today (19th June 2023.) They join existing members Aylett Nurseries, Chessington Garden Centre, Knights Garden Centres, Langlands, Perrywood and Stewarts...

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Let’s make this year’s Floral Thursday the biggest yet!

If you are visiting or exhibiting at Glee later this month, then this is your reminder to ensure you bring the flower power on Thursday 29th June.

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Innovative propagation items feature highly in Garland’s new products at Glee 2023
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Garland Products is launching over 40 new products at Glee 2023 (Hall:8-20 Stand: 20H30-J31). These include 24 new propagation products, which result from a major investment to further cement Garland’s position as the market leader in this sector. The products include Square Tom Pots, Super-Sized Seed Tray and Garden Tray and a Deep Root Garden/Seed Tray.

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Zest supports Dementia UK in latest charity initiative

Timber garden furniture, grow your own and decorative garden structure specialist, Zest is sharing an update on its massive commitment to fundraising for charitable causes with visitors to its stand 20D30-E31 at Glee...

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Melcourt hosts visit from Minister in Charge of Peat Policy

Melcourt were delighted to host a visit from Trudy Harrison MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at Defra in charge of peat policy...

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LifestyleGarden will use SOLEX to debut new sales concept

Since its debut at the annual SOLEX exhibition, LifestyleGarden has been setting benchmark after benchmark for a new generation of environmentally responsible manufacturing...

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Up, up & away – the Greenfingers Wing Walk is back!
 

An afternoon strapped to the roof of a plane might sound like a daunting prospect to most, but for seven lucky Greenfingers supporters it’s just another afternoon fundraising for the children’s hospice gardens charity...

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Just one week until Glee 2023 - register now and read the Glee Daily News Issue 1 here

Register for Glee and read Glee Daily News Issue 1 here
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Report details horticulture’s progress to peat-free

The latest Growing Media Monitor report highlights the horticulture industry's dedication to becoming peat-free...

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HTA members celebrate success at Gardeners’ World Live

The winners at BBC Gardeners’ World Live and include Horticultural Trades Association members and Association of Professional Landscapers members...

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Passports, Permits and Peat top the agenda for HTA Policy at National Plant Show

The Horticultural Trade Association’s Policy and Public Affairs Team will be setting out the HTA’s successes and key policy asks at the National Plant Show 2023 next week (Tuesday, 20 and Wednesday, 21 June 2023)...

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DJ Turfcare launches incentive at Glee 2023
 

A visit to DJ Turfcare’s Glee stand will not only provide insight into the company’s RHS-endorsed, organic-based lawn fertiliser range and plant food offering, but it will also provide the opportunity to win a special giveaway...

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Tri-Star’s MD meets the Prince of Wales during Notpla visit

Tri-Star Packaging’s Managing Director met the Prince of Wales recently as part of the company’s commitment to working in partnership with Notpla and its innovative range of sustainable products for garden centres...

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Rose Peter’s Persica wins inaugural Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live
 

Rose Peter’s Persica, grown by Chris Warner and introduced by Wharton’s Roses in Norfolk, has been awarded the inaugural Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant at BBC Gardeners’ World Live...

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GTN's Glee Preview Issue including interview with Dobbies CEO online to read now

GTN June 2023 Glee Show preview. In this issue:

  • Westland Glee 6 page Glee Preview
  • GTN Interview with Dobbies CEO Graeme Jenkins
  • Chelsea 2023 goes wild
  • Hozelock create greener gardens
  • GTN’s Glee 2023 Preview
  • Greeting cards – a footfall driver from Woodmansterne
  • Altico drive support for retailers
  • Floral Thursday FUNdraising at Glee
  • Click and grow with Azpects
  • Zest – The Natural Choice for 2024
  • Evergreen Garden Care – A Peat Free Journey
  • Sustainable feed from Apsley Farms
  • Glee Exhibitor News
  • Scandi style by Fandango
  • Osprey keeps customers charged up
  • New Products at Glee – A sneak preview of Award entries
  • Planteria – New agapanthus wins at Chelsea
  • LOFA Column – Promote sustainability at SOLEX 2023
  • HTA Column – Getting messages out there
  • GIMA Column – Making Connections.
Read the issue on-line here
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GIMA Charity Golf Day 2023 – the results

Over 100 golfers enjoyed a fun-filled day of golf, networking and fundraising at the 13th annual GIMA Golf Day, with the Zest team walking away as course victors once again having missed out on the trophy at last year’s event...

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Johnsons’ Quick Lawn with Accelerator is best lawn seed formula yet
 

Retailers cannot afford to miss out on the Johnsons Lawn Seed at Glee this month as they will be missing the UK’s oldest lawn seed brand’s most exciting lawn seed innovations for many years...

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RECOUP Awards entry deadline only 4 weeks away!

With only 4 weeks left to enter the prestigious RECOUP Plastics Recycling Annual Awards 2023, plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity RECOUP is urging all organisations and individuals involved in the plastics recycling industry to submit their entries before the deadline on 14 July...

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Wyevale Nurseries launches 2024 promotional catalogue

Wyevale Nurseries will be launching its new promotional catalogue at the Horticultural Trades Association National Plant Show this month...

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Elena Whitham MSP plants a tree for her community as part of an HTA initiative

Following a recent Scottish Parliamentary event to discuss the Horticultural Trade Association’s (HTA) Environmental Horticulture Growth Strategy for Scotland, many MSPs pledged to plant a tree in their community...

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Haskins becomes first garden centre to stock RocketGro liquid feed range

RocketGro has announced that destination garden centre chain, Haskins has become the first garden retailer to stock its exciting brand-new liquid plant feed range...

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Novice Essex gardeners offered chance to create dream garden

Perrywood Tiptree has launched a brand new and unique ‘Garden Advice Service’. Perrywood created the service to help novice gardeners and new homeowners, but anyone is welcome to book...

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Wyevale Nurseries runs peat-free advice hub at National Plant Show

Wyevale Nurseries is hosting a peat-free advisory station at the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) National Plant Show for trade customers seeking assistance with the changes to the law around peat usage...

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