In This Issue
“Following my visit to Solex I'm excited about outdoor living sales for 2016.”
Whitehall consults with community over plans to treble size of Lacock centre
Record-breaking SOLEX hailed a great success
GCA regional award meetings announced
Move towards Sunday Trading level playing field pleases HTA
Great year for outdoor furniture and barbecue sales
Kelkay go the extra mile to replace a pensioner's stolen bird bath
Liz steps down from GCA’s inspector role
Research shows £5bn garden market grew by 8% last year
The Greatest Outdoor Living Sales gold winners to be presented at spoga+gafa
HTA Futures is the venue for The Greatest Garden Centre Team Awards 2015
Johnsons Seeds get a makeover for 2016 season
Reward for Squires, Briers, Kinder, Garland, Bramblecrest and others at Hampton Court
Horticultural Buyer – Full time
Restaurant Manager - Lincolnshire
Garden Centre Manager - South London - Newly Developed Site
Plant Area Supervisor - Hertfordshire - Boutique Garden Centre
Horticultural Buyer - Wiltshire
Assistant Propagator - West Sussex
Final call for Garden Re-Leaf cash - Who will be The Greatest Garden Re-Leaf Day Retail Fundraising Team?
Tomorite is the No 1 garden product bestseller
Spring sales boom for organic Sluggo say Neudorff
Veg sales have ‘bean’ and gone
T&M plant breeder honoured in naming of ‘revolutionary’ foxglove
Bark sales grow in hotter weather
Wyevale Nurseries set to recruit more management trainees
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
Buy your subscription to GTN Bestsellers
All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Catering Tip of the Week: Can your food offer tell your story?
Get a pizza the barbecue and grill action
Situations Vacant
Horticultural Buyer – Full time
Salary dependent on experience.
 
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Restaurant Manager - Lincolnshire
 
We are looking for a resourceful Restaurant Manager to join us as we plan to re-invent our restaurant...
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Garden Centre Manager - South London - Newly Developed Site
£32.5k - £36k per annum
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Plant Area Supervisor - Hertfordshire - Boutique Garden Centre
£18k to £19k per annum
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Horticultural Buyer - Wiltshire
Salary dependent on experience but Circa £25k -£35k
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Assistant Propagator - West Sussex
£16k -£20k per annum
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Catering Tip of the Week: Can your food offer tell your story?



The one thing that every independent garden centre has is its own story. A story that is as unique as the centre. And a story that is worth telling.

This leads to a simple question asked by Garden Centre and Catering Consultant Doug Stewart: Does our catering offer help us to tell our story?

At the Terrace Café, which is adjacent to Floors Castle Plant Centre in the borders of Scotland, the regular customers rave about the complimentary flowerpot bread, which is baked and served in a warm flower pot.

During a meeting at Wisley Gardens recently I was delighted to see the sandwich lunch served in wooden trugs, pictured above. Perfect.

Our food offer, with a little bit of thought can speak of our heritage, our background, it can tell our story and make our customer’s experience that little bit more special and that little bit more authentic.

Doug can be contacted through his website, www.waringstewartassociates.co.uk

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