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36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness - GTN Jan-Feb Issue On-line now
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Special Issue - 36 pages of Garden Centre Christmas Greatness.
In this issue:
- Peter Seabrook “Mr Gardening”.
- A record year for Choice Marketing.
- Thinking outside of the box 4 – Pughs Garden Kitchen.
- GCA Awards for 2021. Cultivation Street 2022.
- GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards.
Christmas at: Altons, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Bents, Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres, Cherry Lane Podington, Downtown, Fron Goch, Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Hillmount Cheshire, Little Dobbies Richmond, Millbrook Gravesend, Newquay Garden Centre, Pengelly, Planters, Pughs, Rosebourne, Sapcote Garden Centre, Silverbirch, Squires Badshot Lea, The Old Railway Line, Webbs of Wychbold, Woodlands, Kent.
- The Greatest Christmas Awards judges and sponsors.
- BBQ Gourmet – LOFA Member Profile.
- HTA Column – Christmas is here to stay.
- Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022-What are your plans for the Big Day?
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Meadow View Stone 2022 – Largest stock reserves and increased production capacity gives customers confidence
GTN Xtra Promotion
Having achieved the accolade of the “GIMA Supplier of the year” award in November, the company is forecasting further growth in 2022 and has made significant investments to facilitate this.
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A big welcome to the spooktacular 2022 Halloween range at Heaven Sends, ready to pre-order NOW!
GTN Xtra Promotion
We know it sounds scary, but it’s already time to start thinking about stocking those Halloween displays with a range of ghoulish gifts and devilish decorations and what better place to start than Heaven Sends...
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Wear something floral as tribute to Peter Seabrook
People from the horticultural trade attending Peter Seabrook’s funeral on Thursday, February 24, have been asked to either wear a floral tie (as Peter always did) or pick a flower from their garden that morning and wear it in their buttonhole as a tribute to him for all his work for the industry...
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Boom time for Primulas
Sales of Primulas were three and a third times higher during the week leading up to Valentine’s Day this year, and that boost in sales helped overall plant sales grow by 76% vs 2021 levels and 51% up on 2019 volumes...
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Another accolade for multi-award-winning Barton Grange
Barton Grange at Brock near Preston has done it once again. The multi-award-winning garden centre has been announced as the winner of the GCA's ‘Destination Garden Centre of the Year’...
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Old Railway Line Garden Centre celebrate award win
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre were awarded ‘Garden Centre of the Year 2021’ at the national GCA Awards. This highly prestigious award is an amazing achievement for the independent garden centre located in Three Cocks between Brecon and Hay-on-Wye...
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Bents celebrates 85th anniversary with arrival of Lakeland
2022 is set to be a year of celebration at Glazebury based Bents Garden & Home. Not only is the family owned and run business marking its 85th anniversary this year, but it is also welcoming a new arrival to the Centre with the popular kitchenware and home brand, Lakeland set to join the wider Bents family later this year...
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Get ready for the GIMA Golf Day
June 9th at Belton Woods Hotel & Golf Course
Calling all golfers – the annual GIMA Golf Day is confirmed to return to Belton Woods Hotel & Golf Course in Grantham on Thursday June 9th 2022...
Last year's winners, Zest 4 Leisure are expected to defend their title.
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Glee Innovators – where are they now?
Launched way back in 2009, the Glee Innovators Zone has helped hundreds of companies break into the garden retail market and is the first port of call at the show for many visiting buyers...
Natural Grower has gone on to receive several important accolades including Soil Association approval.
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We love gardening
GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis
Garden centre sales had another great week in the run up to Valentines Day according to the Epos data supplied for GTN Bestsellers. Sales were up by 36% on the same week last year and 51% up on 2019...
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Garden Re-Leaf supporters unveil plans for big day
Since the Greenfingers charity announced the return of the Garden Re-Leaf Sponsored Walk & Cycle Challenge on March 18th, the organising team have been inundated with individuals and corporate teams confirming their place at the start line. Not only this, but many others have also confirmed their plans for the big day – let’s find out more!
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Wyevale Nurseries celebrates successful youth promotion
Wyevale Nurseries is celebrating half a decade of success within its in-house apprenticeships and trainee manager programmes this month...
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Garden centres receive awards at virtual presentation day
Garden centre staff across the country are celebrating after receiving awards at a virtual presentation day held by the Garden Centre Association. The live streamed event looked back on best practice in 2021 and included a pre-season inspection area presentation...
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Burpee Europe team waves wand of positivity
The Burpee Europe team have waved their wand of positivity again in 2022 to bring you the magic of their bright and cheerful veg seeds, to sprinkle liberally on to gardens, greenhouses and finally, into kitchens...
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Free demonstrations relaunch at Dobbies Garden Centres
Dobbies relaunches its highly requested free in-store ‘Grow How’ demonstrations, taking place on the first Saturday of every month...
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GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
Gold awards for Altons, Ayletts, Barton Grange, Bents, Brigg, Burford House, Gates, Kaemingk, Pengelly, Perrywood, Planters, Pughs, Sapcote, Silverbirch, Squires, The Old Railway Line & Webbs
Burford House (BGC), Brigg (BGC), Squire Badshot Lea, Silverbirch, The Old Railway Line and Bents have picked up Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Team golds in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards, presented at Spring Fair on Monday. Kaemingk walked away with The Greatest Christmas Supplier gold...
See the full list of winners and watch the video of the presentations at Spring Fair
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Let’s grow and propagate
Core garden product sales continued at over 30% ahead of pre-pandemic levels in the second week of February with signs of early propagation activity showing through in the GTN Garden Products Bestsellers chart...
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February growing media sales up by 71% on 2019
Growing Media volume sales may have been lower year on year for the second week of February 2022 but they were 71% up on the same week in 2019.
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Onion sets the pace
Onion sets dominate the top of the Veg-2-Gro chart this week with five lines in the Top 10 and 11 lines in the Top 25...
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HTA’s OMC concerned about burden to businesses caused by plant health inspections
The HTA’s Ornamental Management Committee has serious concerns that the plant health inspection regime is not fit for purpose and will not deliver satisfactory biosecurity controls for the UK.
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Hillier unveils its 2022 new plant introduction
Hillier has enhanced its Forsythia range by introducing a new variety ‘Forsythia x intermedia ‘Discovery’ (John Mitchell)...
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HTA wins ‘Best Sector Representation’ Award at Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards 2022
The Horticultural Trades Association attended the prestigious Trade Association Forum (TAF) Best Practice Awards at Drapers Hall in London. The awards are designed to recognise excellence, innovation and best practice amongst Trade Associations in the UK.
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AIPH announces International Horticultural Expo Conference in Dubai
For the first time since before the pandemic, on 7 March 2022, organisers from forthcoming AIPH approved International Horticultural Expos will be presenting their progress reports in person at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dubai, UAE...
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Online tropical plant retailer blooms with expansion into new unit
A Leeds-based retailer is celebrating a record-breaking end to 2021, with the business achieving a turnover of over £190,000 between April - December and has expanded into new premises as it continues to grow in 2022...
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EGO embarks on reforestation project
Customers in Europe buying EGO battery-powered outdoor power equipment will now be contributing to a global environmental initiative...
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Selling more garden furniture with Augmented Reality
Garden Connect is pleased to introduce an Augmented Reality (AR) extension for webshops so consumers can see for themselves what garden furniture looks like in their own living space...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
British Garden Centres buy Timmermans to make it 59
The team at British Garden Centres (BGC) have announced the arrival of the groups 59th garden centre. Timmermans Garden Centre of Nottingham, and team, joined the BGC family today, Monday 14th February 2022...
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Bosworths plan for move to new site
Local newspapers are reporting that Bosworths Garden Centre in Burton Latimer have submitted planing applications to move to a new site on the A6 at Irthlingborough...
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Cherry Lane acquires Retford & Gainsborough Garden Centre
Value garden centre group, Cherry Lane, has acquired Retford & Gainsborough Garden Centre in Nottinghamshire to take the group to 16 centres...
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Notcutts celebrates 125th anniversary at new-look Woodbridge
Notcutts has launched a year of celebrations to mark 125 years of glorious gardening with a special event hosted at their new-look Notcutts Woodbridge Garden Centre in Suffolk...
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Spring Fair closes on a high
Spring Fair, the UK’s largest and longest running trade show for home, gift and fashion, has generated millions of pounds worth of business kick-starting and refuelling the retail industry...
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