GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 56 2017

The HTA has announced the appointment of Chris Pateman as the chair of the association. In this new role Chris will assist the HTA Board in coordinating the activities of the HTA Executive and their teams at Horticulture House, ensuring that the strategic objectives of the Association are being achieved. In addition, the chair will represent the HTA at a senior level to Government and other stakeholders.

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November trading sets new records

After four weeks of trading the GTN Bestsellers All Products Sales index has surpassed the previous November record level set in 2014 by 2%...

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More double-digit plant growth

Plant sales show no sign of declining after another week of double-digit growth...

The UK Garden Centre Plants Bestsellers Chart

Week Ending Sunday 26th November 2017

This Week	Last week	Plant genus	Volume Sales Change
1	1	Cyclamen
2	3	Primula
3	2	Pansy
4	4	Poinsettia	Increase
5	8	Hyacinth	+50% Increase

See the GTN Bestsellers Top 50 Plants Chart

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Ramraiders target Webbs but leave empty handed

The front of Webbs of Wychbold was badly damaged when ramraiders tried to drive a car into the building on Tuesday night. Nothing was stolen in the attempted raid...

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Stax seals distribution deal with Flymo and McCulloch

Leading wholesaler Stax Trade Centres has finalised a deal that will see them become official distributors for leading consumer garden brands Flymo and McCulloch...

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German minister defied Merkel to push glyphosate extension through
French president aims to ban it unilaterally within three years

Only a German minister’s decision to break his government’s voting protocol tipped the balance in favour of the five-year licence extension for glyphosate usage approved by the EC last week...

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Garden Re-Leaf 2018 registration now open

Following a fantastic Garden Re-Leaf Day this year, Greenfingers Charity has announced 2018’s event will take place on Friday 16th March and with some new exciting events planned for next year promises to be even bigger than this year...

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RHS reviews future of 'Perfect for Pollinators' labelling
Move follows study showing pesticide residues in some garden centre plants

The Royal Horticultural Society is reviewing its Perfect for Pollinators labelling initiative in the light of research that showed plants in garden centres contained pesticides that could harm pollinating insects...

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Torwood Garden Centre wins hat-trick at business awards

Torwood Garden Centre scored a trio of successes at the Falkirk Herald business awards dinner last week...

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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering

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Work on new Groves Nurseries restaurant almost complete

Smiemans Projecten has announced that its work on the new restaurant of Groves Nurseries is almost done with the roof now finished...

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Town & Country goes from strength to strength

August saw the expansion of E.P. Barrus’s presence in the garden sector with the acquisition of the gardening gloves and footwear company, Town & Country...

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Haskins donates toy reindeers to Children’s Hospital

Haskins Garden Centre in Southampton has partnered with Southampton Children’s Hospital to spread festive cheer for those spending Christmas in the ward...

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Santa arrived in style at Squire’s Garden Centres

Santa swapped his traditional sleigh for various quirky forms of transport when he arrived at Squire’s Garden Centres last weekend...

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GCA Christmas Regional Winners Announced

Following on from Bents and Castle Gardens being announced as the national winners of the 2017 Garden Centre Association’s annual Christmas competition as reported in GTN Xtra last week the winners from each of the GCA areas have now been announced...

List of winners and photos of Christmas at Fron Goch

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Lighting brightens up garden product sales

Lighting lines brightened the doldrums of garden product sales last week in the GTN Bestsellers chart...

November growth for growing media sales

November’s growing media sales volumes have outperformed last year for the weeks 44 to 47...

Sweet moment as new Christmas record set

Chocolate coins top the GTN Christmas Chart this week as tills ring to record levels and smash the record peak Christmas Top 50 sales volume in garden centres...

BIZZ Holland present at IPM Essen 2018 with 60 participants

Sixty Dutch companies of the ornamental horticulture sector will come together on the BIZZ Holland stand at the next Internationale Pflanzenmesse (IPM) in Germany (Hall 12, Stand no. 12A20). The event will take place in Essen from 23 to 26 January 2018...

Get your tickets for the Party for Perennial

The annual Party for Perennial, which will take place on Thursday 18 January 2018, is a popular fixture in the New Year calendar for the horticulture trade and an event not to be missed...

The best of last week's

If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...

We cleared out Homebase management too quickly, confesses parent company's new CEO

The new CEO of Bunnings and Homebase parent company Wesfarmers has confessed to shareholders that the company had made a mistake by changing the Homebase management team and product ranges too quickly when it took over the UK chain last year...

Glyphosate licence approved for 5 years

Germany swung the vote in Brussels today so that a new five year licence could be granted for glyphosate just 19 days before the existing one was due to expire...

Brookfields becomes a winter wonderland

No, your eyes are not deceiving you – the first snow of the winter hasn’t fallen on low ground yet. But this eye-catching display at Brookfields Garden Centre, north of Nottingham, is certainly making people stand up and take notice...

Santa Paws delivers memorable experiences for Pet Owners

This year sees more garden centres opening their Grottos for Santa Paws events, particularly on weekdays early in the season and GTN Xtra's Trevor and Karen Pfeiffer took their Doodles to see Santa at Frosts Woburn Sands to test the experience...