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GCA opens applications for 2023 Rising Stars programme
Garden Centre Association members are being invited to nominate staff for the organisation’s 2023 Rising Stars programme sponsored by Westland Horticulture...
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Forest Garden awarded King's Award for Enterprise
Forest Garden has been honoured with the first ever King’s Award for Enterprise – for Innovation. The highest and most prestigious award possible for UK businesses...
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Dog Rocks supplier achieves King’s Award for Enterprise
Podium Pet Products is celebrating after becoming one of the first companies to be honoured with a King’s Award for Enterprise 2023. The Berkshire-based company, whose popular brands include Dog Rocks and Be:Loved, has been recognised for its excellence in international trade.
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Roses fit for a King!
Seven regal roses handpicked by David Austin ahead of this summer's historic Coronation
Ahead of King Charles III’s early summer coronation, David Austin Roses shares its commemorative collection of seven garden roses. Composed of seven English shrub roses, there’s a royal story behind each and every stem…
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Little dobbies Cheltenham set to open this Thursday
The Cheltenham community is invited to celebrate the opening of the brand-new little dobbies store in the heart of Cheltenham at 10am this Thursday (27 April)...
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All the latest updates from Glee 2023
As the countdown to Glee – the International Festival of Garden, Leisure and Pet – ticks into weeks not months, it’s been another busy period for Glee’s organising team, as well as the show’s floorplan and content schedule. Here, we find out more about the latest developments shaping the industry’s leading exhibition...
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Wet March dampens GCA’s BoT figures
Catering and food hall/farm shop categories refused to be a washout last month despite the country recording the wettest March for 40 years, says the Garden Centre Association...
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Gardening industry shows resilience during the wettest month in over 40 years
The Horticultural Trades Association has released its monthly Market Update report, which provides an overview of the state of the gardening industry in March 2023. Despite the challenging weather conditions caused by excessive rainfall, the report highlights the industry’s resilience in the face of decreased sales in the gardening categories.
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LANDSCAPE partners with LOFA & SOLEX for second year
LANDSCAPE, LOFA and SOLEX are teaming up for a second year. to champion the outdoor industry and promote the benefits of in-person connection...
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Bents donates over £23k to Manchester Mind
As Bents Garden & Home welcomes the Motor Neurone Disease Association as its new charity of the year, it can also announce a fantastic amount raised during 2022 and has presented Manchester Mind with a cheque for £23,500...
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GARDENA raises over £4,200 for Greenfingers
GARDENA recently became Silver Supporters of Greenfingers Charity, raising over £4,200 with a day of fundraising...
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New product team at AMES UK brings innovation to fore
As AMES UK continues unequivocally on its mission to become the trusted authority on everything outdoors, it has continued to invest in two key appointments within its product team to place innovation and bestselling lines at the fore for all its brands including Kelkay, La Hacienda and Apta..
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Interview with Evergreen Garden Care's new MD Colin Stephens in the latest edition of GTN, read on-line here
GTN March 2023. In this issue:
- Blue Diamond’s Greatest Show – Full results and exclusive pictures from the Blue Diamond Awards 2023
- Press to Impress – 6 pages of product and supplier news from the Garden Press Event
- Bathgate for Peat Free NOW
- Fountasia bring magic to garden centres
- Evergreen Garden Care’s increased Peat Free capacity – Interview with MD Colin Stephens
- Nurturing future display talent – Glee’s new Talent Store
- LOFA – The voice of the outdoor living industry
- Stepping stones to success – Interview with Antony Harker
- Keeping plants in the headlines – GTN’s new Planteria column
- Spotlight on Horticulture – HTA Column
Read the issue on-line here
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Positive results for Squire's in a challenging climate
Squires’s Garden Centres continues to invest and looks ahead with positivity as the group filed its annual accounts for the year ending 31 July 2022 with Companies House.
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Yorkshire garden centre group launches new concessions
Yorkshire Garden Centres welcomes Edinburgh Woollen Mill to Tong Garden Centre and Pavers and Julian Charles to Tingley Garden Centre. All three have proven success within the group, with Edinburgh Woollen Mill in Otley Garden Centre and Pavers and Julian Charles in Tong Garden Centre...
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Old Railway Line relaunches membership to inspire young gardeners
The Old Railway Line Garden Centre has re-launched the previously popular club, Little Oaks, with additional benefits. The initiative is free to join for children under 12 and has several incentives for members...
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Environmental Horticulture Strategy motion tabled in Scottish Parliament
The HTA has welcomed the tabling of a parliamentary motion by Rachael Hamilton MSP, which will bring about a debate on the recent launch of the HTA’s Growth Strategy in Scotland...
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College students tour Wyevale Nurseries
Twenty students from Holme Lacy College in Herefordshire were given a tour this week of one of the UK’s leading nurseries. The forestry and arboriculture apprentices visited the container shrub and tree production sites at Wyevale Nurseries...
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Awards Special Issue of GTN - GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards - Garden Centre Association Awards - Read on-line now
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In this issue:
- Hillier grows – Interview with Chris Francis,
- GCA Conference 2023 – Big, bold, sustainable and £100k raised for Greenfingers,
- GCA Winners – All the winners from the GCA Conference,
- PATS Sandown Show preview,
- BeefEater – LOFA Member profile,
- Beautiful stonework from The Patio Black Spot Company,
- GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Presentations at Spring Fair,
- Pictures from all The Greatest Christmas Award winning centres: Barton Grange, Rosebourne, The Old Railway Line, Pughs, Gates, Longacres, Gouldings, Alton, Groves, Meadowcroft, Brimsmore and Poundbury, British Garden Centres, Pengelly, Blue Diamond, Klondyke, Gordale, Silverbirch, Woodlands, Little Dobbies, Azure, Stratford , Chessington, Chacewater, Coolings, Sapcote, Wentworth, Perrywood, Garsons Titchfield, Keydell, The Grange, Tingley, St Peters, Garden King, Fron Goch, Ellerker Lodge, Chepstow, Birkacre, Bennybeg,
- Thank you to the judges and sponsors of The Greatest Christmas Awards 2022,
- Encouraging signs for Spring – HTA Column,
- Cash is king – GIMA Column.
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HTA reaction to delay of Scottish deposit return scheme
Following news that Scotland's deposit return scheme will now not launch until March of next year, the Horticultural Trades Association has issued a response...
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RHS endorses new gardening caddy bag from Genus Gardenwear
The Royal Horticultural Society has announced a new endorsement for Genus Gardenwear, a designer and supplier of high-performance clothing and accessories for gardeners and an RHS partner since 2019...
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Cost of living crisis sees DIY boom continue
If you hadn’t considered expanding your offer with DIY lines before, now is the perfect time to plan a visit to the brand-new DIY sector at Glee 2023 (27th – 29th June, NEC Birmingham) to explore the opportunities this category can present to your business...
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BHETA to partner with Glee at BHETA BIRA village
BHETA is to partner with Glee and Bira to create a BHETA Bira Village at Glee 2023 (NEC on 27-29th June), which will include DIY suppliers alongside garden brands...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Boyd Douglas-Davies to leave British Garden Centres
British Garden Centres has announced that Boyd Douglas-Davies is leaving at the end of April. He will be setting up his own consultancy business, advising the garden industry and visitor attractions on a myriad of projects...
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Blue Diamond buys Beckworth Emporium
The first of the “two acquisitions for Easter 2023” has been confirmed by Blue Diamond MD, Alan Roper as Beckworth Emporium in Northamptonshire...
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Garden centre car parks and tills busy this weekend
Garden centre sales certainly got growing this last weekend, judging by the busyness of Longacres Bagshot on Saturday afternoon...
See GTN Xtra's photo tour of the centre here
British brilliance features in USA Garden Center magazine
Ahead of his presentation at the gardencenter expo and conference in Minneapolis this August, UK garden centre consultant Bob Marley has written an article about British Garden Centres that features as the cover story in the April edition of Garden Center magazine...
Read the full story on-line here
In numbers: Garden Re-Leaf 2023
Friday 24th March 2023 was Garden Re-Leaf Day and this year the event was bigger than ever! Here we find out some key stats about the event and the incredible efforts of FUNdraisers up and down the country, together helping to raise much needed funds for the Greenfingers Charity...
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Treadstone gloves made from recycled bottles hit market
GTN Xtra Promotion
Treadstone Garden’s sustainable direction is continuing, this time under their award-winning ClipGlove brand. ‘Bottle Gloves’ by ClipGlove has started to appear in UK garden centres alongside keen interest from end users...
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