In This Issue
Scotts Solus Brands announcement
Guy Hands on Dobbies, golds for Hilliers, Taylors and Javado, Town & Country cheque for Greenfingers - GTN's Chelsea highlights
Taylors Bulbs Johnny Walkers makes it 22 consecutive gold medals at RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Hillier win their 70th consecutive RHS Chelsea Gold
Put on a Chelsea Planteria Display...and win a bottle of champagne. Homebase already have Chelsea POS on display
Golden Wonder! Chelsea win for the humble spud
Homebase Urban Retreat Garden wins Gold at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
Allensmore Nurseries launch new Blooms Of Bressingham plant range
Everything not so rosy in the ‘Front’ Garden warns RHS
New variety of rose in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support launched at Chelsea
Schoolchildren show off Healthy Living Plant at Chelsea
Thompson & Morgan scours Europe to ensure a Chelsea centre piece fit for a Queen
Monkton Elm tops sales of Juliana greenhouses
May Day! Solar lights and GYO are on fire
Plant Buyer - Romsey
Amenity Sales Person - Norfolk
Amenity Sales Executive - Leicestershire
Garden Retail Manager - East Midlands
Claire Austin wins Chelsea Gold!
Crowders reveal plan for 500 new houses and a bigger garden centre
Planning row garden centre 'in crisis'
Lighting product sales continue to power ahead
Runner Bean White Emergo is top of the crops
Veg planting drives sales of compost
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Garden centre’s restaurant expansion is the final link in a local food chain
Catering tip of the week: Make your message personal
Glee Food & Catering Zone sign up Catering Design Group
Situations Vacant
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May Day! Solar lights and GYO are on fire



The May Day Bank Holiday proved to be a second bumper Bank Holiday Monday for 2015, according to EPoS data supplied by garden centres for GTN Bestsellers.  

Volume sales were up in all departments with garden lighting and veg plants for Grow Your Own the star performers.

With warmer temperatures forecast and all the media publicity surrounding Chelsea Flower Show on the horizon for next week, the omens are starting to point towards a bumper May for garden centre sales all around.

We continue to hear of huge increases in garden furniture sales too, resulting in big turnover increases year on year.  Why do you think customers are buying more garden furniture in centres this year? Has the garden furniture internet bubble burst? Why are sales so good despite the colder spring? Do you expect the same performance for BBQs?  If you can shed any light on these questions please email trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk

GTN Bestsellers Top 50 sales volumes compared to the same week last year...

  • Garden Products – down 7%
  • Veg-2-Gro Products – up 43%
  • Growing Media – up 6%
  • All items index – up 1%

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