In This Issue
Boyd adds 6 centres to Hillview
Barton Grange are multiple winners in GCA Annual Inspection Awards
Fun and frolics at the Industry Networks Beach Party
Handing over the chairman's chain of office to Will Armitage
Inspirational talks from Dr Steve Peters and Marcus Child
GCA rising stars give brilliant presentations to conference
Millbrook's Sue Allen steps down from GCA committee after 20 years
Bents and Castle Gardens win GCA Christmas Competition
£9,600 raised as Pansies beat Cabbages in 4th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup
Martin Cowell gets 'mummyfied' as Pansies pull back to level pegging in The Greenfingers Challenge
And so it came down to the final event in The Greenfingers Challenge... a boat race drinking contest
Jude Law, David Tennant and other stars present the Garden Re-Leaf Day quiz for 2014
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
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Boyd adds 6 centres to Hillview
The Hillview Group have entered into a strategic alliance with The Garden Store and Burford House Garden Store, with the intention of acquiring the businesses. Boyd J Douglas-Davies (pictured), CEO, Hillview Garden Centres, said the deal would add six new centres to their portfolio...
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Barton Grange are multiple winners in GCA Annual Inspection Awards
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Barton Grange, Preston, were multiple winners when the Annual Inspection Awards were presented at the GCA winter conference at Blackpool on Monday. Poplars Garden Centre also picked up two awards...
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Fun and frolics at the Industry Networks Beach Party


Fancy dress returned to the GCA conference in a big way for the Industry Networks Beach Party on Monday evening in the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool...
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Handing over the chairman's chain of office to Will Armitage

Outgoing GCA chairman Peter Burks handed over the chain of office to his successor Will Armitage on the first day of the winter conference at the Hilton Hotel in Blackpool...
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Inspirational talks from Dr Steve Peters and Marcus Child
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Delegates attending the first day of the GCA conference at the Hilton Hotel, Blackpool, were given inspirational talks from two of the country's leading motivational speakers – Dr Steve Peters (above) and Marcus Child (below)...

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GCA rising stars give brilliant presentations to conference


GCA rising stars George Bishop, from Squires Woking, and Will Michieli, from Monkton Elm, received a tremendous ovation from the GCA conference when they spoke about their experiences in the Westland-backed programme...
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Millbrook's Sue Allen steps down from GCA committee after 20 years
 
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Millbrook's Sue Allen, who has been a member of the GCA committee on and off for 20 years, has stepped down from the GCA committee and said the time is right for younger members like her daughter Tammy Woodhouse to steer the association in future...
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Bents and Castle Gardens win GCA Christmas Competition
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Peter Burks carried out the final judging for the GCA Christmas Competition and he announced Bents Garden & Home and Castle Gardens as the winners...
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£9,600 raised as Pansies beat Cabbages in 4th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup
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A staggering £9,600 was raised on the eve of the Garden Centre Association Winter Conference at Blackpool when a team of garden centres (Pansies) beat a side made up of suppliers (Cabbages) in the 4th Annual Greenfingers Challenge Cup.

The event, made up of a series of fun events followed by fish-and-chips and bingo, was the curtain-raiser for the two-day conference, with all the proceeds going the industry's charity, Greenfingers...
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Martin Cowell gets 'mummyfied' as Pansies pull back to level pegging in The Greenfingers Challenge
Martin Cowell and Sam Jones had the honour of being 'mummyfied' in toilet paper as the Pansies team drew level in the penultimate game of the Greenfingers Challenge Cup...
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And so it came down to the final event in The Greenfingers Challenge... a boat race drinking contest


The ale drinkers of the Pansies showed the Cabbages how to down a pint with captain Guy Topping sinking the final glass to clinch overall victory for his team...
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