GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 54 2014

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‘Love the Plot You’ve Got’ gets off to a great start at Glee

Over 50% of stand space already sold for Glee 2015

Garden Wise, Simpsons and Creative Gardens named GCA winners for Scotland and N.Ireland

Busiest Autumn gardening season for years

Westland Rising Stars shine during final masterclass

Ice Orbs rise to the top of GTN Bestsellers chart

Scotts name dates for Solus showroom event

Nominate your teams for The Greatest Christmas Awards 2014

Notcutts introduces its newly refurbished Wheatcroft Garden Centre in Nottingham

Blue Diamond's Redfields Garden Centre completes refurbishment

Three garden product suppliers to exhibit in Japan in Gardenex-organised group

A new online tool for enthusiastic gardeners from Bayer Garden

Hever Castle voted ‘Garden of the Year’ by South & South East in Bloom

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Ex-Dobbies plant buyer joins the HTA as Regional Business Manager

Charlie Dimmock attracts the crowds during garden centre visit

Autumn planting onions, garlic and strawberries give customers a head start

Clothing sales on the up at GCA member centres

Active gardeners boost growing media sales

Scotts announce winning hospice garden designs

HTA's Head of Horticulture takes over the chairmanship of the GROW Careers initiative

Draper Tools launches new website

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‘Love the Plot You’ve Got’ gets off to a great start at Glee
More industry support pledged for Garden Industry Marketing Board initiative

‘Love the Plot You’ve Got’, the industry wide campaign to get 30-45 year olds enjoying their outdoor space, received a fantastic reception from suppliers and retailers at Glee with many pledging further support for the initiative...

Over 50% of stand space already sold for Glee 2015

Glee 2014 has been hailed a success by the garden retail industry, and organisers i2i Events have already booked over 50% of the stand space for the 2015 event...

Garden Wise, Simpsons and Creative Gardens named GCA winners for Scotland and N.Ireland

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The GCA revealed its winners for Scotland and Northern Ireland at a presentation at Garden Wise Plant & Garden Centre in Dumfries. Garden Wise Plant & Garden Centre was named Best Garden Centre (GC) and Simpsons Garden Centre Best Destination Garden Centre (DGC) in Scotland. Creative Gardens Donaghadee scooped Best Garden Centre in Northern Ireland...

Busiest Autumn gardening season for years

Sales of growing media products in the GTN Bestsellers Growing Media Top 50 chart indiacte that we are having the best Autumn gardening season for over five years.

Westland Rising Stars shine during final masterclass

Rising Stars put their nerves aside to deliver outstanding presentations on merchandising during their final masterclass at Van Hage in Peterborough...

Ice Orbs rise to the top of GTN Bestsellers chart

Garden lighting continues to dominate that top of the GTN Garden products chart as truly traditional gardening products also sell through in high volumes...

Scotts name dates for Solus showroom event

Scotts have announced dates for this year’s trade event for their recently-acquired Solus brands...

Nominate your teams for The Greatest Christmas Awards 2014

It’s that time of the year again. As you complete your Christmas Displays and start selling your Christmas events, now is the moment to nominate your teams in The Greatest Christmas Awards...

Notcutts introduces its newly refurbished Wheatcroft Garden Centre in Nottingham

Notcutts will celebrate the launch of its newly refurbished Wheatcroft garden centre in Nottingham on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th October. This marks the completion of the most major phase of its £1.5m refurbishment programme, which sees the opening of a street-food inspired restaurant and redeveloped Home, Gift and Seasonal departments...

Blue Diamond's Redfields Garden Centre completes refurbishment

Redfields Home of Garden and Living has completed the final phase of its extensive redevelopment and has now opened its doors to eagerly awaiting customers...

Three garden product suppliers to exhibit in Japan in Gardenex-organised group

The Gardenex export federation is returning to Japan again in 2014 where it will organise the British group participation at Gardex/Ifex/Extepo (15 to 17 October 2014), Japan’s largest international trade fair for the garden and outdoor living industry. Three UK companies will be taking part – Briers, Irrigatia and Porous Pipe...

A new online tool for enthusiastic gardeners from Bayer Garden

Bayer Garden has unveiled the new style of bayergarden.co.uk, which has been specifically designed to help and interact with lawn and garden enthusiasts whatever their expertise...

Hever Castle voted ‘Garden of the Year’ by South & South East in Bloom

The glorious gardens of historic Hever Castle in Kent received a Gold Award and were voted ‘Garden of the Year 2014’ by South & South East in Bloom. The double accolade was announced last week, with the gardens beating stiff competition in the Heritage Parks & Gardens category...

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Garden Trade News

Ex-Dobbies plant buyer joins the HTA as Regional Business Manager

The HTA membership services team has a new recruit with Neil Cummings joining the HTA this week as Regional Business Manager for Scotland and Ireland...

Charlie Dimmock attracts the crowds during garden centre visit

Charlie Dimmock, gardening guru and face of Gro-Sure Planting Magic, pulled in the crowds at Woodcote Green Garden Centre in Surrey last weekend...

Autumn planting onions, garlic and strawberries give customers a head start

Veg gardeners are making the most of the great weather with autumn planting onions, shallots and garlic that will give them early crops in the new year...

Clothing sales on the up at GCA member centres

Garden centre customers were preparing their wardrobes ahead of the change of season according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade results for August. GCA chairman Will Armitage (pictured), said: “The cooler, wetter weather experienced last month saw a shift in sales being made in less traditional categories such as clothing and catering...

Active gardeners boost growing media sales

Growing media sales volumes are up 44% on same week last year with bulb compost and multipurpose the big winners...

Scotts announce winning hospice garden designs

Scotts have announced the winners of their St Elizabeth Hospice’s garden design competitio, part of their community outreach programme...

HTA's Head of Horticulture takes over the chairmanship of the GROW Careers initiative

Raoul Curtis-Machin, Head of Horticulture at the HTA, has taken over the chairmanship of the GROW Careers initiative from Leigh Morris who has held the post for eight years...

Draper Tools launches new website

Draper Tools has launched a new website, offering a range of exciting new features and benefits for all its website visitors, whether they’re retailers, professional tradespeople or household DIY users...

Amenity sales on the up at Wyevale Nurseries

Wyevale Nurseries in Hereford has reported a 15% increase in amenity sales this year with high demand for trees, hedging transplants, container grown hedging and specimen shrubs...

Pictured: Adam Dunnett, Sales and Marketing Director, said: “We have put a lot of work in to our product mix to reflect customer demand."

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