Business as usual at the Old Railway Line Garden Centre after sickness outbreak on Mother's Day
It was business as usual this week at the award-winning Old Railway Line Garden Centre after a reported 40 people were struck down by sickness following a visit to the store on Mother's Day. Although investigations by Environmental Health officials are ongoing it's believed the affected customers had symptoms closely matching those of a norovirus outbreak currently widespread throughout South Wales.
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Doubt over new £60m garden centre and retail complex
The future of a new £60 million outlet mall and garden centre at Ashchurch near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, is in doubt after planning officials recommended local councillors turn down the development...
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Toys to gardening: Wyevale's new CEO started on Monday
Wyevale Garden Centres said welcome on Monday (14 March) to a new CEO. Roger McLaughlan, 52, takes over from Kevin Bradshaw – and as his last job was MD of the UK arm of Toys’R’Us, now is the perfect time for Wyevale managers who fancy they’d like to see more cuddly toys in their stores to step forward…
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Mother’s Day provides a good boost to overall sales
Mother’s Day provided a good boost to overall sales this year with good sales of houseplants, planted arrangements, other gift items and of course catering sales. The GTN Bestsellers All Product Sales Index was up 21% on the same week last year...
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Thompson & Morgan pays record amount for single seed
Thompson & Morgan has paid a world record amount (£1,250) for single giant pumpkin seed and now the company is offering it to home gardeners for free. It's all part of an attempt to bring world record pumpkin weight to UK shores for the first time...
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Bord na Móna UK expands customer services
The continuing success of Bord na Móna Growise, the new single brand of peat to peat-free growing media and soil improvers, has now led to an expansion in the customer services department at BNM UK’s head office...
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Strictly Come Planting for the Klondyke Group
Over 20 suppliers exhibited at the Klondyke Group's annual Plant Show, which took place at the magnificent Gisborough Hall in Teeside...
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You'll be full of beans - and zinnias - in 2017
Beans and zinnias are named as Plants of the Year for retail promotion in 2017 by Fleuroselect's Home Garden Association...
 
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Town & Country launches schools competition
Town & Country has launched a ‘Design a Gardening Glove Schools Challenge' in an attempt to encourage a younger audience into gardening...
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EU postpones re-approval of glyphosate after objections from four states
The EU has postponed its decision to renew the licence for glyphosate, the active ingredient in many garden weedkillers, after opposition from France, Holland, Italy and Sweden...
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