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More Garden Centre Photo Tours
The GTN Xtra cameras have been busy over the past few weeks and in this issue we've uploaded fourteen new GTN Xtra Garden Centre Photo Tours from our visits to:
- Aylett Nurseries,
- Dobbies Edinburgh,
- Groves of Bridport,
- In-Excess Ringwood,
- Kings Garden & Leisure Sidmouth,
- N1 Garden Centre,
- Notcutts Norwich Houseplants,
- Perrywood Houseplants,
- Plymouth Garden Centre,
- Squires Badshot Lea,
- St Johns Ashford and Barnstaple,
- Stewarts Christchurch and
- Whitehall Lacock.
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Mill Race Garden Centre goes up for sale
15 years after Nick Seasby and his father Mick bought Mill Race Garden Centre at Aldham near Colchester they have decided to sell the business as a going concern...
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Playwrite repeat amazing offer on Bubble Wands
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In anticipation of a bumper summer with some fantastic weather, the Playwrite Group Plc are delighted to announce that they will be repeating their amazing offer on Bubble Wands.
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New 5000 sq m Plant Centre opens at RHS Wisley
A new, state-of-the-art Welcome building and Plant Centre at RHS Garden Wisley has been opened on June 10 by founding RHS Ambassador Alan Titchmarsh...
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Raglan excited to be using CSY Retail Systems again
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CSY Retail Systems are delighted to be working with Martin Davies and the Raglan Garden Centre team again, 10 years since we first implemented Vector there.
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May Day Bank Holiday in England, Wales and Northern Ireland moves to Friday 8th May for 2020
The early May bank holiday in 2020 will move from Monday 4 May to Friday 8 May to mark the 75th anniversary of VE Day...
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Zest 4 Leisure gears up for SOLEX
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Zest 4 Leisure is gearing up to showcase its range of quality decorative timber garden products, furniture and BBQ shelters for 2020 at the upcoming SOLEX exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham...
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May ends 5% above average, reports GTN Bestsellers
After the record breaking, and season saving, bumper May for garden centre sales last year no-one expected May 2019 to top that. GTN Bestsellers Epos data analysis reveals the month ended 9.4% down on 2018 but 5% higher than the average for May between 2011 and 2019...
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Team Hartman win again at GIMA Golf and Charity Day
Team Hartman, led by Paul Facey, were victorious for the second year running at the 10th Anniversary GIMA Golf & Charity Day...
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A new premium quality textile hose from GARDENA
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Easy to use, practical and well-designed, the new GARDENA Textile Hose Liano boasts impressive watering performance and can be stored quickly and easily after use. This hose makes watering simpler and easier than ever before, and comes with an impressive 30-year warranty...
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Sales of roses and poppies bloom
Plant sales overall may have dipped at the end of May but the vibrant blooms of Roses and Poppies have driven increased sales of colourful additions to the garden for the summer...
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Highfield plans to boost its £2m-a-year restaurant to 500 covers
The next stage of development at Gloucestershire's Highfield Garden World is likely to include an increased capacity in the centre's £2m turnover restaurant to 500 covers...
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Retail Lab at Glee is your window on the future
On-trend display by supplier Key Essentials
The Retail Lab is a key focal point for Glee, showcasing the best of what the future holds. Combining interactive content with inspirational product displays and tangible business advice, the Retail Lab has cemented itself as a thriving hub of inspiration and knowledge at Glee. Here we catch up with Mark Smith, director of Key Essentials, one of this year’s Retail Lab sponsors, to find out about his plans for Glee 2019...
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High-value haul in Brighouse garden centre raid
Thieves got away with thousands of pounds worth of high-value plants and goods in an early-hours raid on Kershaw's Garden Centre at Brighouse last week...
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Glendoick marks centenary with gold at Gardening Scotland
Glendoick Gardens and Garden Centre celebrated its centenary year with a gold medal for its exhibit at Gardening Scotland of rhododendrons, azaleas and woodland gardening...
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Commercial Kitchen announces move to London for 2020
Commercial Kitchen – the UK’s leading kitchen equipment, services and design show – bid farewell to Birmingham in style this week (4-5 June). With final figures still to be announced, the 2019 show saw the best quality of buyers yet and 50% of exhibitors already rebooking for the much-anticipated 2020 show at ExCeL London...
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Plenty of potential for garden product sales
Garden Product Top 50 sales volumes were 8% down for May compared to 2018, but on a par with sales for 2017...
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Westland focus on houseplants at Gardeners' World Live
Westland will be highlighting houseplants at ‘Gardeners’ World Live’ at the NEC later this week...
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Great year so far for growing media
Sales of Growing Media throughout May were 10% higher than May 2017 and are now 11.8% up year to date on 2018...
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Sustainability is broad theme of Cultivating Retail conference
You can't afford to miss this one says HTA vice-president
Creating a sustainable future for the garden industry is the key theme for this year’s Cultivating Retail event at the East Midlands Conference Centre in Nottingham, where Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards will be the after-dinner speaker...
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Springwatch peak for Wild Bird Care
May 2019 was a good month for Wild Bird Care sales, ending 17% up on May 2018 and 9% up year to date...
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Kids get stuck into Children's Gardening Week
Hot on the heels of the interest in children’s gardening at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, garden centres, schools, families, communities and organisations celebrated the joy of gardening and outdoor activities during National Children’s Gardening Week...
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Record breaking May for veg plant sales
May 2019 was an all-time record for garden centre Veg-2-Gro sales...
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RHS Hampton Court garden will honour the late Beth Chatto
Pioneering plantswoman Beth Chatto OBE VMH, is to be named 2019’s Iconic Horticultural Hero at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival in July...
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Scotland's Rural College woos mature students with £1000 bursary
Mature students are being offered a helping hand to return to study with a £1,000 bursary from Scotland’s Rural College...
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Two new clematis on Holland show's novelties list
Details of new plants to be shown at this week’s Garden Trials and Trade 2019 event in the Netherlands (Plantarium building, 11-13 June) include two clematis bred by The Guernsey Clematis Nursery...
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Garden centre sales show strong growth in HTA research
Garden centre sales were 27% up based on the calendar year to April 2019 vs 2018, according to the May 2019 issue of HTA Market Update published last week...
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Nursery staff to hike and cycle in aid of rural skills charity
Twenty members of staff from Wyevale Nurseries will either be hiking or walking in aid of charity this month...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Garden centre burglar helps himself to slice of cake and Fanta
A burglar who smashed his way into a garden centre was caught on CCTV (pictured) helping himself to a slice of cake and a bottle of Fanta, a court has heard...
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The Chelsea effect may help monthly sales figures end on high
As this season got underway with early increases in March and April everyone said we needed to wait until the end of May to see how good a Spring it had been. With one week of May to go the only GTN weekly index that is now down on 2018 is for all plants sold, and that by only 0.9%...
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B&M aims for gardening and Christmas sales growth
Value chain B&M, which plans add another 45 stores this year to its current 620, wants to capitalise on last year’s strong sales of gardening, outdoor and Christmas products...
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Haskins celebrates 25 years at Ferndown
Haskins Garden Centre at Ferndown is celebrating its 25th anniversary – in the year chairman Warren Haskins has chalked up 50 years since he took over the family retail nursery...
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