In This Issue
Wyevale Garden Centres confirms sale of Old Barn
Amazing British compost from an amazing British company
"The government needs to sit up and take notice of this sector." Alan Titchmarsh tells MP's and peers
Plant sales lead the way, according to GTN Bestsellers
James Ducker takes the reins as the MD of Langlands
Greenfingers Charity says thank you to its FUNdraising Friends
HTA awards Pearson medal to Baroness Fookes
Cross-party MPs and peers urge government to boost backing for UK horticulture
Remember, remember 13th November! Final call for Cultivating Retail
Smart Garden Products strengthens Head Office support
Record autumn for lawn seed sales says Johnsons
New roles and promotions as Tong goes for growth
Nursery invests to further improve customer service
LazyLawn helps foster carer love her garden on ITV show
Helleborus Christmas Carol season starts
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Elho appoints new commercial chief
Pot feet sales increase after first cold snap
October growing media sales heading for a record
Top 10 Bestsellers grow ahead of the rest of Christmas
Prime time for Primulas
International buyers’ event offers major opportunity for UK suppliers
Finance for Non-Finance Managers workshop
BIZZ Holland present at IPM Essen 2019
Show Your Colours Award IPM 2019
The best of last week's
Dobbies scoop up Woodcote Green
Westland's £4m offer for Gardman put them at front of a long queue
Delegates learn how to stand out from the crowd
Prague inspires garden centre delegates
Houseplants sales 16% up in September says GCA
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
New kitchen pod means more choice for Squire's Chertsey customers
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Wyevale Garden Centres confirms sale of Old Barn

Wyevale Garden Centres has confirmed that the Old Barn Garden Centre has been sold to Tates of Sussex, who will continue to run it as a garden centre. Old Barn Nursery was included in the sale and will be operated under license by WGC for a period of at least 12 months..

 

 

Above: the barn that gave Old Barn Garden Centre its name. The picture is from 2006, the year before Wyevale paid £7m for the business.

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Amazing British compost from an amazing British company
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When it comes to supplying compost, there’s no better company you can rely on than UK based Durston Garden Products Ltd. Located in Somerset, the company supplies a wide selection of top quality growing media products to independent garden centres and retailers. Its range includes everything from Multi Purpose to Seed and Cutting Compost, Farmyard Manure and so much more...

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"The government needs to sit up and take notice of this sector." Alan Titchmarsh tells MP's and peers

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"The government needs to sit up and take notice of this sector. If it continues to be undervalued and overlooked and we carry on building houses without gardens it will have a devastating effect not only on our national economy but also on the environment and our living conditions as a whole."

Listen to Alan's speech at the Houses of Parliament in full
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Plant sales lead the way, according to GTN Bestsellers

 

In this year of extremes, we are now heading towards it being a record year for plant sales volumes. The GTN Bestsellers plants chart now shows 19 out of the last 25 weeks as being up for sales, with year to date volumes running at 8.3% up.

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James Ducker takes the reins as the MD of Langlands
 

 

 

Langlands Garden Centre, which trades from three sites in York, Leeds and Sheffield with 180 staff, is looking to the future as its ownership passes to the third generation of the same family...

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Greenfingers Charity says thank you to its FUNdraising Friends

A whopping £22,000 was raised at Greenfingers Charity’s annual Fundraising Dinner thanks to the generosity of guests and the charity’s Patron Jim Carter who really put the FUN into FUNdraising as he persuaded the charity’s friends to part with their cash...

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HTA awards Pearson medal to Baroness Fookes
 
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The HTA has awarded this year’s Pearson Memorial Medal to Baroness Fookes, co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group (APPGHG) in recognition of her outstanding services to horticulture...

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Cross-party MPs and peers urge government to boost backing for UK horticulture

 

Cross-party MPs and peers are calling for greater government support to secure the future of the UK's £24.2bn horticulture sector post-Brexit, in a new report published last week...

 

Pictured: Baroness Fookes and Ian Liddell-Grainger MP, co-chairs of the All Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group at last week's reception at the house of Commons.

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Remember, remember 13th November! Final call for Cultivating Retail
 

This is the final call to join friends and colleagues attending Cultivating Retail – the new one-day Conference and Dinner – for growers, retailers and suppliers, supported by Evergreen Garden Care UK...

 

The action-packed programme is hosted by journalist and Channel 4 news presenter Cathy Newman (pictured).

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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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The new kitchen pod arrives...by crane.
The new kitchen pod arrives...by crane.
New kitchen pod means more choice for Squire's Chertsey customers

Squire’s Garden Centre in Chertsey has installed a specially designed kitchen pod to extend the current kitchen and expand the menu offering in their Café Bar...

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Smart Garden Products strengthens Head Office support

Smart Garden Products have announced the appointment of three new team members to strengthen their Head Office Sales functions...

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Record autumn for lawn seed sales says Johnsons
 

Johnsons says autumn lawn seed sales have broken all records in the past three months as consumers looked to repair lawns damaged by prolonged baking summer weather...

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New roles and promotions as Tong goes for growth

Six new roles have been created and three staff members promoted at Tong Garden Centre – as part of the Bradford centre’s £3.5m three-year expansion plan...

 

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Nursery invests to further improve customer service
 

Recruitment and infrastructure enhancements are just some of ways in which Yorkshire horticulture business, Johnsons of Whixley, has invested in its thriving business to continue its business growth...

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LazyLawn helps foster carer love her garden on ITV show

 

Leading artificial grass provider LazyLawn has helped to transform a foster carer’s garden as part of the hit ITV show Love Your Garden...

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Helleborus Christmas Carol season starts
A blooming jewel in any garden during the dark days of the year

The days are gradually getting shorter and colder - and that means that Helleborus Christmas Carol’s moment has arrived...

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