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Artevasi joins the AMES Companies family of brands
The AMES Companies, home to Apta, Kelkay, La Hacienda, Woodshaw and Easy Fountain, is pleased to confirm that as of 1st August 2024 its family of brands will be expanding even further with the introduction of Artevasi, as the company confirms sole UK distribution of this popular brand of Portuguese pots...
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Wyevale Nurseries scoops six New Plant Awards at HTA National Plant Show
Wyevale Nurseries won six New Plant Awards at the Horticultural Trades Association National Plant Show at NAEC Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire...
Wyevale Nurseries’ Production Manager, Kyle Ross with GOLD award-winning Sorbaria ‘Crimson Feather’.
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Four awards for The Bransford Webbs Plant Company
The Bransford Webbs Plant Company were thrilled to win four awards at the National Plant Show this week. Digitalis ‘Apple Blossom’ picked up a Gold Award, Best in Category for Herbaceous Perennial and Best in Show, whilst Hebe ‘Lime Pickle’ was awarded Silver in the Shrub Category...
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British grown carnivorous plants from The Horti House
British grown carnivorous plants for indoor use, produced in a peat-free growing media, are now being offered by The Horti House.
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Look out for new AMES Companies merchandising vans
Adorned with the many recognisable logos that make up the AMES Companies family of brands, including Kelkay, La Hacienda, Apta and Easy Fountain, the new fleet of AMES merchandising vehicles is set to be a regular sight on the roads of the UK...
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Italian grown plants under the Earth Bound banner
An exciting new partnership is making it easy for garden centres to sell a full range of Italian grown plants under the Earth Bound banner. Kent based Provender Nurseries, already an established supplier to the landscape and garden design sector, has teamed up with Innocenti & Mangani Piante from Tuscany...
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Greenfingers garden gets a makeover
Gardengrammers visit Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice
Earlier this month a group of Greenfingers Charity supporters came together to help revitalise the garden at the Bluebell Children’s Hospice in Sheffield...
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Spiraea WALBERTON’S® PLUM CARPET wins the Visitor Vote at the HTA National Plant Show
Farplants Sales Ltd - Spiraea WALBERTON’S® PLUM CARPET has been awarded the Visitor Vote, sponsored by Floramedia, at the HTA National Plant Show 2024 at the NAEC, Stoneleigh...
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GCA BoT May figures reveal small positive year-to-date increase despite weather
The Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade figures for May are out today (June 19, 2024) and reveal that despite the weather there was a small positive year-to-date increase of +3.72%...
Catering was once again one of the best performing categories.
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Castle Gardens becomes first South West garden centre to showcase solar powered water irrigation system
Castle Gardens in Sherborne, Dorset has partnered with Wales-based Harvst, which designs sustainable growing systems, to showcase the WaterMate Smart Irrigation System – the first and only solar powered automatic watering system to be made in the UK...
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Longacres to be expanded by Smiemans
Longacres is to be extended by Smiemans Projecten in early 2025. The work includes the garden centre's cold sales area and restaurant...
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Open for Business - GTN's Summer Showroom directory
Now that the weather has warmed up and this year’s stocks of products are selling through, forward thinking garden retailers will be starting to plan for 2025. With that in mind, GTN compiled a directory of supplier showrooms that are “Open for Business” this summer so that buyers can plan showroom road trips...
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New Commercial Director at Bents Garden & Home
Bents Garden & Home has taken a significant step as it plans for the future by promoting Emma Kelly to Commercial Director, a position that has been specifically created to support the management structure at the family owned and run business...
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Mad running challenge!
Neal Ritson, who won the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation’s Brian Crosby Scholarship in 2023, will be running Ultra X Wales 50 on the 28th July 2024, raising funds for the Foundation...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Blue Diamond, BGC and Hilliers star at BBC Gardener's World Live
Blue Diamond, British Garden Centres and Hilliers made the most of the marketing and sales opportunities at BBC Gardeners World Live 2024...
Read more and see GTN Xtra's photos from the show
Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom wins Best in Show at HTA National Plant Show 2024
The Bransford Webbs Plant Company’s Digitalis purpurea Apple Blossom has been recognised as Best in Show at the New Plant Awards, sponsored by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), at this year’s HTA National Plant Show, happening today and tomorrow (19 and 20 June) at the NAEC, Stoneleigh.
See all the winners at The National Plant Show
HTA Market Update reveals despite May’s setbacks, year-to-end May sales in 2024 are up +4% compared to 2023
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has released its latest Market Update for June, reflecting on the performance of garden centres amidst the UK’s wettest spring since 1986. Overall garden centre sales and transaction numbers declined by -3% in May. Despite May’s setbacks, year-to-end May sales in 2024 are up +4% compared to 2023...
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Good Times at Bramblecrest with new RHS ranges
With the launch of its Good Times campaign, a licensing deal with the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), a finger on the pulse of innovation, and partnerships with like-minded businesses, Tim Pennell, Bramblecrest’s Head of Sales and Marketing, is certainly on a mission...
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Fordingbridge completes ambitious upgrade works at Trowell Garden Centre
Fordingbridge, have just completed their third upgrade project for Trowell Garden Centre in Nottingham...
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Allensmore Nurseries Scoop Peter Seabrook Best New Plant Award at BBC Gardener’s World Live
This years Peter Seabrook Best New Plant Award winning plant at BBC Gardener's World Live, is Hydrangea macrophylla First Editions® Eclipse® which is being introduced to the UK market by Herefordshire based Allensmore Nurseries...
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Wyevale Nurseries returns to retail tree market after 15-year absence
Wyevale Nurseries is unveiling its first collection of trees for retailers at the HTA National Plant Show this week after a 15-year absence from the market...
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