In This Issue
How 'showrooming' is impacting on garden centre sales
Mark Pearson steps down as Gardman CEO
TGCG launches Professional Cookery Apprenticeships
Vitax to take part in Queen's Coronation celebrations
How Armitages Pennine put on a sizzling display
The White Winter Wipe Out
Fiskars open new UK showroom
Gro-Sure is an instant success
Take part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend
Snow shovels in hot demand
Carbon Gold welcome peat-alternative move
New Epson printer ideal for outdoor labelling
Weather slows down GYO sales
Are you an SQP? Earn CPD points at PATS!
Colombo Bactuur water treatments bring ponds back to life
Jock Davidson dies aged 89
GTN Bestsellers - garden centre sales data every week
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
 

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How 'showrooming' is impacting on garden centre sales
Showrooming - where consumers browse in store but then buy online - is beginning to impact on garden centres...
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Mark Pearson steps down as Gardman CEO
 
Gardman, the leading gardening sundries and wild bird care company, has announced that its CEO Mark Pearson is leaving the company...
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TGCG launches Professional Cookery Apprenticeships


Ambitious trainee chefs have new opportunities to develop their careers with new Apprenticeships in Professional Cookery launched by The Garden Centre Group...
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Vitax to take part in Queen's Coronation celebrations
 
Vitax will be taking part in a one-off event at Buckingham Palace in July for holders of Royal Warrants to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Queen’s Coronation...
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How Armitages Pennine put on a sizzling display
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Teams


This week we put the spotlight on those garden centres that excelled in The Greatest Christmas Sizzle, a new category won by Armitages Pennine...
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The White Winter Wipe Out
 
Snow wiped out a huge amount of garden centre trade last week but provided great opportunity for sales of winter products and wild bird care...
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Fiskars open new UK showroom
Fiskars in the UK have opened a spacious new showroom at their Nottingham HQ this spring as part of a major drive to push sales...


Fiskars' UK MD John Grayson in the new 'cutting edge' showroom.
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Gro-Sure is an instant success


Again the weather has played havoc with sales of growing media. Low volume sales are being reported but looking on the bright side there was a star performance by Westland Gro-Sure Seed & Cutting Compost...
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Take part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend


To celebrate the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch, Castle Gardens in Sherborne will present a new birdhouse and feeder to the bird-lover who spots and records the most varieties during the event which takes place this weekend...
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