In This Issue
"Trained horticultural people, you are like gold dust"
Martin Cowell celebrates 50th birthday on charity cycle ride
Book your slot at the Primeur showroom this pre-season
Westland: Last call to come on board with G.E.M.S for 2024
Calls for 'compost revolution' to avert looming waste crisis
elho launches its first impact report
Scottish Cabinet Minister champions horticulture industry
National Trust and Blue Diamond auction for Tree with Gravitas
PATS Telford to become a THREE-DAY event in 2024
Otley garden centre invests in renewable energy
Feverfew Garden Company launches UK's first functional garden wear brand designed for women
Dobbies gets into the Christmas Spirit with exciting line up of festive events
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Primeur appoints new Area Sales Rep for South East
RHS highlights licensing success and ‘get growing’ message
New T Levels open and set to deliver future horticulturalists
Foggy Bottom...a garden to share
Ball Colegrave 2024 Catalogues out now
The best of last week's
Tom Chambers Garden Furniture Showroom draws Garden Centres to the Midlands
Governess Cart offered in garden centre’s Ukraine fundraiser
Advertising watchdog rules against garden furniture retailer
Corby + Fellas completes installation at Brick Kiln
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"Trained horticultural people, you are like gold dust"
Smart Garden sponsored students gain business insights during Colegrave Seabrook Foundation Development days

"Trained horticultural people, you are like gold dust" was the greeting from Reinhard Beihler at Baytree Garden Centre for five Colegrave Seabrook Foundation funded students at the start of their business insight development trip, part of their Smart Garden Products sponsorship...

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Martin Cowell celebrates 50th birthday on charity cycle ride

 

Martin Cowell of Cowell’s Garden Centre in Newcastle, is cycling 900 miles passing through seven countries to help celebrate his 50th year and to raise vital funds for two of his favourite charities: Greenfingers Charity and True Colours Theatre CIO Foundation...

 

To donate: https://www.justgiving.com/team/tyne-to-rhine

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Book your slot at the Primeur showroom this pre-season

Primeur, the leading brand of recycled gardening products, invites retailers to its new and improved showroom in West Yorkshire to take their garden centre sales to the next level in 2024...

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Westland: Last call to come on board with G.E.M.S for 2024

The end of September marks the last call for retailers to join the G.E.M.S revolution in 2024. Retailers who wish to benefit should contact their Westland Sales representative now to book a meeting to find out how G.E.M.S can bring growth to their garden centre...

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Calls for 'compost revolution' to avert looming waste crisis

The unique and diverse group of over 20 organisations from the National Trust and RHS to the Horticultural Trade Association and Suez, are launching a new movement called Enrich the Earth and will publish a manifesto calling for a radical rethink of how we handle organic waste in the UK...

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elho launches its first impact report

elho has revealed that last year, it has 12,000,000 kg. of recycled waste into new products...

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Scottish Cabinet Minister champions horticulture industry

Mairi Gougeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Islands, was given a closer look at the Environmental Horticulture sector on a visit to Ashbrook Nursery in Arbroath...

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National Trust and Blue Diamond auction for Tree with Gravitas

The National Trust and Blue Diamond Garden Centres are giving 10 lucky people the chance to be a custodian of one of the most significant trees in scientific history...

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PATS Telford to become a THREE-DAY event in 2024
 

The organisers of PATS, the UK’s National Pet Industry Event, have announced the launch of a THREE-DAY exhibition to take place at the Telford International Centre in 2024. The new event, to be staged on Sunday 29th September to Tuesday 1st October 2024, will become an all-encompassing show as the two PATS exhibitions – Sandown and Telford – merge into one.

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GTN August 2023 - Glee and SOLEX Reviews - Read on-line

In this issue:

  • Short memories – GTN comment about the timing of trade shows.
  • Reflections from Glee 2023 – GTN’s review.
  • Germie, a new dawn for growing seeds – GIMA Seed Corn Funding.
  • Shaping the Future of Cutting - Glee’s Best New Product 2023.
  • Buyers Power List Awards at Glee.
  • Glee New Product Award Winners for 2023. 
  • Peckish back on TV after winning awards at Glee.
  • Flying high for Greenfingers.
  • Record breaking Flower Power at Glee.
  • AMES are branching out – GTN Interview with Nick Jones and Caroline Elliot.
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Otley garden centre invests in renewable energy

A garden centre in Otley has recently installed a 227-panel solar array. The array, at Otley Garden Centre (formerly Stephen H Smith's and now part of the Yorkshire Garden Centres group) will save 91,715kWh of energy and will reduce the carbon footprint of the Pool Road site by 21.4 tonnes per annum...

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Feverfew Garden Company launches UK's first functional garden wear brand designed for women
 

A newly established brand focused on practical gardening wear for women has officially launched in the UK and promises to give ladies access to some of the most classic, stylish and functional gardening attire on the market...

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Dobbies gets into the Christmas Spirit with exciting line up of festive events

Dobbies will make Christmas the most wonderful time of the year, with an incredible line up of fun and affordable festive events to make the holiday season extra special for families. Tickets for all events are on sale now...

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