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Notcutts celebrates 125th anniversary at new-look Woodbridge
Notcutts has launched a year of celebrations to mark 125 years of glorious gardening with a special event hosted at their new-look Notcutts Woodbridge Garden Centre in Suffolk..
Caroline Notcutt (centre) cuts the ribbon to the new entrance at Notcutts Woodbridge Garden Centre with (far right) Cllr Sue Bale, Mayor of Woodbridge, alongside the Notcutts board, Notcutt family members, and (far left) Notcutts Woodbridge manager Darren Brooks.
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February starts with big wins for garden centres
Exclusive GTN Bestsellers garden centre Epos data analysis
The total volume sales of garden centres supplying weekly data to GTN Bestsellers for the first week of February 2022 was more than double that of 2021 and 31% up on the same week in 2019...
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GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
Gold awards for Altons, Ayletts, Barton Grange, Bents, Brigg, Burford House, Gates, Kaemingk, Pengelly, Perrywood, Planters, Pughs, Sapcote, Silverbirch, Squires, The Old Railway Line & Webbs
Burford House (BGC), Brigg (BGC), Squire Badshot Lea, Silverbirch, The Old Railway Line and Bents have picked up Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Team golds in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards, presented at Spring Fair on Monday. Kaemingk walked away with The Greatest Christmas Supplier gold...
See the full list of winners and watch the video of the presentations at Spring Fair
Hozelock Pure Range expands with innovative Tumbling Composter
GTN Xtra Promotion
The Hozelock Pure range, which includes the BioMix, Bokashi Composter and a range of sprayers, is expanding this year with the launch of the new EasyMix 2-in-1 Composter...
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Leon Boots are amazingly different
GTN Xtra Promotion
Leon Boots Ultralight Ankle Boots are flourishing in garden centres throughout the UK.Award winners at BBC Gardeners World Live Show, the ankle boots are also winners with garden centre customers!
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Peter Seabrook funeral arrangements
Peter Seabrook’s funeral will be held in Chelmsford on 24 February 2022...
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GCA announces new Chairman and Chairman Elect
The Garden Centre Association has announced its new Chairman for 2022/23 and Chairman Elect. Tammy Woodhouse was officially named as the GCA’s Chairman for 2022-23 with Will Blake becoming Chairman Elect, during its virtual AGM meeting, which took place on Thursday...
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Horticulture industry launches nationwide projects to grow customer knowledge on peat-free gardening
Helping millions of consumers to be part of efforts to end peat use in horticulture is at the centre of two new schemes being launched this month. This is part of a series of actions planned by the horticulture industry’s Growing Media Taskforce to help remove peat by 2025-2028 in retail and 2028-2030 in plant and tree production.
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Massive leap in plant sales
Plants saw a massive leap in sales as the sun shone at the start of February. Sales in the GTN Bestsellers Epos data grew by 16% week on week and were more than double of the same week in 2019...
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Garden centres saw green shoots of recovery in 2021
The Garden Centre Association says garden centres were rallying and recovering from the pandemic in 2021 according to its overall Barometer of Trade (BoT) figures for the year released this month...
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Azpects Launch NEW EASYJoint Select Range
Azpects are pleased to announce the launch of EASYJoint Select, specially Selected for you this valentine’s day. Available from the 14th of February 2022...
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Last chance to join GIMA’s forthcoming Day Conference
Taking place next week (February 17th, Wyboston Lakes, Bedfordshire), GIMA’s first Day Conference of 2022, focused on the forthcoming changes to the Extended Producer Responsibility Regulations (EPR), has just a few places remaining...
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Spring Fair closes on a high
Spring Fair, the UK’s largest and longest running trade show for home, gift and fashion, has generated millions of pounds worth of business kick-starting and refuelling the retail industry...
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BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair to launch in September
Immediate Live, organisers of the 30-year strong BBC Gardeners’ World Live and the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair, has announced details of the new BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair at Audley End House and Gardens..
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Casual Dining announces new partnerships
Casual Dining has announced two exciting new partnerships with leading pub and bar associations BBPA (The British Beer & Pub Association) and BII (British Institute of Innkeeping)...
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A green start of 2022 with GROEN-Direkt’s Spring Showroom
GROEN-Direkt’s Spring Showroom took place on 1-2 February. The fair attracted more than 1,200 visitors, the sample batches looked very attractive and sales went well.
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Green Retail Events to organise new Plantarium|GROEN-Direkt fair
Last week saw the birth of the new Green Retail Events fair organisation. The signing of the shareholders’ agreement between the Stichting Vakbeurs voor de Boomkwekerij (SVB; Nursery Trade Fair Foundation) and GROEN-Direkt Boskoop B.V. marked the official start of the cooperation...
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That was the year that was... 2021
Happy New Year to you all. We hope you all had a good and safe festive period and are now looking forward to an exciting 2022.
Since New Year the GTN gnomes have been beavering away to compile the Top 100 stories read in GTN Xtra last year as our review of 2021.
During 2021 we published in excess of 2,500 stories in GTN Xtra which was opened 390,397 times by 34,334 unique readers who viewed 856,595 pages. Added to that are the pages of GTN magazines published through the year which have been read on line almost 33,000 times (you can catch up with any you may have missed using the links on the bottom right hand side of this GTN Xtra edition) as well as the many thousands of readers of the printed copies.
We've thoroughly enjoyed bringing you all the news, views and ideas during 2021 and we hope you found them useful and informative. Here's to an even greater 2022!
Top 100 most read stories in GTN Xtra during 2021...
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Pot feet move to the top
Garden product sales for the first week of February 2022 were higher than any other week 5 in the GTN database, but they saw a slight drop off from the previous week...
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More records broken
Growing media sales records continue to be broken. Sales last week were four times the same level last year and almost double those of the same week in 2019...
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Seeds of growth
Wild bird care sales held up well despite the milder weather last week, only dropping 2.5% week on week. Top 50 volume sales were 10% higher than for the same week in 2020...
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RHS and Harrogate Tipple partner to produce a range of artisan spirits
The Royal Horticultural Society has announced the award of a licence to Harrogate Tipple, a small, traditional British distillery, to create a selection of RHS-branded spirits including premium gin, whisky and rum...
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British horticulture industry agrees with Public Accounts Committee Brexit trade burdens report – more costs and burdens to follow they fear
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee report published this week claims that leaving the EU has impacted UK trade volumes and warns that the situation could worsen over the next year...
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Char-Broil strengthens UK sales team
Due to the continued growth of the brand and a boom in sales for its highly-rated BBQ grills, Char-Broil has appointed Daniel Grundy as its new Sales Representative for UK & Ireland...
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AIPH to reunite at 2022 Spring Meeting in Dubai
Following two years of restrictions and uncertainty, the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH) announces its first in-person event in two years - the 2022 AIPH Spring Meeting, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dubai, UAE...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
Retailers flock in their thousands to Spring Fair
Thousands of retail buyers, and owners of independent stores from across the UK flocked to Spring Fair at the NEC Birmingham as it opened its doors for the first time in two years...
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Hansa Creation retail launch by Hamac Trading at Spring Fair
Hamac Trading are delighted to announce they are officially launching Hansa Creation Plush Retail Products at the Spring Fair 2022...
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Get ready for Garden Re-Leaf Day 2022
The Greenfingers charity, organiser of Garden Re-Leaf Day, is calling on every garden centre and industry supplier in the UK to take part in the annual FUNdraising event on Friday 18th March 2022, to help raise vital funds for the charity whilst also kickstarting the garden retailing season.
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Bid to continue Peter Seabrook's legacy
A fundraising bid aiming to secure the future of 'Floral Fantasia' at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, has been launched today by an industry group who hope to continue and evolve the popular bedding display, developed in recent years by the late Peter Seabrook...
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Plastic Free Gardening range now available at Wildlife World
Wildlife World again flexes its sustainable credentials with the Plastic Free Gardening range of Natural Rubber Seed Cell Trays. Bringing ethically sourced, Fairly Traded, sustainable, long-lasting garden products to the market...
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Heaven Sends launch New Christmas 2022 range at their new Showrooms
After a challenging but incredibly successful Christmas season in 2021, Heaven Sends continue to present a fantastic variety of seasonal home decorations & giftware...
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