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12 page GIMA Awards Special in GTN November/December 2021 Issue available on-line
Record end to a record year, up 28% on 2020, up 17% on 2019
Firmans Direct seek experienced Sales Agents
Boyd's Christmas Jumperful Challenge goes over £6k for Greenfingers
Hot News for Summer 2022 - SOLEX is back at the NEC
YPHA announces first in-person event
Major flagship Dobbies centre starts to take shape
Brexit-hit sector asks why locals don’t want the jobs 
Mild weather helps customers to remain passionate about alfresco entertaining
Woodlodge to showcase collections at Spring Fair
Spring Fair announces Empowering Change manifesto
DJ Turfcare’s trading partner Viano confirms investment of €6million to support business growth
New electric vehicle charging points at Squire’s
Quality of top soil questioned by new study
New company offers fresh and sustainable approach
Leon Boots Co increases gifting potential of wellington boots to drive year-round sales
Spencer helps to mark anniversary with tree planting ceremony
57 garden centres vie for Christmas Greatness in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
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Area Manager South England
Plant Department Manager - South Wales
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Trans-Continental Group appoints new MD
New rep for the new year
11 new venues join RHS Partner Garden Scheme
AIPH and Urban Biodiversity Hub formalise partnership for World Green City Awards
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£31m loss reported by Dobbies Garden Centre Group
Nicholas Marshalls Country House Group pulls out of Windlesham
GCA Christmas competition winners announced
GIMA raise over £19,000 for Greenfingers in 2021
Expanding Pughs seek Plant Department Manager
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12 page GIMA Awards Special in GTN November/December 2021 Issue available on-line

In this New Product and GIMA Awards Special issue of GTN:

  • New lines and bestsellers from G Plants.
  • Thinking outside of the box 1 – Little Dobbies.
  • Blue Diamond ambitions for 2023.
  • Thinking outside of the box 2 – The Plant Room.
  • A Boost for peat free growing.
  • Thinking outside of the box 3 – Hillmount come to Cheshire.
  • Poinsettias on social media.
  • Illumination Street celebrates the magic of Christmas.
  • 2021 GIMA Awards Roll of Honour - 12 Page Special.
  • New Product Directory for 2022 - All 283 products entered in the Glee 2021 New Product Showcase.
  • HTA Column – A fresh beginning for 2022.    
Read GTN's November/December 2021 Issue on-line here
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Record end to a record year, up 28% on 2020, up 17% on 2019

Garden Centre sales during the first week of December 2021 reached a new seasonal high, up by 8% on the same week in both 2020 and 2019, according to Epos data analysed every week by GTN Bestsellers.

 

With just two full weeks of trading left for the year, the GTN Bestsellers volume garden centre sales index for the year to date now sits at 28% up on 2020 and 17% up on 2019...

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Firmans Direct seek experienced Sales Agents

Firmans Direct are looking for experienced Sales Agents to promote their superb range of garden furniture to garden centres and independent retailers across the UK in the following vacant territoriesSouth East, South West, East Anglia, South Wales, Scotland, Ireland.

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Boyd's Christmas Jumperful Challenge goes over £6k for Greenfingers

Since the start of the month, Boyd Douglas-Davies has been wearing a different Christmas jumper (they are not all his) in his Jumperful Challenge to raise funds for the Greenfingers Charity to go towards more magical gardens at Childrens Hospices next year.

 

You can add a seasonal donation to Greenfingers via the Jumperful JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/boyddouglasdaviesjumperthon

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Hot News for Summer 2022 - SOLEX is back at the NEC

The Summer Outdoor Living Trade Exhibition is back for 2022.  12-14 July, Halls 17/18 and 19 NEC, Birmingham...

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YPHA announces first in-person event
 

 

 

The Young People in Horticulture Association has announced that its first in-person members event will be based at RHS Garden Wisley from 10am-4pm on the 3rd February 2022...

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Major flagship Dobbies centre starts to take shape

Construction has begun on a new flagship Dobbies Garden Centre at Cotswolds Designer Outlet (CDO), a premium retail and leisure destination taking shape in one of the UK’s tourist hotspots...

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Brexit-hit sector asks why locals don’t want the jobs 

Leading North Yorkshire commercial plant nursery Johnsons of Whixley claims Yorkshire workers are failing to apply for jobs in the region despite the regional unemployment rate being above the national average...

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Mild weather helps customers to remain passionate about alfresco entertaining

The UK’s current love affair with alfresco entertaining shows no sign of diminishing the Garden Centre Association’s October Barometer of Trade report has revealed.

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Woodlodge to showcase collections at Spring Fair

Woodlodge has announced it will be taking three of its most popular ranges to Spring Fair in February, giving retailers the opportunity to see its new and best-selling ranges ahead of the new season...

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Spring Fair announces Empowering Change manifesto

Spring Fair, the UK's most diverse, vibrant, and exciting wholesale marketplace for home, gift, fashion, and sourcing, taking place from 6th – 9th February 2022 at NEC Birmingham, has revealed that its manifesto for 2022 is Empowering Change...

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DJ Turfcare’s trading partner Viano confirms investment of €6million to support business growth
 

DJ Turfcare – exclusive suppliers of the organic-based lawn fertiliser portfolio including MO Bacter and Recovery – has confirmed details of the latest investments being made by its trading partner, Viano; investments that will enable DJ Turfcare to continue to deliver market leading solutions and outstanding customer service levels throughout 2022 and beyond...

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New electric vehicle charging points at Squire’s

New electric vehicle charging points have been installed at Squire’s Garden Centres in Badshot Lea, Milford, Shepperton and Twickenham, with Long Ditton and Wokingham following soon. 

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Quality of top soil questioned by new study

A study of topsoil in the UK has revealed serious concerns about the standard of the product on sale to the public across the country, with half found to be unsuitable for use in general purpose landscaping schemes and residential gardens...

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New company offers fresh and sustainable approach
 

Phil Mabon, a former head of creative at both Floramedia and Hortipak,  has launched his own business called MABON Design and Print Ltd, specialising in design, marketing and sustainable print solutions...

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Leon Boots Co increases gifting potential of wellington boots to drive year-round sales
 

Whether its Easter, Mother’s Day, or just as a gift for friends and family, gifting is big business within garden retail. And now with the new name in wellington boots – Leon Boots Co. – switching up this category with the most lightweight wellingtons ever, the potential for year-round sales for this popular footwear category is higher than ever...

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Spencer helps to mark anniversary with tree planting ceremony

To mark the 150th anniversary of Hereford Rugby Club, whose president is Spencer Goodhall , the club has planted a Red leaf oak tree at Wyeside ably assisted by the current mayor and last year’s mayor...

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57 garden centres vie for Christmas Greatness in GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards

GTN's Greatest Awards team of experts are out in force this week and the following two weeks visiting the teams at the 57 Garden Centres nominated in this year's Greatest Christmas Awards...

 

GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards are sponsored by:

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