In This Issue
French company to buy Bayer Garden
Garden Wise celebrate their first UK Garden Centre of the Year award
Loose lbs and gain £'s for Garden Re-Leaf Day
Barton Grange team celebrate fifth GCA title in a row
On your marks for the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day walk on March 18
Rising Stars make the most of bestselling lines
GIMA Awards return to Celtic Manor Resort
Sad news of the death of Brigitte Canale (Europlants UK)
Are You Still Loving Your Plot?
Join GTN Xtra on the HTA Netherlands Retail Study Tour 17-19 February 2016
The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Sundries Retail Manager \ Berkshire
Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Centre General Manager / Dorset
Horticulture Manager / Somerset
Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Garden Centre/Horticulture Manager/Plantarea Manager
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The Greatest Christmas Display winners
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Gold-winning Teams
Brookside Garden Centre
Haskins West End
Hillmount Garden Centre
Mains of Drum
Premier Decorations
Bents and Le Friquet
Silverbirch (Small Garden Centre Gold)
Old Railway Line (Mid-sized Garden Centre Gold)
Barton Grange (Large Garden Centre Gold)
Le Friquet (Group Garden Centre Gold)
Seed varieties figure strongly in Veg-2-Gro sales
Growing media sales are still strong
Garden product sales continue to be disappointing
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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Situations Vacant
Plant Area Manager (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
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Garden Sundries Retail Manager \ Berkshire
Salary: £20,000 - £22,000
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Bedding Department Head (Full time, including alternate weekends)
West Horsley KT24 6AR
 
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Garden Centre General Manager / Dorset
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000
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Horticulture Manager / Somerset
Salary: To attract the best
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Plant Area Sales Assistant (Full time, including alternate weekends)
Twickenham TW2 5PA
 
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Garden Centre/Horticulture Manager/Plantarea Manager
Salary: £18,000 - £24,000
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French company to buy Bayer Garden
   

Bayer Garden in Europe and the USA is being bought by French company SBM Developpments...
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Garden Wise celebrate their first UK Garden Centre of the Year award


The champagne corks have been popping in Dumfries as the team at Garden Wise Garden Centre celebrate their award of GCA Garden Centre of the Year...
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Loose lbs and gain £'s for Garden Re-Leaf Day
Trevor weighs in at 15 stone 4 pounds at the start of his fundraising effort
    

Here's a great way to raise £'s for Greenfingers and get your self into shape for the rest of the year by loosing weight between now and Garden Re-Leaf Day.  Join GTN Xtra's Trevor Pfeiffer and Greenfingers Linda Petrons and Debs Skillicorn in Pounds 4 Greenfingers...
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Barton Grange team celebrate fifth GCA title in a row


Barton Grange Garden Centre near Preston notched up their fifth consecutive Destination Garden Centre of the Year award in the Garden Centre Association’s annual inspection audits, and the whole team were able to celebrate this week...
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On your marks for the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day walk on March 18


The organisers of the Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day walk are hoping to beat the £9,000-plus raised last year when the walk takes place on March 18. The walk covers approximately 20 miles, starting and finishing at the HTA’s offices in Theale, West Berkshire...
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Rising Stars make the most of bestselling lines
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On Monday at the GCA Conference in Brighton, all six Rising Stars finalists gave delegates a great lesson in how to make the most of bestselling lines, and how not such high volume products can be brought to life and turned into valuable bestsellers too...
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GIMA Awards return to Celtic Manor Resort
 
Organisers of the prestigious GIMA Awards have confirmed that this year’s event will take place on Thursday, July 14, and will once again return to the luxurious surroundings of the Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales.
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Sad news of the death of Brigitte Canale (Europlants UK)
 
 Renato Canale, of Europlants UK, has notified industry colleagues of the passing of his wife Brigitte on 11th January.
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Are You Still Loving Your Plot?


It’s year two of the HTA/GIMB Love the Plot You’ve Got campaign. Building on the success of 2015 – here’s a one-day Masterclass to demonstrate how to sell to non-gardeners – as well as gardeners.
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Join GTN Xtra on the HTA Netherlands Retail Study Tour 17-19 February 2016
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Following our visit to the Tuinzaken Garden Retail Experience event last year the Horticultural Trades Association has arranged an inspirational Study Tour to the Netherlands in February 2016 to take in the 2016 event and there is still some limited availability for for you to join us on the trip...
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The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
 
After the resounding success of The Greatest Awards ON TOUR in 2015, we are pleased to announce that in 2016 The Greatest Awards ON TOUR will be bigger and better than ever...
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