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PATS Sandown is cancelled
This year’s PATS Sandown, the UK’s Spring pet industry exhibition due to take place on 11th-12th May 2021, has been cancelled following the PM’s announcement that indoor events won’t be allowed until 17th May...
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SOLEX 2021 CANCELLED
After much discussion with LOFA Members, SOLEX exhibitors and visitors, LOFA have made the decision to cancel the SOLEX Exhibition this year and re-schedule for July 2022...
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Evergreen Garden Care partners with PlantSnap to make plant identification and care as simple as snap and grow!
Evergreen Garden Care has partnered with AI-powered plant identification app, PlantSnap, to help educate and retain new gardeners in the category...
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UK’s first ‘Home of Gardening Science’ to open on June 24
The UK’s first dedicated gardening science hub, surrounded by four acres of ‘living laboratories’, will open its gates to the public at RHS Garden Wisley in Surrey on Thursday, June 24...
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Luxury, complete houseplant care solution launched
A high-quality, beautifully presented range of specialist houseplant care products has been launched to help people nurture their indoor plants...
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How the pandemic changed the way customers shop at their favourite garden centre
Leading online marketing provider Garden Connect provides services to many garden centres to improve their online sales channels...
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Tong supports Kirklees School with role play setting
As pupils prepared for a return to the classroom on Monday, Tong Garden Centre in Bradford helped a local school to create a garden centre role play area...
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New BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair
The organisers of the 28-year strong BBC Gardeners’ World Live at The NEC, are looking forward to brighter times with the addition of a new outdoor spring gardening event. The BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair, partnered by Hillier, will take place in the beautiful open grounds of Beaulieu in Hampshire, home of the National Motor Museum and the ancestral Montagu home Palace House, from Friday 28 May to Sunday 30 May 2021...
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Altons BBQ World, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Baytree, Busy Bee, Groves, Pengelly, Pughs, The Old Railway Line and Squires Badshot Lea are the winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
The winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020 have been announced LIVE! on-line during Glee's Festive Focus Day today.
And the winners are...
Watch the LIVE announcement and see all the results here
Christmas Future Trends at Glee's Festive Focus Day
Take a look at Christmas future with forecasters, Trend Bible as they dive into the emerging trends that will define Christmas 2021...
Watch the Christmas Trends session here
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Are New Gardeners the key to gardening sales increases?
Is it new gardeners driving the upturn in garden product sales or traditional gardeners getting out as soon as the weather improves?
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Frank P Matthews Delivers Over 4000 Japanese Flowering Cherry Trees
The first phase of the ‘Sakura Project’ has now been completed with over 4000 Japanese Flowering Cherry trees delivered to over 100 sites across the UK...
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The natural way to protect Box plants
Richard Jackson Garden have launched a new natural way to protect Box plants...
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Double bubble for Growing Media
Last week’s sales volumes of Growing Media in the GTN Bestsellers epos data were higher than any week, including Bank Holiday weeks, in the 10 years prior to 2020 and only bettered by the week just before Lockdown #1 last year when people were panic buying and the two full weeks after re-opening...
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Highest weekly turnover in ten years at Royal Flora Holland
The total weekly turnover for Royal FloraHolland in week 8 (22-26 February 2021) reached almost 153 million euros. This broke the record for turnover that stood at 142 millions euros from week 18 of 2018...
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68% turaround for Veg-2-Gro sales in February
What a turn around for Veg-2-Gro sales! After seven years of declining sales during February, this year during Lockdown #3 we see a dramatic 68% increase year on year...
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She Grows Veg launches first book to promote “beautiful and bountiful” growing
Couture jewellery designer turned gardening influencer, Lucy Hutchings, better known as She Grows Veg on Instagram, can now add horticultural author to her list of successes, with the launch of her first book, ‘Get Up & Grow’, which is now available for pre-order ahead of its April release...
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HTA reacts to Chancellor's budget
HTA’s Director of Policy and Communications, James Clark, has responded to the Chancellor’s Budget on Wednesday...
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The best of last week's
If you missed last week's GTN Xtra, below are the most-read stories...
February sales - 37% above average - Gardening is Essential!
If we ever needed a indicator to prove how essential gardening is to the physical and mental wellbeing of the nation then last weeks sales through garden centres are the glowing green light. After two weeks of better weather and continued stay at home restrictions sales in the GTN Bestsellers weekly Epos data were at levels normally seen at the end of March, not the end of February...
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Hillier Nurseries bidding farewell to 2021 Chelsea Flower Show
After nearly 100 years as an exhibitor with 74 consecutive gold medals, Hillier Nurseries is bidding a fond farewell to the 2021 RHS Chelsea Flower Show...
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Dobbies reports 51% increase in sales
Dobbies Garden Centres has reported an increase in total sales of 51% to £252m, with like-for-like sales rising by 6%...
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Half term sales set course for a record February
GTN Bestsellers analysis
Garden centre volume sales in the GTN Bestsellers weekly EPOS data soared by almost double week on week during half term to set the highest ever recorded sales level for Week 7 and set the course for a record breaking February...
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Going from strength to strength
GTN Xtra Promotion
A lot has changed since we set up Ginique in April 2019. We have and still are battling through a pandemic, Brexit was concluded and more and more people have found solace and calm in their outside spaces...
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Why choose Meadow View Stone?
GTN Xtra Promotion
Following a very successful year that saw the company double its turnover, we asked the team at Meadow View Stone, along with some of their customers, what was fuelling this growth...
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Hayes Garden World launches online Grow Your Own range
After witnessing a huge increase in people wanting to grow their own vegetables at home, Hayes Garden World is now selling seeds, bulbs and plants online, making it easier for anyone to get green fingers.
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Bents introduces new virtual shopping service
Bents Garden & Home has launched a new virtual service to help make shopping for garden furniture a little easier during these changing times...
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The GIMA Awards are back!
Make a note of November 11th in your diaries now!
Following an imposed year off in 2020, the leading trade association, GIMA, is pleased to confirm that its annual awards evening will be making its highly-anticipated return on November 11th, 2021...
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Barton Grange Christmas 2020 - Exclusive GTN Xtra Photo Tour
In advance of the launch of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020, GTN's Northern Correspondent, Steve Myatt, paid a visit to Barton Grange to bring you this first GTN Xtra Christmas photo tour.
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Squires Badshot Lea - Christmas 2020
Sneak preview of Squires Badshot Lea Greatest Christmas Awards entry
See Squires Bashot Lea's Christmas Awards entry photo tour here
Perrywood at Christmas 2020 - with correct photo gallery now...
Sneak preview of Perrywoods Greatest Christmas Awards entry
See Perrywoods Christmas Awards Entry Photo Tour here
British Garden Centres open their 58th centre at Thatcham
Charles Stubbs, Lewis Fox and Nemanja Tintor, along with the rest of the BGC team, were proud as punch yesterday as their 58th centre at Thatcham in Berkshire opened...
See GTN Xtra's exclusive photo tour of the new centre
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Haskins Garden Centre in Snowhill, Crawley, has opened its doors to customers following a 12-month refurbishment costing £15m...
Read more and see GTN Xtras photo tour of the new centre
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