In This Issue
Dobbies close their centres this morning
Rainbows of Cheer
Dobbies remain open and social media gets heated
David Domoney gives garden centre delivery services a lift on national radio
Gardening for Children - what a great opportunity for garden centres to help during the emergency
Garden Centres close their doors "We want to be part of stopping the spread of Coronavirus"
Pop up Veg shops - Garden Centres help ease pressure on buying fresh food
Gardening starts to grow as people prepare for long stay at home
Orangutan Books specialise in extremely high-quality bespoke gift books for your Christmas event
For sale - A long Established Garden Centre Business
Notcutts celebrates one million donations through Pennies
Floriculture contributes to public health with #flowers4oxygen
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020 celebrates another superb day of FUNdraising
BBC Gardeners’ World Live postponed following recent COVID-19 advice
David Domoney urges people to garden during difficult times
Deliveries to customers - another way to help your community
A message from Greenfingers Charity Chairman, Sue Allen
GTN Bestsellers Garden Re-Leaf Subscription Offer
Nursery calls for more centres to sell veg & food
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
Thank goodness for gardening
Rapid sales of veg plants
Stockpiling compost – whatever next?
Veg-2-Gro sales caught on the hop
Christmas Grotto Gift Books
The best of last week's
Trading update from this weekend - UPDATED
Rising to the Challenge
100% Business Rates Reliefs for Garden Centres Confirmed
Blue Diamond Awards Shine Brightly
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020 is a FUNdraising success
Haskins Snowhill re-opens after £15m re-vamp
Garden Centre Photo Tours
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Dobbies close their centres this morning

 

At 09:50am today (Wednesday 25th March 2020) the Dobbies team posted on their facebook page that they would temporarily close with immediate effect...

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Rainbows of Cheer

Here's an idea to use surplus plant stocks during the emergency and create some cheer for your local community.

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Dobbies remain open and social media gets heated

After last nights statement from the Prime Minister Dobbies garden centres have decided to stay open, citing that 70% of their turnover represents essential goods...

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David Domoney gives garden centre delivery services a lift on national radio

David Domoney reached an audience of at least 5million this afternoon on BBC Radio 5 Live telling them the best way to get their garden supplies was to contact their local garden centre who would probably be able to arrange a delivery for them...

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Gardening for Children - what a great opportunity for garden centres to help during the emergency

Now that schools are closed many parents will be looking to get their children gardening as an activity to keep them entertained and learning.  What a great opportunity for gardening, a whole cohort of children could be enthused in growing and spending time in the garden as the spirit of Dig for Victory is rejuvinated...

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Garden Centres close their doors "We want to be part of stopping the spread of Coronavirus"

It's been a sanguine day in the GTN Xtra office as notification after notification has come in from garden centres who have taken the huge decision to close their doors either at the start of today or as business closes tonight/tomorrow...

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Pop up Veg shops - Garden Centres help ease pressure on buying fresh food

As garden centres shut their coffee shops and restaurants on Friday evening, some were arranging deliveries of fresh veg and other supplies and on Saturday morning Pop Up Veg shops were up and running...

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Gardening starts to grow as people prepare for long stay at home

Last week as the government announced 14 day self isolations along with other measures the picture looked really bleak and uncertain.  However, gardeners initially have galvanised themselves into action and got ready for a long spring and summer of growing and enjoying their garden...

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Orangutan Books specialise in extremely high-quality bespoke gift books for your Christmas event
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If you are looking for that special gift for your Grotto, Orangutan Books (formally Hometown World) are the only publisher in the UK that specialise in producing extremely high-quality bespoke gift books for your Christmas event...

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For sale - A long Established Garden Centre Business

Available for sale due to retirement...

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Notcutts celebrates one million donations through Pennies

Nationwide garden centre group Notcutts is celebrating reaching one million charity donations made through Pennies’ digital charity box...

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Floriculture contributes to public health with #flowers4oxygen

Various parties in and around Dutch ornamental plant cultivation join forces to spread a positive message during the corona crisis: flowers and plants contribute to public health. With the hashtag #flowers4oxygen, they symbolically supply the world with much-needed oxygen through information and various actions...

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Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020 celebrates another superb day of FUNdraising

Garden Re-Leaf Day on Friday 13th March may have fallen in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, but that didn’t dampen the FUNdraising spirits of Greenfingers supporters across the country. Whilst the final total is yet to be announced, it has been confirmed that over £20,000 has already been pledged...

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BBC Gardeners’ World Live postponed following recent COVID-19 advice
 

River Street Events has taken the decision that, as a result of the evolving COVID-19 situation, it is no longer possible to hold BBC Gardeners’ World Live and the BBC Good Food Show Summer at Birmingham’s NEC from 18 – 21 June 2020...

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David Domoney urges people to garden during difficult times

David Domoney will be broadcasting across all platforms on social media a message to encourage the nation to garden during these difficult times and encourage people to keep in touch with their local garden centre...

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Deliveries to customers - another way to help your community

We've reported garden centres stepping up their delivery services during last week but we may have to go further to be of real help for our communities...

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A message from Greenfingers Charity Chairman, Sue Allen
 

It’s been a challenging time of big changes for us all and I hope this message finds you, your teams and your loved ones safe and well...

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GTN Bestsellers Garden Re-Leaf Subscription Offer
 

As we approach trading times that are uncertain now is a good time to access information that could help with managing sales and expectations during what could be a slow Spring.

 

Over the coming weeks we’ll be keeping GTN Bestsellers subscribers as informed as possible about what sold when during March, April and May of 2018 and 2013, when we also had slow starts to the season.

 

Take out a subscription this week and we'll donate money to Greenfingers Garden Re-Leaf Day too...

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Nursery calls for more centres to sell veg & food

Boyd Batchelor from Tillage Nurseries contacted GTN Xtra this morning urging more centres to open a veg + food stall as soon as possible so they could remain open throughout any potential lock down...

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