In This Issue
Summer Showrooms Directory and Plant Sales Vox-Pop in GTN's May issue, read on-line here
Shortlist for RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2024
Taylors Bulbs at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Chelsea display celebrates 125 years of training
Don’t miss the unveiling of the ‘With Courage’ Rose
His Majesty The King announced as Patron of RHS ahead of visit to RHS Chelsea Flower Show
HTA sets out new border challenges to Minister
Southern Trident celebrates success in business awards
Heirloom seed brand is a growing success
'The industry is closing ranks', says spoga+gafa director
50 years of Glee: Vote now for your half-century champions!
Lawn science – How Johnsons Lawn Seed elevates lawn care standards with advanced seed mixes
G Plants launches new 'Grow Your Own' collection to ignite growth in home gardening
The Cottage Garden Society wins Bronze at Malvern
Wyevale Nurseries creates display for Gloucestershire County Council’s stand at ARB Show 2024
Garden Centres of the Year - GTN April 2024 Issue - Read on-line here
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RHS partners Willsow and Moorcroft at Chelsea show
Biggest wellbeing survey for UK horticulture industry launches
Get the Little Ones Gardening in Robert Dyas’ Little Plant & Pause Week
New Account Manager is final piece of puzzle for Hillier’s Amenity team
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LOFA Sales Academy draw takes place at Gates
Squire's achieves peat-free milestone in bagged compost
The Greenfingers Charity needs your floral shirts!
Why service is so important to NOVA’s Ian Read
SOLEX Exhibition to kick off festivities with Awards Ceremony and Afterparty
Whisk out your tongs: SOLEX's Fire Food & Outdoor Living Evening returns for its second sizzling year
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Summer Showrooms Directory and Plant Sales Vox-Pop in GTN's May issue, read on-line here

GTN May 2024 - Summer Showroom Directory - In this issue:

  • AMES Tools – the success story so far
  • One to watch – GTN visits the new Rutland Nursery
  • Altico celebrates 3 years
  • Getting wise with wool - gardening products made from sheep’s wool
  • On your marks – GTN’s guide to this summer’s shows
  • SOLEX – outdoor living at its best
  • Summer Showroom Directory – GTN’s guide to supplier showrooms open for business this summer
  • STV on the road
  • Creativity with Floralsilk
  • Smart’s showroom visit
  • Planteria Vox-Pops from: Gates, Newquay, Cooks, Bosworths, Coblands, Carpenters, Highfields, Pughs, Barton Grange, Cowells, Perrywood, Munros and Fron Goch
  • Hoping for sunshine – HTA Column
  • What’s driving future gardening? – GIMA Column.
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Shortlist for RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2024
 

An impressive 21 plants have been shortlisted for this year’s RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year 2024 competition. The top three will be announced on Sunday 19 May giving garden centres an extra day to prepare for customers wanting the show’s winner.

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Taylors Bulbs at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024

Following winning a Gold Medal at Harrogate Spring Flower Show, it's been a busy time at Taylors Bulbs over the last month with the team busy prepping for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show...

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Chelsea display celebrates 125 years of training
 

The Colegrave Seabrook Foundation, the charity who award scholarships to students studying horticulture, and Sparsholt College are working together to bring a garden to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show entitled Plants, Routes & Branches...

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Don’t miss the unveiling of the ‘With Courage’ Rose
Visit Peter Beales Roses at RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Iconic Blue Peter presenters Valerie Singleton, Janet Ellis, Lindsey Russell, and Anthea Turner will take centre stage on Press Day at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to unveil the new ‘With Courage’ rose by Peter Beales Roses. This special event and rose marks the bicentenary of the RNLI, celebrating 200 years of life-saving bravery and dedication...

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His Majesty The King announced as Patron of RHS ahead of visit to RHS Chelsea Flower Show
 

The RHS is honoured and delighted that His Majesty The King will be the next Patron of the Royal Horticultural Society – the UK’s gardening charity dedicated to helping everyone to garden for health, happiness and the environment...

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HTA sets out new border challenges to Minister

The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has written to government ministers with its learnings two weeks into the new border arrangements. The key border change being the overnight shift on 30 April 2024 from Place of Destination (POD) checks to Border Control Points (BCPs) and Control Points (CPs)...

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Southern Trident celebrates success in business awards

Southern Trident has been recognised for its achievements at the North Lincolnshire Business Awards 2024 with the company winning ‘The HETA Green Sustainability Award’ and being runner-up in ‘The Pepperells Innovation Award’ category...

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Heirloom seed brand is a growing success

Heirloom seed company, She Grows Veg, is sowing the seeds of success as it gears up for its RHS Chelsea Flower Show debut alongside a TV appearance on BBC Gardeners’ World programme...

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'The industry is closing ranks', says spoga+gafa director

The biggest garden and BBQ trade fair in the world is being staged in Cologne from 16 to 18 June 2024. The preparations are running at full speed. We spoke with Stefan Lohrberg, Director of spoga+gafa, a month before the trade fair opens about the current challenges and the importance of spoga+gafa...

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SOLEX Exhibition to kick off festivities with Awards Ceremony and Afterparty
SOLEX Afterparty | Tuesday 9 July | 1830 -2230 | Hilton Metropole | NEC, Birmingham

SOLEX Exhibition, the premier event that gathers the best and brightest of the outdoor leisure industry, has announced an Awards Ceremony & Afterparty to kick off the excitement of the summer event on the Tuesday 9 July. Marking its 16th year, SOLEX Exhibition has curated a night of celebration, networking, and a thrilling football-themed evening to coincide with the highly anticipated UEFA Euro 2024 semi-finals...

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Whisk out your tongs: SOLEX's Fire Food & Outdoor Living Evening returns for its second sizzling year
Fire Food & Outdoor Living Event | Wednesday 10 July | 1800 -2000 | Hall 5 | NEC, Birmingham

Ready your grills, sharpen your knives, and stoke the fires! SOLEX Exhibition 2024 is about to welcome back the crowd-pleasing, taste-bud-teasing Fire Food and Outdoor Living Evening incorporating our BBQ Competition, which is set to light up the evening with charm and flavour...

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50 years of Glee: Vote now for your half-century champions!
 

As the Glee exhibition gets set to celebrate half a century at the heart of the garden retail sector, the organising team is looking for your input. In the past 50 years, Glee has seen thousands of exhibitors pass through its doors, with hundreds of thousands of new products launched since the show’s humble beginnings in 1974. To celebrate the newness and passion that have shaped Glee and the broader garden centre market during this time, the hunt is now on to find the people and product that have driven the most change over the past five decades...

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Lawn science – How Johnsons Lawn Seed elevates lawn care standards with advanced seed mixes

With the debate recurring over perennial ryegrass in lawn mixtures in the press recently, the UK’s most trusted and oldest lawn seed brand is highlighting the benefits of its use in mixtures within its product portfolio along with fescues and bents...

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G Plants launches new 'Grow Your Own' collection to ignite growth in home gardening
 

G Plants has launched its latest 'Grow Your Own' product line for autumn and winter. This distinctive range presents an excellent opportunity for retailers to introduce a fun and engaging assortment of gardening GYO products to their customers and is a fun and accessible way to grow fresh herbs, spices, and plants at home...

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The Cottage Garden Society wins Bronze at Malvern

The Cottage Garden Society team had a very successful weekend at the RHS Malvern Spring Festival.  They revelled in the chance to share all the benefits that the CGS offers to those who love all things related to gardening!

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Wyevale Nurseries creates display for Gloucestershire County Council’s stand at ARB Show 2024
 

Wyevale Nurseries has created plant displays for Gloucestershire County Council’s plot at the ARB Show at Westonbirt Arboretum....

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Garden Centres of the Year - GTN April 2024 Issue - Read on-line here

GTN April 2024 - Garden Centres of the Year.  In this issue:

 

  • AMES – The best tools for the job
  • Making the right choice – GTN Interviews Michelle de Lavis Trafford
  • Bents – GCA Destination Garden Centre of the Year
  • New Journals from Museums & Galleries
  • Fairways – GCA Garden Centre of the Year
  • Jardinopia bring Indian products to your door
  • Newbridge Nurseries – Blue Diamond Oak Garden Centre of the Year
  • Vote for your Glee 50 Year Hero products and people
  • Border Control – New plant import laws
  • Retailing Dutch Style
  • New plants galore - GTN Planteria
  • Ready for Knockers – EHG Column
  • Confidence still high – HTA Column
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