The Garden Centre Association (GCA) Trust has selected Louise Kemp from Coolings Wych Cross Garden Centre and Ashley Bains from Barton Grange to attend this year’s International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) Congress (2023). The two candidates will receive a sponsored place at the IGCA Congress in September as part of the Dick Allen Scholarship Award…
Twelve candidates from this year’s Glee Talent Store have been selected to showcase their designs at Glee (April 2023). Visual merchandising training day They were selected from 24 garden centre staff members, who took part in a visual merchandising training day and submitted ideas for a pop-up store concept based on either houseplants or outdoor…
Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Camellias and Pieris are all stunning spring flowering hardy shrubs. These all fall in a category of plants known as ‘ericaceous’, as they have a need for acidic soil. This can easily be provided by planting them in ericaceous compost and feeding with an ericaceous fertiliser such as Miracle Gro for Rhododendrons, Azaleas…
We have recently introduced a new module on till security through our Garden Retail Online Workshops (GROW) e-Learning platform. The new ‘Till Security’ module will help our members prevent losses at the tills. Delighted to be offering this module Antony Snow, our Instructional Designer for GROW, says: “We’re delighted to be offering this new Till…
Peter Burks, our CEO, says: “Following the Government’s announcement on March 23, that all retail sales of peat would cease at the end of 2024, and that nurseries are to no longer use peat after 2026, we have been discussing with our members and have two concerns. “Firstly, we believe there needs to be government…
Twenty-four staff members from garden centres across the country took part in a training day at Millbrook Garden Centre Gravesend recently with expert mentors as part of this year’s Glee Talent Store (March 2023). The Glee Talent Store, in collaboration with us, aims to nurture and encourage the next up-and-coming stars of horticultural visual merchandising.…
As water becomes an increasingly scarce resource in many parts of the world, the importance of finding alternative sources cannot be overstated. Harvesting rainwater is one such method that has gained popularity in recent years. Water butts, or rain barrels, are a simple and effective way of capturing h20 that would otherwise go to waste.…
Catering and gardening categories were the standout successes in February (2023) according our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Sales in catering were up 15.8% compared to the same month in 2022. Outdoor plant sales were up 6.58%, seed and bulbs up 8.76% and garden sundries 6.31%. Customers out in good numbers It was great to…
Le terrain de jeu de la machine à sous Aztec Gems peut être qualifié de classique en raison de 3 rouleaux principaux et de 3 rangées de symboles. Une caractéristique du terrain de jeu est la présence du quatrième rouleau, qui ne participe pas aux combinaisons, mais détermine la taille du multiplicateur qui augmente le…
Le préflop est le premier tour de mise de la partie et pourtant il donne déjà de nombreuses informations sur les mains des joueurs. Il faut observer les actes de chacun de vos adversaires pour tenter de remporter le pot avec votre main si vous êtes dans une position favorable. En cas de relance après…