The category with the biggest increase in sales during last year (2019) at garden centres across the country has been announced as part of our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Houseplant sales saw a year to date increase of 17.6% compared to 2018. We’re not surprised to see houseplants as the fastest growing category at garden…
Sales across traditional and non-traditional categories at garden centres across the country were up during January (2020) according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Houseplant sales were up 33.01% and outdoor plant sales were up 14.69%, while clothing departments saw an increase in sales of 15.99% and catering sales were 11.28% up compared to…
Clothing was a big seller at garden centres across the country during December (2019) according to our Barometer of Trade report. Sales were up 9.22% compared to the same month in 2018. Other non-traditional categories that also did well were catering at 6.04% up and gifts 5.48% up. Christmas sales during the month were down…
A team made up of our members is celebrating after being crowned the winners after an afternoon of horse racing and helping to raise £12,000 for Greenfingers (January, 2020). Teams competed for the Greenfingers Challenge Cup during an afternoon of ‘orse racin’ to mark the start of our annual conference, which saw The Pansies team,…
The winners of our most prestigious awards including our Garden Centres of Excellence were announced at our annual conference recently (Tuesday, January 28, 2020). The awards ceremony took place at the Mercure Bristol Grand Hotel. What a fantastic night we had celebrating our ‘Garden Centres of Excellence’ winners. All of them have shown immense dedication,…
Our members can put their marketing campaigns and initiatives to the test as part of our annual Worrall Cup competition. We will be awarding a cup to the garden centre with the best marketing campaign during our annual conference at the Mercure Bristol, Grand Hotel in Bristol (January 26 until 29, 2020). Our member garden…
Clothing and houseplants were best sellers at garden centres across the country according to our Barometer of Trade (BoT) report for November (2019). Compared to the same month in 2018, sales in clothing were up 15.92% followed closely by houseplants at 15.38% up. It’s interesting to see non-traditional and traditional categories such as clothing and…
Barton Grange Garden Centre and Whitehall Garden Centre – Whitchurch have been announced as the national winners of our annual Christmas competition. The garden centres were judged to have the best festive displays in the country and will receive their awards at our annual conference in January, 2020. Each year our member’s Christmas displays get…
The UK’s current love for indoor plants shows no sign of diminishing as new research claims most flatsharers own at least one houseplant each. In our Barometer of Trade for October (2019) houseplants were recorded among the bestsellers by member garden centres for the third consecutive month, with sales up 13.47% on last year. The…
Emma Lamb and Sam Clark who were sponsored by the GCA Trust to attend the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) Congress have reported back about their experiences (October 2019). Barton Grange Garden Centre’s Emma and Sam, who works for Cowell’s Garden Centre, were picked for the Trust’s Dick Allen Scholarship Award Scheme and joined more…