The seasons have well and truly turned into autumn and up and down the nation gift, home and garden retailers are planning festive shop windows, decorative merchandise and Santa’s grottoes, as they wonder what the must-have products for Christmas shopping and décor will be this season. Garden Centre Buyer looks at the festive trends that
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Festive shoppers scratching their heads over last-minute Christmas presents should consider gifting a house plant, as figures show December is a peak month for potted purchases. Around one in seven of all houseplants sold in the UK’s garden centres are purchased in the last month of the year. Industry body, the Horticultural Trades Association (HTA),
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December heralds the start of one of the most magical times of the year, Advent, as we get in the mood for Christmas with carols, cards and festive decorations. If you want to bring a naturally elegant style into your home this season, without losing any of the traditional charm associated with Christmas, poinsettias are
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As the green industry prepares to enter its poinsettia peak, Stars for Europe (SfE), the pan-European poinsettia marketing initiative, is offering a raft of new materials to help plant retailers optimise sales this season. The campaign produces new content each year which can be accessed via SfE’s websites, and SfE’s 2024 mid-season review offers an overview of
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There is a distinct chill in the air as the nights start drawing in and the leaves turn colour and start to fall. For garden centres and other plant retailers, this means that the houseplant section is about to undergo a radical transformation, with beautiful poinsettias set to take centre stage in all their glory
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Not just for silver surfers, these exotic seasonal plants can be embraced by young and old alike Whilst they have been prevalent for centuries across the whole of society in their native Mexico and Guatemala, poinsettia’s long association with Christmas tradition means they have tended to be favoured by an older consumer demographic across Europe.
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