Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Message From Your President Rachel Doyle Our congress in Denmark is fast approaching. We know that Steen, Per and their team are working hard at putting the final touches to a very exciting itinerary. We are all looking forward to meeting with you for a week of […]
Category: 2015
September 2015: Update from Czech Republic
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Autumn greetings from Czech By Michal Ferenčík Summer this year was a big test for us in Czech. We had almost six weeks with temperatures of 35+ degrees. Finally autumn is coming and the beginning of the season is looking good with plenty of customers visiting our centres. […]
June 2015: Update from UK
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 News from the UK By Iain Wylie Now that the general election is out of the way, the weather continues to be the critical factor for sales at UK garden centres this spring. So far, we haven’t seen the extremes of weather experienced a couple of years ago. While […]
September 2015: Report from Australia
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Australia Down Under By Leigh Siebler Australia has kicked into spring with a reasonable yelp despite quite poor weather. Victoria had its coldest winter for 26 years but we are still very optimistic. The Aussies who went to the Denmark Congress enthused about it and I know […]
June 2015: Report from Australia
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Australia Down Under By Leigh Siebler We are heading into Winter now but it’s a time to plan and get ready for Spring. The end of the financial year should see garden centres with sales growth and importantly a welcome increase in customer numbers and average sale. Melbourne […]
September 2015: IGCA Board Member Perspective
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 IGCA Board Member Perspective By Stepan Smerda At the last IGCA meeting I received the honour of being elected to the board of IGCA. I’m glad to be a member of a group of people, with whom you can talk openly about plans and ideas that have yet to […]
June 2015: Update from Ireland
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Update from Ireland By Fergal Doyle Against Irish retail figures for Q1 2015, the garden centre sector is seeing growth of +22% (Overall Retail +4.37%) revelling in a period of sustained mild weather. The mood in the greater retail space is that we have arrived at a […]
September 2015: Update from Denmark
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 The Annual Garden Day By Katrine Damsgaard-Sørensen The second Sunday in September, we had our annual campaign “The Garden Day” in garden centers all over the country. The topic was “Roses and Perennials in the garden”. Which varieties are recommended when you are dreaming of combined rose […]
June 2015: Update from Czech Republic
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Playing Games with the Spring By Michal Ferenčík This short, but funny title expresses the spring of 2015 in the Czech Republic. The winter was not really hard, but in the end was long. Cold weather stayed almost until the end of April, which caused a downturn on […]
September 2015: Update from Canada
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Administrator’s will Visit Niagara Falls in December! By Julia Ricottone We are excited to have the IGCA Board and Country Administrators to Niagara Falls this December 6-9, 2015 for the IGCA Administrator’s Meeting. At this meeting, we will share information about programs and services between fellow administrators, […]