Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Getting Plants into the News By Othmar Ziswiler From March through Easter, the Swiss newspapers wrote a lot about gardens, plants and the awakening nature. After Easter the media interest in garden topics slows down and this year we wanted to do something to continue the interest. We […]
Category: 2015
E-News: December 2015
Vol. 7, Issue 4 | December 2015 Message From Your President John Zaplatynsky December 6 – 9 the IGCA Board of Directors the country Administrators met in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada for the annual winter meeting. The meetings were held in Niagara Falls as it will be the location for the IGCA Congress in September, 2017. The […]
E-News: September 2015
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Message From Your President John Zaplatynsky As I begin my two year term as president of the IGCA, I would like to thank my fellow board members for their confidence in my accepting this challenge. I would also like to extend my hearty thanks to Rachel Doyle for […]
September 2015: Update from the IGCA Office
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Update from the IGCA Office By Julia Ricottone It has been one month since we saw each other in Denmark, and we hope you enjoyed your time there as much as we did. Perhaps you brought back some new ideas to use at your garden centre – […]
E-News: June 2015
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 […]
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 […]