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 […]
Category: 2015
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, […]
June 2015: Update from South Africa
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 2015 GCA Competition By Gerdie Olivier The end of February to the middle May is our Autumn trade period and traditionally mini-season in South Africa. Due to economic factors, trading has been quiet resulting in average sales statistics. As we move into winter, sales slow down considerably until […]
September 2015: Update from France
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Pesticide Sales: The End is Near By Christiane Weiller The French parliament voted last summer a law named “transition énergétique” which brings new and important changes for French garden centers in regards to the pesticides/fertilizers category. As of January 2017 these products will only be available for sale […]
June 2015: Update from Canada
Vol. 7, Issue 2 | June 2015 Celebrating Garden Days this June By Julia Ricottone The spring experience has been different depending on where you live in Canada. Those on the west coast have been working in full force since February, central Canada has had a very busy April and May, while the east […]
September 2015: Update from Japan
Vol. 7, Issue 3 | September 2015 Report from Japan By Akihiro Ozaki You might have already known that it is the Tokyo Olympic year in the summer of 2020. During that time the event area will be decorated with a lot of flowers. It will use strong varieties what will survive during the heat […]