<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Horticulture Week: Latest Garden Retail News</title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/</link><lastBuildDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:59:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><copyright>Haymarket © 1957 – 2009</copyright><image><title>Horticulture Week: Latest Garden Retail News</title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/</link><url>http://www.hortweek.com/_images/logoHortweek.gif</url></image><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/990393/Gardening-grows-faster-rate-DIY-sector/</guid><title><![CDATA[Gardening grows at faster rate than DIY sector]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/990393/Gardening-grows-faster-rate-DIY-sector/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sales of gardening products increased 10% in 2009 according to Verdict Research.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/990324/Pest---Disease-Alert-Bemisia-Tabaci-tobacco-whitefly/</guid><title><![CDATA[Pest &amp; Disease Alert: Bemisia Tabaci (tobacco whitefly)]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/990324/Pest---Disease-Alert-Bemisia-Tabaci-tobacco-whitefly/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An outbreak of Bemisia Tabaci, commonly known as "tobacco whitefly", has been identified in Cheshire.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/990275/Pest---Disease-Alert-Phytophthora-kernoviae/</guid><title><![CDATA[Pest &amp; Disease Alert: Phytophthora kernoviae]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/990275/Pest---Disease-Alert-Phytophthora-kernoviae/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[An outbreak of Phytophthora kernoviae, a fungal infection that can kill trees and shrubs, has been identified in Cornwall.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/990258/Horticultural-Trades-Association-forms-marketing-committee-garden-centre-owners-suppliers-growers/</guid><title><![CDATA[Horticultural Trades Association forms marketing committee of garden centre owners, suppliers and growers]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/990258/Horticultural-Trades-Association-forms-marketing-committee-garden-centre-owners-suppliers-growers/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) is establishing a new marketing committee to bring together marketers from retailers, growers and garden goods suppliers to help identify marketing issues and priorities and drive new promotional activity to encourage greater investment in gardens and gardening in the UK. The committee has been created following an exploratory meeting held at the end of last year and will meet for the first time in April. The exploratory meeting identified a better coordinated web presence to...]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989741/Garden-centres-prepare-inspections/</guid><title><![CDATA[Garden centres prepare for inspections]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989741/Garden-centres-prepare-inspections/</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:54:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Garden centres are on red alert this week as the annual Garden Centre Association audits begin.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989830/Furniture-store-buys-garden-centres-administration/</guid><title><![CDATA[Furniture store buys garden centres out of administration]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989830/Furniture-store-buys-garden-centres-administration/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Discount group Glendel, which operates Medina Garden Centre on the Isle of Wight and Canford Magna garden centre in Dorset as well as a Superbuy store, has been bought out of administration by local business Vermont Furniture.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989812/Pan-American-seed-facility-suffers-damage-Chile-earthquake/</guid><title><![CDATA[Pan American seed facility suffers damage in Chile earthquake]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989812/Pan-American-seed-facility-suffers-damage-Chile-earthquake/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the West Coast of Chile last month has caused extensive damage at the Pan American seed facility in Pichidegua.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989810/Europlants-reports-rising-demand-imported-stock/</guid><title><![CDATA[Europlants reports a rising demand for imported stock]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989810/Europlants-reports-rising-demand-imported-stock/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hertfordshire-based Vannucci Piante UK agent Europlants said "extremely strong sales" at recent open days indicates a return to confidence for imported stock.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989379/Self-seeding-potato-sales-unaffected-bad-weather/</guid><title><![CDATA[Self-seeding potato sales unaffected by bad weather]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989379/Self-seeding-potato-sales-unaffected-bad-weather/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Garden centre consultant Roger Crookes says the wet summer and cold winter do not seem to have dampened enthusiasm for selling seed potatoes - with some garden centres now offering more than 70 varieties.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989378/Green---Blacks-chocolate-founder-Craig-Sams-launches-biochar-Carbon-Gold-growing-media/</guid><title><![CDATA[Green &amp; Blacks chocolate founder Craig Sams launches biochar Carbon Gold growing media]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989378/Green---Blacks-chocolate-founder-Craig-Sams-launches-biochar-Carbon-Gold-growing-media/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Garden centres including Notcutts and the Tillington Group as well as Amazon and the Organic Gardening Catalogue could soon be selling new Carbon Gold complex.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
