<?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>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:06:17 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/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><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989377/Perrywood-Nurseries-Garden-Centre-revamp-unveiled/</guid><title><![CDATA[Perrywood Nurseries and Garden Centre revamp unveiled]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989377/Perrywood-Nurseries-Garden-Centre-revamp-unveiled/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[GMTV gardening expert Sven Wombwell opened Perrywood Nurseries and Garden Centre's new building near Tiptree in Essex recently.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989376/Top-16-early-flowering-pansies/</guid><title><![CDATA[Top 16 early-flowering pansies]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/GardenRetail/rss/article/989376/Top-16-early-flowering-pansies/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Andrew Eames picks his favourites from the 914 varieties at the Meadowcroft pansy and viola festival. 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