Are you making the most of the jubilee?
Marks and Spencer have really pushed the boat out with their range of jubilee products, how is your display getting on, why not head over to our Facebook Page and share photos of your display…
And finally…
These are not just any…
We love this simple menu board at Cafe Whiteleys…these are not just any sausages…
We also love this blackboard, signed by Alex the catering manager and listing all the local supplier, simple and effective, two things that in our experience rarely go together!
Visual Merchandising Ideas
Check out our new visual merchandising photo board for some great ideas and inspiration…
An interesting article on Pinterest, if you are not pinning yet
This was in the iPad version of The Guardian some time ago…
An Award Winning Plantaria…
Continuing our look at Cowells Garden Centre, where colour theming is being used to great advantage.
The plants used for this display are from stock rather than being ordered in, and are refreshed constantly.
What do you think?
Horticulture is not a rubbish career – It must be true its in the….
Good article in the Independent
Horticulture is not just a career for academic failures
How to add theatre to your plant offer…(part 1)
If plants are at the heart of everything we do, then we should we not put more effort into our plantarias than any other part of our business?
Here is what Cowell’s Garden Centre have achieved this spring…
Even the car park inspires at Cowell’s
Cowell’s is one of Britain’s finest Garden Centres, over the next few posts we will examine just what they are doing that is exceptional! Starting at the entrance… Even the car park is inspiring with permanent plantings of silver birch and clipped box balls, underplanted int his case with Hebe Heartbreaker, which not only looks…
So how good is your plant knowledge?
This was a new one on us?
Can you identify it…. We will let you know the name in a day or two!
What a brilliant idea
See at a visitor attraction in London.
Perfect for every Garden Centre Coffee Shop.
Such a simple low cost way to boost link sales…
Kershaws Garden Centre in Brighouse have effective Point of Sale in their Plantaria to boost link sales.
Do you have these items near the till?
Are staff trained to make link sales when time allows?
One simple way to drive you Facebook likes through the roof!
Here is a great and simple way to get people engaged with your Facebook page. It would be perfect for the next Bank Holiday weekend! 1. Ask customers and Facebook fans to come into the centre over the Bank Holiday weekend, take a photo of the thing they like most about you, and upload their photo…
A new take on afternoon tea
A modern take on afternoon tea at Beckworth Emporium
I know its an old joke
Do you deliver?
Yes, with onions and mash on a Wednesday!
Have you got “We deliver” signs by all heavy items?
Great Marketing Idea!
We love what Mulberry have been up to this Easter!
A free chocolate egg (and soldiers) for every customer….
One to print out and put in the good ideas file.
Or, we now have a Good Ideas File tag, so just keep popping back for more ideas.
Fantastic plant displays
As Garden Centre Consultants we are always on the lookout for Best Practice, for centres that have got it so right and from whom others can learn.
Last week we were at Webbs of Wychbold and their Plantaria was filled with spring colour.
Be inspired!
We really are huge fans of Pinterest, here are 4 reasons why…
Think of a scrapbook, where you put cool things you have seen and want. “Cool Cars”, “Mulberry Bags I would love”, that sort of thing. Now share that with all your friends, who can copy your clippings to their scrapbooks. That is pinterest – scrapbooking for the digital world. But wait, how about these facts……
Freezer art!
We absolutely love this offering from Eazy Cuizine spotted at Fielders Farm Shop, Englefield, Reading…