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Colour your Life trade newsletter- helping your business grow! September 2010
‘Bumper harvest’, with soft fruit including Rubus and Ribes 

Everyone knows the value of eating plenty of fresh fruit - what about getting some of it from your own garden! The boom in growing edible plants is set to continue and it’s easy to see why. What could be better than picking your own fruit that you’ve watched maturing over the weeks?


Be a real-food facilitator!

Take the chance to show to customers how easy it is and how much fun it can be to grow some of yourown. 

Try organising a soft fruit weekend with experts on hand (what about the WI?) to advise on the arts of jam making. Home grown fruit can also make an important contribution to a healthy diet.

Sign up for regular campaign updates on Twitter and Facebook or go to www.colour-your-life.co.uk for info, materials and ideas this autumn.

Plant choices ...


Retail results

In a garden centre in Holland an exciting trial is taking place. It revolves around the concept ‘what happens to sales when you make use of Colour your Life materials to their best potential?’ And the results are impressive! 

For the June roses promotion, on a ‘this year/last year’ comparison, look at the results: 

Climbing roses: 2009: 86 pcs / 67 customers, 2010: 105 pcs / 79 customers
Grafted roses: 2009: 2 pcs / 2 customers, 2010: 59 pcs / 58 customers

This centre increased turnover by 30% in this month alone.
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The evidence is clear – investing  effort in POS = direct benefits in sales. 


Coming to GLEE this year?

If you are (and it promises to be a superb show this year), make sure you attend our seminar on 22 September at 10.00am with retail guru  Phil Rogers . Phil has over 30 years retail and talent management experience with giants such as Ikea and Asda.  He will be giving top tips on how to grow sales in your planteria! 
Email contact@colour-your-life.co.uk to register for the seminar – If you are one of the first 50 registrations, you will receive a free voucher to use on the Luma poster service site. Vouchers will be given when you arrive at the seminar. 

For more information contact Mark or Samantha on 01480 860426


What else will we be talking about?

Bumper Harvest tie-up with Garden Organic One-Pot-Pledge

Colour your Life is delighted to be working with Garden Organic in September to link ‘Bumper Harvest’ with their One-Pot-Pledge - a big push to get people who have never grown anything before, growing and eating their own produce. Launched earlier this year, it has been endorsed by some big names from Jamie Oliver, Bill Oddie and Jerry Hall to gardening champion Alys Fowler. 

Some big commercial names from horticulture are backing the campaign, as you will see on the website www.onepotpledge.org

September’s promotion is a great fit for the One-pot-pledge because some varieties of Rubus are so well suited to container growing and soft fruit like this is a great way in for novices to the world of grow-your-own. This is the time of year to promote all kinds of edibles, so why not give it special emphasis in the planteria this month. With two major campaigns pushing on the door too, what is there to lose? 

 

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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:38:00 -0700 GLDA : UPCOMING DRAWING WORKSHOP_ http://florists.posterous.com/glda-upcoming-drawing-workshop http://florists.posterous.com/glda-upcoming-drawing-workshop

 

 

Devil in the Detail: Cross Section and Construction Detailing Workshop

 

One of the biggest challenges that creative people face is how to realise inspired ideas into

technical details that can be easily interpreted by a landscape contractor.

 

Sectional elevations, construction details and a host of other technical plans are often

the downfall of even the best designers. And many of the most innovative ideas fail to be

realised because of limited understanding of what detail drawings should encompass.

Thankfully for Ireland’s budding designers, the Garden and Landscape Design Association

(GLDA) have come to the rescue. Responding to huge industry and public demand, two

of the GLDA’s key members, Jane McCorkell and Lisa Murphy, both renowned designers,

have developed a one-day detail drawing program created specifically to help people realise

their creative garden ideas. “The day will tackle a number of drawing types,” explained

Jane. “We will be providing tips and guidance on how undertake construction detailing for

gardens as well as insight into how to draught sectional elevations.” In addition to direct

instruction by the program leaders, the day will also include a number of hands-on exercises

that allow attendees to practice their new techniques under professional supervision.

 

The event, which is entitled Devil in the Detail...a guide to sectional drawings and

construction detailing, is being held on Thursday 23rd September at The Mill, Johnstown,

Naas, Co Kildare, and will run from 10am to 4.30pm. So if your looking to realise your

own garden ideas, seeking upskill your design drawing skills or simply frustrated with your

drawing abilities, then the up-coming GLDA drawing workshop is a must attend event.

 

For further information, to book your place (places are limited so please book early) or

to find out more about the GLDA, contact Annette McCoy on: Tel 01 294 0092, e-mail:

info@glda.ie , web: www.glda.ie

 

 

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Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:01:00 -0700 Horticulture & Garden Centre News Ireland - Horticulturist - Plants (Kilkenny) - www. HortiTrends.com http://florists.posterous.com/horticulture-garden-centre-news-ireland-horti http://florists.posterous.com/horticulture-garden-centre-news-ireland-horti
Title: horticulturist - Plants (Kilkenny)
Description:
Supporting the Garden Centre Manager, this senior position involves the purchasing and care of the plant selection for a busy Garden Centre. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable and passionate about plants and will provide advice to customers and colleagues while generating sales in a retail environment.
Geographical Information
Country: Ireland Region:
Salary / Contract
Minimum salary: 23,000pa
Maximum salary: 27,000pa
Salary currency: EURO
Hours per week: 36.5-40
Contract type: PF - Full-Time
Extras
Requirements
Experience required: Required
Employer
Name: Gardenia
Information: recruitment@okeeffesgroup.com
Address: Head Office Unit 12, Kilkenny Retail and Business Park, Smithlands, IE
Phone: 056 7722034
Fax: 056 7722466
Email: recruitment@okeeffesgroup.com
How to apply
How to apply: Please forward a current C.V. and cover letter to rachel@okeeffesgroup.com, or Rachel Norton, Unit 12, Kilkenny Retail and Business Park, Kilkenny
Last date for application: 14/08/2010

 

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