After 14 very successful years with Planters, centre manager Stuart Gooden is looking to take it slightly easier and moving to the South West.
During his time at Tamworth-based Planters, the business has doubled turnover to £5m, invested over £3m in the 20 acre site including £1.6m in a state of the art restaurant, created a tourist attraction with "SkyTrail" and built a pet centre (including dog grooming) to just short of 10% of turnover - the same as Christmas decoration sales. The centre has become a regular member of the GCA Centres of Excellence list and in the last five years been named Garden Centre of the Year.

Planters is currently looking to recruit a new general manager who will help in the business' quest to become one of the UK's top 10 garden centres for turnover. For more information, email: gerald@plantersgc.com.