Yarnton Home & Garden’s transformation has caught the attention of the press! Link to local and national features and videos for a snap-shot of media coverage highlights.
The RETAs 2024 – and another win for Yarnton!
We’re delighted winners of the Best Greeting Card Retailer category at the RETA 2024 awards. Hosted by comedian Andrew Ryan for Progressive Retail magazine at London’s Grosvenor Hotel, Yarnton Head of Creative Celia Leeson-Cox accepted the award together with Supplier Relations Manager Emma Bambridge. Pop by and see our award winning cards and stationery department!
Progressive Greetings Worldwide May/June 2024 – Ohh Deer arrives at Yarnton.
Wonderful to feature in Progressive Greetings Worldwide magazine highlighting the opening of our fabulous revamped stationery and greeting card department. Now four times larger than our original card offer, this dedicated contemporary space of 800sqft is home to an exciting plethora of cards, gift wrap, notebooks and arts and crafts treats.
Welcoming an eclectic array of cards for every occasion, card publisher Ohh Deer joined our Head of Creative, Celia Leeson-Cox, buying and VM team to celebrate the occasion.
Pop in store and see this inviting space, and let out the card and stationery lover you know is waiting to be released!
Glen Sheldrake joins Yarnton Home & Garden as Managing Director
We are delighted to welcome Glen to Yarnton Home & Garden.
Glen cut his teeth in several large multi-site garden centre businesses and prior to joining us, he was Operations Director at Burford Garden Company, playing a pivotal role in making the independent garden centre the huge success it is today. He brings to Yarnton a wealth of knowledge and experience from across the gardening industry.
So, what attracted Glen to the role of MD?
‘The potential of the business. Yarnton Home & Garden has been undergoing a huge transition over the last four years and it has come a long way. I am delighted to work with the team to help it reach its full potential. I believe independent garden centres have an opportunity to retail in a unique and exciting way.
‘Yarnton Home & Garden is exciting because it has set its stall as the garden centre doing things differently, and I am looking forward to delivering a retail space that has sustainability, creativity and a desire to create the best possible retail space for customers at its core.’
Glee – Retail Spotlight
We’re delighted to feature in the Glee Retail Spotlight Film. Glee picked up on our desire to be sustainable and wanted to come and find out how we go about sourcing with sustainability in mind.
Autumn 2022 OX Magazine – Christmas Feels at Yarnton Home & Garden
We’re delighted Yarnton Home & Garden and our Head of Brand, Bryony Taylor Edwards, featured in the Home section of OX Magazines to talk all things Christmas, sustainability, and what’s on over the festive season!
August 2022 In conversation…
Yarnton’s Head of Brand and Home & Gift Buyer, Bryony Taylor Edwards, chats to Glee about how we are innovating our business model to stay on top of our game. From our brand new fashion boutique, events and social media, to best sellers online and the importance of sustainability, check out the conversation on the Glee website now!
July 2022 Celebrating at the RETAs!
Hoorah! It was another very well-deserved accolade for Yarnton Home & Garden at the award’s ceremony of this year’s Best Greeting Card Retailers In The UK (affectionately known as The RETAs). Held at the Grosvenor House Hotel on Park Lane, we picked up the gong for best Independent Garden Centre Retailer (if you’ve not visited Yarnton and seen our offer of Greetings Cards, then do!). Pictured are two members of our chuffed team, Celia Leeson-Cox (Head of Retail Creative) and Emma Baimbridge (Supplier Relations Manager). Well done one and all.
A thrilled Celia Leeson-Cox (second left) and Emma Baimbridge, holding the award, at the RETAs.
June 2022 It’s the Good Life at Yarnton – Oxfordshire Living Magazine
The Greats 2021
In December, we were the proud winners of the Best Garden Centre Retailer of Gifts 2021. It was great to press pause on the daily goings on at Yarnton to make the trip to London to receive this amazing accolade.
Glee 2021 Yarnton take to the stage at Glee
Speaking on the big stage at the 2021 Glee Trade Show: Our Head of Marketing, Bryony, and Head of Visual Merchandising, Celia.
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