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In This Issue
Market buzzing after a thriving Glee
Kelkay celebrating after ‘best ever’ Glee
Fresh new products and trusted favourites - all delivered with Briers’ retail expertise
New-look pre-packs catch the eye at Taylors Bulbs
Deco-Pak provides Eastern Promise at Glee
Bord na Móna launches new 'single brand strategy' at Glee
Johnsons Lawn Seed shoots - and scores - with Turfline 2016 and new improved formulas
Gardman’s bold approach to innovation delights Glee buyers
Copely smiling with Glee following Everflow® Garden Hose launch
A successful Glee for Grange
Green Heart of Glee is a winner and Anglo Aquatics are Best in Show
Glee New Product Awards 2015 results
VegTrug unveils beautiful new planter
Green Digit win the second GIMA Innovator’s Seed Corn Fund
Glee Buyers Power List 2015 winners
Puppi Loo draws visitors to Greenacres Artificial Grass stand
Pet Rebellion's car seat cover is a winner
Bring back the joy of gardening with Gripeeze
It's time to Go Wild again says Peckish
Clever, functional and unique gift ideas from Forked Up Art
Lows unveiled unique designs for classic pieces
Kiln dried logs are a hit
Fall in love with the new umbrella from Fallen Fruits
British-based Durstons goes from strength-to-strength
Uuni pizza oven was the Retailers Choice
Stax Trade Centres to list full Empathy and RHS rootgrow ranges
RHS Heritage planters score with visitors to the Apta stand
Westland and Arthur Bowers were a close fit at Glee
Zest 4 Leisure unveil their impressive 2016 range
Sweeping success for Bosmere at Glee
Besp-Oak show their class with stylish products
Westland 'Sow Smart' sets out to revolutionise tomato growing
Handy Distribution prove that Gardena products are frost-proof
The world's finest garden rooms, now under your own brand name
Woodlodge launch Heritage Bistro set
Fruity pouffe wins Glee's garden leisure new product award
Award means Baksaver Barrow is Glee's best new bit of kit
Melcourt SylvaGrow...RHS endorsed and a Glee winner
Petface's fresh approach to the bird sector wins award
Spear & Jackson - something for any ‘occasion’
Acclaim for Hozelock's hi-tech watering solution
Raspberry ‘Ruby Beauty’ wins new product award
Small is beautiful at Vivid Arts
Findlaters discover a 'new niche'
Crest Flopro gets a resounding thumbs up at Glee
Christmas gifts for everyone from Wildlife World
Natural pet food firm Natures Menu have successful show
Natural seeds, herbs and plants to enhance meals
Smiemans Projecten announce two new contracts at Glee
Trans-Continental launch Terra Flame Outdoor Collection
Miracle-Gro 'Gro-ables' make it easier to grow your own
La Hacienda to distribute stylish Artevasi pots and planters
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Market buzzing after a thriving Glee
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Busy aisles, full-to-capacity exhibiting space and a positive, business-building atmosphere were the hallmarks of this year’s Glee garden trade exhibition. Matthew Mein (above), i2i Events Glee event director, confirmed that feedback from visitors and exhibitors had been exceptional...
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Kelkay celebrating after ‘best ever’ Glee



Kelkay says Glee 2015 was its most successful show ever. The aggregates market-leader generated huge interest as it presented 91 new products to garden centre buyers and gift retailers at the show. It also picked up the first runner up prize in the Best Landscaping & Construction category of the Glee New Products Awards 2015.

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Fresh new products and trusted favourites - all delivered with Briers’ retail expertise


Experiencing three days of seemingly unending compliments was pure joy for the Briers team – really putting into perspective all the effort to develop and drive categories forward, and making all the hard graft worth it...
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New-look pre-packs catch the eye at Taylors Bulbs

The brand new pack design for the flagship Choice range from Taylors Bulbs was an instant eye-catcher for Glee visitors...

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Deco-Pak provides Eastern Promise at Glee


Deco-Pak proved its market-leading qualities at Glee this year by taking home a highly commended Retailer’s Choice award.  The 90cm tall Buddha’s head was highly commended by judges who praised the product as being “exciting and eye-catching”...
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Johnsons Lawn Seed shoots - and scores - with Turfline 2016 and new improved formulas
The Johnsons Lawn Seed (DLF Trifolium) stand scored big with visitors at Glee this year, as the team - with a little help from a special football freestyler - kept the balls in the air!  The leading lawn seed brand successfully launched a new Turfline product as well as new improved versions of bestsellers General Purpose, Tuffgrass, Quicklawn and Quick Fix...
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A successful Glee for Grange


Leading decorative garden structures and fencing company, Grange is reporting an incredibly successful Glee this year, which saw the launch of three brand new ranges - Contemporary, Urban and Valencia - along with a brand new identity and new website design...
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Gardman’s bold approach to innovation delights Glee buyers
Buyers at Glee responded with enthusiasm to Gardman’s new-look 2016 offer, with special acclaim for its commitment to continuous product innovation across many categories.
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Copely smiling with Glee following Everflow® Garden Hose launch


Glee 2015 proved to be a great success for Copely Developments Ltd. The established UK based hose manufacturer used the event to officially launch its new Everflow® garden hosepipe.
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Bord na Móna launches new 'single brand strategy' at Glee
Following its recognition as Best Buy by consumer ratings magazine, Which? Gardening in the raising young plants category, Bord na Móna UK launched a completely new peat to peat-free range at Glee 2015 all under the Bord na Móna Growise brand...
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Uuni pizza oven was the Retailers Choice


The winner of the Glee Retailers Choice Award for 2015 was the Uuni 2 woodfired pizza oven...
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Stax Trade Centres to list full Empathy and RHS rootgrow ranges


For the first time the full retail range of Empathy and rootgrow products will be available to independent garden centres and gardening retailers through a nationwide wholesaler...
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RHS Heritage planters score with visitors to the Apta stand


The stylish RHS Heritage range of planters on the Apta stand were a hit with visitors...
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Westland and Arthur Bowers were a close fit at Glee


Just six weeks after Westland's purchase of Arthur Bowers, Growing Success and other businesses from Sinclairs, the Westland stand was busy all show as retailers found out more about the plans for the brands going forwards...
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Zest 4 Leisure unveil their impressive 2016 range


GIMA award winners Zest 4 Leisure are impressing Glee visitors (stand  20L30-M31) with their 2016 range of dining sets, benches and an outdoor bar and table set...
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Sweeping success for Bosmere at Glee


Bosmere launched a new range of FSC-timber approved brushes at Glee and they created lots of interest over the three days. The Lawnmower Brush was a particlar favourite, said sales and marketing director Steve Millington...
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Besp-Oak show their class with stylish products


The Besp-Oak stand was a hive of activity on all three days of the show and a particular favourite was the range of Vintage Display Crates...
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Westland 'Sow Smart' sets out to revolutionise tomato growing
 
Westland unveiled their new Sow Smart concept  - pre-sown modules that enable any consumer to successfully grow tomatoes from seed, whatever their experience level...
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Handy Distribution prove that Gardena products are frost-proof


Handy Distribution encased their Gardena range of hose-end accessories in a block of ice to prove the products are 100% frost proof...
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The world's finest garden rooms, now under your own brand name
 
When it comes to the world’s finest garden buildings, there is one brand that stands head-and-shoulders above the rest: Crown Pavilions. With clients ranging from celebrities like Duncan Bannatyne and Gloria Hunniford to Champneys Health Spas and European royalty, customers know that if they want the very best then they should ask for Crown Pavilions by name...
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Woodlodge launch Heritage Bistro set


Woodlodge Products are extending their hugely popular Heritage range with the addition of many new pot designs, high quality glazed bird baths and a range of style bistro sets (comprising two chairs and a table) in pastel shades...
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Fruity pouffe wins Glee's garden leisure new product award
 
Winner of the Garden Leisure category in Glee’s New Product Awards was a delightful outdoor pouffe from Fallen Fruits, testimony to the adage that ‘simple is best’...
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Award means Baksaver Barrow is Glee's best new bit of kit






An ingenious wheelbarrow that you don’t have to tip to push or push to tip won the Best Machinery and Tools category in Glee’s New Product Awards...
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Melcourt SylvaGrow...RHS endorsed and a Glee winner
 
Building on their reputation for reliable, quality growing media the Melcourt Industries team were delighted to win a Glee new product award.
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Petface's fresh approach to the bird sector wins award


The Wild Bird Range was an instant hit when it was unveiled to visitors to the Petface stand and the team were celebrating winning a new product award for the Loktop 2 Mealworm Feeder...
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Spear & Jackson - something for any ‘occasion’
 
The Spear & Jackson stand was busy at Glee buoyed by the news of winning a new product award for their ‘Occasions’ range  of gift packaged hand trowels. This unique product is etched with the appropriate message on the tool and well as being on the box...
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Acclaim for Hozelock's hi-tech watering solution

Hozelock’s win in the garden care (accessories) category of the Glee New Product Awards was widely predicted, bringing as it does the hi-tech world of internet technology to garden watering...



Above: Hozelock's Adrian Davey on the Cloud Controller display.

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Raspberry ‘Ruby Beauty’ wins new product award
 
Staff at Wyevale Nurseries were celebrating after their new plant Raspberry ‘Ruby Beauty’ won the Glee New Product Award for Best Plant, Seeds and Bulbs...
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Small is beautiful at Vivid Arts


Winner of the Glee new products award for landscaping and construction, the Vivid Arts introduction is deliberately on a small scale. The new Miniature World collection provides plenty of scope for garden centres to capitalise on this new trend...
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Findlaters discover a 'new niche'


Suppliers of fine foods to delicatessens and Food Halls, Scottish-based Findlater’s  Fine Foods were a first time exhibitor at Glee. Ailsa Jeffrey, Customer Service Manager, was especially excited to be awarded the Glee New Product award for catering and speciality food for their gluten free bread...
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Crest Flopro gets a resounding thumbs up at Glee


A year ago one of the new exhibitors at Glee was Crest, set up by Nick Davies with backing from Westland Horticulture.  A year on, Glee Daily News asked Nick about the reaction to Crest, one year on from their initial showing at Glee 2014...
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Christmas gifts for everyone from Wildlife World


Wildlife World has created a wonderful selection of specialist products suitable for the garden including birds, bees, hedgehogs and minibeasts that would make a perfect gift for wildlife enthusiasts or keen gardeners of all ages...
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Natural pet food firm Natures Menu have successful show


Natural pet food specialists Natures Menu were exhibiting at Glee for the first time and it was regarded as a successful show...
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Natural seeds, herbs and plants to enhance meals


New for 2016, Neudorff’s Wild Gardener range is an organic culinary lover’s best friend – it’s a simple and effective way to sow and then harvest edible flowers, herbs and salads...
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Smiemans Projecten announce two new contracts at Glee


Exciting news on the Smiemans Projecten stand with the signing of two new contracts. The announcement of an extension to the existing garden centre site at Mackenzie and Cruikshank in Forres, Scotland was followed by the signing of a contact to the development of a new restaurant at Groves Nurseries in Bridport Dorset.
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Trans-Continental launch Terra Flame Outdoor Collection


Terra Flame is the latest licensed brand to join Trans-Continental’s Outdoor Living Collection...
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Miracle-Gro 'Gro-ables' make it easier to grow your own
 

Visitors to the Scotts Miracle-Gro stand saw a brand new growing kit designed to expand the grow-your-own market...

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La Hacienda to distribute stylish Artevasi pots and planters
La Hacienda announced at Glee that they have been appointed exclusive UK distributors of the stylish Artevasi range of pots and planters from Portugal...

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