Michael Weedon, MD of giftware suppliers Fountasia, has been away with the fairies over the past few months – as visitors to the stand in Hall 5 will find out!

At Glee last autumn, the company launched its first fantastical range of metal fairyland features to great acclaim. So successful was that launch that a Christmas fairies range was introduced at Harrogate last month.

Now, for spring 2019, there is a delightful new Pixies range, which has been enthusiastically received over the first three days of the show.

The ranges complement the company’s giftware offering, built by this enterprising family venture into an £8m business meeting an ever-growing demand.

The business has its origins in the manufacture of quality tin whistles, which Michael’s father still makes for a loyal market in the music industry

Fountasia, though, focuses largely on the garden centre market. Michael himself is the designer brains behind the features you see at the show today, in collaboration with a talented Chinese artist who exclusively interprets his drawings for manufacturing.