In This Issue
The AMES Companies & the art of possible
Altico turn heads with their show stopping natural feature pieces
Evergreen Garden Care pushes peat-free
Positive customer response as Primeur brings to market two new garden bestsellers
Westland excels with four New Product Awards
Woodmansterne celebrated 70th anniversary
Meadow View Stone 'wow' customers at Glee
Glee was a fabulous show, says Zest
Glee 2023 hailed as highly successful show
Date set for Glee 2024: 25-27 June 2024
Connect @ Glee will be big development in 2024
Red Gorilla: Best kept secret
Protek celebrates 40 years
Robbie Toys' wide selection
Smart Garden drives growth
GO FERROUS unleashed
Innovative Hortiwool
Sipcam Home & Garden partner with Block Blitz
Creating harmony with nature in your own backyard 
Handy’s Autumn promotions
New initiative with modern and stylised display units
Charles Taylor Trading celebrate 10th anniversary
Keeping warm during winter
28th Glee appearance
Woodlodge’s ranges expand with new additions
RocketGro's new bagged products
Busy time for Eliza Tinsley and Greenman Garden Tools
First to market original design
Acana is the No1 Moth Control Brand
Hamac showcases new range
ECO-FLEX gloves made from recycled ocean plastic waste
EKJU assemble construction component range
Showcasing an exceptional doormat range
Fantastic for firewood fans
New underwear by HJ Hall
Nature Safe unveil seaweed based granular feed range
Get Crafty with PepPlay
Johnsons Lawn Seed improves site facilities with £3.5 million investment
Premier Range from Bulldog
Growing made easier
New Burgon & Ball at Glee
Oh So Precious pet products
Museums & Galleries: Proudly supporting garden centre growth
Heart of Eden at Glee 2023
British Garden Centres instal rapid EV charging facilities with Osprey Charging
Ivyline leads the way Outdoors for S/S 24
Top quality products from
Glee goes Floral Thursday for Greenfingers
Glee New Product Awards - Winners revealed
Glee New Product Awards shortlisted products
Glee Buyers Power List Winners Revealed
Hills Plants win Glee’s Green Heart Best Merchandising Display
Glee 2023 Show Guide available online
Winners of Glee Talent Store announced
Picture round-up from build-up day
Glee Daily News brings you all the latest Glee news
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
GIMA meet-the-buyers sessions in demand
Rising Stars hopeful do the rounds at Glee
Germie crowned 2023 GIMA Innovators Seed Corn Fund winners
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Winners of Glee Talent Store announced

 

After weeks of planning, the winners of the Glee Talent Store have been announced on the first day of Glee.

 

There could only be one winner out of the two teams and it was the Outdoor Plants merchandising team that impressed the judges Debbie Flowerday, Visual Merchandiser and Stylist Consultant, and Peter Burks, CEO of the GCA.

 

The winning team consisting of Katherine Davies (Pugh’s Garden Centre), Freya Markwood and Amber Dowsett (Perrywood Garden Centre), Nathan Evans (Bents Garden & Home), Louisa Power and Damian Walker (British Garden Centres). The team’s merchandising concept of a bug hotel aimed to give visitors an ‘out of the box’ ideas on how products can be showcased whilst keeping sustainability at the heart of the display.

 

Concepts included a tablescape of edible ideas that not only look good but taste good too, a pond in a pot that will make a difference to the ecosystem in customers’ outdoor space, a display of pollinating plants to create a wildlife sanctuary, as well as a wildlife product display that will turn the garden into a bug wonderland.

 

The runner-up group made up of Clare Forster (British Garden Centres), Natasha Priddy (Pugh’s Garden Centre,) Claire Baker (Bents Garden & Home), Abby Barbrook (Perrywood Garden Centre) and Matthew Bone designed a pop-up shop that took visitors on a walkthrough houseplants in a world of colour saturation, inspired by recent popular palettes from Trend Bible.  

 

Each colour of, blue, green, pink and yellow, took people on a journey and reflected different moods.  Each colour acts as a visual draw with specially chosen houseplants and containers to create visual and eye catching interest.

 

Debbie Flowerday said: “I’d like to congratulate all participants in the inaugural Glee Talent Store.  Both teams worked hard to create exciting and innovative concepts that garden retailers can take home and try in store. Visual merchandising is an important part of the retail experience and is responsible for attracting and making customer’s purchasing decisions.  Everything you see in the Glee Talent Store at the show can be used to create a scene and retail theatre, guiding customers through a store, and we hope that retailers are inspired to try these simple tips when they get back to their businesses.”

 

What is the Glee Talent Store?

Designed to nurture and celebrate garden centre and retail visual merchandising excellence, the Glee Talent Store is an interactive feature that showcases the different ways that houseplant and outdoor plant merchandising displays can be interpreted in store, and how different designs can be utilised to highlight the same products and trends in a variety of inspiring ways. 

 

The Glee Talent Store kicked off with a ‘bootcamp’ where 24 entrants had a crash course in visual merchandising, branding and retail. Once they had received this insight, 11 Talent Store students were selected and tasked with designing their own pop-up store, which can be viewed in the Atrium at Glee alongside the Glee’s ‘Green Heart’.

 

Find out more 

Glee remains open until Thursday 29th June at the NEC Birmingham. Every year the exhibition connects the garden industry to inspire change, drive growth and launch innovation​.

To keep up to date on the latest Glee news visit www.gleebirmingham.com.  

 

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