The winners of the 2017 Glee Buyers Power List were announced by GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer this afternoon (Tuesday) during an exciting awards ceremony within Glee’s buzzing hub: Seminar Theatre.

From individual garden centre buyers to multiple retailer buying teams, the Glee Buyers Power List was introduced to recognise and celebrate the many garden retail buyers who have gone ‘above and beyond’ to make a difference within the industry in the past 12 months.

Speaking at the Glee Buyers Power List awards ceremony, which was well attended by retailers and suppliers alike, Glee’s Event Director Matthew Mein confirmed: “The Glee Buyers Power List was set up to recognise a key group of decision makers in the gardening industry who are often overlooked: garden retail buyers.  Through these awards, we are pleased to be able to celebrate and reward their continued hard work, passion and dedication. 

"Our huge congratulations to all of the winners, the finalists and the many excellent shortlisted nominees.”

WINNER: Mackenzie & Cruickshank

Best DIY / Builder Merchant Buying Team

WINNER: Enchanted-Earth.com

Best ‘Other’ Garden Retailer Buyer Team

WINNER:  John Lewis

Matthew Mein added: “I’d love to offer my sincerest congratulations to all those who were shortlisted, and also to this year’s winners. There is no doubt that you are all highly deserving of the praise that has been bestowed upon them by their peers and wider industry. Our thanks also to all of those that took the time to vote – your continued support of the awards is greatly appreciated.”

Consistent with their mission to make the outdoor landscaping area of the garden centres just as attractive and inspiring as the inside, Kelkay have brought together a range of landscape accessories under a single attractive and compelling brand, The Landscape Project.

The Kelkay aggregates and Borderstone paving ranges enjoy eye catching display units which have helped to put the outdoor merchandising area of garden centres right at the heart of the shopping experience. Kelkay have really set the bar for displaying heavy, dirty and difficult landscaping products in a most attractive and inspirational way. So it makes sense to draw together all the other accessories and sundry items that consumers need to complete their projects.

Weed control fabric, gabions, gravel pave systems, sealants and jointing compounds will all be brought together and key lines supported with additional merchandising units that will link seamlessly into Kelkay’s unique modular merchandising systems.

Sarah Downing, Head of Marketing, said “It’s so often about imagination and aspiration with consumers focussed on the overall garden design, the textures and colours; of course to make it happen they need lots of other products too. We’ve set out to make sure retailers capture all the add-on sales when customers are ‘project shopping’. The Landscape Project will provide the brand thread that links everything together and provides a coordinated merchandising scheme across the whole category.”

The Landscape Project represents a real opportunity for category growth and the flexibility to add further new products. This year Kelkay have chosen to showcase three new wooden garden features – the rustic Bench, the Rosedale Arbour and the Barleywood Arch.

Sarah added “The development of The Landscape Project demonstrates our versatility as a supplier and we are excited about the new opportunities it represents for our retail partners.”

Kelkay will be launching The Landscape Project and their other exciting new products for 2018 at GLEE 11 – 13 September. Hall 19 Stand Stand A10 – C11.

To find out more about Kelkay  and their successful garden landscaping products, go to www.kelkay.com or e-mail the general enquiries office on salesenquiries@kelkay.co.uk or call to speak to us on 01405 869333.

Kelkay
The Old Airfield
Heck & Pollington Lane
Pollington
East Yorkshire
DN14 0BA

Burgon & Ball has seen three of its innovative new products recognised in the Glee New Product Awards 2017 with the new Wonder Weed Puller taking top honours in the Tools and Machinery category.

Naming the Wonder Weed Puller the winner, the judges remarked upon the new tool’s 10 year guarantee which brings peace of mind to gardeners, and its accessible price point (RRP just £19.99), offering a very cost-effective tool for efficient weeding of deep-rooted weeds in lawns.

Easy to operate and very effective, to use the Wonder Weed Puller simply push the three stainless steel prongs of the tool into the ground around the crown of the weed, rotate 360 degrees, and pull to remove the weed – roots and all. A plunger operated by a button on the handle ejects the weed into the waste, leaving hands clean.

Long-handled to eliminate bending and stooping, and designed in aluminium and tough polypropylene for minimum weight, the Wonder Weed Puller is brilliantly simple to use – and the weed ejector button makes it addictively satisfying!

The distinctive and engaging packaging features clear step-by-step instructions on the Wonder Weed Puller’s simple method for use, and has been created to complement the branding of the best-selling Weed Slice. Together, the pair offer a complete ‘family’ of chemical-free weeding solutions for both shallow- and deep-rooted weeds.

The Sheffield-based tool designer and manufacturer was also shortlisted with its ‘Dotty’ Kneelo children’s garden kneeler in the Garden Care - Growing Accessories category, and the Garden Supplies ‘Hang it’ pegboard in the Home, Gift and Clothing category.

The Dotty Kneelo^® kneeler, one of the first products in a new collection for children, features Dotty the superhero ladybird, defending the garden from nasty aphid invaders. This bright, fun kneeler features ‘antennae’ for added cute factor, but otherwise has the same high quality construction as Burgon & Ball’s full-size Kneelo® designs, with two layers of memory foam around a core of EVA foam, for superb comfort while working – and playing! Friendly insect character Dotty the ladybird and her friend Buzz the bee have real kid appeal, helping garden centres expand their offering to the key family market.

Finally, the awards line-up was completed by the ‘Hang it’ peg board, reflecting the trend for more utilitarian storage. Supplied complete with hooks for hanging and all fixings to wall-mount, ‘Hang it’ makes it easy to keep those little essentials tidy and always to hand, in shed, garage or home office. The peg board is available in a choice of three on-trend colours and forms part of the new ‘Garden Supplies’ collection, the successor to the hugely popular Burgon & Ball Enamelwares range.

The three products enjoying awards recognition at the show were selected from the more than 70 new products launched on the Burgon & Ball stand, making it a ‘must-see’ for every show visitor.

 

Meadow View Stone launches new customer driven website to make online browsing as easy as possible for centres and shoppers.

The new site, which will be unveiled at Glee this September, helps gardeners to find the right product for their project alongside discovering expert advice, landscaping ideas and inspirational blogs.

The site also features a fully comprehensive trade portal, enabling garden centres to easily place orders online, access marketing tools to maximise sales and view the latest product trends.

Marketing Director Sarah Hill stated: “Over the years, Meadow View has built a strong reputation based on our commitment to product development, introducing decorative aggregates, paving and stoneware that have increased the variety of choice offered to their customers.

"That commitment is still at the heart of what we do and in an increasingly tech-driven market we want to make sure that we deliver the best available online service to our stockists and their customers."

The new site offers leading pre-purchase advice and crucial after sales care, ensuring that shoppers are confident that they’ve made the right choice.  

Consumers can access a wealth of product information before they step foot in store, allowing them to plan their projects with a leading emphasis on directing them to their nearest stockist.

In the trade portal, Centres can access Point of Sale marketing, access product lifestyle imagery and handy hints on creating eye catching displays. These tools will help centres to improve product placement and allow stockists to build an enviable reputation as a ‘go to’ retailer and boost sales.

The online launch comes as part of a larger programme of investment that is being made across Meadow View to improve the products and service it offers to customers. Increased stockholding, with the recent acquisition of a 20 acre production site in the South East, and new state of the art processing and washing facilities mean that Meadow View is well placed to supply its high quality, market leading products to stockists nationwide.

For more information about the new website and updates at Meadow View Stone visit Stand No: 20P20-Q21 or call the tam on 01948 841 607.

Since launching at last year’s Glee, NOMA Garden Art has had a great twelve months, with its unique Solar 365 technology proving a hit with consumers.  And the team is back at Glee this year with a new range of functional solar lighting to excite customers.

The new range focuses on pathfinders and stake lights in a contemporary stainless steel and glass design which can provide up to 50 Lumens (depending on size of light) – making them a real contender for outdoor security lighting..  With NOMA Garden Art’s industry-leading technology at its core, this new range means consumers can get a functional ‘task’ light that they can trust to perform every day, to illuminate a pathway, drive, or entrance, without the expense of having to pay for the lights to be wired in. 

Frank Kaminski, marketing director for NOMA said: “NOMA Garden Art has such strong technology at its core – these are great quality products that really deliver for consumers.  We’re looking forward to working with retailers to get our Solar 365 message out there – solar lighting that you can really trust, all year round. And when it comes to functional lighting, to finally have an outdoor light that you can trust to light a pathway or drive that runs on solar – we think this reliability is what the industry has been waiting for and we’d love to see existing and new customers on our stand at GLEE this year to show them exactly why our lighting range is the one to choose.”

Solar 365

The leading patented technology behind NOMA Garden Art guarantees light on its solar products for 6 hours every day, 365 days a year, no matter how dull the weather.  NOMA Garden Art’s solar lighting is market-beating due to its large directional solar panel, the inclusion of more built-in batteries and a six hour timer.  This means consumers get a brighter light that works whatever the weather – in fact once charged by the sun the battery power will give six hours of light a day for 60 days without any sun at all.   

60 Days Fit & Forget Battery Lights

For those lights that are battery operated, NOMA Garden Art’s Fit & Forget battery-operated products give 60 days of lighting (six hours every day) from one set of batteries, so consumers can literally forget about having to do anything with their lights – except for enjoying them during the evening.

Decorative Outdoor Lighting to suit Every Style

The NOMA Garden Art range includes table, wall, stake and hanging lights in a style for every home – from industrial LED filament-style bulbs, to wood-effect log lights, and mirror-covered lanterns with a North African feel:

To place an order for NOMA Garden Art products please contact the sales team on 01462 744 500 or sales@leisuregrow.co.uk.

The Tildenet group unveiled a wide-ranging brand refresh for their Haxnicks ranges at Glee yesterday, as well as a number of updated merchandising solutions across their other brands.

The new-look Haxnicks packaging employs a softer colour palette designed to give the ever-popular brand a new lease of life. New products in the range include Oxford Fabric Patio Planters, the SpeedWeed weeding tool and a Water Saucer self-watering system for potted plants.

Tildenet’s presence at Glee has grown year on year with Bosmere, Haxnicks and Mainframe brands adding to the Tildenet Gardenware portfolio, continuing to strengthen their offer to retailers.

Another year of substantial investment in company infrastructure has included the launch of a new trade website enabling 24/7 online ordering and more warehouse expansion to meet growing demand.

In addition to the Haxnicks refresh, the Glee stand showcases high-impact, low footprint merchandising displays that aim to give retailers more flexibility at the point of sale, all geared to driving sales.

The Tildenet stand is in Hall 19 (G30-H31).

Winners

The Greatest Plant Advice Team, sponsored by glee

Bronze Award: Summerhill

Silver Award: Scotsdales

Gold Award: Aylett Nurseries and Fron Goch

The Greatest Planteria Linked Sales Team

Bronze Award: Fresh@Burcot

Silver Award: Barton Grange

Gold Award: Burston

The Greatest Pot and Plant Sales Team – Top of the Pots, sponsored by Elho

Bronze Award: Millbrook Gravesend

Silver Award: Fron Goch

Gold Award: Bents

The Greatest “Garden Decoration” Sales Team

Bronze Award: Stratford Garden Centre

Silver Award: Cowells

Gold Award: Millbrook Gravesend

 
The Greatest Plant Retailing Teams, sponsored by the HTA

Bronze Award: Notcutts Woodford Park                                                   

Silver Award: Coolings and Castle Gardens

Gold Award: Perrywood


Finalists:

• Altons
• Aylett Nurseries
• Barton Grange
• Baytree
• Bents
• Burston
• Castle Gardens
• Chessington
• Coolings
• Cowells
• Fresh@Burcot
• Fron Goch
• Glyndwr Plant Centre
• Green Pastures
• Millbrook Gravesend
• Notcutts Woodford Park
• Perrywood
• Planters Tamworth
• Scotsdales
• Squires Badshot Lea
• Squires Chertsey
• Stewarts Christchuch
• Stratford Garden Centre
• Summerhill

The future is extremely bright for Apta, and the company is showcasing its new ranges at Glee on its larger stand – 19C20-E21 and 19C18.

Johnsons Lawn Seed (DLF) has added two new members to its North East sales force, Helen Thompson and Chris Paul, both of whom can be found at Glee this year. 

Workforce Agencies Ltd, who also represent Johnsons Lawn Seed in the North West, is taking on the North East territory previously held by sales agent Cliff Bowers, who retired this summer after 17 years representing DLF.

Many of Johnsons Lawn Seed’s customers will already be familiar with its North East sales agents. 

Helen Thompson becomes Area Sales Manager for North and East Yorkshire, West Yorkshire (assisted by Chris Hilton), Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.  Helen brings with her 22 years of experience in the industry, from managing Tong Garden Centre to managing the supply chains for imported products. 

Chris Paul, Sales Manager for South Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland, , has worked within the industry for 21 years and has a wealth of experience from managing Johnsons Garden Centre in Lincolnshire before starting with Workforce in May 2015. 

Workforce Agencies Managing Director Neil Williamson, who has worked within the garden industry for over 30 years, continues to oversee operations, supported by Office Manager Jo Williamson as well as North West Sales Managers Sam Thornley and Chris Hilton.

Find out more

Visit stand 18H26 – K27 to see all of Johnsons Lawn Seed’s product range, talk to the team about maximising retail sales opportunities and expert advice.  You can also visit www.johnsonslawnseed.com or https://www.gleebirmingham.com/exhibitors/dlf-seeds-ltd-johnsons-lawn-seed for more information.

SBM Life Science has launched a hard hitting hitting revolutionary new weedkiller brand, a key element in SBM Life Science’s new strategy, New Time, New Way, announced earlier this year, at the heart of which is a commitment to innovation. 

Job done Tough Weedkiller

Nothing kills tough weeds faster and prevents re-growth for longer (up to three months!).

Building on a professional formulation used to clear weeds from rail lines, SBM Life Science has invested in innovative new chemistry.  

Job done Tough Weedkiller Ready to Use is available in 1L and 3L packs.  A residual and systemic weedkiller, it:

• Kills tough and deep rooted weeds like brambles.
• Produces visible results in just 24 hours! 
• Provides three months’ prevention against new weeds.

Job done Tough Weedkiller Sachets kills tough and difficult weeds right down to the root.  In simple soluble sachets, no measuring is required; just drop and go!

Job done Path Weedkiller

Nothing kills tough weeds faster and prevents re-growth for longer (up to three months!).

With a systemic and residual action, Job done Path Weedkiller is available in Ready to Use 1L and 3L formulations.  It kills weeds really fast, results are visible within 24 hours.

Job done Path Weedkiller is also available in Simple Soluble Sachets.

Job done General Purpose Weedkiller

Kills tough weeds to the root so they don’t come back; the area can be replanted immediately.

Job done General Purpose Weedkiller is ready in Ready to Use and Concentrate formulations.

Job done Moss Killer is effective against moss and algae and Job done Lawn Weedkiller kills common lawn weeds down to the root.

Solabiol – In Tune with Nature

Solabiol is an exciting range of garden care products ‘In Tune with Nature’.

Certified for organic use by the Organic Farmers and Growers Ltd, Solabiol Slug Killer is fast acting.  Also certified for organic use, Solabiol Bug Free can be used on houseplants and ornamentals and Solabiol Rose Bug Killer tackles aphids and other pests on roses. 

Containing natural fatty acids, Solabiol Super Fast Weedkiller kills broadleaved weeds, grass, moss, algae and liverwort, with results visible in 1 hour. 

Solabiol BUXatrap®, a pheromone trap, offers biological season long control of box tree moths.

www.sbm-lifescience.co.uk

Job done Tough Weedkiller Ready to Use and Job done Path Weedkiller Ready to Use contains difluefenican.

Job done Tough Weedkiller Sachets, Job done Path Weedkiller Sachets, and Job done General Purpose Weedkiller contain glyphosate.

Job done Moss Killer Ready to Use and Job Done Moss Killer Concentrate contains natural fatty acids.

Job done Lawn Weedkiller contains 2,4-D, MCPA, MCPP-P and dicamba.

Solabiol Slug Killer contains ferric phosphate. 

Solabiol Super Fast Weedkiller contains natural fatty acids. 

Solabiol Slug Free contains natural fatty acids. 

Solabiol Rose Bug Killer contains natural fatty acids.

Solabioal BUXatrap® contains pheromones.

BUXatrap® is a registered trademark of Koppert, France.

Baby Bio® is a registered trademark of SBM Life Science. 

With a vast selection of new and own-design products, La Hacienda’s stand commanded the attention of everyone visiting on Day 1 of Glee, with early indications pointing to this being their busiest ever Glee show. This reflects their place as global leaders and experts in the outdoor heating sector and increasing awareness of their originality in garden décor.

 “We’ve been delighted with the positive outcome we have had yet again from exhibiting at Glee,” commented Simon Goodwin, Global Merchandise Manager. “Our new ranges have been very well received and it is a great pleasure to have the opportunity to not only speak to our existing customers, but also meet potential new customers for the 2018 season and beyond.”

Products hot on the La Hacienda stand this year include their brand-new range of stylish, terrazzo-effect firepits that are durable, lightweight and require no assembly.

Gorgeous and contemporary, these firepits are available in a variety of striking colours and surrounds. They create an incredible ambience after dark and come complete with a grill – perfect for barbecue-style tasty treats.

Also new for 2018, La Hacienda add the stylish new ‘Matrix’ steel chimenea to their already impressive collection. These contemporary and cool steel chimeneas are designed to look at home in any garden, thanks to its minimalistic design. Designed in-house by La Hacienda, the Matrix is available in medium, large and extra-large and comes finished in black high temperature paint with a stainless-steel flue band.

An ever-increasing range of popular garden décor, La Hacienda’s selection is vast and varied and features all of your favourite models, along with some brand new and enticing designs. New decorative Armillaries and Weathervanes will bring a touch of heritage and intrigue, while their popular metal birds and outdoor lanterns have been in hot demand since being featured on ITV’s Love Your Garden.

Bringing new and innovative products to market year on year, La Hacienda really are the one-stop shop providing everything you need to make your sales sizzle in 2018.

Come and discuss your preferences and needs with La Hacienda’s expert sales team on Stand 17U20-V21. Their team is committed to helping you develop your business and will be delighted to talk you through the benefits of their new range.

To find out more about La Hacienda, please visit the website, or email 

Deco-Pak has recently ended a trading partnership with a major discount retailer. The decision behind this has been driven by Deco-Pak’s desire to create a strategy for the year ahead that is better reflective of its working ethos, and will see the market-leaders focus its attention on its traditional and independent garden centre customers.

The company’s commitment to driving sales and business profitability amongst its garden centre cutomers can be seen in the evolution of its Retail Theatre concept – just one of the ways in which the family run decorative aggregates specialist is looking to achieve its goal.

Feedback and sales figures shared with Deco-Pak by garden centre retail partners has provided the impetus for further developments throughout its core landscaping offering.  Ranges including Heritage Stone Co., Eastern Stone Co. and the Chelsea Garden range, all demonstrate the next stage of the decorative aggregate specialist’s Retail Theatre evolution.

Garden Vignettes

Continuing to push the boundaries of what is normally expected from landscaping staples such as gravel, bark, pebbles and compost.  Deco-Pak’s garden vignettes, available to all retail partners, creates a unique optical illusion of a garden path leading up to a door.  There’s space for potted plants and even hanging baskets, as well as other outdoor products all cross merchandised to match individual retailers’ varied offerings.  Products available on garden vignette stands include the Chelsea Garden Range which now includes top soil, bark and John Innes multipurpose compost.

Weed ‘em and Reap!

Weed control fabric can take up valuable floor space, and is often hard for the customer to locate when browing outdoor sales areas.  Deco-Pak’s unique decoratie aggreagates displays solves this issue with a dispenser that is situated in-between pallets.  This aims to create easier add on sales and cross-selling opportunities, increasing sales across the category.  The weed control dispensers are also accompanied by gravel sample trays over the relevant product to more effectively engage browsing customers who can sample the texture and colour of individual products.

Flexible displays

Flexible garden and water feature displays come ready to plug and play – and can take up as little room as a single pallet space.  Deco-Pak’s new display can be easily moved, formatted and height adjusted to create the ultimate water feature display.  The flexible solution is completed with the ability to create a 360 degree visible display - or a three-way display by easily adding or removing back boards.

Mini sample bags

Mini sample bags are now available to display in any adjacent space next to palletised product, with these sample bags offering the ideal merchandising solution to save cannibalising stocked bags and allow customers to see and feel the product before purchasing.

Deco-Pak Director Rod Slater said: “In my previous life managing garden centres, I was always passionate about creating great looking sales areas inside and out, whilst also making sure retail space is as profitable as possible. By evolving the Deco-Pak Retail Theatre concept to include Garden Vignettes, sample bags and other creative merchandising solutions, we are continuing that theme and naturally seeing our market share increase as a result.”

Find out more

Visit www.deco-pak.co.uk,connect via twitter @deco_pak, or call the customer service team to find your nearest stockist on 01422 204394.

For more than 50 years Elho has been doing just that. At Glee this year, Elho launches its new purpose - Give Room to Nature – and demonstrates how it is supported by the latest innovations in grow your own, outdoor, indoor and designer pots and planters.

Fresh from launch at spoga+gafa last week, Elho asks retailers to join them and inspire current and future shoppers to connect with nature in their homes. It’s about finding the right style and the right combination of plant and pot. To support retailers Elho guides consumers with the best information, inspiration and in-store navigation.

At Glee Elho launches its 3 drivers to demonstrate how they build partnerships with retailers.

Innovation

Elho has been the leading innovator in the pottery market for 53 years:

• An enormous variety of products at the forefront of colour, design and technology trends.
• Full control of the total supply chain from design, to production and logistics. This leads to shorter delivery times – year after year.
• Instore solutions for every retailer, with ongoing shopper/sale analysis to drive improvement.

Support

Elho provides retailers with the best support to drive shopper satisfaction:

• A high standard and quality of service from a reliable partner with guaranteed stock availability.
• The best shopper experience, with outstanding on and off line support and local merchandising teams.
• Superior market knowledge and invaluable consumer and shopper insights.

Meaningful

Elho feels the responsibility to bring nature into people’s daily lives in a meaningful way with products that are:

• long lasting, all weather and premium quality indoor and outdoor.
• sustainable, produced by 100% wind energy and totally recyclable.
• impactful, bringing nature into people’s homes more than 30 million times every year.

Elho’s new identity also brings new and improved packaging. Shoppers will easily find inspiration, supporting information about product benefits, and meaningful objectives around sustainability. Packaging provides a consistent and unique overview of the benefits of Elho pots and planters to inform, inspire, and help customers take care of their plants. Which in turn overcomes the barriers that research shows prevent people from buying plants. Including guilt (40% of indoor plants die in less than three years) and finding products that work well with their interior design choices.

All this is combined with Elho’s sophisticated instore marketing techniques that ensure customers are seduced with eye catching displays, inspirational lifestyle imagery and planted up pots. Elho is your future proof and inspiring business partner, making your offer relevant for consumers today and tomorrow.

Contact

David Nicholson.

T: 07910 212155

E: david.nicholson@elho.nl

www.elho.com

www.facebook.com/elho

Neudorff has launched a brand new addition to its best selling slug and snail killer range Sluggo^®, which offers double the strength and double the coverage of the original, whilst protecting hedgehogs, birds and beneficial insects...

New Sluggo Ultra contains 2% iron-III-phosphate, a compound that also occurs naturally in the environment, and double the amount used in the bestselling Sluggo Slug & Snail Killer.

Its powerful micro pellets are half the size of conventional treatments, making them much easier for the juvenile pests to eat whilst being twice as effective. With the same amount of product, Sluggo Slug & Snail Killer Ultra has twice the coverage of Sluggo Slug & Snail Killer.   

Once consumed slugs and snails stop eating and damaging plants quickly. They die in their burrows hidden from view, leaving no excessive slime trails or visible dead slugs, unlike metaldehyde-based formulas, which kill the pests through dehydration.

The pellets are extremely rain resistant and any uneaten pellets will biodegrade and convert into the plant nutrients iron and phosphate. The natural composition of the formula means no harmful substances will remain in the soil.

Neudorff’s Sluggo range combines market-leading efficacy with unparalleled people, pet and environmental protection. Eating the pests that have fed on Sluggo will not harm animals such as hedgehogs and wild birds, which eat large amounts of slugs and snails.

All Sluggo products are approved for organic use by the Organic Farmers & Growers Association.

Use plant protection products safely. Always read the label and product information before use.

For more information visit www.neudorff.co.uk / www.neudorff-trade.co.uk or call 0121 767 1821.

In record time Cadix UK business partner, Capi Europe has built a new factory in Tilburg, Holland.

The ultra-modern new factory will triple the production and allows Capi Europe to meet the explosive demands for the Made in Holland collection of planters, with 34,000 sqm of warehouse, 18 Docking Bays & 12 robots producing planters 24/7.

From 1^st January 2018, Cadix UK will distribute all UK orders from Capi Europe’s brand-new headquarters. With the warehouse and factory fully operational by the end of this year, the logistics operation can ensure a smooth delivery for the 2018 season.

Hall 20 Stand 20L30-M31. 

Last December, 10 year old Aidan Parmar visited the Briers headquarters in Somerset to create his competition winning glove design.  At Glee 2017, retailers will get the chance to further the Leicestershire boy’s dream, by stocking the product alongside other brand new kids garden products being launched.

The fun new glove design features cartoon gnomes and an imaginative pattern handdrawn by Aidan himself.  The £2.99 RRP glove will join five others in the range and help to raise funds for the children’s hospice garden charity, Greenfingers.

Nilesh Parmar, Aidan’s father, said: “At first I was a bit worried we would not find a solution to help my son after his prize did not come through from another glove and footwear brand.  So when I saw Aidan sit down with the team from Briers I felt proud but also relieved that we could finally come to a happy conclusion!”

Briers Kids range remains the largest fully compliant range in the UK, and is set to grow further with new additions such as the Briers Kids Table, Chairs and Parasol Set (RRP £34.99). 

Keeping in line with the rest of the range’s bright orange, green and blue colour scheme, this product features steel frames and tough double-stitched fabric.  It’s suitable for outdoor use whatever the weather - although it can be folded away easily when it rains! 

The set comes with two Briers Camping Chairs (RRP £7.99) which are also available separately, ideal for using in the garden or on the campsite.  Allowing babies and toddlers to join elder siblings, the Briers Kids Picnic Blanket (RRP £11.99), 118 x 100cm, is made from super-soft fleece, is machine washable and rolls up with a Velcro flap and handle for easy transportation.

To add to the party, why not throw in some of Briers Kids Windmills (available in large RRP £5.99 and small RRP £3.99), fun for young children taking their first steps outside.These can also be placed around the garden as decoration at children’s parties, together with Briers Kids Farmyard Character Bunting, Windsocks and Windspinners.

And when playtime’s over, there’s the Kids Boot Bag (RRP £7.99) which offers a practical solution to messy boots in the car or home and teaches kids to take care of their possesions.  The Velcro secured flap features a joined double zip for easier access. Ideal for storing Briers Kids Bright Boots or Kids Bright Clogs.

All products available from Briers trusted garden and home stockists or available online at https://www.briersltd.co.uk/collections/kids

Award winning POS

Briers attend Glee after having won Best Point of Sale and The Gardenex Export Achievement at the 2017 GIMA Awards.  The award for Best Point of Sale was specifically for the kids range merchandisers, which retail experts praised for being able to deliver in a compact footprint, and robust enough to withstand the retail environment. The display concept offers retailers flexibility to choose their ranges, and to cater for their customers with different product mixes.  The Export Achievement award was given in recognition of Briers doubling export sales in 2016/2017 compared to that of the year before, partly due to the universal appeal of the kids ranges.

We all know that Garden Centres are growing in their popularity and as the target market widens, so does the range of products on offer. Products ranging from garden games and outdoor furniture to horticultural delights and outdoor fixtures and fittings are now showcased throughout these fantastic stores.

As more families choose the Garden Centre for a weekend day out it offers a great opportunity to combine the experience with a convenient shopping encounter. With easy parking and a leisurely approach to large item shopping, Garden Centres present an ideal location to purchase pet produce.

At GA we present an opportunity to create your own label pet food. With no minimum order quantity all we ask from you is a desire to succeed and an ability to sell the fantastic product!

At GA Pet Food Partners we are genuinely enthusiastic about giving people the opportunity to have their own label pet food within 7 days. With over 20 years experience in the pet food industry we pride ourselves upon three core values of Integrity, Innovation and Quality.

Our research suggest that own label brands are becoming increasingly successful and very appealing to the modern day customer who is tired of large multinational and global brands. With your established loyal customer base this presents a fantastic opportunity to further enhance that special relationship.

For more details and a no obligation conversation please call: 01257 633148 or email NewBusiness@ga-petfoodpartners.co.uk

If you are interested in this exciting venture please feel free to either call or visit us at our stand and receive a FREE product sample: 17P61

The clotted cream and mushroom colours have proved a winner with existing customers and prospects to date.  Managing director of Creative Products, Mark Hall describes the new look as “a classic feel with a fresh contemporary twist.”

New products include Tool Hanger,  a clever range of storage innovations aimed at providing more space even within an existing footprint.  Other popular new products include the Chef’s Basket, a multi-functionflexible basket that lets you drain, cook, boil or deep fry foods with ease.  Made from tough stainless steel, it has a fold flat, easy store, compact design.  



Easy Salad provides afast, simple, mess free way to prepare salad.  Combining salad bowl and strainer with built in cutting board and integral knife guide slots, this product pulls together all the steps in salad preparation in one clever product. 

Heritage Ceramic Frying Pans in a range of on trend colours feature a PTFE (Teflon) free non-stick ceramic cooking surface and forged alloy base for better heat distribution.  Ideal for use on all halogen, electric, gas and ceramic hobs and most induction hobs, the stainless-steel handle means that the pan can also be used in the oven. 

Creative Products is also showing its stunning Mermaid cushions range as well as seasonal top-sellers such as Star Magic Christmas laser lights, the original in 2016’s outdoor Christmas decorations sales phenomenon.

Managing director of Creative Products, Mark Hall commented, “We are known for product innovation and trend-setting and we are really able to demonstrate this at Glee.  Combine all that with our ‘no risk’ sale or return approach to retail and you can see why so many buyers seek us out every year.

The Creative Products offer is ideal for garden centres, gift and cookshop sales.  Its products are all innovative and inspirational and presented to consumers in an explanatory and experiential manner in fully serviced merchandising systems, inclusive of instore TV promotion.

It was a total success for Zest 4 Leisure with the launch of their new range of garden products for the 2018 season.

Visitors to the Zest stand at GLEE were delighted with the new range of garden products launched at the prestigious show.

Steve Morgan, Zest 4 Leisure’s Managing Director thanked customers for visiting the stand and for their enthusiastic reviews of products for the current season and their positive reaction to the new range.

“Customer satisfaction and product design are at the heart of everything we do.  We listen to our customers, and for 2018 we have taken some of our bestselling ranges and introduced new products, such as the Meridian Pergola Seat, as well as creating completely new products,” Mr Morgan said.

“Zest 4 Leisure has a hard-working, forward looking team with a flair for design.  We’d like to thank everyone who visited the stand and for their positive feedback.”

Building on its existing winning range, Zest presented a delightful showcase of innovative new products including a stunning diamond trellis arch, a new pergola seat, al fresco dining sets, planters, grow your own and more.

Zest’s new products for 2018 include:

• The Denver Arbour Swing with new Perspex and timber panels
• The Emily Corner Bench with matching Coffee Table/Bench, part of the Emily range and sold separately
• The Madison Picnic Table, matching Access Picnic Table and the Madison Square Table & 4 Chair Set
• The Bahama Large Round Table & 4 Stool Set
• The Sophie Bench
• A Stepped Herb Planter and a Vertical Herb Stand
• A Large Log Store with slatted back

Zest has recently announced the purchase of new warehouse and distribution centre in Saltney, Flintshire, which will allow for the planned future expansion and strategic development of the family owned company.

Bringing with it further opportunities for product development, Mr Morgan is expecting the expansion to have a positive impact on product innovation.

“I am very proud of what we have been able to achieve and the new purpose designed warehousing and distribution centre is such an exciting opportunity for us as a company,” he said.

“It will mean that we can broaden our offering and supply garden centres, e commerce retailers and major purchasing groups in line with our strategic development plans.”

Zest has also recently announced its collaboration with Cardiff Metropolitan University in creating the new graduate product development role, to focus on innovation and new product ranges.

Mr Morgan said that Zest 4 Leisure strives to bring innovation to the core of every product and this has really been proven in 2018’s new range.

“Working alongside Cardiff Metropolitan University, it will enable us to monitor and develop future trends and initiatives and we expect our innovation offering to go from strength to strength and our 2019 products to be even more cutting-edge and on-trend,” Mr Morgan added.

The award-winning Zest 4 Leisure is known for the reassuring quality of their timber garden products.  Manufactured from pressure treated timber, all of Zest’s garden furniture will stand the test of time with a 10-year guarantee against rot. The timber used is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and has been harvested from responsibly managed forests.

Zest’s new products launched at Glee at stand 2OS32-T33 include: 

The Meridian Pergola Seat

The Denver Arbour Swing with new Perspex and timber panels

The Emily Corner Bench with matching Coffee Table/Bench, part of the Emily range and sold separately

The Bahama Large Round Table & 4 Stool Set

Zest is looking forward to welcoming its customers and showcasing what’s on offer to those visiting the prestigious trade show.

“The team and I would love to see you, so come along to our stand and let us show you what we do.".

From matching outdoor furniture comprising of a variety of seating options and side tables to arbours to picnic tables, BBQ shelters and swings, Zest has a wide range of outdoor products that will be in pride of place in gardens across the UK next summer.

GIMA double award-winning Zest 4 Leisure is known for the reassuring quality of its timber garden products. Manufactured from pressure treated timber all of Zest’s garden furniture will stand the test of time with a 10-year guarantee against rot. The timber used is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council and has been harvested from responsibly managed forests.

Taylors grow thousands of tonnes of ware potatoes on their Lincolnshire farm and invested in packing and storing facilities in 2015 for seed potatoes with a brand new bespoke production line and 1400 tonne cold store. 

“That investment appears to have been recognised by the market with the reliability and quality of the product we have been supplying and we have ample capacity in the facilities” says Taylor.

Taylors Bulbs spring 2018 Seed Potato range comprises over 80 varieties and as well as their bestselling and industry leading Taster Pack range with seed in smaller quantities.  54 varieties are offered in 2kg CarriPack and 25kg’s for loose sale.  December deliveries are available and can be programmed thereafter to customer forecasts, and for arrival with deliveries of summer bulbs, onion sets, shallots, etc.  Stock is held in cold store and programmed deliveries can be called for earlier if required.

Taylors’ top-up service offers delivery the same week if ordering by midday Monday, and with a minimum carriage paid order value of only £100 (in combination with all Taylors products including flower bulbs, etc.).

Adam Taylor, Director, reported earlier in the week that Autumn bulb sales have started well. “We are hearing some really positive news from retailers visiting GLEE that their bulb sales have started very well.  Traditionally, we are the earliest to make deliveries to UK garden retailers and this early delivery of stock appears to have got our customers off to a good start.”

Promotions on Giant bulbs and other bulb gift products in the Taylors extensive range are on display, along with Pumpkins from the fields of Lincolnshire for Halloween sales or displays.

Taylors Bulbs can be found in Hall 19, Stand G02.

www.taylors-bulbs.com

Throughout Glee 2017 the team from GTN will be covering all the latest developments for Glee Daily News.

The Glee Daily News is sent by e-mail free to all visitors of Glee.  Advertising and promtion opportunities are available.  To book your activity into The Glee Daily News, please email Mandy Davies mandy.davies@tgcmc.co.uk, Ben Greenwood ben.greenwood@tgcmc.co.uk or Alan Burdon alan.burdon@tgcmc.co.uk

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If you're feeling in a nostalgic mood, here are links to past issues of Glee Daily News:

Glee Daily News Issue 4 2017 - Monday Live

Glee Daily News Issue 3 2017 - Build-up Live

Glee Daily News Issue 2 2017 - Main Preview

Glee Daily News Issue 1 2017

Glee Daily News Omnibus Issue 2016

Glee Daily News Omnibus Issue 2015

Glee Daily News Omnibus Issue 2014

Glee Daily News Omnibus Issue 2013

Glee Daily News Omnibus Issue 2012

Adam Taylor from Taylors Bulbs was elected as President of the HTA at the Association’s AGM which took place today, September 12th, at Glee.

Adam takes on the role from Adam Wigglesworth of Aylett Nurseries who has completed his two-year term of office to become the Immediate Past President. In other appointments Sandy Shepherd from Ball Colegrave was re-elected to the Board and Simon Fraser from Ben Reid and Co was elected as a new Board member. Stan Green from Growforth Ltd stood down from the Board, after serving since 2007.

Adam Wigglesworth took the opportunity to say what an honour it had been to serve HTA members and thanked the Board, Council, HTA staff and fellow Directors at Aylett Nurseries, for their support during his presidency.

Members from across the sector attending the AGM received the finance reports and annual review and re-appointed BDO as auditors. Dougal Philip provided an update from the HTA Benevolent Fund and encouraged all to help raise awareness of this resource which is available to HTA members and their staff.

HTA subscription rates are not increasing in 2018 in the light of other challenges for the industry such as uncertainty around Brexit, exchange rates and increasing prices.

The minutes of the AGM will be available to members on the HTA website in the near future.

Glee was under the spotlight on the first day of the show on BBC’s Breakfast programme. Fronted by presenter Steph McGovern, leading garden industry figures were interviewed during a live broadcast from the halls.

Regular updates from Steph featured throughout the three-hour show, with talking points that included the latest gardening trends and insights, new product launches and debate on how to engage with the younger gardener.

Duncan McLean, buyer at Wyevale Garden Centres, was interviewed by Steph on the garden retail market, whilst Sheila Hill, UK general manager of Scotts Miracle-Gro also did a piece to camera discussing the latest trends.

Romeo Summers gave viewers a tour of the new Retail Lab @ Glee and its interactive hubs focusing on Family, Community, Re-Wilding and Well-being and how the public can be inspired by gardening with the latest products. George Williams of SmartPlant also gave a demonstration of the SmartPlant app, innovative technology that enables the consumer to identify plants and receive advice and how to care for them.

The coverage also included Matthew Appleby of Horticulture Week, who was interviewed from the industry viewpoint.

Trevor Pfeiffer, director of GTN, was interviewed twice about Glee New Products. He was spotted on TV by son Robert and grandson Arthur (aged nine months) - see picture below.

Next year, Glee will be relocating to NEC Halls 6,7,8, 19-20, providing the show with a much bigger footprint, and an even larger and more exciting exhibition.  

 Exhibitors will be able to relocate, whilst visitors will be walking an updated floorplan; discovering new products and companies at every turn. 

The overall effect will be a refreshed, revitalised event, as Matthew Mein, Glee Event Director explains:  “Glee has been growing at a significant rate – for example we had over 200 new brands join us at the 2017 event - and that means we’ve outgrown our current home.

"Glee has successfully relocated before, and we hope that this next move will be received with the same level of industry support. Not only will the exhibition be able to better accommodate more exhibitors and visitors, but its refreshed layout will breathe new life into the show.

"This move is inspired by the way that retailers keep their store interesting for customers by constantly revising the layout. This way customers discover more, and ultimately spend more – something we know our exhibitors and visitors want to replicate during their time at Glee.”

Building more content to help support the continuous growth of gardening in the UK will be a key theme of the 2018 event. Garden retailing is continuing to buck the trend that other retailers have fallen foul of, with growth for both garden retailers and suppliers continuing to grab the headlines.

At Glee 2018 look out for more features, seminar sessions and year-round information relating to trends, merchandising and practical advice on ways to build better business, whilst also tackling the most burning issue – how to attract millennials into the garden centre.

The Retail Lab, launched to critical acclaim in 2017, will be returning to the heart of the exhibition, showcasing even more inspirational trend information, interactive content and retail best practice. Get set to see even more leading brands and industry experts putting their weight behind this must-see part of Glee.

With a larger central boulevard, Glee 2018 will be an impressive sight, with even more space for its ever-popular show features including the New Product Showcase, Innovators Zone and GIMA Business Village. The show’s dedicated pet section – including the PetQuip Business Village - will also be given additional room to expand, helping even more pet product suppliers to get their ranges seen by core garden centre pet buyers. All of this will be supported by Glee’s refreshed and contemporary branding that was launched to the market in early 2017.

A proven vehicle for celebrating grass roots development and true innovation, the GIMA Innovators’ Seed Corn Fund (GISCF) has already contributed to helping three brands crack the garden retail market both here and across the globe. This year, another company is set to benefit from the GISCF excellent prize package. Introducing the 2017 winners – bio-bean. 

A clean technology company, bio-bean has industrialised the process of recycling spent coffee grounds into advanced biofuels and biochemicals. It was the company’s Coffee Logs that captured the attention of the judges thanks to its simplicity and environmentally friendly nature.

Beating off stiff competition, bio-bean – as GISCF winners - will receive support up to the value of £6,000 to help with development and marketing costs associated with entering the UK garden retail market, including a year’s full GIMA membership, and a wide range of business support tools.

Coffee Logs are quite simply, a fuel for stoves, wood burners and chimeneas. The difference comes from the fact that the logs are each made from 25 cups of spent coffee grounds. These compressed coffee grounds produce more heat and burn longer than wood, making them not just cost efficient but help to lower emissions and reduce waste.

GIMA Director, Vicky Nuttall said: “We’re incredibly pleased to confirm that bio-bean is the 2017 winner of the GIMA Innovators’ Seed Corn Fund.  The company, its processes and resulting product are not just innovative, but they are also changing the way we think about traditional heating methods, and how recycling of an everyday bi-product can reduce waste and lower our environmental impact. bio-bean are certainly opening a wide conversation about waste and how it can be reinvented. We’re so pleased to be helping them reach a wider audience.”

In addition to choosing a winner, the panel also selected two highly commended companies.  Those just missing out on the highly coveted title were:

• Screen with Envy - Made from an advanced mix of wood and composite, these UK designed modular garden screens and trellises are unique in the market. Offered in a variety of sizes, colours and stunning designs, the products look like wood, and can be cut to size like wood. However, due to the composite mix of the material, they won’t warp, rot, mould or age. They are UV treated and fully waterproof.
• SmartPlant™ - SmartPlant is the app for people with plants. The app provides plant and pest identification, monthly plant care advice and the ability to chat with over 100 regional plant experts. With hundreds of thousands of downloads and an instore presence in over 110 plant retail locations in both the UK and USA, SmartPlant is focussed on making sure everyone can grow beautiful, healthy plants. SmartPlant’s latest innovation, SmartPlant barcode scanning technology, allows people to scan the barcode of their new plants and automatically receive monthly care advice.

As the winner, bio-bean is now set to receive funding and help with the development and marketing of their product, together with support from experts within the industry.

To find out more about the GIMA Innovators’ Seed Corn Fund please join GIMA on-stand at Glee 2017, Hall 20, stand P44-Q55.

Visit bio-bean at Glee, NEC Birmingham (Hall 20 Stand A31) 11th – 13th September 2017.

To help gardeners choose the right product and ensure garden centres promote the right product for a specific gardening problem, Vitax has invested in new point of sale material to help making the right choice easier.

From wire trugs and branded boxes through to clear signage and guides, Vitax will be providing garden centres with additional sales material to make it easier for visitors.

This is the first time Vitax has provided both indoor and outdoor promotional material to customers, but follows many years of developing new packaging and products in conjunction with customer feedback.

During 2018, Vitax will also be rolling out a range of helpful ‘How to’ guides and product information, as well as promoting the new www.gardenworld.co.uk website which contains all the information a gardener needs to make an informed product selection.

The new gardening website has recently added a new FAQ page as well as a ‘Contact Us’ page with various options – all developed to enhance the user experience.

To find out more visit Vitax at the front of Hall 19, stand E10 – F11.

This year Durston Garden Products is returning to Glee with a specific message to Retailers and that is to BUY BRITISH.

“With Brexit negotiations now well under way, we need to consider the way we do business in the UK going forward” says NEW, National Sales and Marketing Manager, Dan Durston.

Dan, a sixth generation of Durston says, “I am really looking forward to meeting and greeting both old and new customers alike in my new role at GLEE this year and persuading them that BUYING BRITISH is the right way to go. Shopping closer to home makes so much more sense and is not always as expensive as we’ve been led to believe. In fact here at Durstons we not only supply an extensive range of growing media products, which offer exceptional value-for-money, but we are confident that we can beat any price out there, and what’s more, we can deliver those products in just five days from  receipt of order! Now that’s got to be a good thing”.

Family owned for over 150 years, Durston Garden Products has been supplying composts and other growing media related products from its base in Somerset for 3 generations, so knows a thing or two about ‘what’s hot and what’s not’ when it comes to compost. It’s most popular brands include Manor Farm and its premium Multi-Purpose compost, but the entire range comprise a seed & cutting compost, tub and basket, an ericaceous compost, decorative bark, a John Innes range and much more.

 “As a family run business we can, and regularly do go that extra mile to accommodate last minute, one-off, urgent or tricky deliveries where retailers have been let down by their regular supplier” continues Dan. “It’s at times like this, when retailers are still feeling a trepid nervous about what’s to come following Brexit and are considering switching supplier, that we can hopefully persuade them that not only can we fix their short term supply problems, but that we can do so much more for them going forward.”

Some of the major benefits of stocking Durstons Garden Products include:

• Extensive range
• Home produced compost
• Excellent quality
• Added nutrient Gro-Boost technology
• Bagged in state-of-the-art packaging facility in Somerset
• Loaded onto Durston Lorry
• Delivered anywhere in England and Wales within 5 days

     from receipt of order

• Extremely price competitive

Durston Garden Products sales have grown significantly in recent years due in part to its investment in new plant and machinery. Combine this with the company’s recent investment also into a strategic BUY BRITISH marketing campaign and already you can see you have a company that is determined to make its mark going forward, not only as a true BRITISH supplier, but also as an all-round contender in the growing media arena.

For further information contact:

Durston Garden Products Ltd

Avalon Farm, Sharpham,

Street, Somerset, BA16 9SE

Tel: 01458 442688 Fax: 01458 448327

Email: info@durstongardenproducts.co.uk

Designed to create impact, interest and information, the new units are purpose built for each product group ensuring maximum attention and space efficiency.

Kent & Stowe gave the garden tools market dramatic boost in 2017 with the introduction of their ‘right tool for the right job’ campaign, supported by specific POS. This successful approach is being extended for 2018 with the introduction of ‘Potting & Planting’, ‘Topiary Essentials’, ‘Kid’s Range’, ‘Love your Lawn’ and ’Cutting Solutions’.

The extended Flopro range including the new solar efficient Eco Smart Watering is presented in evocative and informative display modules.

Plantpak has a host of new products for the coming season which includes two brand new terrariums which are available now to take advantage of the Christmas gift market. The terrarium display unit in pristine white with colour graphics is a real head-turner.

The new material will be revealed at Glee on the Crest Garden Stand No 19G21.

Reflecting Glee’s ongoing growth, the show’s Green Heart is set to welcome its largest ever number of exhibitors including a wealth of returning and new names. Additionally, it will be celebrating the introduction of its first-ever Flemish Pavilion, plus providing a launchpad for some exciting new product innovations that are unlike any plant varieties seen before.

Big name brands such as Wyevale Nurseries, Gardeners Kitchen, Chessum Plants, Golden Grove Nurseries, Anglo Aquatic Plants, , Channel Island Plants, Craigmarloch Nurseries, Darby Nursery Stock, H.S.Hommers, Hawkesmill, Javado, Kilworth Conifers, , Lovania Nurseries Ltd, Morleys Nurseries Ltd, New Leaf Plants, Van Poecke and Viking Nurseries Ltd, will also be joined by Hillier Nurseries and Farplants to create the strongest display of new plant varieties and inspiration for plant buyers and retailers looking to develop their plant offering in the coming season.

Glee will also be welcoming its very first Flemish Pavilion, as VLAM - the Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board - has confirmed its attendance.  The Flemish Pavilion (Hall 20, stand H30) will be home to a host of seven top growers under the VLAM banner, all ready to showcase their industry leading horticultural products.

Many of the Flemish brands will also join Glee’s Green Heart, to demonstrate merchandising best practice, and showcase exciting new plant varieties within indoor plants, cut flowers and different types of young plants. Exciting new additions will include the Helleborus VIV Collection, and 110cm Chrysanthemums. One VLAM exhibitor will also showcase Pineberry (produces white strawberries that taste like pineapple), Framberry (produces strawberries that taste like raspberry) and Bubbleberry (produces pink strawberries that taste and smell like bubble gum).

Plants will also be celebrated through the Greatest Awards Best Plant Retailing Team, which will be announced on Tuesday 12th September. Part of Garden Trade News’ “Greatest Awards”, this award – presented for the first time at Glee – will celebrate those plant retailing teams that have gone above and beyond in 2017. 

Matthew Mein, Glee Event Director said: “The Green Heart is a really important part of Glee, and is designed to put plants right at the centre of the show, but more than this we want to arm retailers and growers with a platform to communicate – whether in regard to what’s new or how to better drive sales in-store. It’s set to be a great showcase of UK and international growers, so I urge plant buyers and garden retailers to make this their first port of call at Glee 2017.”

Find out more

Glee is the UK’s leading garden retail show, focussing on building year-round profits within core product categories including Garden Care, Outdoor Entertaining, Landscaping and Garden Design, Pet, Home, Gift and Clothing, and Plants. Each year the show attracts thousands of buyers from top retailers, such as leading UK garden centres, builders’ merchants, multiple retailers, and DIY stores. To keep up-to-date on all the latest news log onto www.gleebirmingham.com or call 020 3033 2160 to find out about exhibiting.

Farplants reveal plans for Glee 2017

Farplants will be showcasing its 2017 Christmas range at Glee’s Green Heart. As well as its festive best-sellers, the company will have new themes and formats inspired by this years’ trends.

Andy Harding, Added Value Manager at Farplants, said: “We are delighted to be a part of Glee and give buyers the opportunity to see first-hand the new styles and quality on offer in our festive range. Stop by our stand to see how the beautiful planted collection will create impact in store and inspire customers. Our new themes perfectly embody this years’ trends, from sparkle lights and stunning zinc to a touch of rustic charm, the new materials and styling will ensure all Christmas shoppers are spoilt for choice.”

As well an extended range of wreaths, the Farplants stand will feature containers that are not only perfect for festive arrangements in the home but could be reused in the New Year, encouraging replacement plant purchases come the spring.

10 reasons why plant buyers should visit the Glee Green Heart

1)     Optimise profit potential of seasonal plants - with seasonal plants being more topical than ever, the Green Heart represents an opportunity to buy high impact lines for immediate delivery and sales through tills.

2)     Get inspired –the Green Heart has a wealth of content to inspire plant buyers and retailers alike. From new varieties to exciting merchandising ideas, this thriving part of Glee is a must for garden retailers who want to step up their game when it comes to plant retailing.

3)     Network & learn - learn about the latest trends in plant sales and access the newest varieties and new-for-2018 addition whilst networking with industry colleagues in one convenient location.

4)     View complementary products – whilst at Glee don’t forget to visit the wider show, using the time to catch up with compost, fertiliser and chemical suppliers to ensure you are up-to-date with the ever-changing ranges and supporting legislation surrounding these core sellers.

5)     Linked sales and cross merchandising inspiration – Exhibitors within the Green Heart will demonstrate how to link sales and create successful cross merchandising opportunities that can be quickly and easily implemented instore.

6)     Show-only deals - benefit from buying ‘show only’ deals, gaining extra margin and impulse sales potential for your store.

7)     Brainstorm – use your time to share your ideas with growers, helping both parties to sell more plants to boost overall sales and profits.

8)     Look ahead to 2018 - meet with both UK and international growers to find out more about their plans for the 2018 season.

9)     70+ plant suppliers – this year over 70 plant suppliers, growers and breeders will be showcasing their 2018 ranges and recent introductions within the Green Heart.

10)  Follow-up on NPS conversations - finalise details with new contacts initiated at the National Plant Show.

This year Glee will be home to its strongest pet contingent for many years. From the PetQuip Business Village that has doubled in size, to the wealth of UK and international exhibitors and the newly introduced Buyer Connect event, pet buyers and garden retailers will be spoilt for choice. 

With a recent report suggesting that 70% of UK garden centres now feature a dedicated pet care section, it is clear that the UK’s love for their pets shows no sign of slowing.  In fact, total spending on pet care in the UK reached a record high of around £5.08bn last year as the role of the ‘pet’ continues to evolve into something beyond a secondary addition to the family, to an integral part of the family unit.

Garden centres are well positioned to take full advantage of this market potential - there has never been a more exciting time for pet product suppliers to greatly expand their stockists and market visibility.  

This year Glee will provide the widest range of profit-boosting products, advice and ideas that businesses need to stay ahead and capitalise on this ever-expanding sector.  Visitors to Glee – including the vastly expanded PetQuip Business Village -  should look out for a host of big name brands and niche suppliers from both the UK and international markets, as well as exclusive show offers and innovative products across the food, accessories, bedding, and fashion sectors.

Matthew Mein, Glee’s Event Director said: “We have invested a lot into our pet offering in 2017 and can assure the market that we have taken great strides in creating something unlike anything we have offered previously. Pet products is a huge part of garden retailing and we wanted this reflected in what we offer to the market. From an exciting collection of exhibitors to business support, pet buyers at Glee will be able to arm themselves with everything they need to build profits throughout the 2018 season and beyond.”

The shop window for pet retail

Pet food, treats and complementary foods, by far the largest segment of the UK pet sector, will be well represented at the show, with extensive ranges from currently confirmed exhibitors such as Burgess Pet Foods, GA Pet Food Partners, Supreme Petfoods Ltd, Carnilove, The Dog Treat Company, TDHGroup (Pet Cuisine), Feelwells, and The Barking Bakery.

Pet accessories also represent a huge area of growth for garden retailers as consumers look for new ways to treat their pets.  From dog leads and harnesses to pet beds and cages, Glee has it all from leading exhibitor such as PetFace, Unipet, Scruffs, Trilanco, Group 55, Aristocrats, Loving Pet Products, PacDog, Pet Rebellion, Pet’s Up Products, PetMaxi and many more.

The PetQuip Business Village at Glee 2017 – bigger than ever before

Introduced in 2015, the PetQuip Business Village is designed to offer pet suppliers wanting to build their presence within garden retailers, a platform to launch and showcase their latest ranges. This year the area has doubled in size, providing more space for suppliers to showcase their pet ranges to garden retailers.

Open to both PetQuip members and non-members, the Business Village will make its home at the heart of Glee, bringing together pet brands with garden retail buyers and key decision makers.  Led by PetQuip - the UK’s leading trade association for suppliers of pet products, accessories and services – the ‘village’ is set to welcome even more pet suppliers in 2017.

Pat Flynn, Trade Association Manager at PetQuip said: “The garden centre market offers great potential growth for pet suppliers.  Garden centres usually have a larger footprint than most High Street independents, which aids effective product displays, and also being able to supply a wider range of products instore.  Customer loyalty and repeat visitors are the cornerstone of garden centre business, and pet ranges – especially pet food – is a proven way of achieving this, offering profitability for both the retailer and the supplier.

Pet Buyers Connect

For the first time Glee 2017 will be introducing a special pet focused Buyers Connect networking event. These special 10-minute speed networking sessions taking place throughout the show within the PetQuip Business Village, will place pet suppliers directly in front of buyers from key garden retailers. These retailers are actively looking for new and innovative pet product suppliers, and for many Buyers Connect will be the place where long-term and profitable relationships are forged.

So much to see

As well as leading brands and specialist pet care suppliers Glee will be home to a wide range of visitor attractions and events that will showcase the best the industry has to offer.

After initial judging of the 321 new products entered first thing the judges selected finalists in each category. Then those finalists had the opportunity to meet the judges, answer questions and make a pitch to be chosen as the winner.

Retail Services and Experiences
Winner: Mud Daddy – Mud Daddu 20A37

Finalists: Masterlock Sales UK Ltd – Select Access Smart Key Lock Box 20U42; SmartPlant App – SmartPlant Software 20A29.

Outdoor Entertaining
Winner: The Fire Pod – The Fire Pod – 17V51
Finalists: Delivita – Delivita Wood Fired Oven – 17Y02;Jagram SA – Genoa Stand with Gaya Basket – 20Q20.

Garden Decoration
Winner: The Solar Centre – Trueflame – 20S44

Finalist: Creative Products Ltd – Star Magic Motion – 18N30-P31; Neat Ideas Ltd – Friendly Froggies – 17R02.

Home, Gift and Clothing
Winner: Gold Leaf – The RHS Collection – 18K01

Finalists: Coffee Logs – Coffee Log – 20A31; Burgon & Ball – Enamelwares “Hang it” Pegboard – 19C26-E27.

Wildlife and Pets
Winner: Wildlife World – Dewdrop Wildbird Window Feeder – 18M50

Finalists: Blumen International Ltd – Blumen Natural Health Pet Seed – 18N10-P11; CarPET Hair Remover – Car PET Hair Remover, Box of 10 – 17P66.

Garden Care - Growing Accessories
Winner: Elho – Green Basics Grow House Flowerbridge – 19G10

Finalists Burgon & Ball – “Dotty” Kneelo Childrens Garden Kneeler – 19C26-E27; Garland – Self Watering Grow Pot Tower, Green -18H10-11.

Garden Care – Chemicals, Fertilisers and Growing Media
Winner:  Neudorff – Nematode range (all three) – 20R20-S21

Finalists: The Scotts Company – Evergreen Premium plus No Rake Moss Remover Lawn Food – 18M20-P21; Westland – Big Tom Tomato Feed and Westland Orchid Water – 19G20-H21.

Plants, seeds and bulbs
Winner: Wyevale Nurseries – Senecio Angel Wings – NB21

Finalists: Hawksmill Nurseries – Salvia Pink Lips – NB18; Taylors Bulbs – Perfect for Pots Bulb Collections – 19G02.

Tools & Machinery
Winner: Burgon & Ball – Wonderweed Puller – 19C26-E27

Winner: Crest Garden – Kent & Stowe Stainless Steel Lawn Aerator 4 Prong – 19G21; Gardena – Gardena Combisystem – 19C30-F31.

Landscaping
Winner: I-glo – I-glo Decking Disc – 20A49

Finalists: Panacea Products – Rosette Fence and Collection – 19F60; Screen with Envy – Mouchrabiya Garden Screen – 20A27.



Best of British
Winner: I-glo – I-glo Decking Disc – 20A49

Best @ Glee
Winner: I-glo – I-glo Decking Disc – 20A49

Consumers' Choice (sponsored by Modern Garden magazine)
Winner: Elho – Green Basics Grow House Flowerbridge – 19G10

As a leading worldwide supplier of Garden Décor, Evergreen Enterprises is quickly becoming known in the UK as an innovative and dynamic vendor, offering a wide variety of quality, on-trend products.

With a customer-centric focus and an agile and creative product team, Evergreen works hard to stay focused on fulfilling their primary mission…

“To enhance life by providing exceptional home and garden décor products known for their quality, beauty, and functionality.”

Within the diverse Evergreen range, there is a product and a price point for everyone. 

In the soon to be released Spring 2018 range, consumers will be “wowed” by such unique products as their new Hydro-Wind Spinners.  These spinners spread water over a wide area while providing a fun “water show”.  Brass fittings will ensure a lasting and efficient effect.

Our Firefly Solar Lanterns are an easy, versatile, portable alternative for those times when a light source is needed.  These eco-friendly lanterns offer four different light settings, are waterproof, and can easily be charged with either solar light, or through their convenient USB connection. 

See these and many more of Evergreen’s  fresh, innovative, quality products by visiting their stand at GLEE 19H57, or by contacting them at:

White Pebble International

Unit 2, Plot 11, Terminus Road

Chichester PO198 TX UK

Tel +44(0)1243 780501

Fax +44(0)1243 839332

info@whitepebbleint.com

Specialist home and garden pest control product supplier STV will exhibit at Glee in Hall 18, stand L50.  Show visitors will be welcomed by STV’s commercial team, with drinks, snacks and a comfortable seat on offer throughout the show for customers wishing to drop by. 

STV is unveiling an impressive range of NPD this year, including premium-priced insect control products under its Zero In Ultra Power brand, and a wide range of avian and nuisance animal deterrents from Defenders. 

Stockists of The Big Cheese rodent control products will also be able to learn full details of the impact of new regulations on rodenticide baits, set to take effect March 1^st. 2018. 

www.stvpestcontrol.com

info@stvpestcontrol.com

01953 881580

Traditional Garden Games will be showcasing 10 new design led and trend inspired products with great price points. Hook a winner with ‘Big Fish, Little Fish’, try to hide your ‘hand’ with ‘XXL Playing Cards’ or together, pull your opponents over the winning line with ‘Tug of War’ – we know our new collection will charm and appeal to customers of all ages.

Along with our 10 new games, Traditional Garden Games is excited to launch the SEMBRA range of premium quality ‘sow & grow’ kits.  With exclusive UK and Ireland distribution rights to this brand, Traditional Garden Games has SEMBRA’s complete collection of kits which will inspire and encourage adults and children to grow their own herbs and vegetables at home. 

From adult ‘Cocktail’ Kits to children’s ‘BIG’ Winter Vegetables and ‘MINI’ Cherry Tomato Kits, SEMBRA strives to bring the world of ‘hobby’ gardening closer to people of all ages in a fun, easy, guided and educational way.

Kevin McKeever, Managing Director for Traditional Garden Games Ltd said: "As an established toys and games brand in the UK, Traditional Garden Games is delighted to be exhibiting for the first time at Glee. 

"Glee and the show’s Retail Lab, will provide our business with the perfect platform to showcase to the garden centre market, our new garden games which are design lead, trend inspired and at great price points, PLUS the NEW Sembra ‘easy sow and grow’ kits.  We are certain both brands will be attractive additions to retailers’ offerings."

Come and meet the Traditional Garden Games team to see our extensive range of garden games and SEMBRA’s collection ‘sow & grow’ kits, on Stand 18L61.  Alternatively, call 028 777 68742 or email sales@traditionalgardengames.co.uk for more details.

In addition to its new RHS endorsed range – featuring Viano Recovery, MO Bacter and Bio-Lime – DJ Turfcare’s 2018 product portfolio offers everything needed to create beautiful lawns, roses and vegetables in the year ahead...

Universal Lawnfeed – comfort food for your lawn

A 100-day feed, the Universal Lawnfeed is ideal for creating healthy lawns. Organically based, the combined quick and slow release elements keep lawns fed throughout the growing season, with visible results within three days. Universal Lawnfeed can also be used as a soil improver, making it more than just a one trick pony!

Ingredients include nitrogen, phosphate and potash + magnesium of 7-5-8 + 3. The magnesium will harden off lawns, providing that rich green colour that is synonymous with luscious lawns.

Created in pellet form, the easy-to-apply feed can be applied with a spreader or by hand (wear gloves!). Contact with neighbouring flowerbeds is non-harmful, instead the plants will also benefit from a boost! Universal Lawnfeed is safe for use around children and pets (though should not be digested). Lawn clippings can also be safely added to the compost heap.

Available in 20kg bags – suitable for treating up to 400m² – RRP £33.99

Best Bloom Rose Food – be the envy of your neighbours

The crowning glory of any flower bed, roses may be naturally beautiful but that doesn’t mean they don’t appreciate a little bit of help along the way. The Best Bloom Rose Food is specially formulated to create the most abundant and eye-catching blooms, with bright colours naturally enhanced. Utilising specially selected and balanced organic nutrients, roses are fed for 100 days with a single application.

Available in 10 kgs bags, RRP £24.99

Organic Plantfood

We all know the benefits of eating organic, and plants are no different. Already well-established across the Channel for more than 10 years, Viano Organic Plantfood has now arrived in the UK through sole distributor DJ Turfcare.

This fertiliser has been specially developed to promote healthier and better-tasting fruit and vegetables. As a long-lasting fertiliser – three to four months – Viano Organic Plantfood produces a wide range of essential elements, with the added bonus of enhancing soil life, improving soil structure and increasing nutrient concentration in the soil.

The easy-to-spread fertiliser crumbs can be incorporated prior to planting or sowing – or used to give fruit and vegetables a boost just when they need the extra nutrition. Harmless to pets, wildlife and children, this fertiliser is used at 100 grams per square metre before planting or sowing, and 50 grams during the maintenance period – with applications necessary only every eight to 10 weeks.

It has the added environmental pedigree of being manufactured entirely using solar energy.

Available in 10 kgs bags, RRP £24.99.

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Manufactured and developed in the UK, Block Blitz Gravel Treatment is a unique biodegradable mineral and plant based barrier detergent which has been designed to clean and protect gravel and decorative aggregates, reducing the need for using weed killing products.

The first product of its kind in the UK. Specifically designed to clean and protect gravel driveways and decorative aggregates.

Block Blitz Gravel Treatment is 100% non-abrasive. Contains no bleach, acids or biocides and is biodegradable.

Block Blitz Gravel Treatment is a powder that is quick and easy for the customer to use. Simply empty one pouch into a 10ltr watering can, apply and walk away. No measuring liquids or pumping garden sprayers are needed.

Everybody can now have great looking gravel all year around with this simple low cost solution.

Also launching at Glee is the Block Blitz Watering Can and applicator Rose, specifically designed and engineered to apply the Block Blitz range of powdered paving treatments.

All the Block Blitz range has been designed and manufactured in the UK.

Visit us at Glee, we can found in Hall 17 Stands R03 and P02.

To find out more about Block Blitz and their successful products, go to www.blockblitz.co.uk or e-mail the general enquiries office on enquiries@blockblitz.co.uk or call to speak to us on 01302 246451.

At Glee, we’ll be showcasing products from the Bord na Móna Growise range, including our Bord na Móna Growise Composted Bark which is new for 2017, our extended growing media and new fertiliser ranges along with our premium Pro 5 range.

Our very own Doctor Compost, Deárbhail Ni Chualain PhD, will be on hand with the rest of the team to provide expert help and advice to new and existing customers regarding growing media and the move towards reduced peat or peat free products. 

We’ll be holding Irish Coffee mornings each day and customers will also be able to try our Human Fertiliser drinks. There will be 3 to choose from: Invigorate, Energise and Recharge, or try them all!

Further details on the products being showcased:

New to 2017 - Bord na Móna Growise Composted Bark is a long-lasting, natural mulch, providing an attractive finish to beds and borders. Being composted, will last longer than other bark products and it will slowly release nutrients into soil, increasing soil fertility. It provides an easy to maintain, decorative surface for paths and recreational areas around the garden, and also helps with moisture retention and weed control. Bord na Móna Growise Composted Bark is available in 50l.

The Bord na Móna Growise Fertiliser range, which includes the Bord na Móna Growise Pro 5, utilises innovative formulations and specialist blends to raise the standard of the UK plant food market and give customers the very best performing product whatever the task at hand.

Bord na Móna Pro 5 All Purpose Compost is the company’s fastest-selling newly launched offering for garden centre retailers. Blind independent trials have shown it to be one of the top performers in its class. The carefully crafted, traditional formula follows the Bord na Móna ethos of manufacturing consistently excellent products, with a blend of high quality Irish peat and sustainable alternative ingredients.

Bord na Móna Growise Pro 5 All Purpose Fertiliser is formulated as an easy-to-use, single-application, complete garden fertiliser. Contains 10 essential plant nutrients as well as seaweed and humic acid which release over the season to support growth, enhance flowering and increase crop yields. It includes all major, secondary and trace nutrients needed for strong, healthy plants.

Bord na Móna Growise will be at stand 18L10-M11. Visit www.thegreenergardener.com  for more information, or follow us on our social channels:

Twitter @GreenerGardener

Facebook.com/TheGreenerGardener

The Heritage Collection is inspired by History. Each planter incorporates a period design feature found at an English Heritage property, such as the Tudor Rose motifs on fireplaces at Dover Castle in Kent and detailing on statues at the gardens in Wrest Park in Bedfordshire.

Initially, models will be available in Terracini and Clayfibre. Whilst both are hardwearing and frost resistant materials, they offer very different looks; Terracini is a harder wearing variety of Terracotta whilst the eco-friendly Clayfibre provides an authentic, faux lead finish. A variety of sizes and shapes will be available, from a 27cm classic box to a tall 80cm square.

New styles and materials will be added throughout 2018 and 2019.  Further design themes are already being considered by the Pot Company in association with English Heritage – and will again be inspired by site specific features.

The range will be formally launched at Glee, the most valuable garden and outdoor living trade show in the UK, in Birmingham this September. The Pot Company team will be on hand at Stand 20K20-L21 to take orders, ready for fulfilment in 2018.

As with the entire Pot Company range, planters can be ordered individually or in nested sets and pallet combinations. Good margins are on offer to the end retailer and increase with volumes purchased. Merchandising solutions are also available, including point of sale marketing material.

About the Pot Company:

The Pot Company have over 30 years’ experience in supplying garden industry professionals.  With over 30 ranges to choose from, The Pot Company give customers the flexibility to order whatever they want and only what they need. Ranges include contemporary, rustic and traditional styles from value lines to high end items. The Pot Company stock over 250,000 pots at their warehouse in the Kent countryside and have established a rapid fulfilment delivery network.

About English Heritage

English Heritage cares for over 400 historic buildings, monuments and sites - from world-famous prehistoric sites to grand medieval castles, from Roman forts on the edges of the empire to a Cold War bunker. Through these, we bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year.

For more information please contact Katie Weller on Katie@thepotco.com or 01892 890 353.

This year mycorrhizal fungi has been mentioned many times on BBC Gardeners World which reflects the changing times to more sustainable gardening practices. This was further developed by PlantWorks Spring advertising campaign which asked gardeners, 'Given the choice would you garden with chemicals or would you use the natural power of pure biology?' This activity has seen a 30% increase in rootgrow sales so far in 2017.

It has always been an objective for PlantWorks to offer UK gardeners a very real alternative to the conventional chemical approach to plant nutrition so we are pleased to announce the extension of our popular After Plant granular feeds with liquid versions in seven types. In keeping with the core beliefs of the Empathy ethos, all products will contain natural and sustainable ingredients, pioneer new and exciting active components,  offer plants the best biological nutritional solutions modern day science has to offer and be highly effective and easy to use.

The Liquid After Plant formulations are specifically designed around the individual nutrient requirements of specific plant groups and the best method of application is considered very carefully. For instance After plant for Evergreens comes as both a granular and liquid formulation. Evergreens will benefit from a spring top dress with granular feed followed with regular liquid feed feed throught the season. Empathy products are designed to seed soil biology to create an environment where the fertility of the soil is kick started and can support the plant for its lifetime.

Other component parts of Empathy Liquid After Plant are Seaweed, Amino Acids, Nutrients derived from as sustainable sources as possible, Humic and Fulvic Acids, Potassium phosphite (Roses only).

Woodstock Chimes founder and owner, Garry Kvistad, on his front porch, enjoying his Chimes of Olympos – the original Woodstock Chime.

• Authentic and original musically tuned windchime
• Premier quality, affordable & value priced
• Created by GRAMMY® Award-winning musician Garry Kvistad
• The choice of discerning UK customers for nearly 40 years
• Chimes are in stock and ship within 48 hours from our UK warehouse

The first ever musically tuned windchime

Woodstock Chimes founder and owner, Garry Kvistad, created the first windchime tuned to specific musical notes. In the 1970s he was fascinated by the scale of Olympos, a musical scale from the 7^th century B.C., that couldn’t be played on modern instruments. Inspiration struck when he realised he could cut and tune aluminium tubes to the exact frequencies of that ancient scale, and just like that the first musically tuned windchime was born! Garry continues to be the talent behind the design and tuning of all Woodstock Chimes.

The Amazing Grace Chime – Medium, tuned to the opening notes of the popular hymn.

In the beginning, Woodstock Chimes were tuned to scales from various world cultures, such as the Chimes of Kyoto™, which are tuned to an ancient Japanese scale. From there Garry added chimes that paid homage to beloved composers such as Mozart and Pachelbel, and introduced more modern tunings, such as the Amazing Grace Chime™ (above), tuned to the opening notes of that popular hymn.

GRAMMY® Award Winner at the Helm

In addition to his work at Woodstock Chimes, Garry is a professional musician. He has been performing and recording with the ensemble Steve Reich and Musicians since 1979 and is one of the 18 musicians to win a GRAMMY® Award for the 1998 recording of Steve Reich’s Music for 18 Musicians. In 2002 Garry joined NEXUS, the internationally renowned chamber music ensemble based in Canada. Called “the high priests of the percussion world” by the New York Times, NEXUS is considered to be one of the premier percussion ensembles in the world today.

Nearly 40 Years of Chimes

A family-owned business, Woodstock Chimes has been making beautiful music for nearly 40 years. During this time, our product line has expanded many times over. We have the widest variety of price points, tunings and designs in the industry. Many of our chimes now include removable windcatchers that can be personalised to commemorate life events, making the gift of a Woodstock Chime even more special.

Garry is passionate about music, which is why the music made by our windchimes, bells and gongs is unparalleled in the industry.

Hearing a Woodstock Chime is like listening to a

perfectly tuned musical instrument, played by the wind.

See all the Woodstock Chimes UK products here

www.woodstock-chimes.co.uk

White Pebble International
Unit 2, Plot 11, Terminus Road
Chichester PO198 TX UK
Tel +44(0)1243 780501
Fax +44(0)1243 839332
info@whitepebbleint.com

Italian seed company Blumen, parent company of garden care brand Fito, have been turning heads on the first two days of the show with an innovative range of seeds designed to tap into the trend towards adventurous grow-your-own and health and wellbeing.

There are appetizing seed range offerings of chillies and peppers, tomatoes, squashes and a range of Italian regional vegetables, all in large strikingly-illustrated packs with recipes on the reverse.

Perhaps the most innovatively-marketed of all are the colour-coded ‘Natural Remedies for Health and Wellbeing’ collection and the ‘Enjoy Veg’ range, an encouragement to  “integrate your diet naturally with vegetables, herbs and flowers” (red brussels sprouts, purple-podded peas, violet beans, black tomatoes and veronica, to name a selection).

Also on the stand is a ‘Natural Health’ range of plants to grow from seed for the pets in your life, all with well-recognised natural properties to promote wellness.

The best-selling Fito range of drip feeders has received its first makeover since launch, with fresh packaging and POS plus the addition of a Natural range using plant and seaweed extracts.

See them all at Glee in Hall 18 (N10-P11).

• • • August Preview        - 20th August
    • Late August Preview  - 25th August
    • Full Show Preview           - 1st September
    • Build up preview - Live from the Show - 10th September 
    • Live from the Show Day 1 - 11^th September
    • Live from the Show Day 2  - 12^th September
    • Live from the Show Day3   - 13^th September
    • Omnibus Issue                 - 27th September

• • • August Preview        - 20th August
    • Late August Preview  - 25th August
    • Full Show Preview           - 1st September
    • Build up preview - Live from the Show - 10th September 
    • Live from the Show Day 1 - 11^th September
    • Live from the Show Day 2  - 12^th September
    • Live from the Show Day3   - 13^th September
    • Omnibus Issue                 - 27th September