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Pond food
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Serenity Planters and Bowls
Anglo Eastern Trading’s Serenity Planter and Bowl Range feature an etched floral design that really does give them a quite distinctively different look and feel. They are available in a range of beautifully contrasting colour combinations that enhance their attractive appearance. Other plus points include they are frost proof, UV fade resistant and score well environmentally being made from 100% recycled plastics.  “The Serenity Planters and Bowls are a real breath of fresh air”commented Nigel Guffogg- Sales Director at  AngloEastern. “We are currently offering some great deals on this range…

VegTrug Tomato Greenhouse
VegTrug Ltd have expanded their Greenhouse range with the recent launch of the Tomato Greenhouse, a product specifically designed for growing tomatoes and making the process fuss free, perfect for all gardeners either experienced or inexperienced. After the success in sales with the original VegTrug Nursery Greenhouse, an individual wooden greenhouse that comes equipped with an excellent quality and long lasting PE cover, there is now an expansion for the range. The Tomato Greenhouse is larger in size, features movable shelving slats that are great for moving around the tomato plant as it…

Woodlodge Heritage Garden Pottery Range
Woodlodge has expanded its flagship Heritage Garden range of classic containers, offering retailers additional opportunity to drive sales of pots and containers this spring. The Heritage Garden line-up, an iconic range with proven sales appeal, is inspired by traditional horticulture and the nation’s love of gardens. It is one of the most instantly recognisable brands of prestigious containers, combining classic design with contemporary style. Michael Wooldridge, Managing Director at Woodlodge, said: “Garden centres are reporting strong spring sales, with favourable weather over Easter…

Bio Green Polytunnel
The Super Dome Polytunnel from Bio Green will extend the average growing season by as much as two months as it offers protection against frost and strong sun as well as garden pests. The German designed Super Polytunnel is made with a heavy duty transparent 90g/m2 polythene ensuring frost protection early in the season. In the summer tender plants are protected from strong sun by shading material sown in to the fabric. It has two large side openings to allow watering, weeding and ample ventilation. It is 3m (9’ 8”) long by 0.7m (27”) wide and 0.8m (31”) high. This height allows plants to…

Purple plants in pots at The Great British Growing Awards
In an exciting move to help build Glee’s ongoing relationships with consumer media and their readers, it has been confirmed that Grow Your Own magazine will once again be bringing its annual Great British Growing Awards to Glee 2019. Having hosted the ceremony to critical acclaim at Glee 2018, following a move from their previous home at the Edible Gardening Show, the Great British Growing Awards is back! These awards recognise all that is great within the gardening industry – from tool companies, to seed suppliers, garden writers to fruit nurseries and everything in between, as well as…

Gardener at Provender Nurseries
Garden Connect has renewed the webshop of wholesaler Provender  Nurseries. Provender has an 18-acre site in Kent and is working solely for wholesale customers. Garden Connect has built a new webshop for trade customers to place orders. The new webshop is integrated with the TopSys-IT ERP system. Provender Nurseries has been using a webshop for years: "We're growing fast and our customers really like to have all the information about availability, our stock range and pricing, available 24/7. Our previous webshop was outdated and not integrated with our TopSys ERP so it was a time-consuming…

Glee 2019
With catering and food sales continuing to offer major add-on profit opportunities for garden centres, leading garden trade show Glee (10th – 12th September, NEC Birmingham), will be offering retailers extensive inspiration at the newly introducedTaste Village.    This new Taste Village will provide food and catering suppliers - particularly smaller brands, niche suppliers and start-ups - with the opportunity to participate and exhibit as part of a larger group.  Offering exclusive exhibition packages, exhibitors within the Taste Village will be able to enjoy an enhanced shell stand…

DJ Turfcare’s MO Bacter
Lawncare is a breeze with DJ Turfcare’s MO Bacter – the innovative organic lawn fertiliser thateffortlessly tackles moss and banishes labour-intensive scarifying Flick through the pages of gardening magazines at this time of year and chances are they’ll feature a step-by-step guide on getting lawns into shape. While some lawncare products have evolved beyond recognition in recent years, gardeners are still being advised to kill moss with sulphate of iron, then set about ripping dead moss from grass via the back-breaking process of scarification or hand raking. Not only is this route to a…

LifestyleGarden® new showroom
LifestyleGarden® invests in new showroom & distribution centre to facilitate UK growth Having enjoyed a phenomenal start to 2019, which saw sales targets smashed, unprecedented demand from retailers for additional stock due to much higher than expected sales, and all future ordered stock already pre-sold before arrival, LifestyleGarden® is celebrating further growth with the opening of its new showroom and distribution centre.   Located in the heart of Essex, the new LifestyleGarden® showroom offers 14,000 sq ft of outdoor furniture perfection. Previously the home to LifestyleGarden®’s …

Brambles Pet and Wildlife Giveaway Hedgehog Awareness Week logo
Hedgehog Awareness Week runs from 5th – 11th May 2019 and hedgehoggy events are being organised all around the country! Hedgehog Awareness Week is organised by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) and takes place every year.  It aims to highlight the problems hedgehogs face and how you can help them! Brambles Pet and Wildlife are running daily Facebook giveaways to coincide with Hedgehog Awareness Week, with Brambles Hedgehog Food and other related prizes – it’s our biggest ever campaign with a total retail value of over £700!  There will be a mixture of wildlife rescue …

Two ladies shopping at Glee
As the leading trade show for the garden and outdoor leisure sector, Glee is a key date in the calendar. With just five months to go until the doors open on the 2019 event (10th – 12th September, NEC Birmingham), the show’s organisers confirm that this year’s exhibition will be a bigger and more vibrant showcase of the best the industry has to offer. Glee prides itself on delivering a format for business growth, be that through locating new product innovation, sourcing new supply partners or simply through unrivalled networking and educational opportunities. The 2019 show will continue to…

Making a Spinach Smoothie
Haskins Garden Centre is encouraging gardeners to make the most of their homegrown spinach with a revitalizing and nutritious spinach smoothie. Alasdair Urquhart, Haskins’ in-house plant expert, commented: “Spinach is brilliant at surviving the winter and bouncing back in April. It’s one of those plants that you can keep picking a handful of leaves and within a week or so there will be new ones to re-harvest.” “Even if you haven’t had time to grow your own spinach, you can still follow our step-by-step recipe for a spinach smoothie.” Ingredients (serves one) 2 handfuls of spinach leaves…

SOLEX 2019 - Daisies on a green background
The Summer Outdoor Leisure Exhibition or for those in the know SOLEX, will be opening its doors to the most influential buyers from within the garden industry on 9thJuly 2019.  It will be packed full of the freshest designs from 60 LOFA members, with the full A-Z and everything in between that the outdoor and leisure industry has to offer.  The SOLEX exhibition is all under one roof, and in one hall, so you won’t have to walk for miles and miles to find the most inspirational and innovative products for the 2020 season. In fact it is a great place to do business, this relaxed and friendly…

Henry Bell packet of Wild Bird Care feed
Henry Bell & Co, the family-owned and leading quality animal feed producer announces the release of its own brand: Henry Bell Wild Bird Care. Henry Bell has over 20 years’ experience in the bird food industry and has been pivotal in the growth of many private label wild bird food brands. The company has now combined its strong expertise and knowledge to launch its own high-quality range of products specially designed to provide health and wellbeing for wild birds. The Henry Bell Wild Bird Care range is comprised of over 100 products catering for every type of garden bird. Created to…

Cici Coleman of TV's First Dates at the Exclusively Housewares show in 2018
The UK's premier showcase of housewares, tabletop and small domestic appliance brands returns in June 2019 as two shows, Exclusively Housewares and Exclusively Electrical, take place in London. These shows guarantee an explosion of new products, the very latest on trend creations and Christmas gifting collections showcased by the 150 plus exhibitors. Visitors have the unique opportunity to gain an understanding of the very latest styles and trends interpreted for the housewares market by trend experts Scarlet Opus. They will share their predictions for future high street and internet trends…