Exhibitor Press Releases

Several months have passed since the 2017 Revaluation was introduced and shocked garden centre owners across the UK have been seeking expert advice over recalculated rates as they are hiked up by as much as 50 per cent.

Last month’s Perennial ‘Play the Pitch’ charity football tournament was hailed a success by GIMA Director Vicky Nuttall, President Chris Ramsden (Hozelock), and council member Craig Hall from Deco-Pak.  The event raised approximately £15,000 for Perennial from 16 teams and was hosted by Leicester City Football Club at the King Power stadium.

Deco-Pak’s Play Pit Sand features helpful additional on-pack content – and now a new website - designed to help create the complete educational play experience.  

Decorative birdhouse and feeders supplier Deco-Pak has launched four new insect hotels - each one designed with the help of wildlife experts.

As we launched our brand new Grain Free Tuna recipe early July, many of you asked, why Tuna? Isn’t Tuna for cats? Let’s start from the beginning...

Talking exclusively to Gardenforum, decorative aggregate and paving specialist Deco-Pak reveal the effort - and risk - of developing new products that are streets ahead of the rest of the market.  We also explore the level of effort and risk that goes into launching successful new products in the landscaping sector, and how garden centres can exploit the advantage they have over online.

Planning specialists Malcolm Scott Consultants is advising nursery and garden centre owners across the UK to consider releasing surplus land as local authorities seek to comply with national requirements to identify more land for housing and commercial development.

Introducing the Worlds “First” Self Watering Planter “Oasesbox” A Proven and simple solution to providing 20% healthier growth and crops than traditional Grow Bags and standard Planters for your Tomatoes and Vegetables!

Since 2010 the Wheat Bag Company have prided themselves on their superb quality and craftsmanship which in turn, has seen them grow from strength to strength.

Award winning, privately owned family business manufacturing textiles in Yorkshire, England since 1954.

PRONGCROFT Ltd, a new self-start company from Nottingham, has launched PRONGCROFT The Garden Prong.

Structural timber canopy fabricated for Radway Garden Centre.

Mixing aesthetic with practicality, Fordingbridge recently installed a hybrid canopy at Bybrook Barn Garden Centre, part of the Longacres Group.

Fordingbridge recently completed their latest project at Hampsons Plant World, creating a five bay entrance and exit canopy which added an additional 532m2 sales area, as well as vastly improved Hampson’s kerb appeal. The canopy provides a covered plant sales area as customers enter the garden centre directly from the car park, and increases time spent by customers by making the environment more comfortable in all weathers, resulting in an immediate increase in footfall and turnover for the business.

In spring 2019 Deventer will have a new shop to its name: the new Intratuin, which will be opening in this old Hanseatic city on the river IJssel. But there is still a lot to be done before then.

At GA we are ever mindful of our social responsibilities in regards to the local community, ecology, sustainability and the environment which is why we try very hard to make sure we have very little negative impact on the environment, but a very big impact on how we help the environment. This has been strongly displayed by the following current events and projects.

Grain Free products are a great alternative to rice or cereal based recipes, ideal for those dogs with sensitivity or intolerance to grains or gluten. Pet food which is formulated without grains may help to alleviate common symptoms of grain sensitivity or intolerance, potentially resulting in the following benefits: Less and smaller stools, reduced shedding, itching, wind, improved skin, coat, breath odour, scratching and digestive upsets.

A programme of events, sponsored by Tildenet brand Haxnicks, have begun with Pippa Greenwood speaking to packed audiences at Haskins’ Ferndown and West End Centres.

The future continues to shine bright for La Hacienda on the back of bumper record-breaking sales in May.

Scotts Miracle-Gro is set to launch the Home Defence Scarecrow to help defend gardens against unwanted animals.

Gold medal winner Miracle-Gro has created an innovative, sensory garden at the 2017 RHS Chelsea Flower Show to promote the benefits of horticultural therapy, particularly with children and families. Today, one in ten children have a diagnosable mental health disorder and, this year, Miracle-Gro’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show garden seeks to raise awareness of these alarming levels of mental health issues facing young people, and how spending time outdoors can help to combat this.

Miracle-Gro Pot Shots, a revolutionary new style of plant feed, is set to transform the way people grow plants and tomatoes in pots and containers.

Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced the launch of two new Gro-ables seed pods – Yellow Cherry Tomato and Butternut Squash.

Scotts Miracle-Gro has announced the launch of an exciting new range of Gro-ables Herbs, comprising Basil, Coriander and Parsley.

BLACK MAGIC® Potting Mix is a new premium compost for young, urban consumers growing plants, fruit and vegetables. Suitable for both indoor and outdoor use, it boasts higher yields and faster growth than other products on the market.

The unique topiary wire sculptures of Artopya bring your garden to life.

The figures are handmade and life like into every detail.

Choose of many inspiring forms from a green frog or a tortoise on the edge of a pond,

till horse with manes of real grass and the Nessie of loch ness monster, Artopya have them all.

In each garden fits a topiary sculpture, they are available as empty frame, the frame filled with moss and sculptures with plants.

Under the supervision of the contractor Boele & van Eesteren, Thermoflor is going to build the greenhouse complex for the new Green Trade Center of Waterdrinker. The center will comprise wide-span greenhouses with an area of 17,000 m2 executed with modern use of colours and integrated sunscreens.

Almondsbury Garden Centre recently improved their external sales space with the addition of a large walkway installed by specialist design and build contractors Fordingbridge.

Seed Pellets Technology for Maximum Germination Success