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  •   Learn all about the Glee Award Winner for the Best of British category. This time is for a new Christmas product, Bertie, a stable and innovative Christmas tree stand. Watch Trevor Pfeiffer, Editor ...
  •   Watch our Best in Show Glee Award Winner! Trevor Pfeiffer, Editor & Director at Garden Trade News and Official Glee Publications, talks to Martin Ward, Senior Brand Manager at Westland Horticulture ...
  • Hydria Life Fountain

    27 Jul 2022
      The Hydria Life water fountain won the Glee Award for best garden decoration product. You can turn any pot into a fountain and simply recharge it every couple of months. Trevor Pfeiffer, Editor & Di ...
  • From farm to fork

    20 Jul 2022
    People love going to garden centres not just for the great selection of plants and gardening tools, sometimes it’s all about food. Garden centres are renowned as great places to eat, as they tend to s ...
  • Glee 2022 roundup

    13 Jul 2022
    We all had such an amazing time at Glee 2022! Watch an interview with our Event Director, Matthew Mein, led by Trevor Pfeiffer, Editor & Director Garden Trade News and Official Glee Publications. They ...
  • Fifteen fantastic new garden and pet product innovations have been confirmed as this year’s winners of the highly-coveted Glee New Product Showcase. The winning products were announced at a special aw ...
  • The RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, open until Saturday 9 July 2022, has a sheer variety of gardens dazzling with their innovative ideas, beautiful plants and detailed landscapes. One of the ...
  • Glee 2022 might be drawing to a close but the garden retail sector is already looking ahead to the 2023 edition of the exhibition, which is gearing up to be the home of international gardening and pet ...
  • Glee’s horticultural hub, the Green Heart, has seen Happy Plants crowned this year’s winners of the Best Glee Green Heart Display award. Judged by Neil Fishlock of Syngenta Flowers the Happy Plants st ...
  • Just moments ago seven buyers/buying teams from across the garden retail sector were given reason to celebrate having been awarded one of the 2022 Buyers Power List awards. This awards ceremony, takin ...
  • Tackling the big issues that are shaping garden retail, Glee’s dedicated hub for education and learning, ‘The Stage’, will feature an unmissable timetable this year. Find out more below. Focusing on w ...
  • We’re excited to launch our Glee TV with an editorial video hosted by Trevor Pfeiffer, Editor and Director at Garden Trade News. The panel discussion highlights the issues customers are facing regardi ...
  • How Can Gardening Boost Your Health?

    06 Jun 2022 By Jane Sandwood, Freelance Writer
    Gardening is a popular pastime in the UK, with around 27 million people dedicating themselves regularly to growing an array of plants, flowers, and produce. One of the main reasons for its popularity ...
  • We cannot help but rejoicing as the Queen celebrates her Platinum Jubilee after 70 years of service, the first British Monarch to commemorate such an extraordinary achievement. Many events and activit ...
  • See what the UK’s premier garden centre & gift exhibition has to offer in these crucial market sectors Not only have many of the UK’s garden centres become amongst the most successful destination reta ...
  • We are all super excited with our fast-approaching show and look forward to welcoming you in June. There are wonderful things happening behind the scenes and we want to warmly invite you to participat ...
  • The horticultural hub of Glee, the Green Heart is THE place to see the latest indoor and outdoor plant varieties from a range of leading growers.  An integral part of the show each year, the central a ...
  • This year’s Glee (June 28th – 30th) is set to be bigger and better, with hundreds of garden and leisure brands coming together under one roof for a jam-packed three days. Buyers across the industry ha ...
  • Giving at Glee 2022

    12 May 2022
    This year’s edition of Glee – taking place in late June (28th – 30th June, NEC Birmingham) - will welcome a number of new initiatives, all designed to help the show’s exhibitors and visitors to “give ...
  • Every good brand needs a mascot, and Bud Garden Centre knows this more than most. With resident cat Bubzi calling the shots, the centre has managed to create a connection with customers on and offline ...
  • The garden retail sector is delighted to have live exhibitions and networking events back in the calendar, including a brand-new date in the 2022 line-up, with Glee set to take place June 28th – 30th ...
  • This year’s edition of Glee will be home to the show’s biggest contingent of global brands since 2019, bringing together a spectacular showcase of European design and a window into how gardening is de ...
  • Online registration for Glee 2022 – taking place in late June (28th – 30th) – is now live, enabling buyers and retailers to get online and book their free ticket for the UK’s leading garden retail exh ...
  • Poised to topple pre-pandemic numbers, Glee 2022 – which is entering a new chapter this year with a move to a late June time slot within the exhibition calendar – is on course to maximise its allocate ...
  • Just in time to get into the spirit for Glee Birmingham, National Gardening Week 2022 returns this May. The event was founded in 2012 by the Royal Horticultural Society, and challenges gardeners aroun ...
  • Among ongoing awareness around sustainability, green spaces and mental health, there’s another gardening trend set to take off this year. When looking at popular searches on Google, the term “homegrow ...
  • Lava-Lite is the Midlands Green Start-up of the Year winner at the final of the StartUp Awards National Series. This brand new awards programme has been launched to recognise the booming startup scene ...
  • Heritage comes first for Crimple Hall, a Pannal-based garden centre with family connections at its heart. With its stunning aesthetics and wealth of facilities, Crimple Hall is not just a garden centr ...
  • Picture the scene – it’s late June and the sun is shining. The garden retail sector has come together to showcase the latest innovation and merchandising solutions ahead of the 2023 season, to source ...
  • With gardening booming and the value of exhibitions stronger than ever, it will come as no surprise that Glee 2022 – taking place in late June 28th – 30th – at the NEC Birmingham – will be a hotbed of ...