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  • Sustainability is a hot topic right now, and gardeners are wising up to the impact they can have on their immediate environment and the world in general. As the sustainability agenda gains momentum in ...
  • After two days of exciting pitching, the winners of the Glee New Product Awards for 2020 are:  Garden Decoration & Best of British Peppa Pig & Friends Metal Garden Ornaments by Primus The Peppa Pig an ...
  • First of all, tell us a little more about LAVA-LITE and the story behind the brand… The LAVA-LITE brand was created after the drought conditions of 2018. Having initially only placed the product in ou ...
  • Glee Gathering may be over, but that doesn't mean you can't still discover the latest brands and products, handpicked from our exhibitor community. Find out who featured on the line up for The Home & ...
  • On 15th and 16th September, Glee went digital with the launch of its very first virtual forum. Created in response to visitor and exhibitor demand, Glee Gathering was designed to bring our industry to ...
  • Business after Brexit: exporting to the EU

    12 Oct 2020 Chris MacNeil, ResilienceHelp.com
    In our last blog post, ResilienceHelp.com gave you a quick rundown of all the things you need to consider with respect to maintaining your supply chain after the transition period ends on 31 December ...
  • As a consumer publication, our partners at Grow Your Own magazine really know what gardeners are looking for from their garden centres and nurseries. As we head towards the end of the year, here's wha ...
  • It's been three months since lockdown measures were lifted for England's garden centres amid fears that critical Spring/ Summer business would be wiped out due to the pandemic. But, if the HTA's lates ...
  • Which plants are the most Instagrammable?

    06 Oct 2020 Guest Contribution
    Millennials killing various industries has been a running internet joke for the better part of the last decade. From razors to traditional weddings to motorcycles, millennials' disinterest, or even di ...
  • If you have a website, you should consider it to be a key part of your sales team. Find out how to help you lay the foundations on your website to facilitate sales and boost your brand image. As part ...
  • Glee Gathering may be over, but that doesn't mean you can't still discover the latest products in the Garden Care category, handpicked from our exhibitor community. Find out who featured on the line u ...
  • With over 25 years as a buyer for retailers including Debenhams, Habitat, Matalan, Shop Direct and most recently Lakeland, Samm Swain has learned more than a few tricks of the trade. Since she wasn't ...
  • Evergreen Garden Care is the leading garden care company outside North America, producing high quality garden care products designed to help people create their own green oasis amid the rush of modern ...
  • Traeger developed the first ever wood pellet grills over 30 years ago, and since then have continued to within the barbeque industry. We spoke to their UK and Ireland Country Manager, Jo McDonald, abo ...
  • Grow Your Own magazine's Great British Growing Awards are returning to Glee! This September, as part of the exciting Glee Gathering, Grow Your Own will present their sought-after awards to honour the ...
  • The Department for International Trade has released a series of new regulations outlining how trade must be conducted between the UK and the EU from 1st January 2021. Of course, these new rules are co ...
  • Glee Gathering may be over, but that doesn't mean you can't still discover the latest brands and products, handpicked from our exhibitor community. Find out who featured on the line up for The Landsca ...
  • Ahead of Glee Gathering, we sat down with Sarah Mclafferty of Primeur, to find out all about the brand's ECO Garden range and what they're looking forward to at Glee Gathering.  Tell us a bit more abo ...
  • From shopping habits to leisure activities, there's no denying that the lockdown period has changed the way we behave. As we know, many customers found a certain refuge in gardening during the stricte ...
  • It's no secret that consumers' lives are more and more wrapped up in technology and the digital world. As customers seek out authentic connections and convenient shopping experiences, digital marketin ...
  • Driving UK retail forward for 2021 For 2021 we are refuelling UK retail in a post-Covid world. During the lockdown, Hyve Group's UK shows have been a beacon for retail, offering a platform to celebrat ...
  • During the lockdown, it seems that everyone caught the gardening bug. Fuelled by a sunny summer, increased time at home and the need to do something productive, gardening has been embraced, in all its ...
  • In everything from food to fashion, sustainability has been the hot topic on everybody's lips. But it's not necessarily the first thing we associate with horticulture and gardening. Strangely enough, ...
  • When done right, email marketing is a powerful tool for building one on one relationships and engaging your customer base. In fact, email is 40 times more effective at acquiring customers than Faceboo ...
  • Summer is the time we want our gardens to be in full bloom, with plenty of colour and sweet floral scents in the air. With more and more people getting into gardening, take a look at some of the most ...
  • Getting to know Grow Your Own

    09 Jul 2020 Laura Hillier, Editor, Grow Your Own Magazine
    As one of our key partners, we always love catching up with Laura Hillier and her team at Grow Your Own to find out a bit more about them and what they've been up to. In the lead up to Glee Gathering, ...
  • National Growing for Wellbeing Week Success

    30 Jun 2020 Annabelle Padwick
    The second annual National Growing for Wellbeing Week took place at the beginning of June with an overwhelming response from the gardening industry, educational sector and beyond. It inspired so many ...
  • Small space growing

    29 Jun 2020 Grow Your Own
    For many customers, dreams of tucking into plates of delicious home-grown fruit and veg seem to be just dreams if they don't have a large allotment plot or garden; but we know that this isn't true! Th ...
  • According to The Wildlife Trusts, there are approximately 24 million gardens in the UK and naturally, this abundance of outdoor space forms an important part of our modern-day ecosystem. In recent yea ...
  • During the lockdown, we've all been spending more time in our homes. As dining tables have become desks and spare rooms have morphed into home offices, the Glee team have been thankful to have a littl ...