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If you’re visiting RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year, The Great British Garden Festival has an incredible prize on offer! Simply sign up to join as a member while you’re at the show and you will automatically be entered into a draw to win £1,000 worth of garden products kindly supplied by their Partners!  Membership costs just £10 and gets you all sorts of exclusive access to savings on products as well as entry into gardens and events all year round.  Love plants? Love gardening? Love days out? The Great British Garden Festival is for you!  Join as a member and save on all things…

Wildlife specialist, Vivara, has launched a range of new wildlife borders as part of its plants with purpose campaign, designed to help keen gardeners give a corner of their green space back to wildlife.    Launching this spring, each pack provides everything nature enthusiasts need to create a haven for birds, butterflies, bees and insects, making it perfect for experienced gardeners who want to invite more wildlife into their outdoor area. Designed to fill a one metre by three metre space, the wildlife borders contain a handpicked array of plants which are beneficial and nutritional to…

Glee is the most important event for the gardening community and the UK’s leading garden and outdoor living trade show - presenting the most exciting brands, innovative products and inspiring garden retail insights. Bringing together the whole of the gardening industry under one roof, Glee is a central hub for face-to-face trading, networking and the growth of new ideas. After the huge success of Glee 2021 as the first in-person event in two years, we’re determined to build on this momentum into 2022 as the industry continues to grow. Join us from the 28th-30th June 2022 for a newly…

Lots has changed in the UK since the pandemic. How we live, how we work, how we shop and the habitants of our homes. A staggering number of households turned to the comfort of pet ownership during the pandemic. More time at home and companionship are just two of the factors that contributed to the growth of puppy ownership during 2020 and 2022, a trend showing no sign of decline. The estimated number of dogs kept as pets in the UK is 12.5 million as at the first quarter of 2022. Over 3 million of which were acquired during the pandemic. This is about 59% of households, which is an increase…

Now in their third year, Gro-Expert are still new kids on the block. Set up mid-2020, Gro-Expert’s aim is to bring innovation to the way the retail industry currently creates and sells plant nutrient products. Gro Expert The retail industry, in general, make plant feeds to meet a price point resulting in low quality feeds which generate a sea of plastic bottles every year. Gro Expert seek to change this trend by offering the highest quality feeds and educate the end use in the use of lower volume feeding to reduce packaging. Gro-Expert come with an excellent pedigree as the latest division…

Marrying modern lifestyle with beautiful design. Our post-pandemic gardens are being asked to work harder for us than ever. They are being tasked to not only grow plants, but also to provide an outdoor extension to our homes where we can relax, exercise, entertain and eat. But with these extensive demands, are we losing the very essence of what makes a beautiful garden in the process? Kate Gould's RHS Chelsea Flower Show Sanctuary Garden, ‘Out of the Shadows’ is a lesson in how brilliant garden design can seamlessly incorporate modern lifestyle demands into a beautiful and inspirational…

The Hartley Botanic 2022 RHS Chelsea Flower Show tradestand This year, English Greenhouse and Glasshouse manufacturer Hartley Botanic will be returning to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show with a tradestand themed around Calm & Wellbeing. The stand will feature three enviable Hartley Botanic Greenhouses and is being built and planted by Stewart Landscape Construction with design and styling by Llevelo Garden Design. The three large, handmade Hartley Botanic structures to be shown include; a Victorian Lodge, a Magnum Opus and a NEW six pane glass-to-ground Hartley Wisley 8 Grow and Store. The…

This season Burgon & Ball is making a splash with the launch of new watering cans in both the outdoor and the indoor watering categories. The new options join the line-up in Burgon & Ball’s extensive range of watering solutions. In the garden Burgon & Ball brings new options in outdoor watering to retailers this season. Building on the success of its 5-litre Waterfall watering cans, Burgon & Ball is now launching this popular design in a full-size 9-litre capacity. Created for the serious gardener who wants to invest in a long-lasting, high-performance and stylish full-size…

Freckleface was founded in 2017 by mother and son duo, Tara & Noah, as a way to teach Noah what it takes to run a business.  Despite being just 14 at the time, Noah had always been a little entrepreneur and Freckleface began at their kitchen table, making candles and wax melts as gifts for friends and family before moving on to local fairs. In 2020, Tara & Noah opened the doors to their first high street store in historic Stamford, Lincolnshire - less than 12 miles from the Freckleface workshop where all of their products are lovingly handmade and where this exciting journey began.…

Don’t miss out on your dream garden by purchasing too late this year! We’ve all been there. You’ve been swooning over a gorgeous furniture set for months, waiting for the first glimpse of perfect weather to appear to click purchase. But when that time finally arrives, you go back to your bookmarked dream design, and it is out of stock… Well, this year, don’t let premature sunny weather spoil your chances of achieving your fantasy alfresco space. Harbour Lifestyle, specialists in luxury and exclusive outdoor furniture, has delved into its most recent sales data, and compared against Met…

The gardening boom brought on by the pandemic, shows no signs of slowing down any time soon. The attention lavished on gardens during COVID is something that gardeners aren’t prepared to curtail; they’ve been bitten by the gardening bug! Greenman Garden Tools, a fourth-generation family run business, have seen significant growth over the last 2 years and when you look at how they support their trade customers, it’s of no surprise. We had an opportunity to speak to Adam Greenman, tool specialist and current family owner for Greenman to discuss what has helped stand Greenman apart from the…

ExaClair Limited, the UK supplier for Clairefontaine, has introduced the Jungle Harmony collection of premium stationery, which is based on a depiction of the Amazonian forests and added new designs to their popular La Vie en Vosges notebooks range. The enchanting Jungle Harmony sets of designs were created by Parisian graphic designers Tiphanine Massari and Agathe Hondré at Polygonia.paris. The delicate patterns create a blend between tropical plants, birds and butterflies which will look stylish in any environment.  The notebooks are available in a range of sizes including A4, A5, A6 and…

We are very pleased to announce that after a two-year covid induced absence SOLEX (The Summer Outdoor Living Exhibition) space has sold out, and there is already an exhibitor waiting list for 2023!  This is great news for the exhibition and the industry, as we will once again be bringing together all the top outdoor leisure brands from across the UK, Ireland, and Europe under one roof.   For a list of all our 2022 exhibitors take a look at  Who’s Exhibiting  This year the exhibition is in halls 17/18/19 from 12-14 July 2022 NEC, Birmingham and we just can’t wait to see everyone again.  As…

Have you been looking for organic nutrients? for growing your flowers, fruit, vegetables & house plants? Then you’ve hit the jackpot! We are British Organic Bio. The British made nutrient line for quality organic growing. British Organic Bio was created to provide the highest quality organic products, perfect for growing great produce. Our mission is to supply as many growers as we can with organic nutrients, furthermore, help spread the message of the importance of using natural, organic products to keep our plants and planet healthy.  Everything by British Organic Bio is British Made…

Supporters of Greenfingers will be pleased to learn that there is an additional way to support the charity – unlocking your garden!  Unlocking your garden couldn’t be easier. Simply put, it’s a way of opening your garden to friends, family and the local community to enjoy and revel in the fruits of your labour. Whether your garden is a rose lover’s dream, a wonder for nature or big enough and manicured enough to give Capability Brown a run for his money, then why not consider showing off your efforts all in the name of charity. One couple who ‘unlocked’ their garden in 2021 for Greenfingers…

Garden Re-Leaf Day is fast approaching – March 18th - and brands and individuals from across the garden retail sector are getting ready to FUNdraise for the Greenfingers charity. The Garden Re-Leaf Sponsored Walk & Cycle Challenge Whether its walking 10 miles or cycling 75 miles, the Sponsored Walk and Cycle challenge remains one of the best attended events in the Garden Re-Leaf roster. This year the event will see representatives from Glee, Evergreen Garden Care, Mr Fothergill’s Seeds (Team ‘The Lightening Seeds’), Capi Europe, DLF, Hornby Whitefoot PR, Hozelock, Woodmansterne and…