Fashions come and go in gardening, but in recent years one trend has consistently gathered pace – the rising popularity of exotic and sub-tropical planting. Fuelled by television makeover programmes, gardeners’ love affair with ‘outdoor rooms’ has been fuelling demand for lush foliage plants and dazzling blooms that rekindle memories of happy holidays in warmer […]
We all need a pick-me-up right now, and there is no better antidote to the anxiety of the pandemic than looking forward to spectacular borders, containers and hanging baskets for 2021 that promise to set our gardens ablaze with colour and fragrance throughout next sumer.
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Pelargoniums are the undisputed stars of summertime. Fashions may come and go in the world of gardening, but whatever trends come to the fore in 2021, one thing’s for sure: these easy-to-grow plants will form the backbone of dazzling summer bedding displays, come rain or shine!
For many retailers pelargoniums are a welcome sight for much of their core customer demographic; customers that are familiar with this summer beauty. But the new generation of gardeners are less familiar with this classic bloom and are often drawn to more contemporary plants. However, with a wealth of key selling points, including ease of
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Creating stand-out PoS in an increasingly saturated retail environment was a key consideration when the team at The Real Soil Company created the packaging for its new peat-free, organic and veganic topsoil, SuperSoil.
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Trade association donates £10,000 to support the work of Greenfingers Charity The Greenfingers Charity is today offering its thanks to The Leisure and Outdoor Furniture Association (LOFA) following the trade association’s kind donation of £10,000.
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The global king of lawn seed has been investigating how to help drought-ridden lawns survive the summer with super-strength, deep rooting grass varieties Lockdown has helped millions of Brits fall back in love with gardening and with the new work from home trend here to stay for many people, the state of the nation’s gardens
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GIMA is pleased to confirm that it has recommissioned its Consumer & Design Trends research for the third year running, once again optimising the leading insight from trend agency, Scarlet Opus.
Scotsdales Garden Centres has launched the new and unique Scotsdales Scan & Go app. This app allows customers to scan their products while shopping, and offers a quick and smooth checkout procedure. Scotsdales is the first UK garden centre to offer such a service to its loyalty club members.
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March has seen lots of suppliers go that extra mile for Garden Re-Leaf Day but one, Deco-Pak, has quietly being making March a marathon month for this annual FUNdraising event – together tackling over 700miles and elevations which would have taken them to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro and beyond.
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