In an exciting move to help build Glee’s ongoing relationships with consumer media and their readers, it has been confirmed that Grow Your Own magazine will once again be bringing its annual Great British Growing Awards to Glee 2019.
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Suppliers wanting to gain unrivalled market-wide recognition for their latest product innovation, marketing support or overall business acumen will want to take centre stage at the forthcoming GIMA Awards (4th July, Celtic Manor). However, time is running out, as the deadline for entering the 39th annual GIMA Awards – Friday May 17th – is now
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Move over Bradley Wiggins, step aside Tom Daley: the UK gardening industry has a new athletic champion. Tasha Redman, consumer customer service representative at DLF, the company behind Johnsons Lawn Seed, was crowned 14th in the world at Aquabike at the ITU Multisport World Championships in Pontevedra, Spain.
Members of the Garden Industry Manufacturers’ Association (GIMA) are celebrating a spring sales bonanza, with suppliers fighting against the clock to meet demand from retailers. With garden centre sales up by 37% year-on-year in March alone, according to the Garden Centre Association’s Barometer of Trade, GIMA members have smashed targets as Easter’s heatwave and strong
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As the garden retail industry’s most beloved charity, Greenfingers’ inaugural presence at the forthcoming RHS Chelsea Flower Show is something we can all take great pride in. Here the charity reveals further details about its proposed planting scheme, something the charity is encouraging retailers to offer in-store to help consumers recreate the ‘Chelsea look’ within
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LifestyleGarden® is not a brand to do things by halves, which is why the company has kicked started the 2020 pre-season in style with not one, but two, true industry firsts. Here the company explains how the market has responded, and what it means for garden retailing in the coming seasons.
Johnsons Lawn Seed has warned that reports of rising sales of artificial turf could damage the garden industry’s green image and undermine the sector’s efforts to reduce its dependency on unsustainable plastic.
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Technology is revolutionising the way gardeners track down advice on growing flowers, fruit, vegetables and lawns. A technology-savvy generation is turning to YouTube and vlogging to share their passion for plants. When Johnsons Lawn Seed announced the winner of its first Grass Roots Vlogger of the Year Award, designed to shine the spotlight on budding
Woodlodge is helping retailers to drive sales of containers by expanding its lightweight range of stylish, durable pots. These easy-to-move containers offer potential for fast category growth by appealing to younger consumers who demand instant effect for minimal effort, while also making gardening easier for older shoppers who lack the strength to lift heavy pots.
Johnsons Lawn Seed has hit back at national newspaper reports which claimed that sales of fake lawns are on the rise – and warned that covering soil in non-recyclable plastic flies in the face of the movement towards sustainable gardening.