In This Issue
Smart Garden to buy Chapelwood from Scotts
No wild claims from Smart, just looking after existing customers and aiming to re-capture the affection for Chapelwood
Sale of Bayer Garden to French firm completes on Tuesday
Flopro's ‘Shop within Shop’ is a real success
Autumn activity in the garden drives up sales
New Broadway Lean-To Greenhouse adds to Eden’s Zero Threshold™ success
Managing Director wanted at Glendale Horticulture
Two new perennial plant brands launched in drive for market growth
Johnsons Lawn Seed gets recharged at Glee 2016
Impact of Brexit, the shopper journey and the future of retail all on the agenda at HTA Garden Futures Conference
Klondyke's new delivery vehicles get new design
Simon King venture is a winner for Wildlife World
Two New Training Initiatives to Help Managers Develop Themselves and Their Skills
Wyevale looks to sell Windlesham centre for housing
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Nursery Growing Supervisor
Garden Sundries Retail Manager (West Midlands)
Horticultural / Plantarea Manager (Berkshire)
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Houseplant care & lighting dominate as we move into the Autumn Lawncare season
Onions and fruit hold off green winter veg sales
Garden changes fuel top soil sales
Top 50 plant sales continue to grow
Team of 19 horticulturists have raised over £30,000 for Perennial
Garden centres battle against 'unfair business rates'
Kent & Stowe – Know Your Soil – excels at Glee
Glee New Product Awards - Full list of winners
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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GTN's Greatest Awards 2016
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Glee New Product Awards - Full list of winners



Ten ground-breaking new garden products have been confirmed as the winners of the coveted Glee New Product Awards at Glee 2016.

The winning products were chosen by an expert panel of judges representing independent and multiple retailers, the media and international buyers.

After initial judging of the 305 new products first thing on Monday morning the judges selected finalists in each category. Then, for the first time at Glee those finalists had the opportunity to meet the judges on Monday afternoon to answer questions and make a pitch to be chosen as the winner.

The winners were:

Retail Services and Experiences
Winner: Compass Group (stand 17U30)
Finalist:  Malcolm Scott Consultants (17T59)

Outdoor Entertaining
Winner: Cadac - Urban Chef (17Y26)
Finalists: CPL - Homefire Olive Briquettes (17V10) and Panacea - Vintage Beverage Washtub (19F60)



Garden Decoration
Winner: Smart Garden - Solar Daffodil (18K30-31)
Finalists: Fallen Fruits - Dog Bench (18H30) and Pot Pal - Classico (20A13)

Home, Gift and Clothing
Winner:  Briers - Julie Dodsworth Orangery Comfi Gardener Gove (19H05)
Finalists: Briers - Navy Neoprene Wellington Boot (19H05)  and JKS Creations - The Aquabrush (20B55)

Wildlife and Pets
Winner: Wildlife World - Simon King Brushwood Robin Nester (18M50)
Finalists: Petface - Memory foam and microfibre mattress (18M30 - N31) and Wildlife World - ground feeder range (18M50)

Garden Care - Growing Accessories
Winner:  Lows - skALE Greenwall (19H51)
Finalists: Burgon & Ball - Large Hip Trug (19C26-E27) and LBS - Flexigrow – (18L60)

Garden Care – Chemicals, Fertilisers and Growing Media
Winner: Block Blitz - Block Blitz (17R03)
Finalists:  Westland - Safe Lawn (19G20-H21) and Westland - Gro Sure Smart

Plants, seeds and bulbs
Winner:  Javado - Growing Light Bulbs (20C30)
Finalists: Channel Island Plants - Petunia Tumbelina Maria (NB33) and  Javado - Planted Wek Jar (20C30)

Tools & Machinery
Winner: Scotts Round Up Gel Wand (18M20-N21)
Finalists: Greenworks - 40 volt Cordless Garden Cart (19C30-E31) and NAP Brands - Black and Decker Snake Wand (17Y40)

Landscaping
Winner:  Decopak - Milano Porcelain Paving (20J30-K31)
Finalists: Cadix - Birdbath (20E26-F27) and Panacea - Decorative Landscape Edging 19F60 

Best of British
Joint winner: Pot Pals and Block Blitz

Going Green
Winner: CPL Homefire Olive Briquettes

Best New Product at Glee
Lows - skALE Greenwall

Glee and Garden Trade News would like to thank the judges for Glee New Products 2016 for giving their time:

  • Andy Bunker, Alton Garden Centre
  • Brian Archibald, Coolings
  • Claudia Roberts, Notcutts
  • Gabor Knorr, British Garden, Austria
  • Heidi Towse, Frosts
  • Michelle de Lavis Trafford, Choice Marketing
  • Nigel Poyner, Consultant
  • Stuart Whalley, Blue Diamond
  • Val Kempster, Rosebourne




The judging panel was chaired by Trevor Pfeiffer, MD of Garden Trade News and kept in order by Harry Sinclair and Rebbecca Dean of GTN's owners The Garden Communication & Media Co Ltd.

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