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Christmas is bursting out all over and Grottos are fully booked already
Tete a Tete tops Bestsellers Top 20 chart
Kates Sky Dive for Greenfingers
HTA Garden Futures Conference and Dinner: ‘Business Agility in a Disruptive World’
SkALE Greenwall wins Best Product at Glee
CPL Distribution launch Next Generation Biomass Fuels range
New Plant Invigorator and Bio Stimulant from Neudorff
Wildlife World launches stylish new range
Rebooking for Glee 2017 breaks records
Bathgate Horticulture Wins Award for Best Retail Product or Service at Four Oaks
HTA Marketing Forum - Maximising Your Potential
VivaGreen is crowned the 2016 GIMA Innovators’ Seed Corn Fund winners!
Elementi - The Art of Fire
New Aquabrush will be a hit with gardeners and active lifestylers
Little Babas Toys showcased their new range of licensed CBeebies Mr Bloom Talking Veggies at Glee 2016
New Spear & Jackson Razorsharp Convertible Ratchet Anvil Secateurs
Nursery Growing Supervisor
Grounds Maintenance Operative
Squire’s Garden Centres Hold Recruitment Day
Planteria Seasonal Department Manager
Garden Centre Seasonal Manager, Christmas & Furniture
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Orchid products provide sales uplift
Onion sales are electric
Growing media sales rise by 4%
Top 50 plant sales grow by 28%
Glee New Product Awards - Full list of winners
A Conifer for every garden: National Conifer Week 2016
Retailers Choice is inspired by the Japanese art of origami and an opening seed
New National Sales Manager joins Fallen Fruits
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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