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Scotts aim to take Chapelwood to market leadership in 3 years
Doncaster garden centre wins Best in Show at Chelsea - more GTN highlights from the world famous flower show
Wyevale Keston GC put on a Chelsea Display...and win a bottle of champagne
Smart Garden Products acquires Outside-In Designs
Dobbies brings an American gardening craze to the UK
Gardening media frenzy over Chelsea boosts sales...
Peter Burks takes up the reins at Blue Diamond's Fermoy's Garden Centre
Buyers Power List introduced at Glee 2015
PetQuip Business Village comes to Glee 2015
Homebase on the hunt to find Britain’s next generation of talent
Gardman's Moulton Mill tools help to build gold medal winning Chelsea garden
Turn the Summer Bank Holiday into a worthwhile business trip to Germany
Apologies - and watch out for The Greatest Awards ON TOUR 2015
Plant Buyer - Romsey
Plant Area Supervisor - Kent
Production Site Manager - Herefordshire
Key Account Manager - Herefordshire
£3m revamp plans for ‘Gateway to Harrogate’ garden centre
Petition in support of garden centre gains momentum
Comfy furniture and sizzling BBQ sales boost April’s figures
2015 BBQ season is sizzling for Napoleon Grills
Hanging basket activity boosts garden product sales
Herbs join in the Veg-2-Gro bonanza
Growing activity to peak this Bank Holiday?
Roses are HTA's Plant of the Month for June
Ben promoted to Product Development Coordinator at Wyevale Nurseries
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
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Turn the Summer Bank Holiday into a worthwhile business trip to Germany



If you’re having a great time selling garden furniture and BBQs this year then you’ll probably be looking for even more great ideas, inspiration and new products for 2016. That’s what the team at spoga + gafa 2015 in Cologne have on offer for you – eight halls of garden living, one hall of garden unique premium garden furniture and for the first time this year a complete hall full of BBQ and grill exhibitors.

spoga + gafa runs from Sunday 30th August to Tuesday 1st September this year so it’s the ideal time to take a European summer break and take in some business opportunities as well.

Last year 1,400 visitors from the UK attended spoga + gafa and 93 UK exhibitors joined the 2,000 other companies from over 60 countries. 

“spoga + gafa unites a worldwide unique top offer of garden products,” explained Katharina Hamma, CEO of Koelnmesse to GTN at last week’s European Press Conference.

As well as garden furniture and BBQs spoga + gafa covers plants, garden sundries and garden care, machines, tools, garden equipment and sheds.  In total the show will occupy 12 halls.

Outside Hall 7, 'the epi-centre of the BBQ industry', there will be a grill park where BBQs and grills will be demonstrated by exhibitors.

This year for the first time there will also be a consumer garden show; Garden Day that runs on the Saturday and Sunday in one of the Koelnmesse halls and outside in the adjacent Rhinepark.  This event will host the German Championships of the STHIL Timbersports series and 'Grilling in the Sky' powered by Weber.  Visitors to spoga + gafa will have free entrance to the Garden Day.

You can find out more about spoga + gafa 2015 at www.spogagafa.com.

If you’ve never been to Cologne for spoga + gafa before Koelnmesse have a team that can help with travel and hotel arrangements. If you contact GTN via trevor.pfeiffer@tgcmc.co.uk we will liaise with the koelnmesse team and pass on your details.

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