With 2025 now just around the corner, the new year will also mark the 80th anniversary of Stewart Garden – and the brand is still going strong!

It is appropriate that an 80th anniversary is classed as “Oak”, given the Stewart brand remains a mainstay of the industry after all this time, servicing over 1000 garden centres and for so many representing their preferred supplier of planters, propagation and garden essentials. Stewart makes much of the timeless tradition of its 80 year heritage but it also continues to innovate with exciting new products and consumer support. 

You’ll see plenty of examples of both in this special GTN XTRA issue.

As Gavin Wray, Head of Sales for Garden Centres, emphasizes: “This is such an exciting time for everyone here at Keter. The introduction of so many new products into our Stewart range, along with launching our long established and ever popular Curver brand into Garden Centres, is a real opportunity for both us and our customers to benefit from these fantastic products.

“The response so far has been amazing and I'm sure it can only lead to even more best-selling lines becoming available soon.”

You can read about plenty of examples of the new products for 2025 in this special GTN XTRA issue.

While Stewart is now part of the global Keter Group, it maintains strong links with its UK roots. Looking forward to its 80th Anniversary year, the company estimates that some 80% of what will be sold in the UK in 2025 will be made in the UK, in this case in its injection and rotational moulding plant in Banbury, Oxfordshire.

This includes proven best-sellers like its Smithy Patio Tubs, Cotswold and Essentials.

A localised manufacturing base and heritage help Stewart to stand for classic designs, finishes and colours that are on-trend to traditional UK tastes – with a touch of international flavouring thrown in for the more adventurous! 

Oasis is one of four new families that Stewart Garden will be launching in 2025. With a full range of five sizes that span from 3.8L right up to 31L, Oasis effectively covers every stage of a plant’s potential growth cycle. Perfect for outdoor use, just add a saucer to suit indoor locations.

The range is available 3 classic colours: Green, Anthracite and Terracotta 

A dedicated metal display stand is on the way too, to provide real excitement for Oasis in-store.

Drawing its inspiration from sand and desert textures, Stewart’s new Arava Collection blends a mixture of modern, minimalist and traditional textures for the ultimate enduring look.

There are two sizes available: the 44cm model is perfect for low-growing plants while the 56cm one is particularly suitable for shrubs and small trees. Both are available in two colour tones: Millstone Grey and Alpine Grey.

Developed very much with gardening behaviour as its starting point, Stewart’s new Cascade Flowerpots are designed not just to look fresh and contemporary but to also offer a little something extra hidden under the surface. 

As its name suggests, each pot features a special drainage reservoir and mesh to help protect plants from over-watering or from drying out in summer. Additionally, the largest three of the seven sizes available incorporate wheels for easy placement and movement.

The range is available 3 well-proven colours: Green, Anthracite and Terracotta 

Look out too for a new and dedicated metal display stand designed to grab attention and clinch that all-important sale in-store.

Stewart’s new Strawberry and Herb Planters provide gardening enthusiasts with a versatile and vertical growing solution that suits the available space. 

Gardeners can use them either as stand-alone singles or as a stackable system, and can nurture a variety of flowers, herbs and other plants. Either way, there is a roomy interior that provides ample space for plants to flourish, as well as drainage holes that prevent over-watering.

Available in both Anthracite and Terracotta, Stewart’s Strawberry and Herb Planters offer an added plus, too, in that they are crafted from 100% recycled polypropylene! Like all Stewart Planters, they are also 100% recyclable and designed for zero single-use. 

Stewart Garden offers a full menu of display stands, pallet boxes and fascias, posters and more as part of its extensive in-store theatre programme. 

Accordingly, the team was proud to win its recent GIMA Best Point of Sale Award for the super-impactful display it developed for its Urban Balcony Planters range this year.

It doesn’t stop there, however. A new series of metal display stands is now in the final stages of development ahead of launching in the Spring. All are designed to attract and focus attention, be quick and easy to shop and emphasise Stewart’s sustainability credentials. They will be wheel-mounted in order to be colleague-friendly too!

The final look is scheduled to be unveiled in the near future. Watch this space! 

The Stewart Sales team can now offer Garden Centres a one-stop shop for a selection of Curver homeware products across key families.

New to the market this year, Softex Decorative Storage combines a soft feel and look with a unique geometric pattern that merges function with fashion to complement virtually every room in the home. 

That is also the case for the Jute range which is inspired by handcrafted textiles and is equally at home in bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens and bathrooms.

For Kitchen Refuse, look no further than Curver’s Deco Bins which offer a traditional design – but with an easy-clean surface that is also rust and fingerprint-free – and Ready to Collect, the modular waste separation range that is itself made from 100% recycled material.  

Completing the Curver launch are no less than seven designs of Deco Boxes with lids, which are ideal for decorative storage, and ultra-rugged Tuff Boxes which are perfect for the loft, garage or garden shed.