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Mims Pottery brings new launches, bestselling ranges and first look at Icons to Four Oaks

 

Mims will return to Four Oaks Trade Show on 2-3 September at Four Oaks Nurseries, Cheshire, with one of its biggest showings of the year across stands C86–C90.

 

Alongside a long run of bestselling ranges, visitors will be amongst the first to see a selection of new and exclusive Mims designs, including seven products entered into the Four Oaks New Product Awards.

 

The entries span both planters and an important new category for Mims: water features. Following a successful eight-month soft launch, water features will become a permanent part of the Mims portfolio for 2027, with the Creek, Lagoon and Monaco designs all entered into this year’s awards.

 

The handcrafted Waterworld designs combine distinctive glazed or rustic finishes with the practicality retailers need. Fully self-contained, frost-proof and easy to install, the range has been developed to bring something genuinely different to the category, with strong visual impact and accessible price points.

 

Also entered are four exclusive Mims planter designs: Green Garden Pink, Green Garden, Sycamore XL and Pico. Together, the entries showcase the breadth of Mims’ design capabilities, from bold contemporary colour and statement glazes to large-format terracotta and nature-inspired finishes.

 

The new products will sit alongside the ranges for which Mims is already well known, including the colourful anchor collections within its popular Blossom offering, its extensive Big Pots portfolio and one of the largest and most carefully curated terracotta selections available to UK garden retailers today.

 

Four Oaks will also provide retailers with a first look at the new Mims Icons concept ahead of its full unveiling at Glee 2026 just one week later. Bringing together eight proven collections from across the Mims portfolio, Icons has been created to highlight the designs that consistently deliver for retailers, whether through sales performance, value, distinctive design or craftsmanship.

 

The Mims team will be on hand throughout the show to talk retailers through the ranges, new launches and product mix best suited to their own space, customer profile and sales opportunity.

 

Mims can be found on stands C86–C90 at Four Oaks Trade Show, Four Oaks Nurseries, Cheshire, on 2-3 September 2026.

 

Find out more

For more information, email sales@mimspottery.com, call 0141 336 4970 or visit www.mimspottery.com.

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