The Glee New Product Award winners have been celebrating their success during the show. GTN got their reaction to their award success.

Tools & Machinery

EP Barrus

Hori Hori Trowel

Tracey Cooper, National Sales Manager and Will Timmis, Head of Outdoor at EP Barrus.

Tracey said: "It is always and honour to win an award and be recognised in the industry. It is an accolade for us and gives our customers the confidence to buy."

Retail Services

Formbar Ltd

Secure Fixtures Intelligent Lockable Cabinets

Hannah Lewis, Managing Director

"We are super delighted to have won and are very excited to be able to offer a new loss prevention product. We have been offering trollies and baskets for 20 years so this is a new venture for us. The reception at Glee has been enthusiastic and we've had lots of enquiries." 

Food & Drink

iSqueeze

Ruby Howell, Sales Executive pictured.

Elias Ebert, Managing Director said: "Winning the New Product Award has definitely helped raise awareness at Glee. We have noticed an uptake in garden centres looking to expand their alternative milk option and Numilk machines can be bought outright or rented."

Garden Decoration and Overall Best New Product

Treadstone

Orchard Sculpture Trellis

Dean Winters, Product and Marketing Director

"After being shortlisted last year for the original Orchard sculptures the latest addition is the Orchard Wall Trellis and we are pleased they have been given the award for the best in show. We've had a fantastic reaction from visitors and taken plenty of orders for stock ready in January 2026."

Home

Primeur

National Garden Scheme Queen's Landing Luxury Washable Mat.

Sarah McLafferty, National Account Manager.

"We are proud to be one of the first companies to collaborate with the NGS with a product and excited to develop more designs for the future. We worked closely with our senior designer to come up with a mat with colours that compliment current home decor trends, is functional and generates £1 for NGS with every mat sold."

Growing Containers

Woodlodge

Liberty Blue Pots

Chloe Smart, Sales Office Manager.

Quote from Amy Oxford, Marketing Manager.

“Winning the award has highlight the Liberty range which brings an affordable line of large pots to a more people. There are three sizes and they can be use indoors or outdoors.”

Pets

Creative Products Ltd

Aqua Paws

Richard Booker, Director.

“It’s fabulous to win an award at a show like this as it’s brilliant for us to be recognised in such a competitive category. It’s been a great show overall and highlighting the Aqua Paws product has generated lots of interest.”

Landscape

Prestige Water Ltd

Prestige Water 250L Classic Slim Wall Water Butt

Lauren Stringer, Technical

Junaid Patel, Managing Director, said: “The award and the congratulations we have been getting from visitor has bought people to us to ask lots of questions. It’s a great coup for the company and we’ve had tons of positive feedback.”

Wild Bird Care and Wildlife

Eggologic Nester Pod

Todd Wente, CEO.

“This is our debut Glee and a great opportunity to talk to bricks and morter garden centres. We’ve spent lots of time building the product so now it’s time to talk about what makes our product different. Lots of people have noticed and commented on the award - the product is easy for customers and great for the birds and the bees.”

Growing Accessories

Tulip Flower Alert

Mayhem

David Merricks, Managing Director

“This is our own invention to help houseplant growers known when to water their plants to prevent over and under watering. The long probe means they can see if compost is wet near the roots and it can be moved to different pots. The price point of £10 means it has generated lots of interest.”

Best of British

Andermatt

Biofleece

Robbie Di Nardo

“Our Biofleece is sustainable but we also believe in low air miles which is why our product is made in the UK.”

Growing Materials

Melcourt

SylvaGrow House Plant Compost 5L

Nikki Burton, Managing Director, with some of the  Melcourt team – Beverley Moseley, Diana Furmedge, James Harriss, Neil Gray and Richard Cave.

Nikki Burton said:  “We are delighted to have been awarded New Product status at Glee 2025.  A huge thank you to the judges, the Glee team and, of course, our amazing team at Melcourt.”

Plants, Seeds and Bulbs

Joint winner

Darby Nursery Stock

Salvia ‘Strawberry Melba’.

Matt Bent, Sales Manager and Simon Catterall, Sales Executive – North. Matt said: “Glee awards are a great opportunity to showcase new varieties and impulse purchases in garden centres which are a key driver for sales. The new salvia is colourful and impressive and will be a successful plant in 2026 - it has long season interest flowers from May until the first frost.”

Plants, Seeds and Bulbs

Joint winner

Farplants

Euphorbia Little Treasure

Pictured: David Salisbury, Director and Zoe Nicholls, Key Account and Business Development Manager. Andy Merrick, Director Head of Sales, said: “Very delighted our euphorbia has been acknowledge as an excellent new introduction. The award is an assortment and we have certainly been promoting it on our socials.”

Gifts

Westland Horticulture

Guardman Festive Feasts Selection Box

Anastasia Scaife, Head of Marketing - Westland Bird and Pet Category, said: “We wanted to create a special offer for customers this festive season and it’s lovely the selection box has been recognised as a good idea and concept.”

Garden Leisure and Entertaining

Sahara 

Sahara Ark BBQ

Stephen Kinsella, Sales, and Stewart O’Connell, Managing Director. Stewart said: “We’ve had a great reaction from day one of the show and the award has definitely validated the product’s innovative concept.”

Sustainability Award

Eco Crop

Pictured: Neil Watkins, Managing Director, Colin Baines, Product Development, and Ethan Baines. Neil said: "We are supporting local eco crop farmers and growers across the UK and to win the overall Sustainability Award for our product is amazing. Thank you Glee!"