In This Issue
Is this the spot for Guy Hands's next long-week-end?
Coffee Grounds concept earns Wyevale GCs top award
Local businesses oppose Wyevale’s plans for Endsleigh
Cadbury Garden Centre creates 41 new jobs with new look
Sales in Autumn running later than last year, according to Bestsellers data
Blue Diamond wins an Award for Excellence in Housewares 2015
Kelkay celebrating after ‘best ever’ Glee
British Garden Centres bring back Christmas excellence to Chapel Garden Centre
Record number of exhibitors make it biggest-ever AQUA
New pond and aquarium contractor scheme to launch
Bents, The Old Railway Line and Haskins Roundstone are The Greatest Garden Centre Teams
Treats – not lump sums – are what motivate retail staff to work harder says report
Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
Garden Centre Manager
Plant Area Manager
Plant Propagation Seeding Supervisor
Trainee Technical Growing & Production Manager
Ken Crafer brings out new book on Garden Centre Management
Stax to headline at GIMA Day Conference
Leadership, Innovation and Growth is the theme of CIH conference
Orchid-related items continue to dominate garden product sales
Six garlic varieties in the top 12 bestselling veg products
Farmyard manure and top soil sales encouraging
Postgraduate wins second national landscape award
Help give birds a beautiful home with new RSPB garden hedge packs
Save the Date: HTA Marketing Forum 2015 – Tuesday 10 November
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All the latest news from the world of garden centre catering
Baking all the way to the tills
Award-winning lunch! show welcomes over 6,000 visitors
Situations Vacant
Garden Centre Sales Agents Wanted
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Kelkay celebrating after ‘best ever’ Glee
Kelkay says Glee 2015 was its most successful show ever. The aggregates market-leader generated huge interest as it presented 91 new products to garden centre buyers and gift retailers at the show. It also picked up the first runner up prize in the Best Landscaping & Construction category of the Glee New Products Awards 2015.

The award was for Kelkay’s RHS Gardeners Collection, the only range of grits and sands endorsed by the Royal Horticulture Society. The judges were impressed with the versatility and breadth of options the range offers gardeners. The RHS Gardeners Collection can improve drainage and aeration, support aquatic planting and enhance rockery and Alpine gardens. It can also be mixed with composts for seed planting.

Reflecting on the show, Kelkay sales director Richard Pyrah said: “Glee 2015 was the best ever for Kelkay. We saw more visitors, generated more leads and wrote more business at the stand than we’ve done at any previous event. We put this down to continued new product development, great presentation and ongoing development of our talented and dedicated team.”

Kelkay’s Country Cottages collection of self-contained water features were another big hit. Oozing exquisite detail and exceptional quality, the collection comprises three models - Bramble, Old Mill and Tudor.

Other new launches included additions and innovations in the Borderstone® paving range. New Abbey 1.5m and Twist Circle 2.4m circular paving slabs are available in the bestselling Antique and York Gold colours and look great when laid as they come. Kelkay also offers a squaring off kit for the Abbey slabs to enable customers to personalise their design. Kelkay has also extended its popular Granite Cobble Mat Sets collection with a new granite mat quarter circle, complementing a range that has enjoyed great success since its launch last year. Exclusive Easy Edgings have also joined the Borderstone® range. These allow consumers to create curved or straight borders.

Kelkay’s essential water feature brands, easyfountain® and Henri®, have also been expanded. With recommended retail prices ranging from £29.99 to £2,499.99, the easyfountain® range provides a water feature for every budget. The brand new, exclusive products launched at Glee 2015 were designed and developed by Kelkay.

Glee 2015 visitors were the first to see six brand new designs in the Kelkay Henri® premium handcrafted water features range. Improvements across the range also saw lights included in three bestsellers in the range.

New pumps and lights further enhance the easyfountain® and Henri® products. Four new pumps, with capabilities of 450, 750, 1100 and 1500 litres per hour, are now available to power small and large water features. New light products include three easy to install low voltage kits, all providing 20,000 hours of usage. Each kit includes two, three or four LED light strings each with a 4-LED ring per string.

Also new to the Henri® brand is garden furniture in traditional hand crafted stone. The range includes two furniture sets. One comprises a table, bench and stool set, the other includes a high bar style table and stools.

Kelkay also launched its new path and patio cleaner at Glee 2015. A concentrate formula, it’s a powerful and fast-acting product that removes almost all stubborn stains.

For more information, visit www.kelkay.co.uk.
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