As part of the cross industry ‘It Starts with a Pot’ campaign a limited stock of plastic pots are available to garden retailers to run planting activities in store over the summer holidays.

In the ‘It Starts with a Pot’ giveaway, sponsored by Stewart Garden, the gardening products division of Stewart Group Holdings, garden retailers can receive up to 50 20cm pots. The pots will be allocated on first come, first served basis and will be available for retailers to pick up from the HTA News stand at the HTA National Plant Show taking place on 24 and 25 June 2014 at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire.

Stewart Garden’s grow your own products, watering equipment, pots, propagators and garden accessories are available in over 1,600 outlets across the UK and Eire. These include DIY outlets such as Homebase and Wilkinsons and garden centres such as Dobbies and Klondyke/Strikes, The Garden Centre Group and over 600 independent garden centres.

Garden retailers wishing to take part in the campaign can claim up to 50 free Stewart Garden pots and use them in in-store planting promotions and activities throughout the campaign. They can share images and an accompanying paragraph about their ‘It Starts with a Pot’ events across a wide range of social media platforms.

Email iswap@the-hta.org.uk for further information.

For further information about ‘It Starts with a Pot’ visit

•          Trade website - www.the-hta.org.uk/iswap 

•          Consumer website - www.itstartswithapot.org

•          Pinterest – www.pinterest.com/startswithapot

•          Facebook www.facebook.com/itsstartswithapot

•          Twitter - #plantapot