A strong line-up of British companies supported by Gardenex, the export trade association, has reported a successful show with high quality leads and a great opportunity to catch up with current customers.

Around 26,000 trade visitors from over 100 countries came to meet more than 1,600 exhibitors and to see the latest product, trends and innovations from the global garden lifestyle and barbeque sector. 

“Our contingent of UK companies has reported positively on the quality and global reach of the distributors and retail buyers they met at the event, in fact in many cases, the quality has exceeded expectation!” commented Lydia Stubbs, Event Manager for Gardenex.

Products on show included hand-crafted traditional garden tools, pots and planters, fire pits and heaters, ready-made garden borders, garden gifts, garden maintenance products and bicycle storage solutions.

Colin Smart, European Business Development Director, Berry & Bird said: “We were delighted by the overwhelmingly positive response to our Berry & Bird tools at this year’s gafa show. The quality of visitors was exceptional – higher than ever before – and represented a broad international audience. The show continues to be as popular and impactful as ever, and we are now looking forward to an extensive follow-up period with the many valuable connections we made.” 

For Trimetals, the event enabled some exhibitors to connect with existing customers: 

“spoga+gafa 2025 provided an excellent opportunity to meet with our international distributors in one place, allowing us to strengthen relationships and showcase our latest product developments in person” commented Ben Smith, Production Manager.

For Red Gorilla, the event was a good opportunity to meet both current and new contacts: We’ve seen all our existing international customers as well as some appointments we’d lined up in advance, plus a few ‘drop-ins’ reported Dean Cox, Sales Director.

UK companies exhibiting with the Gardenex group were: Berry & Bird, Creekwood Garden & Gift, Eco Fuego, Firestorm Heaters, Garden on a Roll, Home2Garden, Red Gorilla® and Trimetals.

Next year, gafa+spoga will take place from 22 to 24 June 2026 – for more information about participating with the British group contact info@gardenex.com

For details of Gardenex membership, please e-mail info@gardenex.com or visit www.gardenex.com