Crest Garden Ltd and Desch Plantpak Ltd exchanged formal documents at Glee to confirm their joint venture aimed at revitalising the UK ‘Grow your own’ retail propagation market. 

Chris Clarke and Nick Davies were on hand at Glee for the launch of the new ‘Plantpak by Crest’ brand of propagation products. The range includes traditional Plantpak favourite retail products such as seed and gravel trays, propagators and plant pots together with several new additions including heated propagators and plant raising kits. 

Following the signing, business was brisk on the Crest Garden stand with many retailers commenting favourably on the strategy of combining the technical expertise of Desch Plantpak with the marketing and sales know how of the Crest Garden team. 

The joint venture, which applies to propagation products only, forms part of the new Crest Garden business which has the support of Westland Horticulture. Commenting on Glee 2014 Nick Davies, managing director of Crest Garden, said “The show this year really had the ‘Wow’ factor. From the moment the doors opened on Sunday right through to the close on Tuesday, the stand was very busy with retailers eager to see our new ranges and most importantly to place orders.” 

There are currently three product categories in the Crest Garden range: Kent & Stowe is a range of top end crafted garden tools, Flopro is a stylish range of watering equipment and the new Plantpak by Crest.