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garden retail exhibition. Take a look at what Glee 2017 has to offer.
Mr Mein added: “Glee is in great shape – in fact, the 2017 event will be the strongest showcase we’ve been able to offer for some years. We have reached maximum capacity, and are on track to deliver over 550 exciting brands including 150 international suppliers, as well a wealth of new and lapsed brands. Look out for thousands of new product launches including tomorrow’s bestsellers, today. It’s fair to say that this year’s Glee exhibition is set to be one of the most exciting showcases of garden retail and outdoor living brands, products and added value content anywhere in the UK.”
Sector-by-sector update Garden Care is Glee’s most thriving area and this year is set to feature everything from growing media, compost, fertilisers and grow your own (GYO) products to garden machinery, garden tools and accessories.
Key exhibitors for Glee Garden
Care include Westland, Gardman, Scotts Miracle Gro Company, Smart Garden, Spear & Jackson, Hozelock, Fiskars, Elho, Briers, Whitefurze, STV International, Vitax, Taylors Bulbs, Bord na Mona, DLF, Fallen Fruits, Burgon & Ball, Panacea, Garland, SBM Life Science Ltd, Haws Watering Cans, Taylors Bulbs, Town & Country, and Rollins Bulldog Tools.
Glee’s Landscaping and Garden Decoration provides an unrivalled showcase of influential brands and
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leaders in garden and landscaping design.
Featuring stunning
displays, this area of Glee is a must- see section of the show, featuring many best-practice examples of how to cross-sell products in situ. From hard landscaping and aggregates to fencing, garden buildings and decorative accents such as pots, structures, soft landscaping, statuary, water features and timber supplies, Landscaping and Garden Decoration has everything to help garden retailers, builders’ merchants and landscapers to maximise those products that create the framework of every garden.
Outdoor Entertaining is the place
to source products that really enable people to enjoy the outdoor lifestyle and will feature the best from the industry’s leading companies, making it the ideal opportunity for buyers looking to source next year’s ranges and tap into growing leisure demand. A host of key suppliers will be showing everything from garden furniture, barbeques and parasols to chimeneas, conservatory and indoor furniture, play equipment and camping essentials. Plants is where buyers can shop for the best in nursery stock, bedding plants, house plants, cut flowers, trees and shrubs, herbs and florist sundries from both UK and international growers; as well as seeing the latest plant trends and. This year, for the first time,
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2017 exhibition will be home to its very first Flemish growers pavilion,
as VLAM, Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board, joins the show. The Flemish Pavilion (Hall 20, stand H30) will be home to a host of top growers under the VLAM banner, all ready to showcase their industry leading horticultural products. Many of the Flemish brands will also join Glee’s Green Heart to demonstrate merchandising best practice. The Green Heart is now a firm fixture at Glee.
Located at the
entrance within the atrium area of the NEC, this new area will see 40-plus growers come together to create a leading showcase for both British and internationally grown plants and will put ‘green’ right back into the centre of the show. Gifts, homeware and outdoor clothing are increasingly becoming big business within garden retail. Offering an unrivalled opportunity to maximise year-round sales from Mothers’ Day to Christmas, these product categories are ideal for driving impulse sales as consumers look to add value to their homes and gardens with stylish accessories as well as wanting to look good
in the garden. Glee Home, Gift
& Clothing brings together a huge selection of product ideas to help your gift offering stand out. In addition, the section features added-value product lines such as clothing ranges, picnicware and seasonal decorations plus games, toys and books. Exhibitors already confirmed for Home Gift & Clothing in 2017 include Villeroy & Boch, Kettle Interiors, Aigle, Abacus Cards, The Great British Card Company, Bronte by Moon, The Oxford Shirt Company, Woodstock Chimes, Evergreen, Chive, Crystal World. Pet suppliers looking to maximise the boom of pet product sales within garden centres will find their home within Glee’s dedicated pet sector. This year Glee will be home to its strongest pet contingent for many years. Supported by the PetQuip Business Village and featuring exhibitors within the wider parts of the show, Pet at Glee will showcase the newest product across food and pet accessories. Finally, any garden retailer
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