LifestyleGarden®, the pioneer of the ground breaking DuraOcean® chair and stunning outdoor furniture ranges backed by an environmental and sustainable business agenda, has taken steps to ensure that extensive stock of its leading product portfolio is readily available to its customers including those set-up with transactional webstores, in a bid to meet consumer demand during the nationwide lockdown. Continue reading
Month: March 2020
How Primeur’s charity partnerships are making a difference
In the current climate, we are always looking for a good news story to lift our spirits and what is better than giving back to charity and community? One company that is doing just that is Primeur – the brand behind the game changing ECO Garden and Mighty Mats collections. From raffles to product donations, the business, known for its innovative garden products made of recycled rubber tyres, regularly arranges events and fundraisers to give back to a range of charities and worthy causes. Here the company summarises how its helping charity causes to thrive. Continue reading
How the humble houseplant became the garden industry’s fastest growth category
It’s official: – 2019 was the year of the houseplant according to the GCA’s Barometer of Trade (BoT) report. Last year, the houseplant sector saw the biggest increase in sales at garden centres across the country with an increase of 17.6% compared to 2018. It is estimated that the millennial generation is responsible for one third of all houseplant sales but how did they become so popular? Continue reading
Put your best foot forward with Primeur’s eco-friendly recycled rubber stepping stones
One small step for gardeners, one giant leap for the environment!
The days of trips, slips and muddy shoes are long gone, thanks to Primeur’s Recycled Rubber Stepping Stone Collection. Now, crossing a soggy lawn or veg patch will no longer entail negotiating an assault course because rubber stepping stones combine the ultimate in grip underfoot with the latest on-trend landscaping styles. Continue reading
Get ultra-tough on slugs and snails this spring with Neudorff’s Sluggo Slug & Snail Killer Ultra!
Gardeners who are looking to get tough on slugs and snails this spring are being handed the ultimate in mollusc control. Sluggo Slug & Snail Killer Ultra from Neudorff is metaldehyde-free, helping to prevent precious ornamentals and edibles from falling prey to the nation’s worst plant-wrecker, while being gentle to beneficial wildlife. Continue reading
Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020 celebrates another superb day of FUNdraising
Garden Re-Leaf Day on Friday 13th March may have fallen in the middle of a worldwide pandemic, but that didn’t dampen the FUNdraising spirits of Greenfingers supporters across the country. The official ‘start to the season’ saw businesses and individuals come together to undertake a wide range of activities to help raise much needed funds for the children’s hospice charity. Whilst the final total is yet to be announced, it has been confirmed that over £20,000 has already been pledged. Continue reading
Still growing strong! Johnsons Lawn Seed celebrates its 200th birthday
UK’s oldest grass seed brand marks a milestone and unveils ground-breaking products
Johnsons Lawn Seed, the UK’s leading grass seed brand dedicated to supplying the finest quality lawn seed for the nation’s gardeners, is celebrating its 200th anniversary during 2020 – while taking the wraps off two new products that have been engineered to make lawncare even easier. Continue reading
Meet Viano & DJ Turfcare: organic to the core
Sustainability, eco-friendly, environmentally sound, ‘green’ – these are all words that have found their way into everyday language and the public agenda, but for leading eco- friendly garden product supplier, Viano, it is the core ethos of the business. Continue reading
Unbreakable planters banish the problem of smashed pots to history – and save gardeners a fortune
Award-winning Tierra Verde eco-friendly planters made from recycled rubber are preventing thousands of old tyres from being dumped in landfill, too
Gardeners rejoice! The days of containers toppling and smashing in gales, cracking after cold frosty nights or shattering when struck by a football are officially over! The new Tierra Verde collection of unbreakable eco-friendly planters from Primeur is set to revolutionise container gardening, and save gardeners a fortune in replacing damaged pots. Continue reading
Johnsons Lawn Seed discovers the holy grail of lawncare – grass that doesn’t turn yellow due to dog urine damage
Introducing Tuffgrass with Dog Patch Resistance, the super-tough new grass seed that dog-owners would be barking mad not to try!
It is a problem that has dogged lawn-owners for decades: manicured turf left scorched by beloved pets using grass as their toilet. Now, in a UK first, this bane of gardeners’ lives is set to be consigned to history with the launch of an ultra-tough grass seed mix that’s scientifically proven to resist urine damage. Continue reading
Pawexpo – How pets can boost health, wellbeing and the value of the “Pet Pound”
Pet ownership is undoubtedly one of the greatest pleasures in life so it should come as no surprise that the money spent on pets has been consistently on the rise for several years. The UK pet product and services market was estimated to be worth around £850 million in 2016 (AMA Research) and is set to continue to boom. Focusing on the important role pets have to play as a source of companionship and joy cannot be underestimated as Pawexpo, the new trade show launching this September (15th – 17th September, NEC Birmingham), will reveal. Continue reading
Thank you to everyone for supporting Garden Re-Leaf Day 2020 – and good luck!
With just a few days to go until Garden Re-Leaf Day (13th March), the organisers of the annual fundraising day, Greenfingers Charity, would like to extend their endless thanks to everyone that is supporting this flagship fundraising event and raising vital funds for the children’s hospice charity. Continue reading
The Garden Re-Leaf Walk – why two walkers keep coming back!
Every idea has to start somewhere and in the case of the annual Garden Re-Leaf Day Walk it started at a bar where many “great” ideas begin! Continue reading
More names confirmed for GIMA Day Conference
The annual GIMA Day Conference is fast approaching (19th March 2020), and with the latest names joining the agenda it is set to be a valuable day of learning and networking for both members and non-members. Continue reading
Christmas comes early for Greenfingers thanks to Primeur’s latest fundraising donation
Yesterday at the annual Garden Press Event (4th March 2020) the team from Primeur – the brand behind the game changing ECO Garden and Might Mats collections – presented the Greenfingers team with a special fundraising cheque for a phenomenal £4,000, all raised by sales of the company’s Christmas Glitter Coir Doormat. Continue reading