There is a big year ahead for Gardenex and its members, says Amanda Sizer Barrett, director general of the federation, when asked by DIY International about the impact of Brexit on the UK’s garden and leisure …
Gardena
Explosion of demand
Gardena reports double-digit growth rates. That’s not only down to the industry-wide coronavirus effect. After all, the brand has doubled its sales over five …
Italy - Rabensteiner
A clear line
The greenhouse builder Rabensteiner has erected a garden centre for Floricoltura Brambilla in Vimercate which conveys the character of the traditional plant producer
Compost Urbain
Kitchen composting
This year’s Gardena garden award went to Compost Urbain. It is no accident that the young designer Malcolm Hammer developed his idea in the densely populated …
Volmary
Sweets? Vegetables!
They look just like sweets and chocolates but they are snack vegetables: Volmary’s Candy-Bar concept brings together five varieties of mini vegetables, in which…
Landi
Reliability as brand core
Landi, the retail division of the Swiss agricultural cooperative Fenaco, is growing with a strategy which hasn’t changed for years: small on assortment, b…
Benelux - The Netherlands
“We are a 365-day business”
For many retailers in the European garden segment, the Dutch cooperative Intratuin sets the standard with its concept. In doing so it goes beyond the …
Bellaflora
A green experience oasis
Bellaflora, the leader in the Austrian garden centre market, is remodelling its stores based on a new concept. A variety of themed worlds featuring p…
Flowers and plants market
All in all a good year
That’s how Andreas Löbke from Co-Concept describes last year’s market for flowers and plants. Here we document excerpts of his market evaluation on behalf of…
Garden market
Sustainability and digital disruption
In her analysis of the European and worldwide garden market, Erika Sirimanne, Head of Home and Garden at Euromonitor International, identifies…
Crest Hardware
A secret oasis in the middle of Brooklyn
That’s how Joe Franquinho describes his garden centre in New York. However it is no longer a secret tip: the young owner is telling …
Portugal
Green Portugal
The garden retailer Horto do Campo Grande and plant producer Planta Livre are symbolic of the dynamism in Portugal’s garden business
New concepts - Aveve
Selling joy
Is the garden centre of the future a Belgian model? Our author Thierry Coemann paid a visit to market leader Aveve’s new store
Garden Trends Report
The rising trend of connectivity
Rooted together: that is the title of the 2019 Garden Trends Report, which is published annually by the Garden Media Group. Co-author Katie Dubow …
Volmary
Organic along the entire line
Volmary supports the issue of organic horticulture along the entire value chain from cultivation to seed and plant marketing