Stewart Garden top planter supplier at
Ball Colegrave Summer Showcase 2017
S
tewart Garden, once again,
had a major presence at this
year’s Ball Colegrave Summer
Showcase at Milton, near
Banbury, which took place
from 10 to 28 July.
The company was the predominant
planter supplier to the trade event and
featured heavily in the designed gardens
across the site.
Exhibits included schemes pairing Ball
Colegrave’s plants with Stewart Garden’s
Varese, Lead Effect, Blenheim and Sylvan
planters. Also unmissable was the striking
SunPatiens impatiens display in Stewart
Garden’s Aztec planter and impressive
herb gardens planted in the Stewart
Garden’s Varese planters.
The 8-acre site came alive with a
spectacle of colour, undoubtedly the most
exciting and innovative presentation of
its kind in the UK. Over 50,000 Annual
and Perennial plants were bedded out in
the trial and display beds and in excess of
3,000 baskets and patio containers were
planted up for the event.
Exhibits at the event demonstrated to
trade buyers how they can maximise the
market potential of bedding in planters.
As patios become increasingly popular,
the market for combinations that provide
the instant colour, wide availability
and easy maintenance that container
gardening offers is growing.
Ball Colegrave is a premium supplier of
bedding plants to the UK garden trade. Its
annual Summer Showcase attracts over
2,000 trade visitors, from independents
and national companies to major groups.
Stewart Garden had a stand in the main
reception and meeting area, showcasing a
selection of their products.
Top garden centres and leading retailers
and DIY outlets from around the country
were also in attendance.
Alan Slack, Marketing Manager at Stewart
Garden, said: “This is another example
of our strong partnerships in the garden
industry. With 200 new plants at the show
being introduced for 2018, our planters
demonstrated inspirational colour-
themed patio gardens and innovative
merchandising displays. We’re certain that
garden trade customers were inspired by
the joint activity.”
Stuart Lowen, marketing manager at
Ball Colegrave, said: “We’re delighted to
be working with Stewart Garden. Our
partnership, which brings planters and
plants together to create inspirational
features, captures the imagination of
the fast expanding number of people
with patio gardens. Stewart Garden’s
high quality planters make a fantastic
contribution to the presentation of our
plant varieties and visitor experience.”
Stewart Garden loves gardens. It’s a
leading grow-your-own and contemporary
garden lifestyle brand, the market leader
in premium plastic flower planters,
including self-watering plant containers,
and the voice of authority in premium
consumer propagation.
Stewart Garden is a proud UK
manufacturer. Its products are available
in over 1,600 outlets across the country,
including DIY retailers such as B&Q,
Homebase and Wilkinsons. They’re also
widely stocked at garden centres such as
Dobbies, Notcutts and Wyevale and in
over 1,000 independent garden centres.
Find out more about the Ball Colegrave
Summer Showcase 2017. Watch the
promotional video here.
Keter Group BV, a leading global supplier
of resin consumer products for the home
and garden, recently acquired Stewart
Plastics. The acquisition supports the UK’s
continued growth strategy and brings
together two complimentary product
portfolios.
Keter, with a presence in more than 90
countries worldwide, offers a broad
portfolio of quality resin consumer
products across market leading sheds
and storage boxes, furniture, tool and
hardware storage and home solutions.
For more information, visit stewart-garden.
co.uk.
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