Koelnmesse Director Stefan Lohrberg recommends comfortable shoes for the upcoming edition of Spoga+Gafa in Cologne: there are only a few remaining spaces for exhibitors on the 230 000 m² of the site.In Madrid, …
Per capita expenditure down
German ornamental market at pre-pandemic level
The German market for flowers and ornamental plants in 2022 failed to match the pandemic record years of 2020 and 2021, but settled …
No more boring backyards
Backyarding - the trend of moving activities from indoors to outdoors - became incredibly popular during the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the United…
Garden centres in Germany maintain pre-pandemic level in 2022
Independent garden centres in Germany turned over 8 per cent less last year than in 2021, although the latter was, …
Myplant & Mygarden
Italy's garden market is growing at double-digit rates this year
The Italian garden market will grow to a market volume of EUR 3.35 bn to EUR 3.40 bn in 2022. Compared to 2021, …
DIY stores post double-digit growth
German garden market down 8.4 per cent year-on-year in the first half of the year
The garden market in Germany shrank in the first half of the year. Compared to the same period …
Award ceremony at Spoga+Gafa
Gardena garden award goes to Bird Buddy
This year's Gardena garden award went to the US company Bird Buddy. The award ceremony took place on Sunday 19 June 2022 at Spoga+Gafa in …
2021 figures corrected upwards
The German garden market is growing more strongly than thought
The garden market in Germany may have grown more strongly in 2021 than the data available so far indicated. According…
DIY stores still most important
French garden market grows by 14 per cent in 2021
The French garden market grew by 14 per cent in 2021 compared to the previous year, and by 25 per cent compared to 2019. This has …
Dehner joins BHB
German DIY association wins garden market leader as member
In Germany, the garden centre market leader Dehner has now joined the German DIY association BHB. According to a Dehner …
Record order backlog
Husqvarna warns of supply chain difficulties
Gardena's parent company Husqvarna expects production to have declined in the first quarter, which is coming to an end. This …
Innovation contest
Gardena garden award looking for sustainable solutions for the garden of the future
This year, the Gardena garden award for innovative entrepreneurs, inventors and founders is …
More stores planned
Weber opens its first store in Spain
According to the Spanish industry service Ferretería y Bricolaje, Weber has opened the first store of its own in Spain, in the Cabrera del Mar …
Figures from the Netherlands
Consumers are hungry for flowers and plants
Coronavirus is changing and accelerating the world, and particularly the plant market has been impacted positively. Figures from the …
specialist retail
A good year for the German garden market
Garden centres, above all, profit from the garden, balcony and patio being more important than ever before for the German consumer