Garden

Coop Bau+Hobby

A glasshouse of its own

Coop Bau+Hobby has added a free-standing sales greenhouse to its modernised store in Volketswil. Here the Swiss market leader in DIY shows what it can do in the garden sphere too

Garden11. August 2016

Fitt

Yoyo amasses prizes

Three awards for the extendable hose produced by the Italian manufacturer Fitt. One of which is the prestigious Red Dot award

Garden19. July 2016

Hozelock

Water from the Cloud

Hozelock steps out of the shadows with a Cloud Controller to revolutionise garden watering

Garden3. May 2016

Praxis Tuincentrum

Praxis in green

Operating in the Netherlands under the umbrella of the Praxis DIY store chain in the Maxeda DIY Group are three standalone garden centres. We report on a visit to …

Garden27. April 2016

Russia - Kräss GlasCon

System garden centre

The German greenhouse manufacturer Kräss GlasCon has been operating in Russia for several years. For one customer, Astra in Tyumen, it constructed a garden …

Garden28. January 2016

Fitt

Child’s play

The name has been just as carefully chosen as the colour: The new extendable hose Yoyo from Fitt is bright red and really catches your eye. But, let’s face it, …

Garden29. October 2015

GfK

Europe’s hobby gardeners go shopping

Sales of garden equipment and chemical products on the rise once more. Automowers and cordlesse appliances continue to be popular with …

Garden29. October 2015

Intratuin

„We call it trust“

The Dutch garden centre cooperative Intratuin is looking to grow in Belgium and above all in Germany. German national Thomas Buchenau and Belgian Günther Peeters…

Garden21. October 2015

Intratuin

From role model to rival

The Dutch garden centre franchise Intratuin is expanding into the territory of its big neighbour Germany, starting out with two stores in the north-west of…

Garden1. April 2015

Great Britain and Ireland - Gardenex

At the forefront of innovation

The Gardenex Federation brings together international DIY and garden centre retailers with British manufacturers from the garden sector

Garden1. April 2015

Yuan Mei

Company develops its own machinery

Yuan Mei is regarded as the biggest manufacturer of watering technology in Taiwan. The company considers itself a pioneer in innovation and …

Garden1. April 2015

Trex

For Europe, from the USA

Trex, market leader for WPC decking boards in the USA, launches a new product line for Europe

Garden1. April 2015

Dümmen

Fair Christmas

Dümmen is the first young plant producer worldwide to have Fairtrade Standards certification. Starting with poinsettias and then later geraniums

Garden1. April 2015

Elho

100 per cent plastic

The Dutch family firm Elho celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. Co-owner Olaf Elderenbosch takes stock

Garden28. January 2015

Europe

Markets in a race for custom

Although the European market for flowers and plants has recovered from the disastrous year it experienced in 2013, it hasn’t yet attained its previous …

Garden28. January 2015