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Suttons Seeds Win A Gold Medal At The 100th Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal At Chelsea For 'The Secret Garden of Past & Present'. |
Rolawn celebrate with RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013 winners Rolawn are proud to have supplied products to 28 of the country’s leading garden designers and exhibitors at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013: including 10 gold medal winners, Best Show Garden and Best Fresh Garden. |
Rolawn celebrate with RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013 winners Garden centres that took part in Garden Re-Leaf Day in March need to act now to stand a chance of winning the Westland Challenge competition. See more... |
HTA retailers encouraged to ask customers to take part in pesticide survey The HTA is encouraging its retailers to make their customers aware of a survey regarding amateur use of garden, allotment and houseplant pesticides. |
Norfolk: garden centre, tearoom and apartment Freehold c.1.072 acre (0.434 h) garden centre, tearoom and apartment. North of Norwich. Attractive freehold lifestyle garden centre for sale with tearoom and on site 3 bedroom apartment accommodation. |
HTA welcomes Defra consultation on banning imports of sweet chestnut The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) has welcomed the government consultation on the proposed ban on the import of sweet chestnut trees into Britain in a bid to prevent a repeat of the ash dieback outbreak. The HTA called for the ban last month. |
Bettaland helps Woodland Trust scoop bronze at RHS Chelsea Flower Show South Lincolnshire-based nursery Bettaland has helped the Woodland Trust and its innovative Tube exhibit scoop a bronze award at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. |
Mr Fothergill's rare appearance at centenary Chelsea Flower Show Seedsman Mr Fothergill, or the pictorial representation of him on the company's seed packets at least, may not be quite as old as the Chelsea Flower Show, but the sprightly old gent was spotted at the centenary event this week. It was thought to be the first time he has been seen in public. |
Our young gardeners are blooming marvellous Our Miracle-Gro'wer schoolchildren have done it again – and won Royal Horticultural Society Silver-Gilt Medals for all four gardens they created at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show. |
American Fragrance Candles Once in a lifetime opportunity to sell for one of the worlds largest fragrance candle manufacture, soya wax candles top quality and approximately 20% better priced than the brand leader. |
Capital Gardens fights eviction from Morden Hall |
Bayer Garden on TV Bayer Garden is proud to announce that it will be advertising on TV over the coming bank holiday weekend, promoting its Advanced Weedkiller range. |
Fire ravages new garden centre on eve of official opening The new Cherry Lane Garden Centre at Bradmore in Nottingham has been ravaged by fire the day before its official re-opening after a massive refit. See more... |
Optimism for a good bank holiday weekend Suppliers report good orders in anticipation of a strong the bank holiday weekend as GCA figures show April sales increased by a disappointing 8%. See more... |
RHS sponsors awards at National Plant Show |
GIMA is a trade association supporting manufacturers who supply garden and home product to leading retailers.
To see a list of members and the products they supply, with links to their own websites, click here.
The Garden Industry Manufacturers' Association (GIMA) 1999 was formed on 1 January 1999 following the merger of the original GIMA, which was founded in 1982, and the Garden Products Association (GPA).
The membership now exceeds 100 companies, large and small, and represents the major share of all the key sectors in the market excluding green goods. The combined total turnover of members' businesses at retail selling level is now approaching £1.5 billion.
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