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Get more than you hoped for with Bayer Garden
Some very special packets of Phostrogen and Provado Ultimate Bug Killer Ready to Use are arriving at garden retailers as Bayer Garden launches two on-pack promotions for 2012.

Hanging baskets
30,000 hanging baskets in stock at clearance prices

Dobbies to share 3 sites with Tesco
A few days ago Gardenforum reported that the joint garden centre/supermarket development at Kings Lynn would be the first between Tesco and Dobbies. Now there is a second at East Kilbride, or is it, in fact, the third? See more…

Sarah Stillman Designs Launches New Spring Collection
Sarah Stillman Designs has just launched her new range of Floral Giftware, which is available to Garden Centres. Worktop Savers, Placemats and Cutting Boards, in all bright floral designs.

Solar Ultra Lights are the Ultimate
Gardman’s premium solar lighting brand, Cole & Bright, has launched a dozen new lines this year, the shining stars of which are two products that provide five times the brightness of conventional solar lights.

Gardman wins TGCG Garden Category Supplier of the Year Award
Gardman was delighted to win The Garden Centre Group Garden Category Supplier of the Year Award, voted for by the company’s garden centre managers.

Top garden centres revealed at awards ceremony
Staff at garden centres in The Garden Centre Group are celebrating this month (February 2012) after receiving awards at the company’s Spring Show at the Malvern Showground.

Dibleys have had another successful year at major flower shows
Dibleys have had another successful year at major flower shows, gaining ten Gold Medals at RHS shows including our 22nd Chelsea Flower Show Gold.

Green Clean - Spray & Leave
Green Clean spray & leave removes algae, moss, mould and lichen from a multitude of outdoor surfaces. No need to scrub in or wash off, with lasting protection against re-growth.

Flying Brands to sell Flying Flowers and Flowers Direct
The restructuring at Flying Brands continues with the sale of its Gifts Division to Interflora, subject to OFT approval. It will focus on the remaining brands, Gardening Direct and Garden Bird Supplies. See more...

Plants are up despite lower January sales
It seems that January sales were not as good as last year despite optimism around the trade. 33 of the 54 garden centres reporting in the GCA Barometer of Trade said sales were below Jan 2011. But the trend looks positive for 2012. See more...

Yeoman break world record with super-size spade
Yeoman is kicking off its 21st anniversary year in style after having received confirmation that its world record breaking attempt has been successful - making Yeoman the proud manufacturers of the world’s largest spade!

Maximise your marketing spend through new door drop deal
HTA members can benefit from discounted rates of between 10% and 15% on door drop marketing as a result of an agreement between the HTA and TNT Post.

Half the country faces a hosepipe ban this spring
Many gardeners are likely to face a hosepipe ban by Easter says the HTA’s Tim Briercliffe. He attended Defra's drought summit where the Environment Secretary announced a drought order for the South East. See more...

Love Blossoms at RHS London Show
It seems that cultivating the best in horticulture is no longer enough for the RHS. At the London Plant and Design Show it experimented with speed dating and claimed it was a blooming success. See more…

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.

The Objectives of GIMA

The Association's basic objective is to promote and protect the commercial, trading and industrial interests of UK and EU based companies supplying the UK garden industry. GIMA does this by:

Providing opportunities for the exchange of views and for cooperation between members on matters of importance to the garden industry.
Representing the opinions and views of garden product suppliers, both within the industry and to other bodies and associations, and as the need arises, to the media and government.
Making available a wide range of services to its members to support their business activities, both as an industry and as individual members.
Organising a calendar of events of business value to members.