With over 40 years experience in the garden furniture industry, Culcita is committed to providing its customers with high quality products and great customer care. And the Irish company's range certainly impressed visitors to all three days of SOLEX at the NEC...
Organiser Phil Gibbs has thanked all the exhibitors and visitors for making SOLEX an outstanding success, and said he hoped to see everyone again next year when the exhibition returns to the NEC Birmingham...
Inspired by 'the mystery and elegance of a Moroccan lantern', the Cabana from Alexander Rose is Diarmuid Gavin's first step into outdoor living product design...
Garden King Garden Centres posted this photo of centre manager Darren Sanders lounging around on the ‘Cabana’ from Diarmuid Gavin / Alexander Rose. The picture got over 180 likes on Garden King's Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/gardenkingnewhall
Alexander Rose are going up in the world...with their new Hi-Rise Garden concept. The Hi-Rise, a sheltered garden space with an 'upstairs' , is the brainchild of Alan Morley, Alexander Rose's head of design. "I realised after I'd finished it that what inspired the design was my childhood love of tree houses," he told SOLEX Sun.
Norfolk Leisure have been awarded the Best Stand accolade at SOLEX with the judges saying: "It's a very well put together stand and a lot of effort went into it. There are lots of features to catch the eye."
Five SOLEX exhibitors were among the finalists in the Garden Centre Supplier of the Year category of GTN's Greatest Awards, presented on the first evening of the show...
Above: the 4 Seasons Outdoor team with their finalist's certificate from the Greatest Awards.
One of SunTime's great successes so far this year has been the introduction of an exclusive range of designer solar lights, and the Garden Glows range certainly lit up SOLEX.
After a successful 'soft launch' at last year's show, importers Innovators International unveiled a fully-fledged range of garden furniture made from recycled hi-impct polystyrene...
Above: Winawood furniture from Innovators International.
The Boretti Premium Gas Barbecue being showcased on the Supagrill stand attracted a lot of attention. Retailing at £3,999, one of the impressive barbecues has been sold to a former England porfessional footballer...
Above: Martin Davies of Raglan Garden Centre admires Boretti's 'outdoor kitchen'.
The importance of design in the garden furniture industry was emphasised by two high profile judges of a student competition organised by Alexander Rose...
Above: winning student Matt Thompspon (purple shirt, centre) with fellow student finalists, their tutors and judges Diarmuid Gavin and Jonathan Hindle on the design competition exhibit at SOLEX.
Watch out for details of the Made Aware initiative, which will again have a signifcant presence throughout the show as most exhibitors are now members of the campaign...
Lokkii, Australia's No.1 barbecue fuel, is launching an assault on the UK market. The fuel is a blend of charcoal and anthracite, which the makers, GHHCL of China, say means it's clean burning as well as fast to light...
Napoleon Grills have unveiled two new premium barbecues. at SOLEX. The two Prestige PRO models – the Prestige PRO825RSIB and Prestige PRO665RSIB – benefit from significant enhancements and there are major upgrades for two current models.
How about this for a cool box? Yes, you can have a game of table football while your beer is cooling in a compartment beneath. And there were more great cool boxes on the Garden Furniture Global stand...
Barlow Tyrie unveiled Chesapeake at SOLEX, an extensive new collection in solid teak, initially comprising an armchair, side chair, innovative swivel rocker complete with Sunbrella fabrick cushions and dining tables in two lengths – 2 metre and 2.8 metre.
Following consumer demand, Gardeco are reversing the product trend to down-spec patio fire products with the launch of the new Big Fire range of patio fires for Spring 2015...
Exceptional trade demand - prompted by consumers celebrating an early 'Barbecue Spring' - has put a sunny touch to the SOLEX launch of Outback's new Trekker gas barbecue...
Zest 4 Leisure managing director Steve Morgan and key account manager Paul Haynes took the scenic route to SOLEX by cycling from the company's headquarters in Mold, North Wales, to raise money for Alzheimer's Society...
Building on the success of its newly-launched 2014 barbecue range, Campingaz showcased an updated collection at SOLEX. With a model to suit all types of consumer, the barbecues are a result of a multi-million dollar investment by the company and combine advanced technology and features with eye-catching, contemporary designs...
