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SOLEX On-Line Opens today
In place of the in-person SOLEX exhibition, we are hosting an online version using our SOLEX website and social media platforms. Showcasing everything that is new from our LOFA members as well as working with Garden Trade News online and in print to bring you three days of new products and ideas for Spring Summer Season 2022...
In March we made the difficult decision to cancel Solex for the second year in a row. Every year we look forward to connecting with exhibitors, buyers and industry professionals and although there are positive signs that events are starting up again, we felt that the restrictions would compound the challenges faced in organising this event and unlike other exhibitions we are unable to move the SOLEX Show to a later date in the year because of the long lead times required for orders.
We wanted to make the right decision for everyone involved and we did not want to continue with a show that would not be up to our customary high standards. So, we decided not to run SOLEX in 2021 but move the exhibition to July 2022, when we can come back bigger, better and, hopefully, Covid free!
We know that this will come as an enormous disappointment to many so, in place of the in-person SOLEX exhibition, we are hosting an online version using our SOLEX website and social media platforms. We will be showcasing everything that is new from our LOFA members as well as working with Garden Trade News online and in print to bring you three days of new products and ideas for Spring Summer Season 2022.
This year LOFA also teamed up with Planet Mark, a company that cares about the planet and wants to help businesses action and power change. Its certification recognises continuous improvement, encourages action and helps build an empowered community of like-minded individuals to make a whole world of difference. By measuring and reducing our carbon footprint with Planet Mark we can directly and measurably contribute to up to nine Sustainable Development Goals and address 25 SDG targets. I am pleased to announce that LOFA has achieved its Planet Mark certification for 2021.
As we are slowly coming out of lockdown and back to some kind of remembered normality, we are already looking forward to hosting everyone back at Solex in July 2022. We will be sharing the NEC with the Commonwealth Games in 2022 so we will be moving to Halls 17/18/19 for the first time which will give a different feel to the exhibition. We are already planning a new outside area for our BBQ members, enabling them to light up their grills and show off their cooking skills.
We look forward to welcoming you back in person in 2022 but in the meantime, hop on to our website between the 6-8July and immerse yourself in SOLEX 2021.
Visit: https://www.solexexhibition.com/
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SOLEX 2021 ONLINE - 6th-8th JULY STARTS TODAY
Be the first to see what's new and trending in Outdoor Living for 2022 - plus a chance to win a weekend break for two at the revered New Place Hotel, Hampshire!
Don't Miss It - Register Now!
Be the first to see what's new and trending in Outdoor Living for 2022 - plus a chance to win a weekend break for two at the revered New Place Hotel, Hampshire!
Don't Miss It - Register Now!
SOLEX is the biggest three-day event in the Outdoor Living Trade calendar. An essential event to see what’s new and what’s on trend for Spring / Summer Season 2022.
In the absence of a physical exhibition this year, we will be showcasing new products via our website www.solexexhibition.com, online and across the trade media, so make sure you put these dates in your diary, 6-8 July 2021.
SOLEX is the retailers essential garden event of the year so be sure to pop in on SOLEX 2021 ONLINE to visit all SOLEX exhibitors and catch up on everything that’s breaking on social media:
Register at www.solexexhibition.com/ register-for-solex-2021-online/ today for the Online SOLEX Exhibition 6-8th July and you could win a free weekend stay for two including dinner and breakfast at the esteemed New Place Hotel in Hampshire (www.newplacehotel.co.uk).
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Register Today!
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Following a successful 2021 season, Glencrest Seatex is looking to continue its recent impressive growth into the 2022, highlights of the range include the new Flamingo collection and our Katie Blake Elite Mayberry collection.
An exciting new range from Katie Blake, the Flamingo collection is the only range available in the UK in which all the chairs can recline. This exclusive design brings luxury and style to any outdoor space at a very reasonable price. We offer Flamingo in both deluxe and standard chairs; the deluxe recliners have deeply padded cushioning providing a level of comfort in keeping with interior furniture, the standard recliner chairs are comfortable and perfect for dining at an extremely competitive price. The use of aluminium frames and rattan weave ensure that your furniture remains rust free and requires minimal maintenance all year round. Available in the ever-popular colours of Grey or Natural, supported by a 5-year guarantee*, the Flamingo range is sure to impress!
The Mayberry collection is our deluxe range of furniture, offering unparalleled levels of quality and comfort, the Mayberry collection really stands out from the competition thanks to the oversized chairs with sumptuous deep filled cushions allowing you to relax or dine in luxury. Should you wish to spend your days soaking up the sun, why not choose the Mayberry sun lounger, easy to manoeuvre and adjustable to 5/6 positions. Available in Natural or Grey, the Mayberry range will make a bold statement in any garden, it is no surprise that this range sells out so quickly. The Mayberry range is supplied with a protective cover and is backed by a 10-year guarantee*.
*The guarantee requires the use of Katie Blake cover.
www.katieblake.co.uk
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A-Mir works with retail stockists across the UK and Ireland to supply quality products at competitive prices.
The Faro collection is made from 100% recyclable polypropylene and includes conversion sets with storage built in.
The Wentworth & Paris collection consists of quality half round rattan available in many combinations including the company’s new fire pit ranges.
The Mayfair collection features aluminium framed seating, available in matte grey, black and white frames. Many set configurations are available to create the perfect setting and includes fire pit tables.
There is a new range of gazebos in various designs and price points, including the San Remo sliding pergola in grey (2.75×3.66m) and the Lugano in grey polycarbonate (3×3.66m) (pictured)
The A Mir showroom is now open. To book a visit, email Tony
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Maze simplifies its brand for growth
 Maze Rattan is simplifying its brand to MAZE, to become clearer, simpler and easier for customers and shoppers to recognise great comfort, quality and style...
Maze Rattan has been a key supplier to trade partners since 2009, becoming one of the UK’s largest furniture brands. Priding itself on offering innovation combined with style and comfort, the team has broadened its offering vastly over the past years to include all-weather fabric furniture (offering the ultimate in convenience since it can be left outdoors 365 days a year) along with a striking rope weave collection which combines contemporary styling and comfort for the modern home.
 Continuing these innovations, the business is simplifying its brand to MAZE, to become clearer, simpler and easier for customers and shoppers to recognise great comfort, quality and style.
Alongside a whole range of assets and support available, Maze has also grown its marketing resources, with the team doubling in size over the past six months.
With the updated brand launching in time for SOLEX 2021, the business has a host of marketing plans designed to raise awareness and support trade partners. Look out for their ‘Create your moments with Maze’ campaign coming soon.
https://maze.co.uk/solex
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ZEST outdoor dining products shine at SOLEX 2021
Garden furniture and garden structure specialist Zest 4 Leisure is focusing on outdoor dining at Solex 2021, showcasing its award-winning dining sets, garden seating, swings, BBQ shelters and gazebos...
Garden furniture and garden structure specialist Zest 4 Leisure is focusing on outdoor dining at Solex 2021, showcasing its award-winning dining sets, garden seating, swings, BBQ shelters and gazebos.
The range is made from slow-grown sustainable FSC (C114990) timber and crafted for comfort and style using DFMA (design for manufacture and assembly) principles.
The Harriet table and bench dining set {pictured on the opening page) is perfect for entertaining or relaxing outdoors. With crossover curved legs it has a Bavarian style adding elegance to any garden. The Charlotte range (pictured) is the latest addition to Zest’s range of garden dining/seating sets, combining comfort and style with the beauty of timber. It is part of the company’s EASY BUILD collection, designed with convenience in mind, with just a few elements to assemble. 
 There is Zest furniture to suit any size of outdoor space, from two or three-seater benches, rectangular or oval tables, dining chairs to companion seats for two. The Appleton Gazebo (left) and other barbecue shelters make alfresco dining even more practical and stylish.
Zest 4 Leisure’s managing director Steve Morgan said: “Being outdoors, feeling close to nature and enjoying our outside spaces is more important than ever. Customer satisfaction and innovation are both key to Zest and we are concentrating absolutely on both to ensure that we can provide first class ideas and product supply in these unique circumstances.”
Contact
Click here for the website.
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Hartman inspires with comfort, quality and design
With more than 50 years’ experience, Hartman is an established name amongst garden centres and consumers. Known for producing furniture with comfort, design and quality in mind, Hartman continues to inspire with stylish, desirable outdoor living products...
With more than 50 years’ experience, Hartman is an established name amongst garden centres and consumers. Known for producing furniture with comfort, design and quality in mind, Hartman continues to inspire with stylish, desirable outdoor living products.
Recognising the swing in consumer demand for contemporary furniture, Hartman continues to grow its array of contemporary aluminium ranges at its 2022 tradeshow, offering a variety of styles and finishes supporting its popular weave and cast aluminium ranges, such as the Heritage and Amalfi. Hartman’s collections are all finished with its unique Tuscan ceramic glass, which has proven extremely popular due to its quality and finish.
Hartman recently launched its 2022 virtual showroom experience, showcasing an impressive tradeshow,. The company led the way last year with its online virtual experience, which received an overwhelming response from existing and new clients.
The virtual tour enables customers to view the 2022 collection at their leisure before visiting the tradeshow in person.
The real-life showroom at Telford, open throughout July, includes a cosy fire pit snug, emulating the experience of a festoon-lit, night-time soiree. A stunning piazza surrounded by olive trees showcases the new Amalfi lounge range, and you can check out extensions to the popular Dubai and Singapore ranges from the flagship Signature collection.
Click here to view the virtual tour and book an appointment with an area sales manager. Viewing is by appointment only.
This link takes you to the website.
Use this link to send an email
Tel 01952 231231
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LifestyleGarden® is showcasing its new-for-2022 Nassau Social Plastic® Collection - exclusively designed in partnership with Plastic Bank® at SOLEX 2021.
The new range consisting of rainbow-bright mix and match chairs, bistro, and dining sets, is made exclusively from Social Plastic® - ethically-recovered plastic that helps fight ocean pollution by improving the lives of those who collect it.
Back in 2019, LifestyleGarden® shook up the outdoor furniture market with the launch of its DuraOcean® chair. Made from 3.5kgs of recycled maritime waste including nets and rope, the DuraOcean® scooped the SOLEX Best New Product award and generated an important and much-needed conversation around our reliance on plastic and the impact plastic waste has on our planet. At SOLEX 2021, LifestyleGarden® returns to the exhibition with the exciting next chapter for responsible material innovation – Social Plastic®.
Plastic Bank builds ethical recycling ecosystems in vulnerable coastal communities and reprocesses the materials for reintroduction into the global manufacturing supply chain. The company empowers disadvantaged communities and helps them to transcend inequality by providing an opportunity to collect and monetize plastic waste.
Collectors in Plastic Bank’s ecosystems receive a premium for the materials they collect, which helps them provide basic family necessities such as groceries, school tuition, internet access, health insurance, and cooking fuel. The collected plastic waste is washed, flaked, and goes through a recycling process, where they are then pelletized and integrated into products and packaging as part of a closed-loop supply chain. It is these pellets that LifestyleGarden® will now use exclusively for its Nassau Social Plastic® Collection.
Paul Cohen, Sales Director at LifestyleGarden®said: “Our company-wide motto has always been ‘Doing Business the Right Way” and this has been ingrained in all that we do. Our new Social Plastic® offering, however, feels the culmination of everything we have worked towards. The positive impact of this material innovation has not been seen before within our industry and we strongly believe that it will change the way that people shop as they look to support brands that showcase visibility regarding their impact and supply chain. Social responsibility has never been so prominent, and we are dedicated to playing our part with Social Plastic® being the start of our story.”
Every Nassau chair will be made from the equivalent of 175 recycled plastic bottles, with each chair directly contributing to communities in locations such as the Philippines, Indonesia, and Haiti. Recognizing the popularity of this range and the value that Social Plastic® will have within the retail setting, LifestyleGarden® has set a target of FIVE million plastic bottles to be recycled through its Social Plastic®range in 2022.
Using Plastic Bank’s Alchemy™ blockchain platform which secures the entire transaction and provides real-time data visualization, LifestyleGarden® is able to track the lifecycle of every Social Plastic® product. This information can be shared with its retail customers and consumers to help paint a detailed picture of the plastic crisis and how little steps can make a huge difference to vulnerable communities as well as the planet. From the names of the collectors, to how their lives have changed as a result of their work with Plastic Bank, this is material with a real soul and the ability to change lives.
Information
To find out more about LifestyleGarden®’s market-leading ranges, and how they can help drive profits in 2022 please visit www.lifestylegarden.com. You can also learn more about ScanCom and its commitment to a more sustainable future by visiting www.scancom.net
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Booming Ginique gears up for growth
Ginique has grown from strength to strength and in little under a year has moved to new and larger premises to cope with increasing demand...
Ginique has grown from strength to strength and in little under a year has moved to new and larger premises to cope with increasing demand.
The new site in Telford, Shropshire, comprises a 2800 sq.ft warehouse, new offices and a Covid-secure showroom, which is now open and promises a warm welcome for viewing the Höfats Collection & Glowbus firepits at first hand. Refreshments and ‘lite bites’ are available to all guests.
Visits Make an appointment to see the complete product range available from Ginique by using this link.
Or go via the website.
If you are unable to make the journey personally, you can visit virtually via the 3D showroom (set up in a friend’s barn) so you can enjoy sunny Shropshire and the full range of products without leaving the comfort of your own home. Use this link.
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Pit Boss and Louisiana Grills from Dansons have been confirmed as the fastest growing grilling brands in the industry, bringing more than 20 years’ experience in creating world class, competitive and innovative products to the UK outdoor living sector.
The company focuses on relationships and takes pride in taking care of its customers and partners, using insight from its consumers as it strives to be the best in the industry.
Offering 8 in 1 cooking versatility, unique External Direct Flame Searing Technology™ and its industry leading 5-year warranty, Pit Boss® offers exceptional quality and value. 
Louisiana Grills® promise cutting-edge grilling technology, upmarket stylish designs and a reawakening of performance and innovation. Delivered from more than 20 years of pellet ingenuity designed to raise the standard of the outdoor cooking experience, they boast pioneering features like the patented Pressurised Cooking System™, providing best-in-class rear exhaust output that evenly circulates heat and smoke throughout the cooking chamber.
Offered with an industry-leading five-year warranty, a Pit Boss® Pellet Grill allows for eight different cooking options, including the unique Direct Flame Searing Technology, for true chargrilling and searing, reaching temperatures above 538C. Heavy-duty materials are used in order to retain and distribute heat evenly.
Complementing the wood fired pellet grills range are a unique Gas and Pellet Combo-Grill, Sportsman 2- and 3-burner Portable Gas Grills and a full matching grill cover and accessory range.
Pit Boss® also manufactures 100% all-natural hardwood pellets for a rich fragrance without the addition of artificial sprays or oils.
 SOLEX 2021 sees the launch of the robust and innovative Ultimate Plancha Series. The first in its class, this line of griddles blends power, portability and precision for a more convenient outdoor cooking experience.
The Pit Boss® Pro Series of wood pellet grills, featuring the Pro Vertical, 850, 1150 and the range topping 1600, is equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth technology, enabling users to control temperature settings and monitor meat probes from a smartphone via the Pit Boss® Smoke IT™ app.
Contact
Email: darren.rivers@dansons.com
Tel: 07873 981483
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At Bramblecrest, we recognise the importance of outdoor living and design furniture to complement any space: from small courtyards to large terraces, city balconies to verdant lawns. 2021 marks our 21st birthday and our commitment to the design and production of aspirational and quality outdoor furniture remains steadfast.
Product news
The best-selling Monterey range features a new colourway, ‘Sandstone’. In addition, ‘Chedworth’, ‘Tetbury’ and ‘Bledington’ continue to be successful woven ranges. Ever popular, the growing range of woven cocoons now includes more shapes, sizes and styles including a new triple size.
Recognising the continued growth and demand for aluminium furniture, the company has extended the Portofino and La Rochelle ranges for 2022.
In response to growing demand for firepit sets and to extend customer choice, it has added larger firepit tables, with griddle cooking options, for both square and rectangle firepits. Also increased are seating options for both woven and aluminium firepit collections.
Sustainability
Following the successful introduction of its innovative Eco cushions, more ranges feature this cushion fabric spun from recycled plastic bottles. These soft-touch cushions retain the hard wearing, season-proof quality that is synonymous with the brand's outdoor fabrics. Details of other environmental initiatives will be released soon.
Contact
Tim Pennell - Head of Sales
Johnny Sparkes - Senior Account Manager
Click here for the website
Tel: 01285 760974
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Nicholas Marshall interview and Solex On-Line Preview in GTN July 2021 Issue, live on-line now
 Nicholas Marshall is back - with aspirations to open many new plant centres.
In this issue of news and information for garden centre professionals:
- Solex Online - “exhibitors preview”
- Marshall is back… again
- Garden Re-Leaf Day 2021 raises £75,000
- New Products - Glee style
- Glee Buyers Power List - nominate your top buyers
- GIMA Golf Day - full results and pictures
- Hillier Heritage at Syon Park - GTN Photo Tour
- Signs of the times at Thetford - GTN Photo Tour
- Jam on top at BGC Bressingham - GTN Photo Tour
- HTA Column – 20/20 Vision… so last year.
 Nicholas Marshall is back - with aspirations to open many new plant centres.
In this issue of news and information for garden centre professionals:
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Pagoda is offering retailers access to revolutionary 360-degree interactive imagery for use on their own websites.
You can see how it works on the company’s website. Customers who place orders gain exclusive access.
Pagoda promises quality products inspected to international AQL standards, stylish contemporary bespoke in-house designs and colours and highly experienced staff, both in the UK and China.
The Pagoda team is highly experienced in sourcing garden furniture in China and Vietnam, with its own offices in Hangzhou for more than 25 years, building good working relationships with all the best factories.
Containers are shipped direct from factories to your warehouse with options of a door to door or FOB China port service. 
Luxury and contemporary
If quantities are sufficient, Pagoda can own-brand products in mixed containers up to a maximum of four products. All shipments are thoroughly checked to international AQL standard by its own inspectors, and delivered with a detailed report.
The eye-catching ranges offers an inspired combination of materials such as aluminium and steel frames to provide modern outdoor designs with uncompromising quality, durability, comfort and easy-care.
For sales & enquiries, Allison Rumbell – email here
Buying Director - Wendy Ho – email here
Customer Aftercare - Dominic Richardson – email here
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