Fifteen fantastic new garden and pet product innovations have been confirmed as this year’s winners of the highly-coveted Glee New Product Showcase. The winning products were announced at a special award presentation organised and run by Garden Trade News at the leading garden retail event, Glee, which takes place this week (28th – 30th June, NEC Birmingham).
Over 300 entries were received across the 12 categories, with suppliers from across the garden retail sector eager to showcase the innovation that has kept product development teams occupied over the past 18 months during lockdown.
It was then the work of this year’s panel of judges – Gill Ormrod – Rosebourne Garden Centres; Mel Livingstone – Fron Goch; Andy Bunker – Alton Garden Centre; Ian Hodgson – Garden News; Nicci Gow – Retired garden centre owner; Elliott Kirby – RHS Wisley and YPHA member; Lilidh Matthews – primrose.com and YPHA member, and Roger Crookes – Pughs Garden Centres – to carefully deliberate on the merits of each entry, before crowning the individual category winners and three ‘champion of champions’ awards at today’s official Glee New Product Showcase ceremony.
Glee 2022 New Product Award Winners
Garden Plants, Seeds & Bulbs
Winner: Golden Grove – Cryptomeria jap. ‘Kyara Gold’
Growing Materials
Winner: Sipcam Home and Garden – Peat Free Compost Booster & Organic Superfood
Wild Bird Care and Wildlife Products
Winner: Bermuda – Bermuda My First Pond Kit
Garden Leisure & Entertaining
Winner: Zest – Garden Bar and Two Stool Set
Homewares, Giftware, Toys & Games, and Clothing
Winner: Plantsmith – Plantsmith Houseplant Care Set
Garden Tools & Machinery
Winner: Westland Unwins – FloPro Can-Can
Garden Decoration
Winner: Hydria Life – Hydria Fountain Kit
Garden Growing Containers
Joint Winners: Barrus – Tiered Planters
Woodlodge Products – EcoMade Ocean Reclaimed Planter
Landscaping & Garden Buildings
Winner: Meadow View Stone – Alpine Collection in Large Bags
Retail Services & Experiences
Winner: Westland Unwins – Westland Live
Pet Products
Winner: PARK LiFE PET LIMITED – PARK LiFE Fris-Bix
Growing Accessories
Winner: Wicked Waterer LED Moisture Sensor – Mayhem UK Ltd
Best of British Award
Winner: Airflow Ltd – Bertie
Sustainability Award
Winner: Wildlife World – 30 cell natural rubber seed cell tray
Best in Show
Winner: Westland Unwins – FloPro Can-Can
Find out more
More details about Glee 2023 – which will take place June 27th-29th – will be announced soon. To find out the latest news log onto www.gleebirmingham.com. For details on exhibiting at Glee, call +44 (0)203 3545 9752.
