General Gardening Aids

From gloves to netting

This category of gardening equipment covers a diverse range of products from netting and containers, to plant ties and labels, to gardening gloves, kneepads and wheelbarrows. Various garden aids The value of this business sector in the UK was estimated at approximately £30 million (consumer segment only - 2005). The professional market is also large due to the requirement of these kind of products for nurseries and greenstock suppliers.

 

Enviro-friendly Weed Control

Substantially reduced environmental footprint

Easy Gardener has announced the roll-out of its new WeedBlock(r) Natural Ingeo(tm) fabric - a fibre derived entirely from more sustainable agricultural resources like corn. Created from NatureWorks(r) polymer the company claims it is the world's first man-made fibre derived entirely from a 100% annually renewable resource, rather than from petroleum deposits. WeedBlock(r) Natural excels at preventing weeds, allows water through to the soil beneath and is guaranteed to last over ten years. WeedBlock(r) Natural costs £14.95 for a 12m x 0.9m roll (2007 price) and is currently available through B&Q stores and the company hopes to make it available at garden centres and independent stockists later in the year.

 

Major consumer brands

with national distribution

  • Camelot - Gardening gloves brand distriuted by Solus Garden & Leisure Ltd. (PVC wellingtons manufactured by Dunlop are also available under the Camelot brand.)
  • DuPont Plantex - A 'non-chemical weed control' landscape fabric product distributed by TDP Ltd.
  • Fort Wheelbarrows
  • Gardena - Its 'Clean and Care' range covers a range of goods from brushes, gloves, scissors etc.
  • Gardman - A significant supplier in the UK of netting, fencing and related plastic / fabric products such as mesh, baskets, mini greenhouses, plant supports, stakes and ties, trellis, wires and twists, plant labels, polyester covers and pots.
  • Haemmerlin - Wheelbarrows and lawn rollers.
  • Netlon (Tensar International Group) - Manufacturer of polymer and plastic netting, grid and mesh products.
  • Roonash Ltd. - Specialist cloches and propagating trays.
  • Rowlinson Garden Products Ltd. - Garden storage, fencing, trellis, lattice and items for container gardening.
  • Tenax Group / Tenax UK Ltd. - A manufacturer and distributor of garden netting and accessories. One of the largest suppliers of plant supports, labels, plant ties, hooks, pegs, edging, clips, bags etc.
  • Thacker Barrows Ltd. - www.thackerbarrows.co.uk partnered with Richard Fils S.A. & Fraisse Industries of France for marketing and distribution purposes.
  • Wheel Easy Wheelbarrows

    • "Some of us are like wheelbarrows - only useful when pushed, and very easily upset."
    - Jack Herbert

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