It's that time of year again when early order programs and trade shows are overwhelming and there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. I can feel the gray hairs popping out and the wrinkles becoming permanently imbedded but it's all good because the sun is shining and the bees are out in full force in my garden.
We're putting together our early order binders and cranking up the early order appointments and wanted to give all of you a head up on new product line up and our presence at the ICG Far West show in a few weeks.
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LOTUS INT'L
IGC Booth # 700
Far West Booth #22077
Right now Lotus has a warehouse special going on that you don't want to miss. The Early booking program that Lotus offers can accommodate retailers of most any size and give you the additional margins you need to remain profitable and competitive.
Lotus offers the broadest and most competitively priced selection of indoor pots and colors of all kinds including harder to find Bonsai, Orchid and Self-watering pots. The GFAS pots with attached saucers are on at least 90% of every order every month of the year -- a real money maker and the first ones that sell through.
Lotus is not an importer -- they are a producer with their own warehouse here in the US. This is the reason behind the competitiveness in their pricing and superior quality. The owner with his wife and daughters has lived here in the US for many years and as a family, own 6 buildings in Yixing, China where they make all their own pottery using gas fired kilns (far less pollution than coal/wood).
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GHP has been with Tierra-Derco since 2005 and starting in 2008 sales of the DeWit hand forged garden tools have grown significantly with this spring being the best yet. Each tool is made and assembled individually by hand in Holland with a "Lifetime Guarantee" imprint on the European ash handle.
We've also seen quite an increase in the Dutch specialty garden tools, composters made in Germany, and EuroGarden Kid's Tools made in Czech Republic.
Tierra's great selling line up of composters, Peacock staking supplies, a great selection of tools, gloves, composters and anything a garden centers needs from Italy, Germany, Holland and various other European countries as well as traditional items imported from China.
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Pride Gard en's unique product categories start with great competitive pricing because they sell direct to the Independent Retail without a middle man. Pride Garden has a large traditional wire goods selection of items including but not limited to hanging baskets of metal and natural fibers, re-cycled plastic hanging baskets, bowls and patio pots, "Terrain Planters", Colored banded wood barrels and very affordable and attractive glazed and antiqued tins.
Many of these are Pride's own designs and includes the "AquaSav" liners
which enjoyed a great sell through rate. They have added the AquaSav" merchandised in a coco roll that can be cut to fit sizes.
http://pridegardenproducts.com/aquasav-story/
Pride has a great line up of hanging baskets for both retailers and growers, handwoven baskets of natural materials, and plastic container collections in a vast array of sizes and colors.
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i-COIR COCONUT PITH FIBRE PRODUCTS www.i-coir.com Far West Show Booth #2045
Coco Mulch, also known as coco peat and coco fiber and is by far the single best all around planting medium. I-Coir's mulch is proven to be the most consistent, dependable, easy to use and available coco mulch available on the market.
Both small and large growers are using this coco mulch for their container plants, hanging baskets and small potted plants.
I-Coir bricks are compressed 4-5 times instead of the primitive bricks initially imported which were compressed until it would take an act of God to separate. I-Coir compressed sizes are geared for every consumer/planter:
- 8 Quart
- 1/2 Cu Ft
- 1 Cu Ft
- 1-1/2 Cu Ft
- 2-1/2 Cu Ft
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