10 Great ideas from Chelsea to use in your Garden Centre today! #5
Colour sells!
We love the use of dramatic coloured backgrounds that make even the simplest of plants look stunning, here Hornbeam or Carpinus is lifted by the purple backdrop.
Colour sells!
We love the use of dramatic coloured backgrounds that make even the simplest of plants look stunning, here Hornbeam or Carpinus is lifted by the purple backdrop.
We know that customers are interested in our green message, the green stories we can tell about our products and what we are doing to help wildlife…
So we loved this sign at Chelsea.
Just imagine a display at the entrance to your centre that could say this…
Some very wise words from Seth Godin, one of our heroes at Waring Stewart Associates and the Garden Centre Blog. “What does your brand stand for? If you tell me about service and quality and customer focus, you haven’t answered my question, because a hundred other brands stand for that. If you are what others…
DetailsTom Stogden’s slate sculptures were a part of many Chelsea show gardens, and are both tactile and beautiful. Have you thought of adding artisan created garden sculptures to your offer? (Englefield Garden Centre, near Reading have a resident sculptor based at the Centre…) – Here is some of Tom’s work, as exhibited at Chelsea 2013…
DetailsOne of the many services we offer at Waring Stewart Associates is plant photography…
We took these at a client’s Plant Centre yesterday…
What do you think?
We love the way some stands, (in particular the greenhouse companies) used bunting to draw attention to their products.
Bunting really attracts attention, in particular under canopies where it can flap gently in the summer breeze… (Well we can all dream!)
How about using a wheelbarrow army to welcome customers to the Garden Centre or the Plantaria.
We quite like the idea of naming the wheelbarrows after key members of staff…
your coffee machine…
Costa do it very regularly, and it shows in their coffee…
Are you as passionate about your coffee as they are about theirs?
Bills know how to use blackboards to share their passion…
What a simple low cost idea…
We love these spring planters made with elho pots at Cowells Garden Centre…