Two trade shows in one week!

Never let it be said that we like an easy life at AutoPot HQ! September saw us exhibit at two of the largest UK trade shows… in the same week! Glee 2014 is a trade-only expo for the gardening retail and leisure industry and took place in the middle of September.

We tailored our booth around the launch of our easy2GO Kit and spoke to lots of garden retailers who were visiting the show to pick up products for next years’ season. The response was great, with many of them commenting on the simplicity of the product and the colourful packaging and point-of-sale displays. Keep your eyes peeled for our easy2GO Kit in your local garden centre next year.

Just a few days later we were at the ExCeL in London as GROW2014 saw the hydroponics industry make a welcome return to the capital. It’s the first time London has seen a trade show focussed solely on hydroponics in over a decade and visitors turned up in their thousands, all keen to learn about the latest technologies and growing techniques.

We decided to do something a little different for the London audience – they’re a notoriously tough crowd! – so we decked out our booth with some huge AutoPot grown plants and illuminated them with the latest LED lights (thanks BudMaster and Planet LED). The display certainly drew plenty of attention and we received fantastic feedback from the growers and retailers that we spoke to throughout the weekend. One of our personal highlights was announcing over the PA system that we were giving all our plants away… we’ve never cleared a booth so quickly! We hope they’re all happy in their new homes.