Dear All,
I got back home on Saturday after a very successful and busy trip.
The garden and horticultural Expo in Padova was an experience – over 2000 stands in 15 halls! Our stand was very good and our South African products very well received (Ross and I were the only S.A. exhibitors). We had many enquiries, all of which need to be followed up now, which we are doing, but most excitingly we won the trophy, judged and presented by the 6 main glossy gardening magazines in Italy, for the most innovative new products. This was awarded for the ‘kit-form shade house’ and the ‘tiller-weeder’ jointly, and means that we will get free coverage and photos in all of the magazines in their write up of the Padova Fiera. That was a complete surprise! Read the rest of this entry »
