Spring and summer garden programmes for retail chains and garden centres
A spring garden season is won or lost months before the first customer walks in. We help garden centres, DIY stores and retail chains with seasonal garden range planning: watering, greenhouses, pond, BBQ, furniture and solar lighting built by price point, with an order calendar that works back from your delivery dates.
The calendar is fixed by production, not by sales: own-brand and imported lines are ordered by October–November, final quantities follow in the January–March buying window, and factory holidays in late January–February stop production for 3–5 weeks. We plan a spring garden programme for retail around those dates.
What we plan with you
Range by price point
Entry, mid and upper price tiers for each category, so a hose, a sprinkler and a timer form a range rather than a list of products.
Order calendar
Order, sample and deposit dates worked back from each delivery date, with factory holidays built in.
Staged deliveries
Garden and watering lines first, then BBQ and furniture, split between March and May to match sell-through and your storage space.
Display packaging
Shelf-ready cartons, display boxes for counters and promotion areas, hang packs and price-tier colour coding.
EAN and compliance files
EAN codes, GPSR labels, manuals in your languages and the manufacturer’s declarations collected before the goods ship.
Reorder lines
Catalogue items with short lead times kept as reorder lines for products that sell faster than planned.
Programme parts and when to order
| Programme part | Typical minimum | Order by |
|---|---|---|
| Own-brand products (logo, colours, packaging) | From about 300 pcs per model | October–November for spring |
| Imported catalogue lines at volume | Supplier minimum per model, shown on each product page | October–November for March deliveries; later for summer |
| Display and shelf-ready packaging | Set by the packaging run, quoted per programme | With the product order |
| Fast and reorder lines from the catalogue | Supplier minimum per model | January–March, for deliveries from March to May |
Indicative. Lead times are 8–12 weeks from order to warehouse, and every date is confirmed in the offer. Orders placed in January–March for new own-brand lines are scheduled for summer, autumn or the next season.
How a seasonal programme is built
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1
Brief
Your categories, store formats, price points, last season’s range and the dates you need goods in store.
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2
Range proposal
A range by category and price tier from the catalogue and from sourcing, with delivered prices and minimums.
2 working days -
3
Samples and packaging
Samples and packaging drafts to your address for approval, before factory holidays.
7–14 days -
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Production and inspection
Production, then our inspection against the approved samples, labels and manuals.
25–45 days -
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Staged delivery
Deliveries split between March and May to your warehouse or stores, with customs and VAT handled.
25–45 days
Products that work well in a spring programme
A few of the 569 products you can order today — with supplier minimums or under your own brand.
Photos are supplied by the factories. Final colours, packaging and branding are agreed per order.
What you need to start
- Categories and store formats for the season
- Target retail price points per category
- Last season’s range and what you want to change
- Countries of sale (for manual languages and registrations)
- Delivery dates and storage limits per store or warehouse
- Logo and brand colours if part of the range is own brand
- For spring: decisions on own-brand lines by October–November
Frequently asked questions
When is it too late to plan a spring programme?
New own-brand and imported lines need to be ordered by October–November. After that, a spring programme can still be built from catalogue items with short lead times, with own-brand lines moved to summer or the next season. Tell us your date and we check what is realistic.
Can you split a programme into several deliveries?
Yes. A typical split puts garden, watering and greenhouse lines in March and BBQ and furniture in April or May. Each part is priced delivered, and the split is agreed in the offer.
Do you supply display packaging?
Yes. We prepare shelf-ready cartons, counter and floor display boxes and hang packs with the factory, with EAN codes and the mandatory information printed on them. Display formats are quoted per programme.
Do you give sell-through forecasts?
No. We do not have your sales data and do not invent figures. We work from your history, your price points and the season dates, and suggest reorder lines for products that may sell faster than planned.
Can a programme cover several categories?
Yes. Watering, greenhouses, pond, BBQ, furniture, lighting and garden tools can be combined in one programme and one shipment. Each item keeps its own supplier minimum.
Send us your product list
Links, photos, a planogram or a spreadsheet are enough. You get delivered prices, minimums, lead times and the documents available within 2 working days.
Request a quote
Send a product list, links or photos. We reply with prices delivered to your country, minimum quantities and lead times.
- Reply on working days, usually within a few hours
- Prices delivered to your door, customs and VAT included in the calculation
- Written offer within 2 working days