spoga+gafa 2015 is expected to hit a new attendance record, with more than 2,000 suppliers from more than 60 countries exhibiting their new garden products from August 30 to Sept. 1.
"Spanning around 225,000 m² of exhibition space, spoga+gafa covers almost the entire grounds, almost 90 percent of the planned surface has already been booked...The exhibition segments of spoga+gafa have been restructured and the segmental layout has been redesigned this year. With the division into four exhibition areas instead of the previous five, the complexity of the variety of products has been reduced. From the purchasing point of view, this enables related product groups to be located closer together and creates more efficient routes for the flow of visitors," says Katharina C. Hamma, COO of Koelnmesse GmbH.
The four new segments: garden living, garden creation&care, garden bbq&fun and garden unique represent the entire spectrum of the garden market.
Garden unique: Top brands, fresh designs and more garden unique has been the platform for outdoor premium brands at spoga+gafa for the last five years. Submitted by young designers or design students and selected by an international jury of experts, they all in the running to win the coveted young designer prize 'unique youngstar' 2015. The festive award ceremony of the young talents' prize, which is endowed with prize-money totalling 6,000 Euros will be held on the first day of the trade fair at 4 p.m. on August 30.
After its successful premiere in 2014, an event especially for landscape architects, which is being organised in cooperation with the trade magazine 'Garten+Landschaft' (Garden+Landscape), will once again be held at this year's spoga+gafa. The diversified seminar - which will include further education offers - will be held August 31.
spoga+gafa 2015: geared up for 'green'
In addition to a comprehensive offer of biochemicals and soils, machines, tools and accessories, garden equipment, garden sheds, and water and lighting, trade visitors will also find plenty of flowers and plants in the garden care & creation segment.. For example, the Landgard Plant Ordering Days will be represented by numerous companies at spoga+gafa again in 2015. The German Garden Centre Association (VDG) will also be exhibiting close to the Plant Park. The Garden Centre Day, conceived as an information day with subjects specially oriented to garden centers, is also a fixed item on the agenda. The Happy Hour will take place at 5 p.m. on August 31.
The Grill Park
spoga+gafa has the world's largest interrelated range of products from the area of grills & BBQs. Live barbecues, interactive elements, stage shows, beer gardens and a lounge atmosphere will once again turn the Grill Park into the perfect place for the communicative exchange between the trade and industry. With its enormous variety of exhibits, the offer in the Grill Park will reflect the entire spectrum of the barbecue industry and the barbecue process and will pick up on the most important topical themes.
New this year: The 'BIAG Buyers Brunch' from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on August 31 at spoga+gafa is offering experts, buyers and customers a 'get-together' forum and the chance to exchange news about the barbecue industry.
This year, the Garden Café will be in an exposed location on the trade fair Boulevard. It will also be the central Speakers' Corner comprising of numerous lecture slots and discussion rounds. The Taspo Talk will also be staged in the Garden Café. On one of the most frequented routes, the trade visitors will be given the opportunity to stop off in the Garden Café on their way round the trade fair and gather information and inspiration without making a detour.
When no lectures are being held, the Garden Café will be transformed into an entertaining 'Herb Kitchen', where the guests will be invited to sample and try things out themselves. On the boulevard of ideas, numerous secondary placements of the exhibitors will be set up. And the exhibitors, visitors and media representatives will also have a networking opporutnity at the 'IVG Garden Party' on August 31 from 6:30 p.m. After spoga+gafa closes, the BHB Garden Summit gets underway on Sept. 2 (CC North Koelnmesse). This year's program motto will be "Looking beyond the garden fence."
The spoga+gafa 2015 is open to trade visitors August 30 and 31 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sept. 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Garden Day 2015 is open to end-users and trade visitors on August 29 and 30 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Further information is available at www.tagdesgartens-koeln.com.
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