Considerable interest in garden water features

The visitor figures for the last Glee in Birmingham have now been evaluated, with representatives of garden centres forming the biggest group as expected with 23 per cent (2002: 25 per cent). Retailers from the pet product and aquatics sector came second (2002: 11 per cent) along with manufacturers (2002: 13 per cent). Independent hardware and DIY companies (three per cent) and operators of large-format DIY stores (one per cent) came at the bottom of the table. Glee welcomed 25 866 visitors in all (up 5.8 per cent on the previous year). 2 327 visitors came from abroad, 81 per cent of them from Europe.
Visitors were also questioned regarding the product areas of interest to them, yielding the following results:
Aquatics / garden water features
32 per cent
Garden equipment
31 per cent
Plants, trees and shrubs
29 per cent
Terracotta and stoneware
26 per cent
Garden furniture
25 per cent
Garden design and garden fencing
23 per cent
Bulbs and seeds
21 per cent
Machinery and tools
21 per cent
Pet care products and equipment
19 per cent