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Deco-Pak Play sand raises money for Greenfingers A cheque for £2,550 was presented to children’s hospice garden charity Greenfingers, as a donation from decorative aggregate specialist Deco-Pak at the GIMA Charity Golf and Activity Day (Thursday, 7th June).  The money was part-raised over the last 18 months through a play pit sand promotion that is[...]

Deco-Pak’s new Decorative Garden Products and how we coped with the bad weather? After the indisputably poor start to the spring season garden suppliers have been gladly fulfilling customer orders throughout an extremely busy May.  Deco-Pak, decorative garden products supplier rode the storm particularly well – but how did they turn an uncontrollable external factor[...]

Politics, tourism and wine: Deco-Pak ticks all the boxes Deco-Pak’s new ‘Quintessentially British’ range of birdhouses and feeders feature four daring designs – a garden shed, a London Underground sign, a wine rack and a mini mockup of number 10 Downing Street. Now available to view on Deco-Pak’s website, this new for 2018 range has[...]

Deco-Pak’s water feature stands are now in 50% more centres this year than in 2017 Brigg Garden Centre, the Lincolnshire flagship store of the British Garden Centres family, is one of a number of independents who have recently upgraded their natural water feature range through decorative landscaping supplier Deco-Pak. Commenting on the 2018 season so[...]

How to lay Porcelain Paving There are two commonly suggested or recommended methods of laying porcelain paving, but each has its pros and cons, not least of which is the skill level required to achieve a high standard of finish. While there are umpteen different terms used to describe each method, we’ll go with ‘Full[...]

Deco-Pak – 2017 in Review For leading decorative aggregate, paving and decorative nest box supplier Deco-Pak, 2017 meant stepping up a level and refining its existing offering to focus its relevance to its core retail customers. As one of Deco-Pak’s new products appeared live on the BBC’s unprecedented coverage of GLEE this September, much had[...]

A Guide to Insect Hotels in the Garden Our Insect hotels range features six key pieces in various sizes and colours. The Tower was a Gift of the Year Finalist in 2017 and now one of our best -selling lines. Many gardeners often think about taking care of birds that visit the garden but not[...]

Feeding our feathered friends in style Feeding the birds has become somewhat of a national pastime in the British garden. 60% of British households are thought to put out food for birds throughout the year – all for various reasons. From avid all year- round birds-lovers to simply the compassionate Winter feeder. Whatever the urge[...]

Deco-Pak commit to garden centres as Penny drops on live TV At this year’s Glee, decorative aggregates specialist Deco-Pak announced it would be refocusing its business strategy, with garden centre customers at the heart of this bold move. In the wake of ending  a business partnership with a discount retailer, Deco-Pak has set out a[...]

Talking exclusively to Gardenforum, decorative aggregate and paving specialist Deco-Pak reveal the effort – and risk – of developing new products that are streets ahead of the rest of the market. We also explore the level of effort and risk that goes into launching successful new products in the landscaping sector, and how garden centres[...]