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The team at Global Stone are pleased to announce that we will be showcasing our exciting new product range to the trade at the GLEE exhibition (stand: 4F24G25) to be held at the NEC Birmingham on 21- 23 September 2008. Our new product portfolio has been designed to provide our stockists with unique products to differentiate them from their competitors. We are extending a number of the existing product ranges and introducing many news styles, textures & colours to meet the growing demand for stylish, quality hard landscaping materials. We hope you will be one of the first to view our new innovative products and to find out how Global Stone can help our stockists maximise sales of natural stone hard landscaping materials in 2009. We look forward to seeing you at GLEE.

One of the show gardens at this year’s Gardeners’ World Live Exhibition, being held at the NEC from June 11-15, will feature York Green Sandstone paving supplied by Global Stone from Aldham near Colchester. The York Green Sandstone is featured in the Tuscan Garden which has been created for the Royal Horticultural Society by 26-year-old award winning gardener Emma Barttelot. Emma has used her her love of art, colour, travel and the Tuscan countryside to come up with an artist’s garden, somewhere to reflect, be creative, relax and paint. Emma said: “What I love about Global Stone is that it is reliable. I know when I put my order in, I am going to be given beautiful, durable paving that has been ethically sourced and taken only from sustainable resources. For my show garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live I have chosen to use York Green Sandstone. I needed something elegant that would suit the classical design and look like it had been there forever and a day – this paving fitted the bill perfectly.” Previously Emma has contributed at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2006 and 2007, and was this year’s Silver Gilt medal winner at Daylesford Organic Garden. She also secured an RHS Bronze Medal at the Malvern Spring Show in 2006.

Alitex the long established quality manufacturers of bespoke conservatories and orangeries have selected Global Stone ‘Old Rectory’ paving for their stand at the 2008 RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Alitex Marketing Manager Philippa McCullough comments “We have selected Old Rectory paving as it has the appearance of aged sandstone and provides us with the instant heritage appearance that we are looking for” The show is on from the 20th – 24th May 2008. Alitex stand MA10

Global Stone are pleased to announce that they will be showcasing their 2009 product range to the trade at the GLEE exhibition on 21- 23 September 2008,. The show is held at the NEC Birmingham and attracts over 22,000 people. For further information on the show please visit www. gleebirmingham.com Global Stone Stand : 4F24G25

Four students at Writtle College have set new standards with the construction of a show garden as a final part of their three-year Horticulture National Diploma. The English style garden, designed by Nigel Sheldrake, from Maldon, uses high specification materials, including Polar Granite paving donated by Global Stone, the Colchester-based importer and wholesaler of natural stone. The other students who built the garden with Nigel were Amy Watsham from Mersea, Sharon Carrington from Benfleet and Stephen Austin from Norfolk, under the supervision of lecturer Ben Wincott. “We have been able to produce a much a higher spec this year as we have been provided with much higher quality materials,” said Mr Wincott. The garden also displays a water feature, pergola, bench and raised beds planted with shrubs as well as the paving and gravel.Nigel said: “Lots of tutors and students who looked at all the gardens on Friday were very impressed by what they saw.” As well as constructing the garden, the students were responsible for contract and project management and risk assessment. In total there were three show gardens completed by students.“They will now be finishing their course three months earlier than any other horticultural students in the country so they will be in a position to be the first on to the jobs market,” said Mr Wincott.