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lawn & garden
Looking ahead in
LAWN & GARDEN
What’s new in lawn & garden?
We round up some of the latest news, views, and products.
AS WE STARTED pulling this feature together, the country was in the first weeks of full lockdown, our regular contributors were in full Alert Level 4 mode and many companies were only just coming out of it (Auckland excepted...) towards the very end of our publishing cycle.
That’s not by way of an excuse but it does explain a slightly different approach to some of the content in this issue.
Indeed, as you’ll find, this is a lawn & garden round-up, rather than an in-depth feature, but we think it will prove none the less useful to our industry readers for all that.
So, with spring in the air, let’s get cracking...
LAWNMASTER KEY AS STEELFORT LOOKS AHEAD
Having last month trumpeted the impending formal opening in September of the new Steelfort Auckland premises, what came along but Auckland’s extended Level 4 lockdown which rather stymied that plan.
Staying with plans, having encouraged former National Sales & Marketing Manager and now GM Gavin Lowndes and daughter Melanie McOviney to “put their stamp on the business”, far from taking a back seat, the almost 75-year-old
GARDENA’s Bluetooth App allows easy control of SILENO City 250 and Life 750 robotic lawnmowers from up to 10m away.
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