Press information of spoga+gafa

In addition to the annual trade fair in Cologne, spoga+gafa also provides an all-year-round, digital offer: The innovative B2B matchmaking platform, spoga+gafa 365. Alongside extensive networking options, the platform also enables different product placement, supplier and new customer scouting offers as well as simple trade fair preparation and follow-up options. The platform that kicked off last year as a pilot project is going online on 30 March 2023 with a new alignment and a new design. Access is possible with a free Koelnmesse customer account.

The largest garden lifestyle trade fair in the world is fully booked Three months before its starts, the leading global trade fair of the green garden lifestyle industry is fully booked apart from a few small, remaining places. Suppliers from all continents will meet up with decision-makers from the specialised trade and worldwide large-surface outlets at the Cologne fair grounds from 18 to 20 June. spoga+gafa begins two days after the Global DIY Summit, which is being staged in Berlin in 2023.

The worldwide biggest garden lifestyle fair looks back upon a successful year 2022. After decades of the fair being staged in September and a two-year break due to Covid restrictions, the fair celebrated a fortunate re-start on 19 June in 10 exhibition halls in Cologne, successfully launching the first phase of its digital matchmaking platform spoga+gafa 365 at the same time. The industry is now actively paying back its leading global trade fair for the success of the exhibition year 2022 with a strong rebooking rate and the registration of new and returnee brands for the coming trade fair in June 2023. The “Global DIY-Summit” (EDRA/GHIN, HIMA), that ends in Berlin just two days before spoga+gafa is also having a positive influence on the increasing number of exhibitors, since its participants are subsequently invited to attend spoga+gafa in Cologne. Staged from 18 to 20 June 2023 in Cologne and online all-year-round, the worldwide key theme of the coming spoga+gafa year is "Social Gardens - Places of encounters".

spoga+gafa was the central meeting point for the green industry from 19 to 21 June 2022. After the pandemic-related break, as a physical event the trade fair offered a platform for international exchange and new garden lifestyle products. The latest developments in outdoor furniture and accessories, garden tools as well as BBQs and outdoor kitchens were presented. A glance at the current themes and

spoga+gafa, the largest garden lifestyle trade fair in the world, impressively confirmed its standing as the most important industry meeting point for the green industry in Cologne from 19 to 21 June 2022. Around 25,000 visitors from 112 countries came to Cologne to experience the new products and innovations of around 1,000 exhibitors from 52 countries live. The first spoga+gafa without spoga horse