GARDEN Trader 2026

hen Landscape Istanbul Fair (LIF) was launched in 2021, the organiser, Athena Fairs Inc., set out its mission to deliver a high-quality trade event for the professional landscaping and horticulture community. Since it’s first edition in 2022, the Athena team have continued to focus on ensuring ‘quality’ is at the heart of everything they do and this was reflected in the feedback from attendees at the latest edition, Landscape Istanbul Fair 2025 (LIF 2025). Taking place from 8-11 October 2025 at the Istanbul Fair Centre, LIF 2025 was the 4th edition and attracted 110 exhibitors occupying 6,226 square metres of display space, making it one of the most comprehensive showcases of landscaping products in the region. As in previous years, indoor and outdoor ornamental plants and trees featured strongly and this diverse display proved a major attraction for the 4,128 visitors representing 54 countries, an increase in the Fair’s international reach of 12.5% compared to 2024. Buyers from Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific accounted for 67.5% of the total number of international attendees. Also proving popular amongst the visitors were soft and hard landscaping materials, landscaping equipment, architectural services, park equipment and furniture, and new innovations in planting systems e.g. vertical gardens. With professional landscaping contractors and municipal parks and gardens departments well represented across the audience, the exhibitors reported making high quality business contacts and expressed confidence in future sales resulting from their participation at the Fair. Exhibiting alongside many of Türkiye’s top producers and exporters were some of Europe’s big hitters including Piante Faro and Vanucci Piante with the latter exhibiting in the country for the first time in 10 years. Producing 3,000 varieties of ornamental plants and exporting to more than 60 countries, Vanucci Piante was a major addition to this year’s exhibitor line up. Piante Faro, who also exhibited last year, once again promoted their extensive production of over 5,000 plant Landscape Istanbul Fair 2025 continues its focus on quality W TRADE SHOW REVIEW w w w . I M B 2 B . c o m Text, Photo / Press Center 92