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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Headquarters | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Areas served | South Africa |
| Key people | |
| Services | Garden centers |
| Website | stodels |
Stodels is a South African garden center retailer, operating a chain of garden centers in two of the country's provinces (the Western Cape, and Gauteng).
Headquartered in Cape Town, Western Cape, the company has been operating since 1962.
History
Stodels was established in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1962, when founder Robert Stodel began making sales through a mail-order catalogue, door-to-door visits, and out of his van on the Grand Parade in Cape Town.
The first Stodels garden center opened in 1968, in the residential suburb of Kenilworth, Cape Town</ref>, followed by the opening of a Stodels Bellville garden center in 1973, where the company's headquarters is situated today.
In 2006, Robert Stodel's son, Nick Stodel, took over the business, thereafter opening 5 more garden centers.
In 2011, Nick became the President of the South African Nursery Association (SANA), and was the first President of the International Garden Centre Association (IGCA) to be elected from the African continent and the Southern Hemisphere.
In March 2012, Stodels opened a garden center in the Cape Town residential suburb of Constantia, which was later replaced by a garden center in Bergvliet.
In August 2012, the company opened a garden center in Somerset West.
Operations
The company has 8 garden centers, located across 2 provinces in South Africa.
Stodels sells, among other things, outdoor and indoor plants, seeds, soil, and plant-related decor items, such as pots.
The retailer also operates Stodels Cafés at some of its locations, serving food and drinks.
Stodels operates a free loyalty program called Stodels Garden Club, providing clients who register with discounts on garden center purcahses, points for purchases, gifts, and discounts at Stodels Cafés.
Awards
Stodels has won numerous South African Nursery Association Independent Garden Centre Awards. Those include Best Garden Centre in South Africa in 2013, and again in 2022, as well as the Cape Regional Award, which Stodels has received every year since 2009.
In 2017, the company's CEO, Nick Stodel, was presented with a South African Nursery Association Gold Award, the highest honour in the industry.
See also
References
- ^ "About". Stodels. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ "Stores Archive". Stodels. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- ^ Stodefls Group spokesperson (August 18, 2012). "Garden centre celebrates 50 years". Weekend Argus (Saturday Edition). Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- Wilma den Hartigh (September 30, 2011). "SA leader for world gardening body". Bizcommunity.com. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
- "Stodels Garden Centre opens at Ferndale on Republic". Bizcommunity.com. April 10, 2024. Retrieved November 17, 2024.
- ^ "About our garden club". Stodels. Retrieved January 19, 2025.