spoga+gafa is the largest garden and BBQ trade fair in the world: outdoor furniture, barbecues, garden tools, plants and decoration in the theme worlds Living, Creation&Care, BBQ and Outdoor Adventure. Most recently around 1,350 exhibitors and trade visitors from over 100 countries. We photograph collections designed for sunlight under hall lighting so they still look like a garden.
All prices plus VAT · delivered within 24 hours · max. 4 exhibitors per show day · See all packages & details
| Dates | Tuesday 15 to Thursday 17 June 2027 |
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| Venue | Koelnmesse, Messeplatz 1, 50679 Köln |
| Frequency | Annual in June, three days, trade visitors only |
| Profile | International trade fair for garden lifestyle and BBQ in four theme worlds: Living (outdoor furniture and decoration), Creation&Care (garden design and care), BBQ (grills and accessories with Flavour Market) and Outdoor Adventure — most recently around 1,350 exhibitors |
| Audience | Visitors are buyers from garden centres, DIY stores, furniture and online retail from more than 100 countries; an order fair where the coming season's collection is shown |
| Our travel time | About 60 minutes from Essen — travel included in the package price |
A lounge set in teak and textilene, a parasol, a fire bowl — all of it is designed for daylight and looks flat and yellowish under show lighting. We work with our own daylight-balanced light source, calibrate colours on the stand and choose perspectives that let the stand read as a garden rather than a hall. Weave, wood grain and fabric texture stay legible, aluminium frames do not reflect.
With barbecues and outdoor kitchens the material counts: stainless steel, cast iron, enamel, ceramic. Polarising filter and directed light show workmanship and surface; if you grill on the stand, you get smoke, embers and flame as video that captures the atmosphere buyers experience at your stand.
spoga+gafa is an order fair. Buyers from garden centres, DIY stores and online retail decide here on next season's ranges. For your sales team this means two tasks: documenting the collection completely and consistently so it can be used in catalogue and dealer portal, and capturing the conversations on the stand that show the collection is getting a response. We photograph product ranges from the same perspective and in the same light, and stand conversations without flash from a distance.
Short interviews with a radio mic — a product manager on the new series, a retailer on the collaboration — are delivered with subtitles, in German or English. A 30-second highlight with collection, stand and barbecue smoke goes to your social media team on the show day.
Tuesday is the strongest day: we use the hour before opening for stand overviews and collection shots without visitors, then conversations and interviews follow. On Wednesday the halls are still full; Thursday is quieter and suits team portraits, detail shots and videos of barbecues in use when the stand is no longer crowded.
If you exhibit in the outdoor area of Koelnmesse, you benefit from real daylight — there we plan the shots for the morning, before the sun is high and casts hard shadows.
Lounge sets, parasols and decoration in daylight-balanced light — weave, wood and fabric legible, colours calibrated.
Stainless steel, cast iron and ceramic with polarising filter; smoke, embers and flame on video when you grill on the stand.
Robotic mowers, irrigation, tools and plants close up and in consistent light for catalogue and dealer portal.
The stand staged as a garden before the doors open, with no visitors in frame.
Statements from product managers and retailers with radio mics, in German or English, with subtitles.
30-second recap and vertical clips for Instagram and LinkedIn, cut on the show day.
A post with your stand while the show is still running gets seen and shared. That is why every package includes finished photos and video within 24 hours after the event ends — first images usually the same day. Two revision rounds included.
A sample from our production: the event recap for your website and LinkedIn — below it, native 9:16 footage for Reels, Shorts and Stories, shot in parallel with the main coverage.
Event recap · YOOZ
Event reel · izy
Brand event · YOOZ
Trade fair clip · Vapes Bars
Fixed prices, defined deliverables, predictable turnaround. All prices exclude VAT and include travel within North Rhine-Westphalia.
Add-on: On-stand interview + extended highlight video (approx. 90 sec.) €190
Payment: 50 % deposit on booking by credit card (Stripe link sent with the quote) or bank transfer, 50 % on the show day. No German VAT for non-EU companies; reverse charge for EU companies with VAT ID.
Capacity: maximum 4 exhibitors per show day — please reserve early.
Tell us the date, venue, stand size and what the images are for. You normally get a fixed-price quote within 24 hours, with no hidden line items.
We arrive with our own equipment, work discreetly around your stand, and never interrupt a conversation or a demo. Shot list agreed in advance.
Edited photos and cut video via a private download link — within 24 hours after the event ends.
From €990 plus VAT for two hours of photo and video on site with at least 30 edited images and a 30-second highlight video. Four hours from €1,490, a full show day from €1,990. Travel to Cologne is included.
We bring a daylight-balanced light source and calibrate colours on the stand. Teak, textilene and aluminium then look the way they do in the catalogue and in the garden.
Yes. We photograph product ranges from the same perspective and in the same light so the images work side by side. For 20 to 30 pieces of furniture a four-hour package before and after opening is usually enough.
Tuesday: the most buyers, full stands and a quiet hour before opening for the collection. Thursday suits team portraits and barbecue videos.
Yes. Interviews, briefing and the entire engagement run in English — a large share of our trade fair clients come from outside Germany. Invoices with VAT ID for EU companies, no German VAT for companies outside the EU.
Send us your hall, stand number and the collection you want to feature. We will propose a time window and a fixed-price quote.
We normally reply within 24 hours. For short-notice bookings during a show week, please call.
