Blagdon

Blagdon started life as a family retail enterprise in the back garden of enthusiast Mike Chivers in the 1960s. Building on its success, it developed into the manufacturing company ‘Better Water Garden Products’, which was combined with several specialist aquatic retail sites around the country. Eventually, the company was renamed Blagdon after the Somerset village where the business first started. The retail and manufacturing businesses separated in the 1990s, and the manufacturing brand was acquired by UK pet and aquatic company Interpet in late 1999.

Subsequent years have seen growth and innovation change in the product portfolio with continued development in British designed water garden products. In April 2004, Interpet was itself acquired by Central Garden & Pet whose investment has further increased the ability of Blagdon to bring quality water garden products to global water garden consumers. Blagdon can now boast its commitment to innovation and quality with the largest research and development test area of any UK manufacturer, all based at its new purpose built premises in Bridgwater, Somerset, England.