Stuart Lowen retires from Ball Colegrave

After 37 years, Ball Colegrave’s Marketing Manager, Stuart Lowen has decided to retire in April this year.

Stuart Lowen Marketing Director Ball Colegrave

Stuart Lowen joined Ball Colegrave in 1987 as Trials Assistant, becoming Marketing Manager in 1999.

Ball Colegrave provides an extensive selection of seed, plugs and vegetative products for growers, retailers and landscapers.

A regular speaker at horticultural colleges and conferences, as Marketing Manager Lowen coordinated the RHS National Flower Bed Competition and the National Schools Competition, along with the late, Peter Seabrook. He is Trustee of the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation, which supports and promotes the development of young people and is also on the RHS Tender Ornamental Expert Group and Floral Fantasia Committee.

Lisa Jeffs will be taking the reins as Marketing and Product Coordinator for Ball Colegrave on the 29th of April, 2025. Jeffs has until recently worked in the company’s supply chain team, on development of the company’s catalogues and supported Lowen on marketing projects and campaigns.

“Finally, as I move into this new chapter in my life, may I just take this opportunity to personally thank you for your incredible support over the years, it has been so much appreciated,” said Lowen.