GaLaBau 2026 in Nuremberg: Leading Trade Fair for Urban Green Spaces Starts

<p>Starting tomorrow, the Nuremberg Exhibition Center transforms once again into the central meeting point of the green industry: From September 15-18, 2026, GaLaBau opens its doors and brings together planners, companies and manufacturers from the garden and landscape construction sector. As an international leading trade fair for urban green spaces and outdoor areas, it traditionally sets important impulses for investments – and this year in a rather cautious market environment.</p>

<h2>Figures, Facts and Data on GaLaBau 2026</h2> <p>Around 1,100 exhibitors present their products, services and projects in 14 exhibition halls as well as on outdoor action areas around planning, construction and maintenance of urban green spaces. On the outdoor areas, machinery can be experienced in live operation, while the halls showcase innovations in technology, building materials and practice. In addition to classic garden and landscape construction companies, the trade fair's target audience includes landscape architects, planners from authorities as well as motor equipment and agricultural machinery dealers. The offering is complemented by solutions for amusement parks, camping sites, kindergartens and greenkeepers. The previous edition of GaLaBau already counted over 66,000 visitors – evidence of the event's relevance as an industry meeting point.</p>

<h2>New Impulses in a Challenging Market Environment</h2> <p>The trade fair takes place overall in a rather hesitant economic environment. All the more should it provide orientation in uncertain times. The ideological sponsor of the event is the German Association of Garden, Landscape and Sports Field Construction (BGL). BGL President Thomas Banzhaf sums up the importance of the trade fair: "GaLaBau demonstrates every two years very impressively how efficient and innovative our industry is. This self-confidence gives us confidence, momentum and reliably conveys an optimistic mood of action." This message resonates with an industry that continues to develop despite economic uncertainties and demonstrates in Nuremberg how it responds to current challenges.</p>

<h3>Innovations to Experience</h3> <p>Several innovations premiering at the trade fair show how practice-oriented these responses are. ECHO Power Equipment and ECOVACS are launching a strategic distribution partnership for the German specialist trade: ECHO assumes distribution of selected mowing, window and pool cleaning robots for private to semi-professional applications – the cooperation will be presented for the first time at GaLaBau 2026. There is also news in the area of sustainable building materials: Trex expands its European range with WPC terrace boards Trex Select, which consist of 95 percent recycled material and feature technology for reduced heat absorption. The boards are available in three colors, two profiles and lengths up to 6.10 meters, offering planning flexibility for a wide variety of terrace projects.</p>

<h2>Change at the Top of the Trade Fair</h2> <p>There is also organizational movement: In the management team of GaLaBau in Nuremberg, Isabel Grundner has taken over the leadership of the international trade fair for garden and landscape construction. The personnel change comes at a time when the trade fair wants to further consolidate its position as a central platform for the industry – with a program that goes beyond pure product presentation. Lectures, forums and competitions complement the exhibition offering and provide specialist visitors with additional guidance on current trends such as climate-resilient infrastructure and green cities.</p>

<h2>Conclusion and Outlook</h2> <p>GaLaBau 2026 aims to give the industry new impulses in a challenging economic environment – and with around 1,100 exhibitors, practice-oriented innovations like the ECHO-ECOVACS partnership and sustainable material solutions from Trex, it provides plenty of talking points for four days of the trade fair. Anyone who wants to learn about current developments in garden and landscape construction will find a compact overview of technology, building materials and industry trends in Nuremberg until September 18. The coming days will show which of the innovations presented can establish themselves on the market in the long term – and how the industry as a whole copes with the current economic headwinds.</p>