About Us

Background

Grow through Play was formed in 2004, when Stuart Beare bought Chapel Leisure a company distributing childrens Coin Operated vehicles and Driving School attractions within the UK. The ethos behind the company is to help clients maximise their potential by developing attractions where children will GROW in confidence and learn through PLAY.

SB International

Stuart works closely with Ishwar Hirani of SB International who has developed concepts that include children's Driving Schools, Miniature childrens Farms and Mini Digger Pits and is proud to represent SB's fabulous range of products here in the UK.

Innovative Ideas

The Barrel train is a US innovation and was first introduced at Tulleys Farm in 2001, this prototype paved the way and the Barrel Train (Barrel Bug) ride was developed and went into production in 2005.

Stuart saw the concept of Farmers Golf at a US conference in early 2009. Farmers Golf is an agricultural game of crazy golf, and a course was installed at Tulleys Farm for the 2009 Summer season. It proved very popular with young and old alike. The game was invented by a Dutch dairy farmer and with over 130 courses in Holland it has really taken off.

Stuart Beare

Stuart is a partner in Tulleys Farm, Turners Hill, Sussex which is a traditional farm shop business that has now embraced seasonal entertainment, and includes the giant Maize Maze in the summer and the UK's largest Halloween Event in October.

Stuart has a wealth of experience in the farm retail and seasonal attractions sector and has travelled widely, speaking at conferences in the US, Canada and here in the UK.

He is chairman of FARMA, which represents farm businesses in the UK selling direct, has been secretary of the american direct marketing association NAFDMA and is heavily envolved in the recently formed Maize Maze Association and the newly established British Assocation of Scare and Haunt attractions BASHA.