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Spirits will be In The Sky at GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
The trophies and certificates are all prepared ready for presenting on Sunday night
GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards judges work through the Christmas break to select the winners
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Spirits will be In The Sky at GTN’s Greatest Christmas Party
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Tickets are on sale for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Party, sponsored by Premier Decorations, where Dr and the Medics will provide the live music for dancing and celebrating the night away. Come and join us for the party of the year in Harrogate on Sunday 10th January 2016...



Tickets are on sale for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards Party, sponsored by Premier Decorations, where Dr and the Medics will provide the live music for dancing the night away. 

Spirits will be In The Sky at The Greatest Christmas Awards Party this year as Dr and the Medics, who had a No1 hit in the 80's with Spirit In The Sky, take a break from the festival circuit to provide the live music and entertainment for celebrating and partying into the night after the presentations of GTN's 7th Greatest Christmas Awards.

Come and join us for the party of the year in Harrogate on Sunday 10th January 2016. A three course meal with reception drinks and wine is followed by the awards presentations and dancing to Dr and the Medics.

Ticket prices start at £84 plus VAT per person with discounts for bookings of 3 or more tickets.

Number of tickets

Price

Per person ex VAT

Single

£84 + VAT

£84

3

£240 + VAT

£80

5

£380 + VAT

£76

Table of 10

£720 + VAT

£72



It’s the ideal opportunity to combine a buying trip to the Harrogate Christmas & Gift show with a great night out in the company of industry friends and Greatest Christmas Award winners.

Call The Greatest Awards team on 01733 775700 or book on-line here:  (these prices include VAT)

Tickets


The trophies and certificates are all prepared ready for presenting on Sunday night


On Sunday night we will be presenting Gold, Silver or Bronze Greatest Christmas Awards to 27 different garden centres, with a further 13 winning regional awards...



On Sunday evening the 7th annual Greatest Christmas Awards will be presented at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate.

This year 117 garden centres were nominated in The Greatest Christmas Awards 2015 which means our expert judges made visits to over 250 teams and travelled the length and breadth of the country.  From Inverness to Guernsey, from Belfast to Norfolk, the results are now only days away.

As one of our judges said:  “I am amazed by the excellence of Christmas in Garden Centres and the dedication from the teams who design, construct and maintain the displays over such a long period. Our Industry should be proud of itself!”

On Sunday night we will be presenting Gold, Silver or Bronze Awards to 27 different garden centres, with a further 13 winning a regional award.  Another 40 will receive finalists certificates which means that 79 centres will receive recognition for their excellence in Christmas trading.  Here is the full list of the finalists across all 10 Garden Centre Christmas Team categories:

  • Almondsbury Garden Centre
  • Arcadia Garden Centre
  • Aylett Nurseries
  • Barton Grange Garden Centre
  • Baytree Garden Centre
  • Bents Garden & Home
  • Birkacre Garden Centre
  • Blackbrooks Garden Centre
  • Brigg Garden Centre
  • Brookside Garden Centre
  • Burford Garden Company
  • Burleydam Garden Centre
  • Burston Garden Centre
  • Busy Bee Garden Centre
  • Caerphilly Garden Centre
  • Castle Gardens
  • Chaplins Superstore
  • Cherry Hill Garden & Landscape Centre
  • Chessington Garden Centre
  • Cowells Garden Centre
  • Creative Gardens Donaghadee
  • Dunbar Garden Centre
  • Fairways Ashbourne
  • Fresh @ Burcot Garden Centre
  • Fron Goch Garden Centre
  • Frosts Brampton
  • Frosts Woburn Sands
  • Gordale Garden & Home Centre
  • Gouldings Garden Centre
  • Grosvenor Garden Centre
  • Haskins Roundstone
  • Haskins Snowhill
  • Haskins West End
  • Hetland Garden Centre
  • Hillmount Garden Centre
  • Hillside Garden Centre
  • Hilltop Garden Store
  • Houghton Hall Garden Centre
  • Jacksons Boutique Garden Centre
  • Jacksons Nurseries & Tea Room
  • Keelham Farm Shop Thornton
  • Langlands Leeds
  • Langlands Sheffield
  • Langlands Shiptonthorpe
  • Le Friquet Garden Centre
  • Little Heath Garden Store
  • Mains of Drum Garden Centre
  • Mere Park Garden Centre
  • Millbrook Gravesend
  • Munros Nurseries
  • Newbank Halifax
  • Newbank Radcliffe
  • Pennells Lincoln
  • Perrywood Garden Centre
  • Planters, Tamworth
  • Pughs Radyr
  • Raemoir Garden Centre
  • Ruxley Manor Garden Centre
  • Scotsdales Cambridge
  • Scotsdales Fordham
  • Silica Lodge Garden Centre
  • Silverbirch Garden Centre
  • Simpsons Garden Centre
  • Snowdonia Garden Centre
  • Spring Garden Centre
  • Squires Badshot Lea
  • St Peters Garden Centre, Worcester
  • Sunshine Garden Centre
  • The Old Railway Line Garden Centre
  • Torwood Garden Centre
  • Van Hage Great Amwell
  • Van Hage Peterborough
  • Waresley Park Garden Centre
  • Whitehall Lacock
  • Woodbank Garden Centre
  • Wyevale Fairoak
  • Wyevale Gosforth
  • Wyevale Swansea
  • Wyevale Worlds End

The Greatest Awards were conceived by the teams at Garden Trade News and Garden Radio as a way of rewarding and celebrating excellence of the teamwork in UK garden centres.  Teamwork that sets garden centres apart from other retailers and provides truly great customer experiences day after day.

It is at Christmas when that teamwork comes through in even more abundance with staff working cross departments to deliver magical experiences for young and old and peaks of trading for garden centre businesses.

You can join us at The Greatest Christmas Party on Sunday night by using this link to book tickets

GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards judges work through the Christmas break to select the winners
Kaemingk sponsor Christmas Galleries in GTN Xtra


The first judges' meeting for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards took place at the HTA’s offices in Theale on Friday 18th December, when they got into the spirit of National Christmas Jumper Day...



The first judges' meeting for GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards took place at the HTA’s offices in Theale on Friday 18th December, when they got into the spirit of National Christmas Jumper Day and they then worked dilligently during the Christmas break to complete the mamouth task of selecting the winners from the visits made to teams at 120 garden centres this Christmas season.



Over the coming weeks all of the pictures taken by the judges will be available in picture galleries sponsored by Kaemingk so make sure your Christmas team members have their own subscription to GTN Xtra - use this link - then they will be able to browse images of over 100 garden centre's during the Christmas season 2015 as part of their inspiration for 2016.

The results will be announced at The Greatest Awards Christmas Party evening on January 10 at the Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, during the Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair.

To book your ticket for what promises to be a fun-packed evening click here

 
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