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Heavy Plant Crossing – Sales boom this spring at British Garden Centres
Normal + 28% as the season gets growing
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Solex 2022 Space is Sold Out
Plant sales way ahead of 2019 levels
Squire’s Garden Centres report a strong rebound in 2021 against a backdrop of lockdown results in 2020
Taylors plant a tree for every employee as part of The Queen’s Green Canopy – “Plant a tree for the Jubilee”
Local schools plant trees for the Jubilee thanks to The Old Railway Line Garden Centre
Spear and Jackson announces partnership with leading influencer
Awards success at Notcutts in 125th anniversary year
Message from Sue Allen, Chairman of Greenfingers Charity
Great industry response to Garden ReLeaf Day
AMES UK experience the value of volunteering
Zest tackles Manchester Marathon to support heart charity
GIMA Digest Spring 2022 Edition On-Line now
OMC calls for improved communication from Government ahead of 1 July Border Control Point introduction
HTA awards Pearson Memorial Medal to West Cowick garden designer, Mark Gregory
New faces in Azpects’ sales team
Spring has sprung at Dobbies as two thirds of Brits can’t wait to be back in the garden
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As sales heat up, Char-Broil promotes high-performing sales manager
Core gardening lines dominate sales
Bumper year ahead for grow your own tomatoes
Registration for stands at the PLANTARIUM|GROEN-Direkt fair now open
Growing activity – 25% up
Keukenhof opens again
Wild Bird Care gets competitive
The best of last week's
Planning permission granted for £10m Dobbies store
Garden Re-Leaf Day gets the season off to a sunny start
Horticulture industry responds to Defra consultation on ending retail sale of peat
Garden centre cafe brings nature indoors with Mosswall made from living lichen
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
ACW Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Allbrighton - British Garden Centres - Christmas 2021
Alton Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Aylett Nurseries - Christmas 202
Barton Grange Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Baytree Garden Centre - Christmas 2021
Bents Garden & Home - Christmas 2021
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GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed

Burford House (BGC), Brigg (BGC), Squire Badshot Lea, Silverbirch, The Old Railway Line and Bents have picked up Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Team golds in GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards, presented at Spring Fair on Monday. Kaemingk walked away with The Greatest Christmas Supplier gold.

 

 

Here are all the winners:

 

The Greatest Christmas Houseplant Team - kindly sponsored by Woodlodge

Gold: Perrywood Tiptree

Silver: Webbs Wychbold

Bronze: Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange 

Finalists: Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Little Dobbies Richmond, Perrywood Tiptree, Webbs Wychbold

 

 

The Greatest Outdoor Plant and Christmas Tree Team

Gold: Barton Grange

Silver: Millbrook Gravesend, Perrywood Tiptree

Bronze: Pughs Radyr

Finalists: Barton Grange, Bents, Bosworths, Cadbury, Lakeside Plant Centre, Millbrook Gravesend, Perrywood Tiptree, Pughs Radyr, Studley – BGC

 

 

The Greatest Festive Food Hall Team

Gold: Barton Grange

Silver: Garsons Esher, Pughs Radyr

Bronze: Bents

Finalists: Barton Grange, Bents, Garsons Esher, Pughs Radyr, Rosebourne – Aldermaston, The Old Railway Line

 

 

The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Team - kindly sponsored by Solex

Gold: Altons

Silver: Gates Garden Centre

Bronze: Downtown Garden Centre

Finalists: Altons, Downtown Garden Centre, Gates Garden Centre, Hillmount Cheshire, Pughs Wenvoe

 

 

The Greatest Winter Garden Care Sales Team - kindly sponsored by elho

Gold: Gates Garden Centre

Finalists: Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Squires Badshot Lea

 

 

The Greatest Social Media Christmas Marketing Idea - kindly sponsored by Glee

Gold: Pughs Radyr & Wenvoe

Silver: Pengelly Garden Centre, Sapcote Garden Centre

Bronze: Rosebourne Aldermaston, Rosebourne Weyhill

Finalists: Garsons Esher, Pengelly Garden Centre, Perrywood Sudbury, Perrywood Tiptree, Pughs Radyr, Rosebourne – Aldermaston, Rosebourne – Weyhill, Sapcote Garden Centre

 

 

The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Video

Gold: Sapcote Garden Centre

Silver: The Old Railway Line

Bronze: Pengelly Garden Centre

Finalists: Pengelly Garden Centre, Pughs Radyr, Pughs Wenvoe, Sapcote Garden Centre, The Old Railway Line

 

 

The Greatest Christmas Pets Team

Gold: Planters Tamworth, The Old Railway Line

Silver: Squires Badshot Lea

Finalists: Gates Garden Centre, Planters Tamworth, Squires Badshot Lea, The Old Railway Line

 

 

The Greatest Covid Safe Christmas Team - kindly sponsored by Global Journey

Gold: Aylett Nurseries, The Old Railway Line

Silver: Barton Grange

Bronze: Webbs Wychbold

Finalists: Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, The Old Railway Line , Webbs Wychbold

 

 

The Greatest Christmas Event Special Award

Gold: Webbs Wychbold

Finalists: Gouldings, Hetland, Planters Bretby, The Old Railway Line, Webbs Wychbold

 

The Greatest Christmas Community/Charity Initiative - kindly sponsored by Kaemingk

Gold: Pengelly Garden Centre

Silver: Cherry Lane Poddington, Pughs Radyr & Wenvoe

Finalists: Cherry Lane Podington, Groves Bridport, Hillmount Cheshire, Pengelly Garden Centre, Perrywood Sudbury, Perrywood Tiptree, Pughs Radyr, Pughs Wenvoe, Tates South Downs

 

 

The Greatest Christmas Supplier

Gold: Kaemingk

Finalists: Festive, Florasilk, Gisela Graham, Hills Interiors, Kaemingk, Otter House, Premier, PTMD, Smart Garden Products

 

 

The Greatest Group Garden Centre Christmas Team - kindly sponsored by Woodlodge

Smaller Group Centres

Gold: Burford House - BGC

Silver: Albrighton – BGC

Bronze: Blue Diamond Newbridge, Little Dobbies Richmond, Thatcham – BGC

 

 

The Greatest Group Garden Centre Christmas Team - kindly sponsored by Woodlodge

Larger Group Centres

Gold: Squires Badshot Lea, Brigg – BGC

Silver: Blue Diamond Cadbury, Blue Diamond Derby

Bronze: Braintree – BGC

 

All Group Centre Finalists: Albrighton – BGC, Blue Diamond Cadbury, Blue Diamond Derby, Blue Diamond Newbridge, Braintree – BGC, Brigg Garden Centre – BGC, Burford House – BGC, Little Dobbies Richmond, Squires Badshot Lea, Thatcham – BGC

 

 

The Greatest Small Garden Centre Christmas Team - kindly sponsored by DCUK

Gold: Silverbirch

Silver: Newquay Garden Centre

Bronze: Pengelly Garden Centre

Finalists: Hillmount Cheshire, Newquay Garden Centre, Pengelly Garden Centre, Pughs Wenvoe, Silverbirch

 

 

The Greatest Mid-Sized Garden Centre Christmas Team - kindly sponsored by DCUK

Gold: The Old Railway Line

Silver: Fron Goch

Bronze: Woodlands Garden Centre

Finalists: Bosworths, Fron Goch, Perrywood Sudbury, Tates South Downs, The Old Railway Line, Woodlands Garden Centre

 

 

The Greatest Large Garden Centre Christmas Team - kindly sponsored by Festive

Gold: Bents

Silver: Barton Grange

Bronze: Garsons Esher, Pughs Radyr

Finalists: Barton Grange, Bents, Garsons Esher, Gates Garden Centre, Millbrook Gravesend, Perrywood Tiptree, Pughs Radyr, Rosebourne – Aldermaston, Woodbank Garden Centre

 

 

Watch out for The Greatest Christmas Awards photo tours of the centres in future issues of GTN Xtra, starting this coming weekend and in the next issue of GTN magazine.

 

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