In This Issue
The Greatest Christmas Awards voted massive success
Endsleigh G&L have The Greatest Christmas Sizzle
The Greatest Festive Plants Team comes from Burston Garden Centre
The Greatest Festive Catering Team goes to Chessington and Whitehall Lacock
Brookside, Ruxley Manor and Frosts Woburn Sands pick up The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team awards
Kaemingk win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
The Greatest Christmas Display winners are Endsleigh Garden & Leisure, Barton Grange and Castle Gardens
The Greatest Garden Centre Teams at Christmas are Jacksons, Brookside and Endsleigh G&L
Watch out for all of the Greatest Christmas Awards pictures
£2,300 raised for Make A Wish
Brookside's award-winning grotto raises £5,300 for charity
A Majestic party for finalists and guests
Guests greeted with an Apple Juice and Drambuie Hot Toddy
Gift retailers flock to Harrogate
More pictures of Garden Centre Christmas displays than have ever been published before
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The Greatest Christmas Awards are organised by GTN in association with Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair...
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The Greatest Christmas Awards voted massive success

The Greatest Garden Centre Teams at Christmas 2013 - Gold for Endsleigh, Jacksons and Brookside.jpg

The Greatest Christmas Awards were announced at a special party night in Harrogate on Sunday. All the winners received their accolades during the event organised by Garden Trade News at the Majestic Hotel in the town.

In this special edition of GTN Xtra we're publishing all the winners and finalists, plus the first pictures from an event that's been dubbed 'The Greatest Christmas Party Ever'...
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Endsleigh G&L have The Greatest Christmas Sizzle
Sponsored by SOLEX
Endsleigh Gold - The Greatest Christmas Sizzle 2013.jpg

The Greatest Christmas Sizzle, introduced to acknowledge the efforts of garden centres selling barbecues to customers for cooking their Christmas turkey, was won by Endsleigh Garden & Leisure...
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The Greatest Festive Plants Team comes from Burston Garden Centre
Sponsored by Bord Na Mona
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Burston Garden Centre picked up the gold award in The Greatest Festive Plants Team category...
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The Greatest Festive Catering Team goes to Chessington and Whitehall Lacock
Sponsored by Brother UK
Chessington and Whitehall Gold - The Greatest Festive Catering Teams 2013.jpg

Whitehall Lacock and Chessington were joint winners of The Greatest Garden Centre Festive Catering Team with Ayletts picking up the silver award...
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Brookside, Ruxley Manor and Frosts Woburn Sands pick up The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team awards
Sponsored by Norfolk Leisure and The National Christmas Tree Company
Frosts, Ruxley Manor and Brookside Gold- The Greatest Grotto Teams 2013.jpg

There was strong competition in The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team category with three garden centres picking up gold awards – Frosts Woburn Sands and Ruxley Manor (joint winners, large centre) and
Brookside (small centre)...
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Kaemingk win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
Sponsored by Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair
Kaemingk Gold - The Greatest Christmas Supplier 2013 - 1.jpg

The top two in The Greatest Christmas Supplier category polled over 60% of the retailer votes, and the final outcome was very close but Kaemingk just pipped Premier Decorations to the gold award...
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The Greatest Christmas Display winners are Endsleigh Garden & Leisure, Barton Grange and Castle Gardens
Sponsored by SnowTime

Castle Gardens, Endsleigh and Barton Grange Gold - The Greatest Christmas Display Teams 2013.jpg

The Greatest Christmas Display award was strongly contested again this year with three garden centres picking up main awards – Castle Gardens, Endsleigh Garden & Leisure and Barton Grange...
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The Greatest Garden Centre Teams at Christmas are Jacksons, Brookside and Endsleigh G&L
Sponsored by Arena
Endsleigh, Jacksons and Brookside Gold - The Greatest Garden Centre Teams at Christmas 2013.jpg

Jacksons (small centre) Brookside (mid-sized centre), Endsleigh Garden & Leisure (large centre) struck gold in The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas category, as voted for purely by garden centre customers...
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Watch out for all of the Greatest Christmas Awards pictures
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Over the coming weeks GTN Xtra will be publishing all of the pictures and stories collected by the expert judges in The Greatest Christmas Awards, so make sure you and your teams see them...
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