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Turnaround in fortunes for Tong Garden Centre is complete with GCA membership


The once ailing Tong Garden Centre, which was taken over by businessmen Mark Farnsworth and Tom Megginson a year ago, has been accepted as a member of the Garden Centre Association.

"To be awarded membership of the GCA is a real credit to the team at Tong who have worked tirelessly over the last year to breathe new life into what was an ailing business," said MarknFarnsworth.

As new GCA members, Tong Garden Centre welcomed the opportunity to host the 2016 awards for the North East and North West which applauded regional winners for excellence in categories including giftware and catering, customer service and plants.

Over 70 members attended and enjoyed a tour of the newly refurbished garden centre in Tong, with an opportunity to meet the new team and understand the vision for this ambitious business.

Tong Garden Centre is one of Yorkshire's biggest garden centres with 110,000 square feet of retail space and parking for up to 1,000 cars.

Photograph (from left to right): Mark Farnsworth, Andy Campbell (GCA auditor) ; Julian Winfield (GCA chairman),  Iain Wylie (GCA chief executive) and Martin Cowell (GCA regional chairman).
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