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Meadow View Stone 2022 – Largest stock reserves and increased production capacity gives customers confidence
A big welcome to the spooktacular 2022 Halloween range at Heaven Sends, ready to pre-order NOW!
Wear something floral as tribute to Peter Seabrook
Boom time for Primulas
Another accolade for multi-award-winning Barton Grange
Old Railway Line Garden Centre celebrate award win
Bents celebrates 85th anniversary with arrival of Lakeland
Get ready for the GIMA Golf Day
Glee Innovators – where are they now?
We love gardening
Garden Re-Leaf supporters unveil plans for big day
Wyevale Nurseries celebrates successful youth promotion
Garden centres receive awards at virtual presentation day
Burpee Europe team waves wand of positivity
Free demonstrations relaunch at Dobbies Garden Centres
GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
Let’s grow and propagate
February growing media sales up by 71% on 2019
Onion sets the pace
HTA’s OMC concerned about burden to businesses caused by plant health inspections
Hillier unveils its 2022 new plant introduction
HTA wins ‘Best Sector Representation’ Award at Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards 2022
AIPH announces International Horticultural Expo Conference in Dubai
Online tropical plant retailer blooms with expansion into new unit
EGO embarks on reforestation project
Selling more garden furniture with Augmented Reality
The best of last week's
British Garden Centres buy Timmermans to make it 59
Bosworths plan for move to new site
Cherry Lane acquires Retford & Gainsborough Garden Centre
Notcutts celebrates 125th anniversary at new-look Woodbridge
Spring Fair closes on a high
Bestsellers Top 50 charts every week
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WHM Pet Group flies the flag for sustainability
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GTN’s Greatest Christmas Award winners revealed
Gold awards for Altons, Ayletts, Barton Grange, Bents, Brigg, Burford House, Gates, Kaemingk, Pengelly, Perrywood, Planters, Pughs, Sapcote, Silverbirch, Squires, The Old Railway Line & Webbs

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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