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Altons BBQ World, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Baytree, Busy Bee, Groves, Pengelly, Pughs, The Old Railway Line and Squires Badshot Lea are the winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards

The winners of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2020 have been announced LIVE! on-line during Glee's Festive Focus Day today.

 

And the winners are...Watch the LIVE announcement during Glee's Festive Focus Day here or click below

 

 

GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2020 – The Winners

  • The Greatest Christmas Houseplant Team – Sponsored by Woodlodge - £500 stock for the winner – Barton Grange
    • Highly Commended: Pengelly, The Old Railway Line

 

  • The Greatest Outdoor Plant and Christmas Tree Team – Sponsored by GTN Bestsellers -subscriptions worth £580 for the winner – Pughs Radyr.
    • Highly Commended: Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Pengelly

 

  • The Greatest Festive Food Hall Team – Sponsored by Garden Radio – 1 years’ service with bespoke messages, worth over £500 for the winner – The Old Railway Line.
    • Highly Commended: Barton Grange, Colemans Garden Centre, Planters Tamworth, Squires Badshot Lea

 

  • The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Team – Sponsored by SOLEX - 2 x Hotel Rooms at SOLEX 2021 for the winner – Altons BBQ World
    • Highly Commended: Hillmount

 

  • The Greatest Christmas Pets Team – Sponsored by Smart Garden Products, Zöon -£500 stock for the winner – The Old Railway Line
    • Highly Commended: Planters Tamworth, Squires Badshot Lea

 

  • The Greatest Christmas Community/Charity Initiative – Sponsored by Kaemingk – A display from their UK showroom for the winner - Pengelly
    • Highly Commended: Daisy Nook, Dobbies, Perrywood, Thetford

 

  • The Greatest Social Media Christmas Marketing Idea – Sponsored by Glee – 2 x Hotel Rooms at Glee 2021 for the winner - Groves
    • Highly Commended: Altons BBQ World, Hillmount, The Old Railway Line

 

  • The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Video – Sponsored by Premier Decorations - £500 stock for the winner – The Old Railway Line
    • Highly Commended: Bosworths, Glendoick, Pengelly

 

  • The Greatest Winter Garden Care Sales Team – Sponsored by Elho - £500 stock for the winner - Baytree
    • Highly Commended: Lakeside Plant Centre

 

  • The Greatest Covid Safe Christmas Display Team – Sponsored by Global Journey - £500 stock for the winner – Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange
    • Highly Commended: Baytree

 

  • The Greatest Group Garden Centre Christmas Team – Sponsored by DCUK - £500 stock for the winner – Squires Badshot Lea
    • Highly Commended: British Garden Centres Thatcham

 

  • The Greatest Small Garden Centre Christmas Team - Sponsored by Ascalon - £500 stock for the winner - Pengelly
    • Highly Commended: Jacksdale, Lakeside Plant Centre

 

  • The Greatest Mid-Sized Garden Centre Christmas Team – Sponsored by Kaemingk - A display from their UK showroom for the winner – Busy Bee
    • Highly Commended: Glendoick, Planters Tamworth, Sapcote, The Old Railway Line

 

  • The Greatest Large Garden Centre Christmas Team Sponsored by Festive - £500 stock for the winner – Barton Grange
    • Highly Commended: Baytree, Hillmount, Perrywood

 

  • The Greatest Christmas Supplier – As voted for by garden centres taking part in The Greatest Christmas Awards - Kaemingk
    • Finalists: Festive, Gisela Graham, Noma - Leisuregrow, Otterhouse, Premier, Smart - Three Kings, Snowtime, Swift Imports

 

With almost 100 individual entries for the awards submitted before the New Years Eve deadline the judges spent many hours reviewing the entries, scanning websites and social media to produce the following list of Finalists:

 

 

Altons, Aylett Nurseries, Barton Grange, Baytree, Bosworths, Busy Bee, Christies of Fochabers, Colemans Garden Centre, Daisy Nook, Dobbies, Garden Centre Overstrand, Glendoick, Grange Farm Nursery, Groves, Haskins, Hillmount, Jacksdale, Lakeside Plant Centre, Millbrook, Old Barn, Otter Nurseries, Pengelly, Perrywood, Planters Tamworth, Planters Bretby, Pughs, Rosebourne - Weyhill, Sapcote, Squires Badshot Lea, St Peters - Worcester, Thatcham - BGC, The Old Railway Line, Thetford, Waresley Park.

 

See photos from all the Finalist centres below.  Well done to them all!

 

Watch out for more detail about the winners in future issues of GTN Xtra and the January issue of GTN which will be published later this week.

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