Haskins Garden Centres scooped an amazing treble at the GCA South Thames Awards last night, winning the top three places in the Best Destination Centre for the region. Haskins Roundstone won Destination Centre of the area, Haskins Ferndown were in second place after the annual GCA Inspection and Haskins West End, where the event was hosted, took third place.
There are 48 centres in GCA South Thames area, 30 are in the Garden centre classification and 18 are Destination Centres.
Here are the full results as they were announced on the evening:
Best Customer Service
3: Forest Lodge
2: Stewarts Christchurch
1: Squires Badshot Lea
Ruxley Rose National Finalists from the area
Best Garden Product Retailer - Garden Centres
3: Newbridge Blue Diamond
2: Thompson's Newchurch
1: Thompson's Chislehurst
Best Garden Product Retailer - Destination Centres
3: Squires Badshot Lea
2: Haskins Roundstone
1: Haskins Ferndown
Best Outdoor Living Retailer - Garden Centre
3=: Squires Reigate
3=: Stewarts Broomhill
1=: Squires Hersham
1=: Squires West Horsley
Best Outdoor Living Retailer - Destination Centre
3: Haskins West End
2: Haskins Roundstone
1: Polhill Sevenoaks
Best Indoor lifestyle Retailer - Garden Centre
2=: Squires Washington
2=: Squires West Horsely
1: Blackbrooks
Best Indoor lifestyle Retailer - Destination Centre
3: Garsons Titchfield
2: Haskins Roundstone
1: Garsons Esher
Best Restaurant - Garden Centre
3: Blackbrooks
2: Squires Hersham
1: Millbrook Staplehurst
Best Restaurant - Destination
2=: Haskins Roundstone
2=: Haskins West End
1: Chessington
Environment and community award
3=: Coolings
3=: Squires West Horsley
3=: Thompson's Newchurch
3=: Thompson's Petchurch
2: Haskins Roundstone
1: Squires Cobham
Creativity and Innovation Award
3: Coolings
2: Haskins Roundstone
1: Haskins Ferndown
Inspectors choice
Stewarts Christchurch - For indoor plant retailing
Most improved centre
3: Stewarts Christchuch
2: Hask Ferndown
1: Forest Lodge
Best Garden Centre in South Thames
3: Squires Long Ditton
2: Millbrook Gravesend
1: Squires Hersham
Best Destination Centre in South Thames
3: Haskins West End
2: Haskins Ferndown
1: Haskins Roundstone
Highly commended centres in South Thames (total inspection score over 75%)
- Coolings
- Forest Lodge
- Garsons Esher
- Garsons Ticthfield
- Haskins Ferndown
- Haskins Roundstone
- Haskins West End
- Millbrook Gravesend
- Squires Badshot Lea
- Squires Hersham
- Squires Long Ditton
- Squires Milford
- Squires West Horsley
- Stewarts Christchurch
