Harlow (above) were the Acorn Cup winners and Newbridge (below) the Oak Cup winners of the Blue Diamond Best Garden Centre Awards, presented in the Empress Ballroom, Blackpool.

The star studded Strictly Blue Diamond Event, attended by 750 staff members, saw MD Alan Roper announce that Blue Diamond were now the biggest garden centre group at £308m turnover.

Blue Diamond Awards 2024 - Full results:

Garden Centres of the Year

OAK Garden Centre of the Year: Newbridge

Nominees:

• Brambridge
• Cardiff
• East Bridgford
• Newbridge
• Redfields
• Sanders

ACORN Garden Centre of the Year: Harlow

Nominees:

• Harlow
• Lower Morden
• Percy Throwers
• Nailsworth
• Trelawney
• Wilton

Restaurants of the Year

OAK Restaurant of the Year: Percy Throwers

Nominees:

• Cardiff
• Grosvenor
• Percy Throwers

ACORN Restaurant of the Year: Nailsworth Waterside Cafe

Nominees:

• Lower Morden
• Harlow
• Nailsworth
• Worcester

Origins of the Year: Cadbury

Nominees:

• Bicester
• Cadbury
• Sanders

Pastry Chef of the Year: Vitalina Krykun – Mere Park

Nominees:

• Francesca Onorato – East Bridgford
• Vitalina Krykun – Mere Park
• Amber Fowler - Sanders

Head Chef of the Year: Tom Garstone – Percy Throwers

Nominees:

• Andrejs Agapovs – Bicester
• Adam Winters – Melbicks
• Tom Garstone – Percy Throwers

Barista of the Year: Lauren Trick – East Bridgford

Nominees:

• Amy Porter – Blackdown
• Lauren Trick – East Bridgford
• Rachel White – Fermoy’s
• Gemma Askew – Melbicks

Food Retailer of the Year: ACORN Jo Sparkes – Coton Orchard, OAK Michelle Richardson - Trentham

Nominees:

• Cadbury
• Cardiff
• Coton Orchard
• East Bridgford
• Endsleigh
• Evesham
• Fermoys
• Lower Morden
• Trentham

The Magic of Christmas Award: ACORN Anna King - Bridgmere, OAK Amy Roberts – Fryer’s

Nominees:

• Bridgemere
• Derby
• Evesham
• Fryers
• Great Amwell
• Hereford
• Le Friquet
• Sanders

Christmas Award: ACORN Scott Oleary Harris – Hereford, OAK Loredana Piraino - Redfields

Nominees:

• Bridgemere
• Derby
• Hereford
• Le Friquet
• Melbicks
• Redfileds
• Sanders
• Trelawney

Furniture & Outdoor Leisure Award: ACORN Tracey Uphill - Chatsworth, OAK Andrew Gurd - Brambridge

Nominees:

• Brambridge
• Chatsworth
• Derby
• Fryers
• Harlow
• Le Friquet
• Sanders
• St Peters
• Trelawney

Wild Animal Award: ACORN Callum Joss – Nailsworth, OAK Larry Su – Percy Throwers

Nominees:

• 3 Shires
• Canterbury
• Chatsworth
• Hereford
• Le Friquet
• Lower Morden
• Nailsworth
• Percy Throwers
• St Peters
• Tunbridge Wells

Growing Media, Features & Containers Award: ACORN Anne O’Hare – Tunbridge Wells, OAK Rob Pettigrew - Brambridge

Nominees:

• Brambridge
• Canterbury
• Le Friquet
• Redfields
• Tunbridge Wells

Seeds and Bulbs Award: ACORN Anne O’Hare – Tunbridge Wells, OAK Ben Smith - Sanders

Nominees:

• Bicester
• Canterbury
• Chatsworth
• Lower Morden
• Nailsworth
• Orchard Park
• Percy Throwers
• Rake
• Redfields
• Sanders
• Tunbridge Wells

Garden Care and Décor Award: ACORN Anne O’Hare – Tunbridge Wells, OAK Zoe Gillyett – St Peters

Nominees:

• Brambridge
• Bridgemere
• Canterbury
• Derby
• Fryers
• Lower Morden
• Sanders
• Springfields
• St Peters
• Tunbridge Wells
• Weybridge

Indoor Plants Award: ACORN Jonathan Mower - Worcester, OAK Sam-Louis Robinson – Percy Throwers

Nominees:

• Cadbury
• Cardiff
• Lower Morden
• Melbicks
• Mere Park
• Percy Throwers
• Worcester

Hardy Plants Award: ACORN Andrew Harper – Coton Orchard, OAK Fiona Holmes - Newbridge

Nominees:

• Bicester
• Canterbury
• Coton Orchard
• Harlow
• Lower Morden
• Newbridge
• Orchard Park
• Rake
• Redfields

Seasonal Plants Award: ACORN Jane Meyer Edwards – Orchard Park & Kate Langley – Coton Orchard, OAK Shelly Haynes – Percy Throwers

Nominees:

• 3 Shires
• Brambridge
• Cadbury
• Canterbury
• Coton Orchard
• Fermoys
• Grosvenor
• Harlow
• Lower Morden
• Melbicks
• Orchard Park
• Percy Throwers
• Rake
• Sanders
• Trelawney

The Fashion Award: ACORN Lisa Magee – Orchard Park  OAK Tracey Bull – East Bridgford

Nominees:

• Bicester
• Blackdown
• Brambridge
• Cardiff
• Coton Orchard
• East Bridgford
• Endsleigh
• Hereford
• Melbicks
• Mere Park
• Newbridge
• Orchard Park
• Percy Throwers
• Trelawney

Customer Experience Award: Lower Morden

Nominees:

• Evesham
• Lower Morden
• Matlock
• Trelawney

The Home Award: ACORN Josh Pack – Springfields & Becky Pettigrew - Brambridge, OAK Sarah Thompson & Constantina Parvu – Redfields

Nominees:

• Brambridge
• Chatsworth
• Harlow
• Melbicks
• Orchard Park
• Redfields
• Springfields
• Trenthan

The Stock Management Award: Redfields

Here's a link to the Blue Diamond Instagram Showreel

See the full GTNXtra photo gallery from the evening which started with dancing from former Strictly Come Dancing professionals and ended with a mass dancing class that filled the ballroom below.