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Cowells and Squire's pick up Ruxley Rose awards at GCA Conference
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Rising Stars make their pitches
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GCA Conference raises £27,440 for Greenfingers
Pansies regain GCA Greenfingers Challenge Cup
Haggis sells for £500 a plate as the Greenfingers Challenge gets Conference off to a tasty start
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Onion sets and seed potatoes selling through
Magic start to the year for growing media sales
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Wyevale Garden Centres launches new e-commerce site
Notcutts celebrates 120 years of glorious gardening
£2m investment in ad campaign for Westland SafeLawn
Wyevale Nurseries raises £1,042 for Greenfingers Charity
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Exhibitor stands at PATS Sandown 'sold out'
Slow start to trading in 2017 as footfall is down
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Cowells and Squire's pick up Ruxley Rose awards at GCA Conference


The Ruxley Rose awards were presented to Cowells Garden Centre (Garden Centre category) and Squire's Garden Centre Twickenham (Destination Centre) at the GCA Conference at St Andrews in Scotland on Monday.



Iain Wylie, Chief Executive of the GCA, said: “Each year the standards just get higher and higher and our inspectors are constantly impressed with the progress they see across the board.

“During the past year our members have worked incredibly hard to reach and maintain the very highest of standards in garden centre retail excellence and I’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate everyone on their successes.”

Through sharing information and its inspection programme the GCA helps members to achieve high standards in customer service, plant quality and reliability.

Julian Winfield, the Chairman of the GCA and Chief Executive at Haskins Garden Centres Ltd, said: “We’re a diligent, committed, enthusiastic and hardworking industry and these awards recognise the very best garden centres in the country. Well done and congratulations to all our winners.”

The full list of winners announced on Monday were



Christmas Competition (Garden Centre category) sponsored by Gisela Graham – Castle Gardens



Christmas Competition (Destination Garden Centre category) sponsored by Gisela Graham – Barton Grange Garden Centre



Environment and Community Award – Garden Wise, Dumfries

Ruxley Rose (Garden Centre category) – Cowell’s Garden Centre

Ruxley Rose (Destination Garden Centre category) – Squires Garden Centre, Twickenham



Barton Grange Trophy for Commercial Creativity and Innovation – Haskins Garden Centre, Southampton



Customer Service Award – Best Customer Service – The Old Railway Line Garden Centre

The Indoor Lifestyle Award – Best Indoor Lifestyle Retailer (Garden Centre category) – Squires Garden Centre, Shepperton

The Indoor Lifestyle Award – Best Indoor Lifestyle Retailer (Destination Garden Centre category) – Barton Grange Garden Centre

The GIMA Award for Best Garden Products Retailer (Garden Centre category) – Cowell’s Garden Centre

The GIMA Award for Best Garden Products Retailer (Destination Garden Centre category) – Barton Grange Garden Centre

Dick Allen Award (Most Improved Garden Centre) – Langlands Garden Centre, Loxley

The IFSE Award for Catering Excellence – Best Garden Centre Restaurant (Garden Centre Category) – Squires Garden Centre, Shepperton

The IFSE Award for Catering Excellence – Best Garden Centre Restaurant (Destination Garden Centre Category) – Bents Garden and Home

Weber Outdoor Living Award – Best Outdoor Living Retailer (Garden Centre Category) – Fairways Garden Centre, Ashbourne

Weber Outdoor Living Award – Best Outdoor Living Retailer (Destination Garden Centre Category) Bents Garden and Home.
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