Over 5,000 Garden centre customers across the UK have already voted for their Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas, with thousands more expected to vote in the run up to the closing date of 22nd December 2025.  They are voting on-line, in-store and by post, all exuding high praise on the teams they believe are The Greatest at spreading joy this Christmas.

On-line votes are being added every hour and it is getting very close at the top. It may well be that the in-store votes could change things when they get sent into the GTN offices.

As of today, 3rd December 2025 in A-Z order these are the Top 50 Greatest Christmas Garden Centre Teams as voted for by garden centre customers:

Albrighton BGC

Arcadia

Astbury Meadow Klondyke

Aylsham Garden Centre

Bents

Birkacre

Blofield Garden Centre at Norwich Camping & Leisure

Botany Bay Garden Centre

Bow Garden and Aquatic Centre

Bridgnorth BGC

Brockworth BGC

Burford House BGC

Cambridge Home & Garden

Chacewater Garden Centre

Charlecote BGC

Chessington Garden Centre

Chilton BGC

Conkers Garden Centre

Dobbies Ashford

Fakenham Garden Centre

Fron Goch

Garden King

Glendoick Garden Centre

Gloucester BGC

Haddenham Garden Centre

Harrogate BGC

Hayes BGC

Henry Street Garden Centre

Hillmount Bangor

Keydell Nurseries

Kirktown Garden Centre

Langlands BGC

Longacres Bagshot

Meadow Croft

Monkton Elm

Munros

Newquay Garden Centre

Newton Regis BGC

Old Railway Line

Old Well Garden Centre

Owl Lane Farm Nurseries

Perrywood Sudbury

Perrywood Tiptree

Ransoms Jersey

Rugby BGC

Snowdonia Nurseries

Summerhill Garden Centre

Trevena Cross Nurseries

Trevisker Garden Centre

Trioscape Garden Centre

Wolseley Bridge BGC

Wolvercroft Garden Centre

And here is the current list of all 118 centres that are being voted for on-line:

3 Shires Blue Diamond, Albrighton BGC, Alton, Arcadia, Astbury Meadow Klondyke, Aylsham Garden Centre , Bents, Berkely Park Klondyke, Bicester Blue Diamond, Birkacre, Blackdown Blue Diamond, Blofield Garden Centre at Norwich Camping & Leisure, Bold Heath BGC, Botany Bay Garden Centre, Bow Garden and Aquatic Centre , Braintree BGC, Bridgnorth BGC, Brockworth BGC, Bromsgrove BGC, Brookside Klondyke, Burford House BGC, Burnside Klondyke, Cambridge Home & Garden, Cardiff Blue Diamond, Caulders Dumfries, Chacewater Garden Centre, Charlecote BGC, Chessington Garden Centre, Chiltern View Garden Centre, Chilton BGC, Chipperfield BGC, Conkers Garden Centre, Daleside Klondyke, Dobbies Ashford, East Durham BGC, Elm Farm Florist and Nursery Billericay, Enfield BGC, Fakenham Garden Centre, Fron Goch, Garden King, Gardenwise Klondyke, Garforth Klondyke, Garsons Titchfield, Glendoick Garden Centre, Gloucester BGC, Haddenham Garden Centre, Harrogate BGC, Hartwell Nurseries, Hatton BGC, Havant BGC, Hayes BGC, Hemel BGC, Henry Street Garden Centre, High Legh Klondyke, Hillmount Bangor, Hillmount Belfast , Hillmount Carrickfergus, Hillmount Newtownards, Hockley Market Garden Centre, Holt Garden Centre, Keydell Nurseries, Kirktown Garden Centre, Lady Green Klondyke, Langlands BGC, Leyland BGC, Livingston Klondyke, Longacres Bagshot, Louth BGC, Mayfield Klondyke, Meadow Croft, Monkton Elm, Moulton Nurseries Garden Centre & Coffee Shop, Munros, Newquay Garden Centre, Newstead Nurseries, Newton Regis BGC, Northampton BGC, Notcutts Oxford, Notcutts Peterborough, Notcutts Rivendell, Old Railway Line, Old Well Garden Centre, Oswaldtwistle Mills, Otter Nurseries Ottery St Mary, Owl Lane Farm Nurseries, Parker’s Garden Centre, Pennells Lincoln, Perrywood Buckhatch, Perrywood Sudbury, Perrywood Tiptree, Plant Perfections Garden centre, Plants Galore Garden centre, Poplar Nurseries, Ransoms Jersey, Rowena Leicester, Rugby BGC, Sapcote Garden Centre, Snowdonia Nurseries, Southwood Garden Centre , Squires Badshot Lea, Squires Twickenham, Srtikes Stokesley, Stringers Klondyke, Summerhill Garden Centre, Thatcham BGC, Toad Hall Garden Centre, Trelawney Blue Diamond, Trevena Cross Nurseries, Trevisker Garden Centre, Trioscape Garden Centre , Trowell Garden Centre, Upcountry Stone Cross Garden Centre , Whitegates Nursery, Wilmslow Klondyke, Wolseley Bridge BGC, Wolvercroft Garden Centre, Woodbank Garden Centre, Woodthorpe BGC

GTN’s team of intrepid Christmas Award judges are still out and about visiting the record number of teams that have been nominated.  With over 150 teams nominated, they are doing their best to get to as many as possible and this is the list of centres the judges will be visiting over the coming three weeks:

Albrighton BGC, Azure, Barton Grange Blue Diamond, Baytree, Bents, Birkacre Garden Centre, Blackdown Blue Diamond, Blofield Garden Centre at Norwich Camping & Leisure, Bosworths Burton Latimer, Bow Garden and Aquatic Centre , Braintree BGC, Bridgemere Blue Diamond, Brigg BGC, Brimsmore Gardens, Brockworth BGC, Burford House BGC, Byrkley Park Klondyke, Cadbury Blue Diamond, Cambridge Home & Garden, California Lodge, Castle Gardens, Caulders Cupar, Caulders Kirkintilloch, Caulders Linlithgow, Charlecote BGC, Chepstow, Chessington Garden Centre, Codsell & Wergs, Conkers Garden Centre, Cooks, Coolings Main Road, Coolings Rushmore Hill, Daleside Klondyke, Deans York YGC, Derby Blue Diamond, Dobbies Beaconsfield, Dobbies Bury, Dobbies Chesterfield, Dobbies Edinburgh, Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Fairways Ashbourne, Fakenham Garden Centre, Fron Goch, Garsons Esher, Garsons Titchfield, Gates Oakham, Gates Stapleton, Glendoick Garden Centre, Gloucester BGC, Gouldings Garden Centre & Valley View, Haddenham Garden Centre, Harrogate BGC, Haskins Snowhill, Haskins West End, Hayes BGC, Heighley Gate BGC, Henry Street Garden Centre, Holt Garden Centre, Howdens Klondyke, Jacksons Boutique, Keydell Nurseries, Kirktown Stonehaven, Knights Betchworth, Langlands BGC, Longacres Bagshot, Mackenzie & Cruickshank, Mains of Drum, Milbrook Staplehurst, Monkton Elm, Morris of Usk, Mortonhall Klondyke, Moss & Moor, Munros Nurseries, Newquay Garden Centre, Notcutts Brampton, Notcutts Oxford, Notcutts Rivendell, Notcutts Solihull, Oakington Garden Centre, Old Railway Line, Old Well Garden Centre, Osterley BGC, Parker’s Garden Centre, Pengelly Garden Centre, Perrywood Sudbury, Perrywood Tiptree, Planters Garden King, Planters Tamworth, Playhatch BGC, Polhill, Polmont Klondyke, Poplar Nurseries, Poundbury Gardens, Pugh's Radyr, Pugh's Wenvoe, Raemoir Garden Centre, Raglan, Ransoms Jersey, Rosebank, Rowena Leicester, Rutland Garden Nursery, Ruxley Manor, Silverbirch, Simpsons, Skylark Garden Centre, Snowdonia Nurseries, Southwood Garden Centre, Squires Badshot Lea, Squires Milford, Squires Reigate, Squires Twickenham, St Peters Garden Centre, Stewarts Christchurch, Stringers Doncaster Klondyke, Summerhill Garden Centre, Sunshine Garden Centre, The Garden Society, Thetford Garden Centre, Trentham Blue Diamond, Trevisker (Cornwall), Trioscape Garden Centre, Trowell, Van Hage Great Amwell Blue Diamond, Webbs of Wychbold, Wentworth Garden Centre, Winnersh BGC, Woodthorpe BGC.

You can see some of the photo tours from centres already visited elsewhere in this issue of GTN Xtra. More will be added as the judging continues so watch this space.

With 2 1/2 weeks still to go for customers to vote there is plenty of opportunity for more centres to join in and feel the warmth of their customers votes, and their comments as to why they are The Greatest at Christmas.