Bents won the GCA Destination Garden Centre of the Year 2023 at the Annual Dinner event which brought the 2024 GCA Conference to a close.

Fairways Ashbourne were announced as Garden Centre of the Year.

Martin Stewart and Warren Haskins were in attendance to present the Haskins Stewart Cup for Associate Member of the Year, as voted for by GCA Members to greetings card suppliers Woodmansterne.

Mark and Sharon from Tong Garden Centre walked away with The Worrall Cup, the GCA's Award for marketing, for their hugely successful local charities "Kindness Pot" campaign.

The Ten GCA Garden Centres of Excellence Awards were presented to:

• Bents
• Barton Grange
• Coolings Knockholt
• Haskins Snowhill
• Klondyke Mortonhall
• Millbrook Gravesend
• Old Railway Line
• Perrywood Tiptree
• Ruxley Manor
• Simpsons

See photos of all the presentations at the Annual Dinner event, including Guy Toppings auction for "The Last Bag of peat based Miracle-Gro Compost" which raised £8,000 for Greenfingers thanks to Terry Head at Stewarts, in the gallery below and watch this space for more coverage of Tuesday at the GCA Conference over the coming days.