Perrywood Garden Centres won multiple awards at the Garden Centre Association (GCA) North Thames Regional Awards and walked away with both top accolades.
Perrywood Tiptree was named Best Destination Garden Centre in the region for the seventh time. Perrywood Sudbury picked up the title Garden Centre of the Year for the second time. Destination Garden Centres have a turnover of £4m or more, whilst Garden Centres have a turnover of less than £4m.
Perrywood Tiptree also came top in the region for:
- The Houseplants Award (Destination Garden Centre category)
- The Ruxley Rose Plant Area Award (Destination Garden Centre category)
- Best Indoor Lifestyle Retailer (Destination Garden Centre category)
- Barton Grange Trophy – Commercial Innovation & Creativity (Destination Garden Centre category)
- The Environment and Sustainability Award
Perrywood Sudbury also came top in the region for:
- Best Indoor Lifestyle Retailer (Garden Centre category)
- The GIMA Award – Best Garden Products Retailer (Garden Centre category)
- The Ruxley Rose Best Plant Area Award (Garden Centre Category)
Simon Bourne, Retail Director at Perrywood, comments, "We are thrilled to have received numerous regional awards again this year. Our team at both Tiptree and Sudbury put in a great deal of effort to achieve such a high standard. These awards highlight all their hard work and creativity and it’s great to see this recognised. As always, we look forward to the national awards in January to find out where we are placed overall in the UK."
Members of the GCA in the North Thames region were given an unannounced inspection between March and June. Inspectors scored them across various criteria, from toilets and tills to sustainability and staffing. The awards are given to those in the region achieving the highest scores.
Perrywood Tiptree and Perrywood Sudbury were both announced as finalists for the Ruxley Rose Competition, which means they have one of the top ten scoring plant areas within Destination Garden Centres (Tiptree) and Garden Centres (Sudbury) in the UK. They will be inspected again in September. Joint scores from Spring & Autumn will be used to decide the overall winners, announced in January 2024.
