In This Issue
Merry Christmas to all our readers
Voting has now closed for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas teams
Sponsors of GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards
Garden centre industry loses much-respected friend and colleague
First of closed Dobbies sites changes hands to Yorkshire Garden Centres Group
Scholarships for students more important than ever
Change in Tillington chairmanship
Catering and Christmas spark 6% sales growth
Garden centres enjoy ‘much better finish to the year’
Houseplants could be saviours for last-minute shoppers
Hillier Nurseries honoured with Royal Warrant
Vitax granted prestigious Royal Warrant
Celebrating 153 years as seedsmen to Royal Family
Taylors Bulbs honoured with Royal Warrant
Thetford Garden Centre achieves B Corp Certification  
Garden centre's children's book raises £2,500 for charities
Kent & Stowe's cutting-edge collection for 2025
Zest smashes charity target in support of Mind
Leeds garden centre donates ice rink session for Inclusive Skating Awards
Open Day and Spring Stock Up at Allensmore Nurseries
Source Fashion launches Source Debates for February show
Geck marks a new milestone with UK launch party
Get your copy of GTN Xtra
Interest in green careers grows as recruitment opens for RHS School of Horticulture
RECOUP UK Plastic Packaging Collection Survey outlines 'monumental' challenge
Discover Italian horticulture
Collective imagination champion to speak at 2025 GCA conference
New top theme for spoga+gafa 2025: 'Design Gardens'
The best of last week's
Woodlodge Products to distribute renowned Jingles Christmas lighting range
Garden centre boss turned sleuth tracks down thief who has now been arrested
Spring Fair launches £1,000 competition
Visit Heaven Sends at Harrogate & Spring Fair 2025
The Happy Factor: Zero In Plant Remedy
Bulrush helps growers achieve success in 2025
Corby + Fellas partners with Scott’s of Southend
Spring Fair set to celebrate anniversary with bigger event
GIMA Awards Roll of Honour & Full Glee New Products Directory in GTN November issue – read online
GIMA Buyers Guide & New Product Digest Autumn 2024
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Voting has now closed for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas teams
See the list of 127 garden centre teams that are being voted for as The Greatest at Christmas 2024

Thousands of garden centre customers across the UK have made their on-line votes for The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Teams and now that voting has closed hundreds more votes collected instore are arriving daily at the GTN offices.

 

Here's the top 30 centres from on-line voting just before voting closed:

  • Albrighton BGC
  • Alton Garden Centre
  • Azure Garden Centre
  • Birkacre Garden Centre
  • Bosworths Burton Latimer
  • Bow Garden & Aquatic Centre
  • Braintree BGC
  • Bridgenorth BGC
  • Brockworth BGC
  • Charlecote BGC
  • Fakenham Garden Centre
  • Garden King
  • Harrogate BGC
  • Hillmount Belfast
  • Keydell Garden Centre
  • Mackenzie & Cruickshank
  • Munro’s Nurseries
  • Newquay Garden Centre
  • Old Railway Line
  • Perrywood Sudbury
  • Perrywood Tiptree
  • Planters Bretby
  • Pughs Radyr
  • Pughs Wenvoe
  • Roxton BGC
  • Snowdonia Nurseries
  • Summerhill Garden Centre
  • Trioscape Garden Centre
  • Trowell Garden centre
  • Wolseley Bridge BGC

 

As of Monday night, 16th December 2024 here's a list of the centres we've received on-line votes for so far:

3 Shires Blue Diamond, Albrighton BGC, Allbrighton BGC, Alton Garden Centre , Arcadia BGC, Azure Garden Centre , Barton Grange, Bents, Birchencliffe BGC, Birkacre Garden Centre, Bold Heath BGC, Bolton BGC, Boston Dobbies , Bosworths Burton Latimer, Bosworths Elton , Bournville BGC, Bow Garden & Aquatic Centre, Braintree BGC, Bressingham BGC, Bridgenorth BGC, Bridgnorth BGC, Brigg BGC, Brimsmore Garden Centre, Brockworth BGC, Bromsgrove BGC, Burford House BGC, California Lodge Garden Centre, Carmarthen BGC, Carr Gate BGC, Chacewater Garden Centre, Chapel BGC, Charlbury BGC, Charlecote BGC, Chenies Blue Diamond , Chilton BGC, Chipperfield BGC, Codsall & Wergs Garden Centre, Coventry BGC, Crawley BGC, Dundonald Nursery , East Durham BGC, Ellerker Lodge Garden Centre, Fakenham Garden Centre, Garden King, Goulds Garden Centre, Harrogate BGC, Hilliers Syon, Hillmount Ards , Hillmount Bangor, Hillmount Belfast, Hillmount Cheshire, Hillside Garden Centre, Hitchin BGC, Hockley Market Garden Centre, Holt Garden Centre, Horncastle BGC, Hornsea BGC, Irton BGC, Jacksdale Garden Centre, Keydell Garden Centre, Lanchester Garden Centre , Langlands BGC, Leeds BGC, Lewes BGC, Leyland BGC, Louth BGC, Lytham St Annes BGC, Mackenzie & Cruickshank, Meadowcroft, Mirfield BGC, Munro’s Nurseries, Newquay Garden Centre, Newton Regis BGC, Notcutts Oxford, Notcutts Peterborough, Old Railway Line, Ongar BGC, Osterley BGC, Paddock Wood BGC, Peacock Plant Nursery, Perrywood Sudbury, Perrywood Tiptree, Planters Bretby, Planters Brookfields, Planters Tamworrh, Playhatch BGC, Pughs Radyr, Pughs Wenvoe, Pulborough BGC, Pyle Garden Centre, Raglan Garden Centre, Ramsgate BGC, Roxton BGC, Ruxley Manor, Sanders Blue Diamond , Sheffield BGC, Shipley BGC, Shipley Park BGC, Simpsons, Snowdonia Nurseries, Southwood Garden Centre, Spadework Charity Garden Centre, Sprowston BGC, Squires Hersham, Stanway BGC, Stevenage BGC, Stratford upon Avon Dobbies, Studley BGC, Summerhill Garden Centre, Tansley Barn BGC, Tarporley BGC, Thatcham BGC, The Woodworks Garden Centre, Thurrock Garden Centre, Tingley Garden Centre, Townley BGC, Tring BGC, Trioscape Garden Centre, Trowell Garden Centre, Upminster BGC, White Elm Garden Centre, Wimborne BGC, Winnersh BGC, Wisely RHS Garden Centre , Wolseley Bridge BGC, Woodborough Green BGC, Woodthorpe BGC

 

 

In store collected votes should be sent to: GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards, Potting Shed Press Ltd, Dairy House, Dairy Drove, Thorney, Peterborough PE6 0TX

 

Voting is free, but we are partnering with The Greenfingers Charity so that voters can, if they wish, make a Christmas donation to help build more magical gardens in Children's Hospices across the country.

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