GCA garden centre members are being asked to vote for their Associate Member of the Year 2024 – with the winner revealed at the trade body’s annual conference in January (January 26 until 29, 2025).

The award recognises companies or individuals that have contributed to the success of the sector and is highly regarded and valued by garden centres.

Peter Burks, GCA CEO, says: “We’re inviting our members garden centres to put forward their throughs on who should be our Associate Member of the Year for 2024.

“There are no strict criteria for the selection of the winning supplier, members can simply vote for the company that has helped their centre the most, with service, new products or marketing, for example.

“The deadline for voting is 5pm on Monday, January 13, 2025 and all votes should be submitted by email to peter@gca.org.uk. We will be presenting the Haskins Stewarts Cup to the winners at our annual conference this January.”

The GCA’s annual conference will be held at the De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading, from January 26 until 29, 2025 and places can still be booked via www.gca.digitickets.co.uk/tickets.

The GCA members conference pages on the body’s website have full details. There is also a dedicated email for any queries members, and those wishing to book for the event, may have: conference@gca.org.uk.

Peter adds: “Many garden centre suppliers don’t realise that they can join us. We welcome applications from any supplier offering products or services relevant to our garden centre members. We offer the opportunity to communicate and network with more than 200 of the UK’s leading garden centres. Anyone interested in joining and potentially becoming one of our Associate Members of the Year in the future, can find out more at https://gca.org.uk/suppliers/.”

Pictured: Last year’s Associate of the Year winners Woodmansterne receiving the Haskins Stewarts Cup.