In This Issue
Successful garden centres celebrate winning The Greatest Christmas Awards
The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is Brookside
The Greatest Christmas Display winners are Silverbirch, The Old Railway Line, Barton Grange and Le Friquet
The Greatest Festive Plants Team comes from Haskins West End
Hillmount Garden Centre have The Greatest Christmas Sizzle
The Greatest Festive Catering Team goes to Mains of Drum
Brookside pick up The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team award
Premier Decorations win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
Bents and Le Friquet both pick up The Greatest Pet Christmas Team golds
GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards judges meet over 250 teams
The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
Get your own copy of GTN Xtra
A Majestic party for finalists and guests
Pictures from The Greatest Christmas Display Gold-winning Teams
Silverbirch (Small Garden Centre Gold)
Old Railway Line (Mid-sized Garden Centre Gold)
Barton Grange (Large Garden Centre Gold)
Le Friquet (Group Garden Centre Gold)
Over £1,600 raised for Make-A-Wish at party
Fabulous first day at Harrogate Christmas & Gift
Watch out for more from The Greatest Christmas winners
Send us your news and great ideas

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Successful garden centres celebrate winning The Greatest Christmas Awards



The Greatest Christmas Awards were announced at a special party night in Harrogate on Sunday. All the winners received their accolades during the event organised by Garden Trade News and Garden Radio at the Majestic Hotel in the town.

In this special edition of GTN Xtra we're publishing all the winners and finalists, plus the first pictures from an event that's been dubbed 'The Greatest Christmas Party Ever'...
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The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is Brookside
Sponsored by Premier Decorations and National Garden Gift Vouchers


Brookside struck gold in The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas category, as voted for purely by garden centre customers...
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The Greatest Christmas Display winners are Silverbirch, The Old Railway Line, Barton Grange and Le Friquet
Sponsored by SnowTime and Kaemingk


The Greatest Christmas Display award was strongly contested again this year with four garden centres picking up main awards – Silverbirch (small garden centre), The Old Railway Line (mid-sized), Barton Grange (large) and Le Friquet Plant Centre (group)...
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The Greatest Festive Plants Team comes from Haskins West End
Sponsored by Harrogate Christmas & Gift Fair


Haskins West End picked up the gold award in The Greatest Festive Plants Team category...
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Hillmount Garden Centre have The Greatest Christmas Sizzle
Sponsored by SOLEX – 5th to 7th July 2016


The Greatest Christmas Sizzle, awarded to acknowledge the efforts of garden centres selling barbecues to customers for cooking their Christmas turkey, was won by Hillmount Garden Centre...
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The Greatest Festive Catering Team goes to Mains of Drum
Sponsored by Arena Group


Mains of Drum were winners of The Greatest Festive Catering Team with Bents Garden & Home picking up the silver award...
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Brookside pick up The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team award
Sponsored by Norfolk Leisure & The National Tree Company


There was strong competition in The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team category with Brookside picking up the gold award...
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Premier Decorations win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
Sponsored by Glee – 12th to 14th September 2016


It was a hotly contested affair in The Greatest Christmas Supplier category - voted for by retailers – and the final outcome was very close but Premier Decorations just pipped Kaemingk to the gold award..
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Bents and Le Friquet both pick up The Greatest Pet Christmas Team golds
Sponsored by Petface


Golds in The Greatest Pet Christmas Team category have been won by Bents Garden & Home and Le Friquet Garden Centre...
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GTN’s The Greatest Christmas Awards judges meet over 250 teams


A total of 117 garden centres were nominated in The Greatest Christmas Awards 2015 which involved our expert judges meeting over 250 teams...
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Watch out for more from The Greatest Christmas winners
Gallery of images sponsored by Kaemingk


Over the coming weeks GTN Xtra will be publishing all of the pictures and stories collected by the expert judges in The Greatest Christmas Awards, so make sure you and your teams see them. They will be a great learning resource and could be the spark of inspiration needed to make you garden centre Christmas even better in 2016.
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The Greatest Awards go back on tour in 2016
 
After the resounding success of The Greatest Awards ON TOUR in 2015, we are pleased to announce that in 2016 The Greatest Awards ON TOUR will be bigger and better than ever...
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