With teams from over 80 garden centres already nominated for GTN's Greatest Christmas Awards 2022, there are only a handful of judging visit places left to be filled, so if you want your Christmas teams to be considered as The Greatest you have until lunchtime on Wednesday 9th November to get your nomination in.

There are categories to recognise display teams, Christmas Trees sales teams, marketing teams and back this year are the much sought after Greatest Festive Garden Centre Catering team and The Greatest Garden Centre Grotto team awards.

It's simple to take part, all you have to do is nominate your teams for the award categories below in an e-mail to trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk including a few words about why our team of judges should come and meet your team and a photo or two that we can include in our GTN Xtra Christmas photo galleries. The final date for nominations to guarantee a visit from our judges is lunchtime on Wednesday 9th November 2022.

Here are the categories for GTN’s Greatest Christmas Awards 2022

• The Greatest Christmas Houseplant Team
• The Greatest Outdoor Plant and Christmas Tree Team
• The Greatest Christmas Community Event
• The Greatest Garden Centre Christmas Video
• The Greatest Christmas Marketing Team
• The Greatest Gardening Gifts Sales Team
• The Greatest Christmas Sizzle Team (for sales of BBQ’s, firepits, furniture etc)
• The Greatest Festive Retail Food Hall Team
• The Greatest Festive Garden Centre Catering Team
• The Greatest Garden Centre Grotto Team
• The Greatest Group Small Garden Centre Christmas Team*
• The Greatest Group Large Garden Centre Christmas Team*
• The Greatest Small Garden Centre Christmas Team
• The Greatest Mid-Sized Garden Centre Christmas Team
• The Greatest Large Garden Centre Christmas Team

*The Group Garden Centre awards are for centres that are part of groups with 5 or more centres.

Judging visits will take place during November and December with the winners being announced on The Stage at Spring Fair on Monday 6^th February 2023.

As well as the kudos and fame from winning a Greatest Christmas award, our Gold winners in each category will win prizes including stock, services and hotel accommodation from our sponsors, which at time of going to press include:

• DCUK
• Garden Radio
• Glee
• Global Journey
• Kaemingk
• Smart Garden Products
• Solex
• Woodlodge

Watch out for details of the prizes on offer in future issues of GTN Xtra: www.gardentradenews.co.uk and in the November issue of GTN magazine.

So, what are you waiting for, get snapping and send an e-mail today to trevor@pottingshedpress.co.uk to get your entry registered.