The GCA Conference 2018 got off to a flying start with more than £20,000 being raised for Greenfingers in the annual GCA Greenfingers Challenge.

A game of hockey with an element of ‘fun and frolics’ opened the annual conference in Stratford as garden centre (Pansies) and horticultural industry staff (Cabbages) went head-to-head for the Greenfingers Challenge Cup.

The 'fockey' event took place at Stratford Leisure Centre, adjacent to The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon, to raise money for Greenfingers, which creates gardens at children’s hospices nationwide.

Here’s our gallery of pictures from the event.