GTN's first-ever Greatest Marketing Awards were presented at the HTA Marketing Forum on Tuesday with Gold Awards going to Cooks GC, Perrywood GC, Green Pastures and the Tillington Group's Beautiful Gardens. Westland Horticulture also picked up a prestigious Gold Award.

 The new awards, hosted by the HTA's Carol Paris (above) and GTN's Trevor Pfeiffer, have been established to recognise excellence in garden industry marketing.

Heather Culpan, managing director at Burgon & Ball who won Silver in the The Greatest Supplier Marketing Team of the Year category, said: “We’d like to thank all at Garden Trade News for organising these tremendous new awards, and of course the many garden centres who voted for us. We are more determined than ever to give our retail partners the tools they need to deliver excellence to their gardening customers.”



The Greatest Social Media Team of the Year

Gold Awards:  Cooks Garden Centre and Perrywood Garden Centre

Silver Award:  Glendoick Garden Centre

Bronze Award:  Bosworths Garden Centre (pictured above)

The Greatest Marketing Event of the Year

Gold Award:  Green Pastures

Silver Award: Greenfingers 24 hour Plantathons

Bronze Award: Baytree Garden Centre

The Greatest Supplier Marketing Team of the Year

Gold Award:  Westland Horticulture

Silver Award: Burgon & Ball

Bronze Award: Smart Garden Products

Finalists: Briers, Burgon & Ball, Gardman, Growth Technology, Mr Fothergills, Smart Garden Products, Weber, Westland Horticulture.

The Greatest Garden Centre Marketing Team of the Year

Gold Award:  Tillington Group, Beautiful Gardens

Silver Award: Millbrook Garden Centres

Bronze Award: Poplars Garden Centre

Finalists: Alton, Baytree, Blue Diamond, Bosworths, Choice Marketing, Cooks, Cranswick, Deepdale, Ferndale, Fresh @ Burcot, Glendoick, Green Pastures, Hillview, Klondyke, Knights, Millbrook, Pennells, Perrywood, Poplars, Tillington Group, Trowell, Whitehall.