GTN Xtra - GTN Xtra - Issue 3 2017 - Greatest Christmas Awards Special

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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...

The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is Brookside
Sponsored by National Garden Gift Vouchers

Brookside struck gold in The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas category, as voted for purely by garden centre customers...

Haskins wins Special Judges Award

The Greatest Christmas Judgers Special Award went to Haskins Garden Centres...

The Greatest Christmas Display winners are Silverbirch, Walkers Nurseries, Castle Gardens, Barton Grange and Fryers Garden Centre - Blue Diamond
Sponsored by Kaemingk

The Greatest Christmas Display award was strongly contested again this year with four garden centres picking up main awards – Silverbirch and Walkers Nurseries (small garden centres), Castle Gardens (mid-sized), Barton Grange (large) and Fryers Garden Centre - Blue Diamond (group)...

The Greatest Festive Plants Team comes from Creative Gardens and Aylett Nurseries
Sponsored by HITF – Harrogate Christmas & Gift

Creative Gardens Donaghadee and Aylett Nurseries picked up gold awards in The Greatest Festive Plants Team category...

Hayes Garden World have The Greatest Christmas Sizzle
Sponsored by SOLEX

Greatest Christmas Sizzle, awarded to acknowledge the efforts of garden centres selling barbecues to customers for cooking their Christmas turkey, was won by Hayes Garden World...

The Greatest Festive Catering Team goes to Mains of Drum and Barton Grange
Sponsored by Arena Group

Mains of Drum and Barton Grange were winners of The Greatest Festive Catering Team with Munros Nurseries Garden Centre picking up the silver award...

Brookside, Pughs Radyr and Chessington pick up The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team awards
Sponsored by Norfolk Leisure & The National Tree Company

There was strong competition in The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team category with Brookside, Pughs Radyr and Chessington picking up the gold award...

Premier Decorations win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
Sponsored by Glee

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...

Bents pick up The Greatest Pet Christmas Team gold
Sponsored by Pet Trade Xtra

Gold in The Greatest Pet Christmas Team category has been won by Bents Garden & Home...

Santa Special Awards to mark great teamwork

A number of Santa Special Awards were presented to garden centres whose teams had shown great enterprise at Christmas...

Greatest Christmas Awards organised by the team from GTN

The Greatest Christmas Awards were organised by the team from Garden Trade News and Garden Radio...

From left to right: Mandy Davies, Rebbecca Dean, Alan Burdon, Trevor Pfeiffer, Neil Pope and Harry Sinclair.

A Majestic party for finalists and guests

Finalists and invited guests gathered at the Majestic Hotel in Harrogate for The Greatest Awards Party...

Over £1,500 raised for Greenfingers at party

Guests at The Greatest Christmas Awards party dug deep and raised a staggering £1,575 for the Greenfingers charity...

Busy Harrogate Christmas & Gift Show

Harrogate Christmas & Gift extends a warm welcome to all exhibitors and visitors attending the 2017 show. The doors opened on Sunday and if pre-registrations are anything to go by, you can expect another very busy show this year...

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Cupar GC in Fife makes it centre No.5 for Caulders

Caulders has made the first garden centre purchase of the New Year, buying Cupar Garden Centre, Fife, the group’s fifth outlet and its first in the east of Scotland...

CBE for RHS's Sue Biggs in New Year honours list

RHS Director General Sue Biggs was appointed a CBE in the New Year’s Honours List, for services to the environment and horticulture...

Briers helps young designer's Christmas wish come true

A Leicestershire boy’s Christmas will continue long into the New Year thanks to gardening lifestyle brand Briers...

Phil Burgoyne joins Garland Products/Worth Gardening

Thirty-five years garden centre experience will aid company’s continued expansion...

Groen-Direkt introduces houseplants for 2017

Groen-Direkt will enter its 21st year this month enhancing its international reputation as a supplier of a continuous, complete range of garden plants and Christmas trees...

Students must get DCF scholarship applications in by 31 January

Students with a passion for plants but limited funds to invest are encouraged to apply for a David Colegrave Foundation (DCF) scholarship by 31 January.,,

Pink dusters sales raise £10,200 for breast cancer charities

Housewares, DIY and garden products supplier Creative Products has raised more than £10,200 for the Pink Ribbon Foundation charity through sales of its pink dusters...

Award winning designer to speak at Hillier wholesale days

Acclaimed Chelsea garden designer Sarah Eberle will be a guest speaker at Hillier Garden Centre and Nurseries' wholesaler trade days next month...

Neudorff doubles production of new seaweed extract

Neudorff has doubled production of its Super Strength Seaweed Extract after the product beat sales targets following the trade launch last autumn...

New Posh Bird Box has more room for feathered families

The Posh Shed Company has updated the designs of its popular hand-made Bird Boxes for 2017 to create more space for the occupants...

Stewart to put new planters under media spotlight

Stewart Garden is returning to the Garden Press Event in 2017 in London next month to promote last autumn’s Glee launches to the gardening media...

Duke plants cedar to celebrate ‘Capability’ Brown anniversary

The 12^th Duke of Marlborough has planted an iconic Cedar of Lebanon tree beside the lake at Blenheim Palace to mark the 300^th anniversary of ‘Capability’ Brown...

Stihl wants to sell cordless range through garden centres

Stihl aims to start selling cordless gardening products through garden centres and other non-specialist retailers later this year...

TV gardener presents certificates to Birmingham youngsters

Young people on a Thrive gardening course are celebrating after receiving their qualification certificates from Warwickshire-based TV gardener David Domoney...

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