Garden centre customers across the UK are voting in their thousands for their Greatest Garden Centre at Christmas.  They are voting on-line, in-store and by post, all exuding high praise on the teams they believe are The Greatest at spreading joy this Christmas.

And now GTN’s team of intrepid Christmas Award judges are out and about visiting the record number of teams that have been nominated.  With over 150 teams nominated, they are doing their best to get to as many as possible and this is the list of centres the judges will be visiting over the coming three weeks:

Albrighton BGC, Azure, Barton Grange Blue Diamond, Baytree, Bents, Birkacre Garden Centre, Blackdown Blue Diamond, Blofield Garden Centre at Norwich Camping & Leisure, Bosworths Burton Latimer, Bow Garden and Aquatic Centre , Braintree BGC, Bridgemere Blue Diamond, Brigg BGC, Brimsmore Gardens, Brockworth BGC, Burford House BGC, Byrkley Park Klondyke, Cadbury Blue Diamond, Cambridge Home & Garden, California Lodge, Castle Gardens, Caulders Cupar, Caulders Kirkintilloch, Caulders Linlithgow, Charlecote BGC, Chepstow, Chessington Garden Centre, Codsell & Wergs, Conkers Garden Centre, Cooks, Coolings Main Road, Coolings Rushmore Hill, Daleside Klondyke, Deans York YGC, Derby Blue Diamond, Dobbies Beaconsfield, Dobbies Bury, Dobbies Chesterfield, Dobbies Edinburgh, Duchy of Cornwall Nursery, Fairways Ashbourne, Fakenham Garden Centre, Fron Goch, Garsons Esher, Garsons Titchfield, Gates Oakham, Gates Stapleton, Glendoick Garden Centre, Gloucester BGC, Gouldings Garden Centre & Valley View, Haddenham Garden Centre, Harrogate BGC, Haskins Snowhill, Haskins West End, Hayes BGC, Heighley Gate BGC, Henry Street Garden Centre, Holt Garden Centre, Howdens Klondyke, Jacksons Boutique, Keydell Nurseries, Kirktown Stonehaven, Knights Betchworth, Langlands BGC, Longacres Bagshot, Mackenzie & Cruickshank, Mains of Drum, Milbrook Staplehurst, Monkton Elm, Morris of Usk, Mortonhall Klondyke, Moss & Moor, Munros Nurseries, Newquay Garden Centre, Notcutts Brampton, Notcutts Oxford, Notcutts Rivendell, Notcutts Solihull, Oakington Garden Centre, Old Railway Line, Old Well Garden Centre, Osterley BGC, Parker’s Garden Centre, Pengelly Garden Centre, Perrywood Sudbury, Perrywood Tiptree, Planters Garden King, Planters Tamworth, Playhatch BGC, Polhill, Polmont Klondyke, Poplar Nurseries, Poundbury Gardens, Pugh's Radyr, Pugh's Wenvoe, Raemoir Garden Centre, Raglan, Ransoms Jersey, Rosebank, Rowena Leicester, Rutland Garden Nursery, Ruxley Manor, Silverbirch, Simpsons, Skylark Garden Centre, Snowdonia Nurseries, Southwood Garden Centre, Squires Badshot Lea, Squires Milford, Squires Reigate, Squires Twickenham, St Peters Garden Centre, Stewarts Christchurch, Stringers Doncaster Klondyke, Summerhill Garden Centre, Sunshine Garden Centre, The Garden Society, Thetford Garden Centre, Trentham Blue Diamond, Trevisker (Cornwall), Trioscape Garden Centre, Trowell, Van Hage Great Amwell Blue Diamond, Webbs of Wychbold, Wentworth Garden Centre, Winnersh BGC, Woodthorpe BGC.

You can see some of the photo tours from centres already visited elsewhere in this issue of GTN Xtra. More will be added as the judging continues so watch this space.

When it comes to the customer voting the current Top 40 centres are:

1. Albrighton BGC
2. Birkacre
3. Fakenham Garden Centre
4. Old Railway Line
5. Monkton Elm
6. Blofield Garden Centre at Norwich Camping & Leisure
7. Perrywood Tiptree
8. Longacres Bagshot
9. Summerhill Garden Centre
10. Newquay Garden  Centre
11. Bents
12. Munros
13. Wolseley Bridge BGC
14. Owl Lane Farm Nurseries
15. Glendoick Garden Centre
16. Haddenham Garden Centre
17. Henry Street Garden Centre
18. Trioscape Garden Centre
19. Gloucester BGC
20. Perrywood Sudbury
21. Newton Regis BGC
22. Harrogate BGC
23. Bow Garden and Aquatic Centre
24. Keydell Nurseries
25. Wolvercroft Garden Centre
26. Conkers Garden Centre
27. Langlands BGC
28. Bridgnorth BGC
29. Meadow Croft
30. Charlecote BGC
31. Chilton BGC
32. Dobbies Ashford
33. Rugby BGC
34. Burford House BGC
35. Hatton BGC
36. Hayes BGC
37. Parker’s Garden Centre
38. Brockworth BGC
39. Hillmount Bangor
40. Thatcham BGC

As of Sunday evening, the total number of garden centres taking part in The Greatest Christmas Awards 2025 is 174.  With 4 weeks still to go for customers to vote there is plenty of opportunity for more centres to join in and feel the warmth of their customers votes, and their comments as to why they are The Greatest at Christmas.

The full list of centres that are being voted for currently is:

Albrighton BGC, Alton, Arcadia, Aylsham Garden Centre , Bents, Berkely Park Klondyke, Bicester Blue Diamond, Birkacre Garden Centre, Blackdown Blue Diamond, Blofield Garden Centre at Norwich Camping & Leisure, Bold Heath BGC, Bow Garden and Aquatic Centre , Braintree BGC, Bridgnorth BGC, Brockworth BGC, Bromsgrove BGC, Burford House BGC, Cambridge Home & Garden, Cardiff Blue Diamond, Chacewater Garden Centre, Charlecote BGC, Chessington Garden Centre, Chilton BGC, Chipperfield BGC, Conkers Garden Centre, Daleside Klondyke, Dobbies Ashford, East Durham BGC, Elm Farm Florist and Nursery Billericay, Fakenham Garden Centre, Fron Goch, Gardenwise Klondyke, Garsons Titchfield, Glendoick Garden Centre, Gloucester BGC, Haddenham Garden Centre, Harrogate BGC, Hatton BGC, Havant BGC, Hayes BGC, Hemel BGC, Henry Street Garden Centre, Hillmount Bangor, Hillmount Belfast , Hillmount Carrickfergus, Hillmount Newtownards, Hockley Market Garden Centre, Keydell Nurseries, Langlands BGC, Leyland BGC, Longacres Bagshot, Louth BGC, Mayfield Klondyke, Meadow Croft, Monkton Elm, Moulton Nurseries Garden Centre & Coffee Shop, Munros Nurseries, Newquay Garden Centre, Newton Regis BGC, Northampton BGC, Notcutts Rivendell, Old Railway Line, Old Well Garden Centre, Oswaldtwistle Mills, Owl Lane Farm Nurseries, Parker’s Garden Centre, Pennells Lincoln, Perrywood Buckhatch, Perrywood Sudbury, Perrywood Tiptree, Plant Perfections Garden centre, Plants Galore Garden centre, Poplar Nurseries, Ransoms Jersey, Rowena Leicester, Rugby BGC, Sapcote Garden Centre, Snowdonia Nurseries, Southwood Garden Centre, Squires Twickenham, Stringers Doncaster Klondyke, Summerhill Garden Centre, Thatcham BGC, Toad Hall Garden Centre, Trevena Cross Nurseries, Trioscape Garden Centre, Upcountry Stone Cross Garden Centre , Wolseley Bridge BGC, Wolvercroft Garden Centre, Woodthorpe BGC.