Blue Diamond Garden Centres and its brand, Fryer’s Roses, were awarded a coveted Gold Medal at RHS Flower Show Tatton Park this week, only two weeks after achieving their first Gold Medal at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival.

They were also awarded a Gold Medal for their exhibit, in collaboration with the National Trust, at the show, which celebrated the success of their multi-award winning RHS Chelsea Show.

This is the first year that Blue Diamond Garden Centres have been awarded Gold Medals at RHS shows.

Jill Kerr, Group Relationship Manager for the Blue Diamond Group said: 

“This really is a Blue Diamond team effort and what a team we have!  With over 4500 employees over 44 Garden Centres, the shows offer our employees the opportunity to demonstrate their creativity and flair to a wider audience, to meet colleagues from other centres and importantly to talk to visitors at the shows about who we are and why we offer a point of difference to our customers. I am delighted with the results”. 

Alan Roper, Managing Director of the Blue Diamond Group said; -

“We have had the most successful show season on record this year and I am proud of what the team has achieved”.

The Fryer’s Roses exhibit was designed to show visitors different ways of using roses in a courtyard-style garden. Blue Diamond’s own brand, Fryer's Roses, were mixed with companion and Mediterranean plants and also planted in containers to show their versatility.

‘Nostalgia’ a two-toned rose and ‘Believe in Yourself’, a newly launched rose on behalf of Blue Diamond’s charity partner the Stroke Association, took centre stage.  Bred by Rosen Tantau, rosa ‘Believe in Yourself’ is a with a vivid mauve bloom with dark purple eye and open stamen, perfect for attracting pollinators.

All roses were supplied by Blue Diamond owned Bridgemere nursery, potted in peat free compost and in recyclable pots. 

Visitors to the show could buy a selection of the Fryer's award-winning roses.

Visitors to the show were also able to create the ‘Chelsea Look’ at home as Blue Diamond curated a plant collection of plants that were in or inspired by The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust. The National Trust Chelsea Plant Collection by Blue Diamond is designed to enable people to create their own ‘outdoor sitting room’ and nature-friendly space, both of which were central themes to the Garden at RHS Chelsea Flower Show. 

As part of Blue Diamond’s commitment to sustainable production, all these plants are potted in peat-free compost and recyclable pots.

The National Trust Chelsea Plant Collection is also available to buy exclusively in all Blue Diamond Garden Centres, whilst stocks last.

‘The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust’ will be rebuilt in its entirety at Blue Diamond owned, Bridgemere Show Gardens (1) in Cheshire – an RHS Partner Garden. Work is due to commence late summer and will be unveiled to the public in late spring 2025. National Trust members will be able to visit Bridgemere Show Gardens for free in the first year of the Garden being open.

Credit the photographs above to Joe Wainwright.