Barton Grange at Brock have won their second GCA Destination Garden Centre of the Year title in a row – while Planters at Tamworth have emerged as top centre in the under £4m turnover category.

 The results were announced yesterday afternoon at the GCA’s winter conference at Heythrop Park, Oxfordshire.

 Barton Grange MD Guy Topping said waiting for the results had been nerve-wracking. “We are always aware Bents are on our tail,” he said. Past winners Bents were this year’s runners-up.

 Planters proprietor Gerald Ingram said: “We have waited a long time for this.”

 Cowells of Newcastle, last year’s small Garden Centre of the Year, were fourth this year – but walked off with the Ruxley Rose Trophy for best planteria in the under £4m category. Squires of  Twickenham won the destination category.

 Full awards list:

• Ruxley Rose (Garden Centre category) – Cowell’s Garden Centre
• Ruxley Rose (Destination Garden Centre category) – Squires Garden Centre, Twickenham
• Worrall Cup (Best use of signage and point of sale material) – Chessington Garden Centre
• Barton Grange Trophy (Best Display Idea) – Ransoms Garden Centre
• Dick Allen Award (Most improved centre) – All-In-One, Knutsford
• Garden Centre of the Year 2013 Millennium Trophy – Planters Garden Centre, Tamworth
• Destination Garden Centre of the Year 2013 Millennium Trophy – Barton Grange Garden Centre, Preston
• Christmas Display Competition (Garden Centre category) – All-in-One Middleton
• Christmas Display Competition (Destination Garden Centre category) – Barton Grange Garden Centre, Preston 
• Outdoor Living Award (Garden Centre category) – Creative Gardens Donaghadee
• Outdoor Living Award (Destination Garden Centre category) – Bents Garden & Home
• GIMA Award for Excellence in Garden Product Retailing – Burston Garden Centre
• GCA Associate Member of the Year – TBA during Associates Night on Monday, January 28
• Environment and Community Award – Burston Garden Centre

 Garden Centres of Excellence:

• Barton Grange Garden Centre, Preston
• Bents Garden & Home
• Burston Garden Centre
• Fairways Garden Centre, Ashborne
• Frosts at Willington
• Haskins Roundstone Garden Centre
• Planters Garden Centre, Tamworth
• Poplars Garden Centre
• Simpsons Garden Centre
• Webbs, Wychbold

The Planters of Tamworth team receiving their award.