In This Issue
Successful garden centres celebrate winning The Greatest Christmas Awards
The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is Brookside
The Greatest Christmas Display winners are Silverbirch, Perrywood, Barton Grange and Le Friquet
Squires Badshot Lea pick up the Lumberjack Award
The Greatest Festive Plants Team comes from Burston Garden Centre
Blackbrooks Garden Centre have The Greatest Christmas Sizzle
The Greatest Dining With Santa Team goes to Swansea Wyevale
Brookside and Chessington pick up The Greatest Christmas Grotto Team awards
Premier Decorations win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
The Greatest Miniature Display Team goes to Squires Badshot Lea
Special judges' award for 'Frozen' goes to Birkacre
The Greatest Christmas Awards judges donate their time to Make-A-Wish
Watch out for more Greatest Christmas Awards pictures
A Majestic party for finalists and guests
A massive thank you to party guests as over £5,250 is raised for Make A Wish
Guests greeted with an Apple Juice and Drambuie Hot Toddy
Premier Decorations
Arena Group
Glee
Harrogate & Christmas Gift Show
Kaemingk
National Garden Gift Vouchers
Norfolk Leisure
National Tree Company
Scentsicles
SnowTime
SOLEX
Stax
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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.

In this special edition of GTN Xtra we're publishing all the winners and finalists, plus the first pictures from an event that's been dubbed 'The Greatest Christmas Party Ever'...
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The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas is Brookside
Sponsored by Stax Trade Centres


Brookside struck gold in The Greatest Garden Centre Team at Christmas category, as voted for purely by garden centre customers...
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The Greatest Christmas Display winners are Silverbirch, Perrywood, Barton Grange and Le Friquet
Sponsored by SnowTime


The Greatest Christmas Display award was strongly contested again this year with four garden centres picking up main awards – Silverbirch (small garden centre), Perrywood (mid-sized), Barton Grange (large) and Le Friquet Plant Centre (group)...
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Squires Badshot Lea pick up the Lumberjack Award
Sponsored by Scentsicles


Squires Badshot Lea picked up the Lumberjack Award for being judged the Greatest Woodland Artificial Tree Display Team, with Gordale receiving silver and Cowell's bronze...
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The Greatest Festive Plants Team comes from Burston Garden Centre
Sponsored by National Garden Gift Vouchers


Burston Garden Centre picked up the gold award in The Greatest Festive Plants Team category for the second successive year...
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Blackbrooks Garden Centre have The Greatest Christmas Sizzle
Sponsored by SOLEX – 7th to 9th July 2015


The Greatest Christmas Sizzle, awarded to acknowledge the efforts of garden centres selling barbecues to customers for cooking their Christmas turkey, was won by Blackbrooks Garden Centre...
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The Greatest Dining With Santa Team goes to Swansea Wyevale
Sponsored by Harrogate Christmas & Gift


Swansea Wyevale were winners of The Greatest Dining With Santa Team with Swanland Nurseries picking up the silver award...
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Brookside 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 three garden centres picking up gold awards – Chessington (large centre) and Brookside (small centre)...
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Premier Decorations win The Greatest Christmas Supplier Award
Sponsored by Glee – 14th to 16th September 2015


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...
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The Greatest Miniature Display Team goes to Squires Badshot Lea
Sponsored by Kaemingk


Squires Badshot Lea won the first-ever Greatest Miniature Display Team gold award...
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Special judges' award for 'Frozen' goes to Birkacre
Sponsored by Arena Group


Birkacre Garden Centre picked up a special gold award for their performances from the hit film 'Frozen' over the Christmas period...
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The Greatest Christmas Awards judges donate their time to Make-A-Wish


After visiting 130 garden centres this Christmas season for The Greatest Christmas Awards, the judges have decided to do something different to help raise money for Make-A-Wish. Each of them offered a day’s consultancy to a garden centre or supplier in return for a sizeable donation to Make-A-Wish...
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Watch out for more Greatest Christmas Awards pictures
Over the coming weeks GTN Xtra will be publishing all of the pictures and stories collected by the expert judges in The Greatest Christmas Awards, so make sure you and your teams see them. They will be a great learning resource and could be the spark of inspiration needed to make you garden centre Christmas even better in 2014...
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