GCA crowns leading garden centres
The winners of the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) most prestigious awards were announced at its recent annual conference.
The winners of the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) most prestigious awards were announced at its recent annual conference. They were held at the Carden Park Hotel, Cheshire, as part of the organisation’s 60th anniversary year celebrations.
Peter Burks, chief executive of the GCA, said: “We had a wonderful evening celebrating the very best of our industry, crowning our overall champion of champions alongside our Garden Centres of Excellence winners. Each of them has been recognised for their outstanding dedication to delivering excellence and they are truly deserving of these fantastic awards.”
The full list of winners is:
Destination Garden Centre of the Year
Winner
Ruxley Manor Garden Centre (pictured)
Second and third place
Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree
Haskins Garden Centre, Snowhill
Garden Centre of the Year:
Winner
Old Railway Line Garden Centre
Second and third place
Poplars Garden Centre
Fairways Garden Centre, Ashbourne
Local Garden Centre of the Year:
Winner
Brimsmore Gardens – The Gardens Group
Second and third place
Millbrook Garden Company, Staplehurst
Fairways Garden Centre, Macclesfield
Garden Centres of Excellence in alphabetical order)
Barton Grange Garden Centre
Bents Garden & Home
Coolings Nurseries
Fairways Garden Centre, Ashbourne
Haskins Garden Centre, Snowhill
Old Railway Line Garden Centre
Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree
Ruxley Manor Garden Centre
Planters Tamworth
Poplars Garden centre
Associate of the Year (voted by GCA garden centre members):
Winner
Woodlodge
Second and third place
Smart Garden
Allensmore Nurseries
The Worrall Cup:
Winner
Bents Garden & Home
Second and third place
British Garden Centres
Gates Garden Centre
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