The Garden Centre Association (GCA) has named the national winners of its annual Christmas display competition.
Barton Grange in Lancashire won in the Destination Garden Centre category and Dorset's Castle Gardens in the Garden Centre category. They will receive their awards at the GCA's golden jubilee conference in January.

The garden centres were judged on the innovation, inspiration and excitement created by the way their Christmas products are displayed. The range of products available, accessibility, how easy it is for customers to find and select products and 'wow factor' were also taken into consideration.

GCA inspector and judge of the national Christmas displays competition Andy Campbell said: "I last carried out the national judging of the Christmas competition several years ago, and since then the creativity and commerciality of the regional finalists has just got stronger and stronger.

"I've just visited 15 garden centres over eight days and I'm hugely impressed by the professionalism of their Christmas merchandising and displays. It's clear to me that garden centres lead the way in this field."