This year's Garden Centre Association (GCA) award winners were announced at its annual conference on January 24-26 at Heythrop Park in Chipping Norton.
The winners are:

Ruxley Rose (outdoor plant area): Cowells (under £4m turnover), Van Hage Great Amwell (more than £4m turnover)

Worrall Cup (best use of POS): Chessington Garden Centre

Barton Grange Trophy (best display idea): Barton Grange Garden Centre, Preston

Dick Allen Award (most improved centre): Langlands, Leeds

Garden Centre of the Year (Millenium Trophy): Cowells

Destination Garden Centre of the Year: Bents

Garden Centres of Excellence: Bents, Van Hage Peterborough, Webbs of Wychbold, Frosts at Woburn Sands, Barton Grange Garden Centre, Preston, Poplars, Cowells, The Van Hage Garden Company, Great Amwell, Haskins Ferndown, Planters Tamworth, Grosvenor, All-in-One, Woodlands Nurseries

Christmas Display Competition: Sunshine Garden Centre (under £4m), Barton Grange Preston (more than £4m)

Best People Award: Burleydam

Weber-Stephen Outdoor Living Award: Fairways (under £4m), Poplars (more than £4m)

GIMA Award (for excellence in garden product retailing): Bents

GCA Associate Member of the Year: Solus Garden & Leisure

Colour Your Life Green Community Award: Bents