GCA ‘garden centres of excellence' winners announced
Published: 24 January 2018 - Kiran Grewal
The Garden Centre Association (GCA) yesterday (Tuesday, January 23, 2018) revealed the winners of its most prestigious awards at its 52nd annual conference including its 10 Garden Centres of Excellence.
The awards were presented to the winners during a ceremony at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon on Tuesday, January 23.
Chief Executive of the GCA, Iain Wylie said: “The winners of our ‘Garden Centres of Excellence’ awards have all showed they are diligent, committed, enthusiastic and hardworking and are a credit to the horticultural industry and I would like to say a huge congratulations to all of them.”
The full list of winners announced on Tuesday, January 23 were:
Garden Centres of Excellence (top 10 in alphabetical order not order of inspection scores):
Aylett Nurseries Ltd
Barton Grange Garden Centre
Garden Centre of the Year - Fairways Garden Centre, Ashbourne
Bents Garden & Home
Fairways Garden Centre – Ashbourne
Garden Wise, Dumfries
Mains of Drum Garden Centre Ltd
Perrywood Garden Centre and Nurseries
Simpsons Garden Centre
Stratford Garden Centre
Webbs, Wychbold
The Worrall Cup:
The award for Best Marketing Campaign or Initiative was won by Perrywood Garden Centre
Associate of the Year:
Smart Garden Products
Garden Centre of the Year:
Fairways Garden Centre – Ashbourne
Destination Garden Centre of the Year:
Bents Garden & Home
The GCA represents nearly 200 garden centres nationwide.
A full report of the GCA conference can be found in the next issue of DIY Week.