We’re
thrilled to have unveiled our winners for the North Thames region during a
presentation at Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries last night (July 20,
2015).
The
title of Best Garden Centre (GC) went to Sunshine Garden Centre and Burston
Rose & Garden Centre took home the award for Best Destination Garden Centre
(DGC).
We’d
like to say a huge congratulations to all of our members who took home awards
during the first regional awards meeting. A massive ‘thank you’ also goes to
Perrywood Garden Centre & Nurseries for hosting such a fantastic evening.
Other
awards included Best Customer Service and Best Environment and Community, which both went to Burston Rose
& Garden Centre.
Squires
Garden Centre – Twickenham scooped the award for Best Creativity and Innovation and the Most Improved site was won by Hilltop
Garden Centre.
Presenting her findings during the event was
inspector Liz Hutson.
The
full results for the North Thames region GCA area awards are as follows for the
GC and DGC categories:
Best
Garden Centre:
Sunshine Garden Centre (GC) and Burston Rose & Garden Centre (DGC)
Best
Customer Service:
Burston Rose & Garden Centre
Best
Environment and Community: Burston Rose & Garden Centre
Best
Creativity and Innovation: Squires Garden Centre - Twickenham
Most
Improved:
Hilltop Garden Centre
Best
Restaurant:
Thurrock Garden Centre (GC) and Frosts at Woburn Sands (DGC)
Garden
Products Retailer: Squires
Garden Centre - Shepperton (GC) and Poplars Nursery Garden Centre (DGC)
Best
Indoor Lifestyle:
Squires Garden Centre – Shepperton (GC) and The Burford Garden Company (DGC)
Best
Outdoor Living:
Sunshine Garden Centre (GC) and The Van Hage Garden Company – Great Amwell (DGC)
The awards are decided by the results of the annual
inspections, which take place at all GCA garden centres. Garden centres have no
advance warning about when their inspection will take place and they do not
have the option to turn away the inspector.
The Best Garden Centre and Best Destination Garden Centre
awards went to the members that scored the highest overall mark in the area in
their annual inspections.
The
top scoring centres overall, nationally, in both the Destination Garden Centre
and Garden Centre categories will be re-inspected before the titles of
Garden Centre of the Year and Destination Garden Centre of the Year are
announced at our annual conference taking place in January 2016.
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