The Garden Retail Awards celebrates the very best of the garden retail industry, and provide an exceptional opportunity for leading garden retail businesses and suppliers to showcase their services, ingenuity and successes.
For more information on entering and attending the awards, plus sponsorship opportunities, go to www.gardenretailawards.co.uk
Very much a pioneer of the garden centre world, Eddie Topping has been at the helm of Barton Grange Group for nearly 50 years. During that time the ever-changing, dynamic, multi-faceted business has held its place at the forefront of the industry.
Woodcote Green Garden Centre has built up relationships with 228 schools, mainly across south London, with its Green Fingered Kids scheme designed to get more schools and school children growing and gardening.
As a business, south-west garden centre Fermoy's is community-focused and tries to integrate into local life by working with local producers, businesses and community projects.
Sanders Garden World set itself the challenge of minimising impact on the environment by building the centre's green credentials.
In his first year of training as a manager, Will Foulkes has been entrusted with running garden centres - such is the confidence his supervisors have in him.
The team at Sidmouth Garden Centre are proud of what they do.
Millbrook Garden Company in Gravesend, Kent has moved the entire planteria from one side of its site to the other and incorporated a new way of displaying the plants to offer an inspirational and an enjoyable place to shop.
Very much a pioneer of the garden centre world, Eddie Topping has been at the helm of Barton Grange Group for nearly 50 years. During that time the ever-changing, dynamic, multi-faceted business has held its place at the forefront of the industry.
The whole North One site in London is just 425sq m so every plant, pot and product has to be chosen with care. Everything has to earn its place.
With annual sales of more than £400m, 25 per cent of which are plants, Homebase Garden World is the second largest garden retailer in the UK and recognises that it has specific training requirements.
Monkton Elm Garden & Pet Centre describes its pets department as "The Pet Centre Run by Pet Lovers" and that shows in the quality of its offer.
RoseClear has been the number one brand in combined pest and disease control since its launch in 1982.
Physocarpus Opulifolius 'Little Devil' is a deciduous shrub with a very compact habit, a truly dwarf form of the species.
Fermoy's has always had a strong affiliation with fresh produce, selling plants in the garden centre and food in the farm shop.
With more than 50 years of experience, Woodcote Green's name has become synonymous with quality, value, care and knowledge within its local community.
Last year was a strong one for Sidmouth Garden Centre, with the focus very much on service and margins at the 2,500sq m centre.
In spring 2010, Planters Garden Centre's biggest supplier Kinglea Plants went into administration leaving the garden centre with the opportunity to reassess where it bought all its plants.
World's End Garden Centre set itself the challenge of achieving destination status in the local area for a high-quality food outlet that would meet the exacting standards of today's sophisticated and knowledgeable consumer.
New plans have been submitted to build a garden centre near Rowlands Castle in Hampshire.
Morrisons has put in a planning application to create room for an outdoor garden centre at its new Wrexham store.
Rolawn's products have been incorporated into many Chelsea Flower Show gardens and displays.
See photos of the Garden Retail Awards 2011 winners and attendees at the ceremony held at London's Grosvenor House.
A team of garden retail experts studied the entries to this year's Garden Retail Awards.
Supporting the Garden Retail Awards also gives a company the networking opportunity of the year with the garden retail industry: the great, the good; the suppliers, the clients; the movers, and the shakers, will all be there.
Entries may be submitted individually or jointly by key parties involved.
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