Winners of the Garden Centre Association’s (GCA) most prestigious awards including its Garden Centres of Excellence were announced at its annual conference yesterday (Tuesday, January 28, 2025). The awards ceremony took place at the De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading.
Chief Executive at the GCA, Peter Burks, says: “We had a wonderful evening crowning our overall champion of champions and our ‘Garden Centres of Excellence’ winners. They have all been recognised for their amazing dedication to delivering the very best within our industry and they couldn’t be more deserving of these fabulous awards.
“We were also delighted to announce our Associate of the Year, as voted for by our member garden centres and to present our Worrall Cup to the garden centre the judges’ felt entered the best marketing too.
“We had a great second day at our 2025 conference. I’d like to thank our sponsors for helping make it all happen, especially Taylors Bulbs for sponsoring the day, The Horti House for our stage plants, Davidson Richards for helping keep us well fuelled by sponsoring our morning tea/coffee break, Quinton Edwards for our Tuesday champagne reception and Bon Bon’s for our delicious after-dinner chocolates. They all played a vital role in ensuring our Tuesday went so well, thank you.”
The full list of winners announced on Tuesday, January 28 were:
Destination Garden Centre of the Year:
Winner
- Barton Grange Garden Centre
Second & third place winners
- Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree
- Bents Garden & Home
Garden Centre of the Year:
Winner
- Fron Goch Garden Centre (pictured top)
Second & third place winners
- The Old Railway Line Garden Centre
- Aylett Nurseries
Local Garden Centre of the Year:
Winner
- Millbrook Garden Company, Staplehurst
Second & third place winners
- Poundbury Gardens – The Gardens Group
- Klondyke Garden Centre, Burnside
Garden Centres of Excellence – (below is in alphabetical order not order of inspection scores):
- Aylett Nurseries
- Barton Grange Garden Centre
- Bents Garden & Home
- Fron Goch Garden Centre
- Meadow Croft Garden Centre
- Perrywood Garden Centre, Sudbury
- Perrywood Garden Centre, Tiptree
- Ruxley Manor Garden Centre
- The Old Railway Line Garden Centre
- Thurrock Garden Centre
Associate of the Year (voted by GCA garden centre members):
Winner
- Lyme Bay Winery
Second & third place winners
- Allensmore Nurseries Ltd
- Smart Garden Products
The Worrall Cup:
Winner
- Pugh’s Garden Centres
Second & third place winners
- The Old Railway Line Garden Centre
- Poplars Garden Centre
