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

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

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