Topawardfor tree initiative

Agold for The Greatest Christmas Community Event went to GrovesNurseries &Garden Centre forits ingenious initiative. It invited local businesses to sponsor atreeand via social media asked its customers which charity it should be donated to.Thisyear 34 trees were sponsored and Gates delivered them to nominated charities. At lowcost, this idea created maximum impact through social media platforms and local news outlets.

he team at MeadowCroft Ga atraditional Germany Christmas market in Essex for several years and blending the experienceseamlessly with atraditional British Christmas. But this year it was takenevenfurther by expanding the theme intothe plantaria with achancetohavea go at Bavarian curling as an extraattraction. Its gold for the Greatest Mid-Sized Garden Centre Christmas Team reflects howthe company goes that extramilebygoing to Germany to personally source theproducts themselves given the centre areal point of difference.

Teams from TheGardensGroup of centres at Brimsmore and Poundbury went home with atrio of awards to show off to theircustomers.

Poundbury Garden Centre was presented with asilver awardfor The Greatest Small Garden CentreChristmas Team.Staff usedevery availableinch of spaceinthistowncentresitewith apresenceofChristmas running throughout alldepartments andastrong focus on sustainableproducts

At Brimsmore Gardens, Alexa Blackmoresaidthe silver awardfor The

GreatestGardening Gifts Sales Team was the result of ahugeteameffort. “We have agreat merchandising team and havebeen working on thesustainability of ourgifts.That’s ourfocus and what we areasking oursuppliers for. Everybody gets involvedwith linking gardening and giftware together.”

Thecentrealso picked up abronze forThe GreatestMid-Sized Garden CentreChristmas Team which created uncluttereddisplayswith clear messaging especially about thesustainability of its productsonshow.