Squire’s Receives Top Accolades in Regional Industry Awards

Squire’s Garden Centres has performed impressively in the Garden Centre Association Awards (GCA) announced recently, receiving a total of 21 accolades across a range of categories in this year’s South East and East area Regional Results.

The industry leading awards run by the GCA acknowledge the efforts and high standards upheld by centres and are based on an intensive audit by an independent inspector.The awards include three categories, relevant to a centre’s size: Destination Garden Centre, Garden Centre and new to the awards this year, Local Garden Centre, for smaller locations. Squire’s received honours in the top awards, including:

• Ruxley Rose for Best Plant Area – Hersham, 1st place and Woking, 2nd place (Garden Centre category)
• Garden Centre of the Year – Hersham, 2nd place
• Local Garden Centre of the Year – Reigate, 3rd place
• The Dick Allen Award for Most Improved Centre – Hersham, 1st place (Across all categories)
• Ian Boardman Award for Best Indoor Plants Retailer –
  • Badshot Lea, receiving joint 1st place (Destination Garden Centre category)
  • Hersham – joint 3^rd place (Garden Centre category)
  • Reigate – joint 3rd place (Local Garen Centre category)
• Food Hall/Farm Shop Award – 2^nd place (Garden Centre category)

Many of the leading garden centre’s throughout the country belong to the Garden Centre Association, with each member centre having to achieve a high level of good business practice before they can be accepted an Approved Member.

Sarah Squire, Chairman of Squire’s Garden Centres, comments: “I would like to congratulate all our colleagues throughout our centres for their continued hard work and dedication, putting our customers first in all they do.  We are immensely proud of them and the standards they promote. These important industry awards, which ensure standards are kept at their highest, are an important way of recognising their commitment.”