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UK: And the winners of the Grower of the Year Awards are....

Last night the top of the UK's horticulture industry gathered in London at the Grand Connaught Rooms for the UK Grower Awards Ceremony. Organized annually to recognize excellence in the very best of UK production horticulture, and run in association with Horticulture Week, the Awards are attended by more than 500 industry professionals.



We scanned the Tweets last night to share the results with you:

Growers of the Year:

  • Vegetable Categories - LJ Betts
  • Fruit Categories - Thatchers Cider
  • Ornamentals Categories - Majestic Trees
  • Robert Farthing of Cornerways Nurseries is named Young Grower of the Year



  • Stockbridge Technology Centre won the David Piccaver Science Award
  • Specialist Fruit Grower of the Year : Graham Caspell from East Malling Research
  • Top Fruit Grower of the Year : Lower Hope Cherries and Boxford Suffolk Farms
  • Soft Fruit Grower of the Year : Littywood Farm



  • Salad Grower of the Year goes to LJ Betts
  • Potato Grower of the Year : Corkers Crisps
  • Vegetable Grower of the Year: Huntapac Produce
  • Protected Ornamental Grower of the Year: R. F. Lawrence & Sons
  • Specialist Grower of the Year : Brookfield Plants
  • Nursery Stock Grower of the Year: Majestic Trees
  • Top Sales of Marketing Professional : Boningale Ltd



  • Best New Variety Herbaceous Perennials : Pants for Europe
  • Best Business Innovation: Ball Colegrave
  • Best Consumer Marketing Campaign: Love Your Greens
  • Best New Variety Vegetable/Salad: Redarling Red Sprouts from Syngenta
  • Best New Variety Soft Fruit: Berry Gardens and Tesco with Driscoll's Solero



  • Best Production Manager : Peter Bukowski of AC Goatham and Son
  • Best Environmental Initiative: Vitacress
  • Best Agronomist: Jon Marcar
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Seabrook


Photo's made by Carol Ford, Erik Jansen, Richard Harnden and Nigel Bartle.