UK: And the winners of the Grower of the Year 2016 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 were attended by industry professionals.

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

Fruit Focus Categories
Edibles Grower of the Year - AJ & CI Snell
Best New Variety: Top/Soft Fruit - Malling Centenary Strawberry
Top/Stone Fruit Grower of the Year - Mack in partnership with Charles Highwood
Soft Fruit Grower of the Year - A.J and C.I Snell
Specialist Fruit Grower of the Year - GuardTop

Ornamental Categories
Ornamentals Grower of the Year - The Bransford Webbs Plant Company
Best New Variety: Hardy Nursery Stock - Buddleja Buzz Indigo
Protected Ornamentals Grower of the Year - Lovania Nurseries
Nursery Stock Grower of the Year - The Bransford Webbs Plant Company
Specialist Ornamentals Grower of the Year - M & R Morton

Vegetable Categories
Best New Variety: Vegetable/Salad - Inca Bella
Salad Grower of the Year - Home Harvest Salads
Vegetable Grower of the Year - Chantenay Carrots
Potato Grower of the Year - L F Papworth

General Categories
Best Professional Product or Service - H2CoCo
Best Business Innovation - My Majestic Professional
Best Agronomist - John Sedgwick
Best Environmental Initiative - Vitacress Environment Week

Individual Categories
Outstanding Contribution to Industry - Steve Rothwell
Top Sales or Marketing Professional - Mike Gibbon
Best Production Manager - Jonathan Marquis
Young Grower of the Year - James Lacey, Owner L&D Flower
Lifetime Achievement Award - Brian Hibberd