GCA Members Can Vote For Associate Member Of The Year

THE GARDEN Centre Association’s (GCA) garden centre members are being asked to vote for their Associate Member of the Year 2024 – with the winner revealed at the trade body’s annual conference in January (January 26 until 29, 2025).

The award recognises companies or individuals that have contributed to the success of the sector and is highly regarded and valued by garden centres.

Peter Burks, GCA CEO, says: “We’re inviting our members garden centres to put forward their thoughts on who should be our Associate Member of the Year for 2024.

“There are no strict criteria for the selection of the winning supplier, members can simply vote for the company that has helped their centre the most, with service, new products or marketing, for example.

“The deadline for voting is 5pm on Monday, January 13, 2025 and all votes should be submitted by email to peter@gca.org.uk. We will be presenting the Haskins Stewarts Cup to the winners at our annual conference this January.”

The GCA’s annual conference will be held at the De Vere Wokefield Estate, Reading, from January 26 until 29, 2025 and places can still be booked via: Garden Centre Association Tickets, Bundles - Buy Online

The GCA members conference pages on the body’s website have full details. There is also a dedicated email for any queries members, and those wishing to book for the event, may have: conference@gca.org.uk.

Peter adds: “Many garden centre suppliers don’t realise that they can join us. We welcome applications from any supplier offering products or services relevant to our garden centre members. We offer the opportunity to communicate and network with more than 200 of the UK’s leading garden centres. Anyone interested in joining and potentially becoming one of our Associate Members of the Year in the future, can find out more at https://gca.org.uk/suppliers/.”

The GCA represents more than 200 garden centres nationwide.

Through sharing information and its inspection programme the GCA helps members to achieve high standards in customer service, plant quality and reliability.

For further information, please visit www.gca.org.uk.

Source : GCA

Image : (L-R) Last year’s Associate of the Year winners Woodmansterne, which was voted GCA Associate Member of the Year for 2023. They are pictured with the Associate Member of the Year for 2023 trophy, which was presented during the 2024 GCA conference by GCA Chairman, Will Blake (far right). 

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