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Grower Of The Year Awards

The Grower of the Year Awards demonstrates the high calibre of UK nurseries that lead the way in quality, levels of service, innovation and peat-free production and it is fantastic to be able to recognise young and upcoming talent that will ensure our world-class industry can thrive in the future.

Winning an award provides a great way to get recognition for an outstanding individual or business (your own or someone else’s!) As well as a trophy, the winners will also receive free tickets to Horticulture, The Conference – Dinner, where they will receive their awards. The winners are also eligible for the AIPH International Grower of the Year Awards.

Pippa Greenwood: 

“Another brilliant year for The HTA Grower of the Year Awards and for horticulture: Both the number and the standard of entries this year were higher than ever before, and the judges faced a really challenging task when selecting winners. These awards showcase the outstanding quality, service, and innovation of UK nurseries, along with their commitment to inspiration and furthering UK horticulture's positive environmental impact. It is wonderful to see the next generation of horticultural talent being celebrated, as this will ensure our phenomenal industry continues to thrive.”

 

This year's judging panel

Will Armitage, HTA President

Phil Clayton, Independent Journalist 

Phil Tremanye, APL Manager

Sarah Squire, Squires Garden Centre

Tim Briercliffe, AIPH

Mark Gregory, Landform Consultants Ltd

 

How the awards will be judged
  • The judges will score each entry from 1-5, with 5 being the highest score
  • In the event of a tie, the judges will convene to determine the outright winner of the category
  • Judges will receive an anonymised version of each entry; this ensures that all entries are judged solely on their merits. With that in mind, we ask that images submitted for all entries (excluding entries for Young Grower and Staff member) do not have any identifying information present.

 

Considerations
  • Photographic/written evidence plays a large role in the judging process. More supporting evidence allows for a more thorough judging of your entry.
  • Information provided should be clear and concise, you may wish to use bullet points to highlight key points of your entry (such as key achievements or particular plans/commitments to improving the business etc.)
  • A full body of text may also be used with the bullet points to go into full detail of the points raised in the bullet points
Closing dates for final entries 

Friday 25 July 2025

Category Specific Information

Grower Of The Year Entry Form

Please fill out all the relevant information to successful nominate or enter into the Grower Of The Year Awards.

Should you require any assistance or have any queries a member of our events team will be more than happy to assist you, please contact them using the email address below  

Contact Details

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See last years Grower Of The Year Awards

View last years winners and find out of the event unfolded in.  

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