Amenity Horticulture Awards 2010 / 2011
The National Amenity Horticulture Awards recognise and promote excellence across three key sectors of the industry – Garden Centres, Nursery Growers and Landscape Contractors. Bord Bia presented Quality Awards to 86 horticultural businesses, which have successfully achieved the standards as set out by its Quality Assurance Programmes. This included fifty garden centres who achieved star ratings from 2 to 5 star gold, 12 Quality Approved Landscape Contractors, and twenty four Quality Approved Nurseries. A number of special awards were presented on the night, as well as the overall category winners as follows:
Award Winners
Large Garden Centre of the Year Arboretum Lifestyle & Garden Centre, Carlow
Small Garden Centre of the Year Cois na h’Abhann Garden & Lifestyle Centre, Wexford
Landscape Business of the Year Thomas J Crummy Landscaping, Boyle, Sligo
Nursery Business of the Year Annaveigh Nurseries Ltd., Cashel, Tipperary
Pictured at the recent awards ceremony were (l-r) Rachel Doyle, Arboretum Lifestyle & Garden Centre, Carlow, winner of the Large Garden & Lifestyle Centre of the Year; John Murphy, Annaveigh Nurseries Ltd, Cashel, Tipperary, winner of Nursery Business of the Year; Carol Marks Bord Bia; Thomas Crummy, Thomas J Crummy Landscaping, Boyle, Sligo winner of Landscape Business of the Year and Maria Nolan, Cois na h’Abahnn Garden & Lifestyle Centre, Wexford winner of the Small Garden & Lifestyle Centre of the Year.
Garden Centre Quality Awards
When you are searching for the perfect plants and accessories for your garden check out what is available at one of Bord Bia's Garden Centre Awards winning garden centres. Centres participating in the Awards programme offer a stunning range of quality plants and accessories, can give excellent advice on how to get the best from your garden and offer customer service second to none. Garden Centres are rated from 2 Star to 5 Star depending on the range of services offered and exceptional offerings are rewarded with a range of special awards.
2009/2010 Garden Centre Award Winners
Nursery Quality Awards
2010/2011 Nursery Award Winners
Landscape Quality Awards
Chosing a landscape contractor to design or revamp your garden can be a daunting task. Businesses who have earned the Bord Bia Quality Approved logo have undgone a rigerous assessment ensuring that the client can have confidence that the company they use follows best practice in industry standards.
2010/2011 Landscape Award Winners