We’re absolutely thrilled to share some incredible news. We’ve been crowned Best Garden Centre in the UK at this year’s Garden Centre Association Awards!
The awards were announced at the GCA’s Annual Conference, held at the beautiful Carden Park Hotel in Cheshire, as part of the Association’s 60th anniversary celebrations. It was a fantastic evening celebrating the very best garden centres from across the country, and we’re still buzzing from the results.
As well as taking home the top title, we were also delighted to win:
Best Farm Shop
Best Garden Products Retailer
Centre of Excellence status, placing us firmly in the Top 10 Garden Centres in the UK
To be recognised across so many categories in one year honestly means the world to us.
Peter Burks, Chief Executive of the Garden Centre Association, summed up the evening perfectly:
“We had a wonderful evening celebrating the very best of our industry… Each of them has been recognised for their outstanding dedication to delivering excellence, and they are truly deserving of these fantastic awards.”
For us, these awards are really about our people. Every member of the team plays a part in creating the experience our customers enjoy. From the plants and products we carefully select, to the food in our farm shop and the friendly faces you meet when you visit.
Being awarded Centre of Excellence once again also shows how important it is to us to keep improving. We’re never satisfied with “good enough”. We’re always looking for ways to do things better, offer more, and make every visit to the Old Railway Line Garden Centre a great one.
The Garden Centre Association represents over 200 garden centres nationwide, and all awards are based on unannounced inspections throughout the year, which makes this recognition even more special.
Thank you, as always, to our amazing customers for your continued support, and to our brilliant team, who make achievements like this possible every single day. 💚
Other results included:
Customer Service Award - 3rd Placed in the UK
Catering Excellence Award - 3rd Placed Garden Centre in the UK
Indoor Lifestyle Award - 3rd Placed Garden Centre in the UK
Centre of Excellence – Top 10 Garden Centre in the UK
Best Christmas Displays - Top 10 Garden Centre in the UK
GCA Grow Award - Top 10 Garden Centre in the UK
7 comments
Congrats on the award, well done, Barnsley Dave’ mum
Fantastic achievement ,well done Team Railway 🤙🤙🤙
Why am I not surprised!!!! we just love our visits there is nothing to compare with you all . I wonder who travels the furthest our daughter travels up from Devon and she never comes without a visit to you . She loved all the Christmas presents she bought this year in the animal department, the plant department the jewellery department the clothes department the Christmas department and the garden pots department. Well-done Railway Line see you soon !!!!
Woopdewoo!!!!
Always a wonderful treat to go to your first class garden centre – treats galore, great plants, good food and friendly, helpful staff. Well deserved awards!
Congratulations it’s fully deserved we have been going to your wonderful garden centre for about 15years.We travel up from near Tenby and roughly call every 6 weeks. You have brilliant staff who are always very helpful. Keep it up and see you soon.
Congratulations!!
It`s always a pleasure to call in and we`re`always welcomed by the lovely staff.
Absolute brilliant. Not surprised in the least. When we visit from Hampshire we know the service we will get is second to none! Congratulations,