At the 50th anniversary Four Oaks Trade Show we launched the inaugral Pat Coutts Award for Excellence and were delighted to give awards to the following excellent people working in horticulture:

 

Winner of the award for excellence in a small sized company (1-10 employees) Andrew Dorman - Mockridge Nurseries Winner of the award for excellence in a medium sized company (11-50 employees) Neil Williams – Petersfield Growing Mediums Winner of the award for excellence in large company (50+ employees) Hannah Groome – Allensmore Nurseries

Pat Coutts Award All Nominees

 

In addition, we presented:

Ambassador for Horticulture Award
Kyle Ross – Wyevale Nurseries

 

The new product awards, sponsored by HortWeek, were hotly contested with over 120 entries.

The winners were:

 

Best bedding and pot plant: Petunia Bee’s Knees (Ball Colegrave). Highly commended: Impatiens Glimmer Appleblossom (Ball Colegrave).
Best perennial/hardy nursery stock: Heliopsis Luna Roja (Fairweather’s). Highly commended: Crocosmia Firestars Firestarter (Allensmore Nurseries).
Best professional product/service: Hortifeeds Hortihydrate Bio.
Best professional equipment: Nutrigrow, Light Science Technologies.
Best retail product/service: Ericaceous Compost, Harmony Gardens.
Technical excellence: Petersfield peat-free seed compost.
Best overseas exhibit: Innocenti & Mangoni. Highly commended: Rijnbeek Perennials.
Most innovative exhibit: Kernock Park Plants.

 

In addition, HortWeek presented:

Peter Seabrook Award

Steve McCurdy - Majestic Trees