Awards

The Empress Ballroom in Blackpool played host to our Blue Diamond Annual Awards, themed as ‘Strictly Come Dancing’! Former stars of the show  Brendan Cole , Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace-Mistry opened the show with their Latin flare, closing it with one huge dance lesson. The after party went into the early hours with the brilliant  Coyote Band . The Ballroom…

And the winner is… Coton Orchard Garden Centre   Our Coton Orchard Garden Centre Cambridge voted as best in the county of Cambridgeshire by the readers of Cambridgeshire Live   This will not be a surprise to many Cambridge locals as Coton Orchard has gained quite a reputation in recent years as being far more than your traditional garden centre experience. As well as a whole…

Blue Diamond are delighted to be able to join retailers such as Boots, Tesco and Wickes in the final eight for judging in Retail Week’s Award for Best Retailer over £250m.  The results will be announced on March 5 th  2024 at Grosvenor House, London. The finalists for Retail Weeks’ The Best Retailer over £250m: Blue Diamond Boots Frasers Group ScS Group Superdrug Tesco The Very…

We have won a Silver Gilt Medal at this years  RHS Hampton Court Flower Show  for our Fryer's Roses display stand! Congratulations to the team, especially Anna King and Jill Kerr for their hard work putting this all together! Come down and see us at Stand FM 750 in the Festival of Roses marquee at the #RHSHamptonCourt #FlowerShow2023 until 9th July. From 4th -9 th  July, Blue…

The Blue Diamond annual awards were held last night at Athena in Leicester, where hundreds of staff from our 42 garden centres attended. Managing Director, Alan Roper, said Blue Diamond would become the number one turnover garden centre group this year at £330m, ahead of Dobbies, up from £269m in 2022. He said Blue Diamond is not a company but rather a place about people: "What makes a company…

We are delighted that the RHS Judges at RHS Malvern Spring Festival / Malvern Autumn Show have awarded our 2022 display the maximum of 5 Flowers which is a fantastic achievement for all involved.   Spectacular flowers, a mouth-watering array of food and drink, giant vegetables and lots of family fun are all in store with the return of the UK’s biggest Harvest Festival, the Malvern Autumn…

We are thrilled to have won the 5 Flower Plant Village Award at this year's #RHSTatton Park Flower Show!   A big congratulations to everyone involved.   Receiving the award (L to R) is:   Ollie Spencer Emily Spencer Sarah Wheatley Aaron Piper Diane Deane Sue Walmsley   A lot of effort goes into creating these wonderful displays and to be recognised by winning these awards…

We are delighted to announce that the " Blue Diamond Beautiful Abandonment " show garden was awarded a Silver Gilt by the judges at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival on Monday this week. This is a fantastic accolade for all involved in this show garden and again a huge thank you to everyone who was involved in this project. RHS Shows provide a rich source of horticultural delight…

We have won Best Plant Village Display 2022 at BBC Gardeners' World Live!    A huge congratulations and thanks to all involved. These shows are a real Blue Diamond team effort.   Presenting the award is Lucy Tremlett (2nd right) to 2 of our team members, Gay Hines-Randall and Jessical Sale (3rd and 4th right) from Melbicks Garden Centre.   You still have time to book tickets…

A congregation of around 600 gathered in Manchester Cathedral on Thursday evening, 10th March, to celebrate the success of the Blue Diamond Group over the past two years. MD, Alan Roper, led the Blue Diamond event, dancing onto the stage before extolling the great efforts of his garden centre teams. "By investing all our profits back into the centres we have rapidly grown in size.  We'll be…