UK Grower of the Year Awards: The Winners

Last night the top of the UK's horticulture industry gathered in London at the Grand Connaught Rooms for the UK Grower Awards Ceremony. Organized annually to recognize excellence in the very best of UK production horticulture, and to run in association with Horticulture Week, the Awards are attended by more than 500 industry professionals.

We scanned the Tweets last night to share the results with you:

Growers of the Year:

Vegetable Categories - LJ Betts
Fruit Categories - Thatchers Cider
Ornamentals Categories - Majestic Trees

Robert Farthing of Cornerways Nurseries is named Young Grower of the Year

Stockbridge Technology Centre won the David Piccaver Science Award

Specialist Fruit Grower of the Year : Graham Caspell from East Malling Research

Top Fruit Grower of the Year : Lower Hope Cherries and Boxford Suffolk Farms

Soft Fruit Grower of the Year : Littywood Farm

Salad Grower of the Year goes to LJ Betts

Potato Grower of the Year : Corkers Crisps

Vegetable Grower of the Year: Huntapac Produce

Protected Ornamental Grower of the Year: R. F. Lawrence & Sons

Specialist Grower of the Year : Brookfield Plants

Nursery Stock Grower of the Year: Majestic Trees

Top Sales of Marketing Professional : Boningale Ltd

Best Consumer Marketing Campaign: Love Your Greens

Best New Variety Vegetable/Salad: Redarling Red Sprouts from Syngenta

Best New Variety Soft Fruit: Berry Gardens and Tesco with Driscoll's Solero

Best New Variety Herbaceous Perennials : Pants for Europe

Best Business Innovation: Ball Colegrave

Best Production Manager : Peter Bukowski of AC Goatham and Son

Best Environmental Initiative: Vitacress

Best Agronomist: Jon Marcar

Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Seabrook