Awards

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…

The Institute of Directors (IoD) in Guernsey has announced that Alan Roper, Managing Director at Blue Diamond Group is the winner of this year’s IoD Director of the Year Awards, sponsored by JT.    The winners were celebrated at this year’s IoD Guernsey Annual Convention.  Roy  McGregor, the   Director of the…

The Blue Diamond Group’s first Artisan Garden wins  Best Artisan Garden Award at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021   The Blue Diamond Forge Garden was awarded Best Artisan Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021 yesterday along with a Silver Award. This is a tremendous achievement for the Blue Diamond Group not least as it is the first time that the Group have exhibited at RHS Chelsea…

Congratulations to Alan Blomfield from Worcester Garden Centre who is celebrating his 50 year work anniversary, this weekend, Sunday 1st August 2021. The Blue Diamond Group would like to extend our warm thanks and praise for such dedication and commitment to the garden centre over the years. Biography: Alan started in Summer 1971 at the age of 16, as a nursery worker on the site then known as…

We are delighted to announce that we were awarded 5 Flowers (the highest award, equivalent of a Gold) and also the Best Plant Exhibit at RHS Tatton Park Flower Show, this week.   A huge well done to Anna King from Trentham Garden Centre and Louise Gandy from Grosvenor Garden Centre & Restaurant who designed and then built the display with the help of Aaron Piper, Richard Hind, Alexander…