Four Oaks Trade Show 2022 - award winners plus GALLERY + VIDEOS

6 September 2022

  • Best bedding and pot plant: Ball's Petunia Bee's Knees

    Best bedding and pot plant: Ball's Petunia Bee's Knees

  • Best bedding and pot plant highly commended: Ball's Impatiens Glimmer Appleblossom

    Best bedding and pot plant highly commended: Ball's Impatiens Glimmer Appleblossom

  • Best overseas exhibit: Innocenti & Mangoni

    Best overseas exhibit: Innocenti & Mangoni

  • Best overseas exhibit highly commended: Rijnbeek Perennials

    Best overseas exhibit highly commended: Rijnbeek Perennials

  • Most innovative exhibit: Kernock Park Plants

    Most innovative exhibit: Kernock Park Plants

  • Peter Seabrook Award - Steve McCurdy, Majestic Trees

    Peter Seabrook Award - Steve McCurdy, Majestic Trees

  • est plant introduction nursery stock: Heliopsis Luna Roja (Fairweather's)

    est plant introduction nursery stock: Heliopsis Luna Roja (Fairweather's)

  • Best professional equipment: Light Science Techologies: Nutrigrow

    Best professional equipment: Light Science Techologies: Nutrigrow

  • Best retail product/service: Harmony Gardens Ericaceous Compost

    Best retail product/service: Harmony Gardens Ericaceous Compost

  • est plant introduction nursery stock highly commended: Crocosmia Firestarter (Allensmore Nurseries)

    est plant introduction nursery stock highly commended: Crocosmia Firestarter (Allensmore Nurseries)

  • Pat Coutts Award: Andy Dorman - Mockridge Nurseries

    Pat Coutts Award: Andy Dorman - Mockridge Nurseries

  • Pat Coutts Award: Hannah Groome - Allensmore Nurseries

    Pat Coutts Award: Hannah Groome - Allensmore Nurseries

  • Pat Coutts Award: Kyle Ross- Wyevale Nurseries

    Pat Coutts Award: Kyle Ross- Wyevale Nurseries

  • Pat Coutts Award: Neil Williams - Petersfield Growing Mediums

    Pat Coutts Award: Neil Williams - Petersfield Growing Mediums

  • Best professional product/service: Hortifeeds Hortihydrate Bio

    Best professional product/service: Hortifeeds Hortihydrate Bio

  • Technical excellence: Petersfield peat-free seed compost

    Technical excellence: Petersfield peat-free seed compost

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Best bedding and pot plant: Ball's Petunia Bee's KneesBest bedding and pot plant highly commended: Ball's Impatiens Glimmer AppleblossomBest overseas exhibit: Innocenti & MangoniBest overseas exhibit highly commended: Rijnbeek PerennialsMost innovative exhibit: Kernock Park PlantsPeter Seabrook Award - Steve McCurdy, Majestic Treesest plant introduction nursery stock: Heliopsis Luna Roja (Fairweather's)Best professional equipment: Light Science Techologies: NutrigrowBest retail product/service: Harmony Gardens Ericaceous Compostest plant introduction nursery stock highly commended: Crocosmia Firestarter (Allensmore Nurseries)Pat Coutts Award: Andy Dorman - Mockridge NurseriesPat Coutts Award: Hannah Groome - Allensmore NurseriesPat Coutts Award: Kyle Ross- Wyevale NurseriesPat Coutts Award: Neil Williams - Petersfield Growing MediumsBest professional product/service: Hortifeeds Hortihydrate BioTechnical excellence: Petersfield peat-free seed compost

Best plant introduction nursery stock: Heliopsis Luna Roja (Fairweather's) breeder Janus Verschoor, agent Plantipp. 5,000 available. Highly commended: Crocosmia Firestarter (Allensmore Nurseries)

Best bedding and pot plant: Ball's Petunia Bee's Knees. Highly commended: Ball: Impatiens Glimmer Appleblossom

Best perennial/HNS: Fairweather: Heliopsis Lina Roja: Highly commended: Allensmore - Crocosmia Firestars Firestarter

Best professional product/service: Hortifeeds Hortihydrate Bio

Best professional equipment: Light Science Technologies: Nurturgrow

Best retail product/service: Southern Trident, Harmony Gardens Ericaceous Compost

Technical excellence: Petersfield peat-free seed compost

Best overseas exhibit: Innocenti & Mangoni; highly commended: Rijnbeek Perennials

Most innovative exhibit: Kernock Park Plants

Peter Seabrook award

Steve McCurdy of Majestic Trees

Pat Coutts awards

  • Andy Dorman - Mockridge Nurseries
  • Neil Williams - Petersfield Growing Mediums
  • Hannah Groome - Allensmore Nurseries
  • Kyle Ross- Wyevale Nurseries

Judges: Howard Drury, Bob Askew, John Adlam, Neville Stein, Sally Drury, Rachael Forsyth.


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