A GARDEN centre is celebrating after winning gold for the first time at RHS shows.

Blue Diamond Garden Centres and its brand, Fryer’s Roses, were awarded a coveted gold medal at the RHS Flower Show in Tatton Park, two weeks after achieving their first gold medal at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival.

They were awarded a gold medal at Tatton for their exhibit, in collaboration with the National Trust, which celebrated the success of their multi-award winning RHS Chelsea Show.

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This is the first year that Blue Diamond Garden Centres have been awarded gold medals at RHS shows.

Jill Kerr, group relationship manager for the Blue Diamond Group, said: “This really is a Blue Diamond team effort and what a team we have.

Jill Kerr and Alan RoperJill Kerr and Alan Roper (Image: Joe Wainwright)

“With over 4,500 employees over 44 Garden Centres, the shows offer our employees the opportunity to demonstrate their creativity and flair to a wider audience, to meet colleagues from other centres and importantly to talk to visitors at the shows about who we are and why we offer a point of difference to our customers.

“I am delighted with the results”.

Alan Roper, managing director of the Blue Diamond Group said: “We have had the most successful show season on record this year and I am proud of what the team has achieved.”

The Fryer’s Roses exhibit was designed to show visitors different ways of using roses in a courtyard style garden.

Blue Diamond’s own brand, Fryer's Roses, were mixed with companion and Mediterranean plants and also planted in containers to show their versatility.

Nostalgia, a two-toned rose and Believe in Yoursel’, a newly launched rose on behalf of Blue Diamond’s charity partner the Stroke Association, took centre stage.

Bred by Rosen Tantau, rosa Believe in Yourself is a with a vivid mauve bloom with dark purple eye and open stamen, perfect for attracting pollinators.

All roses were supplied by Blue Diamond owned Bridgemere nursery, potted in peat free compost and in recyclable pots.

The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust will be rebuilt in its entirety at Blue Diamond owned, Bridgemere Show Gardens.

Work is due to start later in the coming months and will be unveiled to the public in late spring 2025.

National Trust members will be able to visit Bridgemere Show Gardens for free in the first year of the garden being open.