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TEA ROOM TRIUMPH IN NATIONAL AWARDS

No lottery here!  Holme for Gardens owners Liz & Simon Goldsack and Sonia McNeill, manager of the Orchard Tea Room,  with Alan Dedicoat, Radio 2 presenter and famous lucky balls voice of the National Lottery:
(Liz, Alan, Simon and Sonia).

The Orchard Tea Room at Holme for Gardens was given a High Commendation and voted best runner up in a glittering awards ceremony held in London.

In recognition of its contribution to the development of a new service to customers at Holme for Gardens , the Orchard had been selected as one of six finalists by the judges of the Garden Retail Awards in its category for 'best practice in design, innovation and environmental standards'.

Located in an area of 'Outstanding National Beauty', Holme for Gardens' new tea room had to meet stringent planning regulations and was constructed in accordance with environmental requirements to ensure it was energy efficient and blended effortlessley to its surroundings.  Garden centre owners Simon and Liz Goldsack are delighted with the success of their new tea room which was officially opened in June by Edward Fox OBE a regular customer at the centre.  

Sponsored by The Horticulture Trade Association, the annual Garden Retail Awards attract entries from garden centres across the country.  The awards are highly coveted and are the most prestigious within the gardening business.  The judges agreed that this year the standard of entries was exceptional and the highest ever across all its 17 categories.