Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Georgina Garden Centre earns landscape awards

Georgina Garden Centre has been chosen from a select group of garden centres to receive three 2008 Landscape Ontario Awards of Excellence.

The winners of the 2008 Landscape Ontario Awards were announced at a special ceremony during the Garden Centre Symposium held in Toronto last month.

During the ceremony Georgina Garden Centre was recognized for their Endless Summer display, their Harvest Setting display and the Outstanding Web Site Development Award, which recognized Georgina Garden Centre’s use of their website as a merchandising technique.

“These awards speak highly of the hard work and long hours everyone at the garden centre has put in over the years,” said Mike Johnson of Georgina Garden Centre.

“It is an honour to be recognized by Landscape Ontario and by our peers. We are proud that our quality work on displays and the website are among the best in the industry.”

The Landscape Ontario Awards of Excellence are presented each year to recognize the best businesses in the Ontario horticulture industry.

Landscape Ontario is a collection of businesses who supply and work in the horticultural industry.

The goal of the organization is to support, promote and educate everything horticultural, including gardening, landscape design, landscaping, and property maintenance.

To view the Georgina Garden Centre’s website and to view pictures of both the Endless Summer and Harvest Setting displays visit www.georginagardencentre.com/awards

Earlier, Georgina Garden Centre also won the 2008 Georgina Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Award for large business.

The Business Excellence Award, presented by Mark Skelton of the Georgina Advocate, recognized Georgina Garden Centre for providing the community of Georgina with an exceptional retail garden centre and landscaping service.

The award also praises the Garden Centre for their Steward of the Earth program, which supplies and educates local students about the benefits of trees to our environment.
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