Bradford garden centre group wins national sustainable catering award for a second time

The team at a Bradford-based garden centre group is celebrating after winning the Sustainability award in a national competition for the second year running.

Yorkshire Garden Centres, owner of Tong, Tingley, Bingley and Otley Garden Centres, plus Dean’s York and Scarborough, won the Sustainability award at the 2024 Garden Centre Catering Awards.

Yorkshire Garden Centre’s Commercial Director, Sharon McNair, is delighted with the win: “Sustainability and community are the heart of our business and we are investing significant time, money and manpower to achieve our sustainability ambitions.

“From harnessing solar power and harvesting rainwater to using green electricity and improving our waste streams, we have already taken many steps to achieve our goals and are proud that our team’s efforts have been rewarded with this prestigious award.”

A spokesperson for Garden Centre Catering said: “A huge congratulations to all four winners. The judging generally placed an emphasis, obviously, on the food offer, while also looking for originality, innovation and bring prepared to go the extra mile to deliver for their customers. Also valued was being able to demonstrate that they had managed to achieve results in this extremely competitive marketplace.”

The winners of the other three awards in the competition were:

Afternoon Tea of the Year, Green Pastures Plant Centre; Independent Garden Centre Caterer of the Year, Garden Terrace Café Batsford Arboretum and Garden Centre Catering Group of the Year, British Garden Centres.

The Yorkshire Garden Centres group employs over 600 people across its sites in West and North Yorkshire.