HORTICULTURE TRADE ASSOCIATION
HTA VIRTUAL NEW PLANT
AWARDS WINNERS 2020
We are delighted to announce
that Apple ‘Trinity’ from Frank P
Matthews has been crowned Best in
Show at the New Plant Awards 2020.
The 2020 judging panel included
Matthew Biggs (gardener, writer and
broadcaster); Tamsin Westhorpe
(Co-chair of The Garden Media
Guild); Lesley Watson (Director
of New Hopetoun Gardens & RHS
Show Garden Judge); Jonathan
Savage (General Manager for
Scotsdales Garden Centres) and Ian
Hodgson (Editor at Large for Garden
News Magazine, garden writer &
broadcaster) with the HTA’s Director
of Membership, Martin Simmons,
and Horticulture Manager, Pippa
Greenwood, overseeing.
Winner of the Virtual Visitor Vote,
with an astonishing 306 votes (33%
of the total) was Anemone FP007
‘Frilly Knickers’ from Fairweather’s
Nursery.
Head Judge, Matthew Biggs, said:
“We were overwhelmed by the
response to our call for entries to
the New Plant Awards this year,
especially when the industry
is facing such difficulties. It is
testament to the hard work and
resilience of our UK growers
that they have stepped up to the
challenge and presented some
wonderful new plants for us all to
enjoy. We would like to extend our
warmest congratulations to Frank
P Matthews and Fairweather’s
Nursery for producing the overall
winners, and our heartfelt thanks to
everyone who entered.”
HTA President, Boyd Douglas-Davis
said:
“The Virtual New Plant Awards
have been a huge success. We
made a relatively late decision to
run the Awards as a virtual event
and weren’t at all sure what level
of interest we would get, but we
could not be more thrilled with
the response we’ve had. We hope
the event provides a much-needed
boost for our growers and earns
them some well deserved publicity
for their plants and businesses.”
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